john, you're on with emily's list president stephanie schriock. go ahead. >> caller: hey, good morning. i'm enjoying the show and i wanted to just chime in because it seems the fundamental dishonest with the republicans. i've been saying it for years. it does no good to the past. but it seems like every election cycle, i've got an fcc complaint letter against rush limbaugh. just to go back to the last, he insulted the president's mother, insulted every black person in this country and the world for that matter with his racist parodies that he refused to stop playing. our local jerk fair at the citadel broadcasting corporation played the racist parodies. they got an fcc complaint letter typed by me at the office. >> john, let me throw a question to you. some of our tweeters are weighing in and talking about bill maher, comedian on hbo, and how he made offensive comments severing to sarah palin. he called her derogatory names. do you feel that's the same thing as what rush limbaugh did? >> no, i don't. she -- i mean you can't help but if you're born

i'm joined tonight by stephanie schriock, she is the president of emily's list. stephanie, great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> you bet. >> is murkowski's warning to the republicans too little too late? can they turn this around? they are really starpt starting to have an image problem. >> here they go on this next piece of preventing the domestic violence piece. it is one thing after another, and it is clear this war on women that the republican party is waging is back firing and emily's list just did a poll recently and showed in battleground states that voters overwhelmingly support women's access to health care and birth control. they are wrong on this issue and they just continue waging this war. >> how can republicans oppose the violence against women act and survive as a party? i mean, they are absolutely alienate ing women voters, some of them who are not politically active or engaged. >> women are just getting energized more and more. in the last year since the republicans took over the house of representatives, emily's list,

you are on with stephanie schriock. go ahead.t seems there is fundamental dishonesty with republicans. it seems like every election cycle, i have an sec complaint letter against rush limbaugh -- fcc complaint letter against rush limbaugh. he insulted the president's mother and every black person in the world. our local radio station played the racial parities. they have an sec complaint -- sec complaint letter -- fcc complete weather. host: some see that bill maher made derogatory comments to sarah palin. is that the same thing as what rush limbaugh did? caller: you cannot help if you are born black or a woman. the fundamental dishonesty of the republican party, i have a facebook page to get rush limbaugh removed from the airwaves. i am of the opinion that they are political appointees at the fcc. rush limbaugh has so much money can keep it in court for two or three election cycles. host: bill maher called sarah palin a derogatory word used for women. is that similar to what rush limbaugh did? should he return campaign contributi

. >> stephanie schriock, president of emily's list, the white house initial decision on contraception and how it should be dealt with and covered by religiously affiliated organizations was changed. they amended it so that insurance companies would cover that cost. were you okay with the compromise? and do you think that the white house has done enough for the issues you care about? >> president obama and the white house has been very, very good on issues mattering to women and families across the country. since the moment he got in, we talk about the lilly ledbetter act, which was about allowing -- allowing a woman to fight for pay equity still. this has been an administration that has been very, very pro women. i couldn't be prouder of the president and his organization, and the administration. and on the contraception decision, the most important thing was to ensure that all women across this country were going to have access to contraception, to the birth control that they needed. and this compromise to me and i think to women across the country makes a whole lot of sense. because

it's like christmas, new year's eve and stephanie schriock sunday all rolled up in one.obably like the scene in ghost busters, we got one! >> is nan really the right arbiter here? i have to imagine that the center is probably in the bag for rutherford b. hayes yeah, president hayes, total moron. >> if you want to go after him there's plenty to go after him about. he was the beneficiary in the most corrupted election in our history in 1876 and certainly the beneficiary of the deal following that election. the republicans got the white house, the democrats got troops even out of the south leading to 90 years of jim crow in the south. you know, there's a lot to talk about here if you want to bash rutherford b. hayes you don't dump on him for something he did not say on the phone. i don't buy it. >> the thing that i was bothered by the most by what president obama said is that the reason he's not on mount rushmore. who knew it was that simple. if he had shown the vision to call his local drug store to ask if they had prince albert in a plan. >> cult my pants a little looser

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host: stephanie schriock, president of emily's list.te house initial decision on contraception and how it should be covered by religious- affiliated organization has changed. they amended its zero insurance companies would cover that cost. were you ok with a compromise? do you think the white house has done enough for the issues you? care you guest: president obama and the white house have been very good on issues smattering to women and families across the country since the moment he got in. there was the living ledbetter act, which was about allowing women to fight for pay equity under obama. this has been -- this administration has been very pro-women. i am proud of the president and the administration. on the contraception decision, the most important thing was to ensure that all women across this country were going to have access to contraception, for the birth control they needed. this compromise, to me and i think the woman across the country, makes a lot of sense. most important thing is to make sure women have access to this. i