and i'm genuinely curious, if the rumor is correct, that marcus bachmann is gay. why is it okay to make fun of him? was it because it was politics? >> stop it. >> look at this video first of all. >> you don't have to convince me of anything. i'm just asking why it's okay. >> before lz answers, i'm just going to say this, i'm assuming that he's flamboyant, i just thought it was a very funny joke, i didn't analyze it as much as you have, will. but go on, lz. >> don and i have been friends for years, but i wasn't around don when he was a teenager if he tried to convert gay people or not. by it just seems funny that when you are having flamboyant mannerisms and your livelihood is to convert gay men to be straight, i think it's funny. it doesn't matter what your politics happen to be. it just brings up an image, that's all. >> anyway, did we satisfy your curiosity, by the way, since you're so curious? >> there's no doubt it's a funny joke, but there's a lot of funny jokes in the world. i was just wondering why it was okay. but it was a good answer. i didn't mean to rai

he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann. too soon? too soon? if you're not familiar with marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on the show "modern family." stand up. where are you, marcus? >> oh, there he is. >> okay, now i have a question for you guys. okay? >> that -- >> that was just wrong. >> wow. >> that was wrong. >> has more pink slips than marcus -- oh. >> okay, good. >> go ahead. >> let me ask you a question. let me be the host and ask you guys a question. i'm genuinely curious here, if, as the joke suggests, marcus bachmann is gay, but he hasn't come to grips with himself, now i'm asking two guys who have been through this process, i'm honestly curious, why is it okay to make fun of him then? is it just because of his politics or he is a public figure. >> oh, will, stop it. stop it, will. >> i'm serious. >> i'll let you have this. >> stop it. first of all -- >> look at this video, first of all. ♪ >> no, no, no, you don't have to convince me of anything. i'm just asking why it's okay. >> listen, before l.z. answers, i'm just going to say

this one came from marcus bachmann, the famously flamboyant runner of the clinics and michele bachmann's husband, the subject line of the e-mail, i swear to you," shh, don't tell michele ". that is an intriguing e-mail. i didn't click on it but all i can say is this don't worry girlfriend, she already knows. well answer right back. cheertion plaus slow. bet you think you're pretty quick? yeah, i guess it is pretty quick. jesse?!? jesse? jesse?! much obliged. suddenly, everything else seems old-fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. >> welcome back. my guest tonight he is a chef and author. his show for the travel channel is called no reservations. >> people here whenever they have a hangover, they always come, either we take the medium ones or the big once. normally they open better than the small once. all right, so -- >> you can tell me why you fish here. >> you company back here and pick a restaurant, this is say place, they sit there and cook it for us. >> done. >> i got to get out more. >> jon: please welcome anthony bourdain. kmeers plaus-- (cheers and applause) >> all right. >>

he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann. too soon? if you're not familiar with marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on "the modern family." stand up, marcus. there he is. i do have one real question, mr. president. what is with the marijuana crackdown? seriously, what is the concern? we will deplete the nation's funyan supply? pot smokers vote too. sometimes a week after the election, but they vote. i would like everyone in this room to raise your hand if you've never smoked pot. look at brit hume. he's high right now. he's on his fourth almond macaroon. mr. president, marijuana is something that real people care about and the fact that you believe speaker boehner, when he tells you he still has control of his party, leads me to believe you're smoking some crazy great weed yourself. woody harrelson just woke up. last year at this dinner, obama had his team on the way to kill osama bin laden. so who will it be this year? if you're looking for the biggest threat to america right now, she's right there. her name is kim kardashian. she was c

he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on "modern family." stand up and take -- where are you, marcus? there he is. awe all right, funny stuff there. keith had a big blowup at msnbc, current tv. he did not like what jimmy said. he voluntarily its not going to the dinner, since 1988 or what have you. he did tweet during the show. funny that jimmy kimmel ripped me after his people desperately wanted me to fly to l.a. to be on his show this past wednesday. he tweets that. people say, lighten up. he tweeted again. i am not complaining about the kimmel jokes, i am fair game. i am complaining about the revenge, it reminds me of o'reilly. >> such a curmudgeon. it's a joke. it's a joke. >> thick skin. if you dish it out you have to take it. >> he dishes it out. hard. >> moving on to seedier things. >> michael jackson, his multimillionaire martial arts master and bodyguard, matt fenez revealed all these things including the fact that michael jackson had a secret fling with whitney houston at the peak of her fame, peak of his fame and dreamed of marryi

he has more pink slips then marcus -- bachmann. too soon? if you are not familiar with him, he plays cameron on "modern family." stand up. i do have one question for you, what is the marijuana crackdown? what is the concern? we will deeply the nation's funyun supply? sometimes pot smokers vote, sometimes one week after the election. [laughter] i would like everyone to raise your hand if you have never smoked pot. [laughter] look at britt hume. he is high right now. i hope you do not think i am out of line but marijuana is something real people care about. the fact you believe speaker boehner when he says he has control of his own party leads me to believe you must be smoking weed yourself. [laughter] woody harrelson just woke up. [laughter] as you know, last year president obama had his team on the way to kill osama bin laden. who will it be this year? [laughter] if you are looking for the biggest threat to america, she is right there. her name is kim kardashian. [laughter] she was captured by greta van susteren and brought right to your fro

marcus bachmann still practicing exgay therapy. super. ♪ all things considered i could be better everything is super when you don't think i look good in this blouse ♪ >> bachmann and associates please and thank you, the christian counseling clinic still offering exgay therapy. >> you can't spell bachmann and associates without ass. >> no, you just can't. he talked about submitting to god, letting him direct the way. >> apparently your way is the gay way. >> she told me if i wanted to be happy, i could give my problems to the lord and he could take them away. when confronted last summer he admitted the clinic would perform repairtive therapy upon request. how has it worked upon you thus far, marcus? >> he still uses too much teeth on a corn dog. >> i just see you and i see your ass face! >> and i'll tell why i can put up with your people, because you are bastard people. [ laughter ] >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. >> oh, boy. >> one suspects michele bachmann is still suffering show tunes-related migraines. ♪ you have

he has more pink slips than marcus bachmann. too soon? too soon? if you are not familiar with marcus bachmann he plays cameron on the show modern family. where are you, marcus? there he is. are i do have one real question for you, mr. president what is with the marijuana crackdown? seriously what is the concern. we will deplete the nation's funon supply. pot smokers vote, too, sometimes a week after the election but they vote. let's take a quick poll. i would like everyone in the room to raise your hand if you never smoked pot. there you go. look at brit hume. he is high right now. he is on his fourth almond macaroon. mr. president, i hope you don't think i'm out of line but marijuana is something that real people think about and the fact that you believe that speaker boehner has control of his leads me to believe that you have some great weed yourself. president obama had his team on the way to kill osama bin laden, so who will it be this year? if you are looking for the biggest threat to america right now she is right this. her name is kim kardas

bachmann. too soon? too soon? if you are not familiar, he plays cameron on the show "modern family" stand up and take -- where are you, marcus? there he is. i have one real question for you, mr. president, what is with the marijuana crackdown? seriously what is the concern? we will deplete the nation's funion. supply. pot smokers vote too. some times the week after the election, but they vote. let's take a quick poll, i would like everyone in this room, raise your hand if you have never smoked pot. there you go. look at brit hume. he is high right now. he is on his fourth almond macaroon. mr. president, i hope you don't think i'm out of line. marijuana is something real people care about the fact that you believe speaker boehner when he tells you he still has control of his party, makes me believe you must be smoking some crazy great weed himself. woody harrelson just woke up. as we know now last year at this dinner, president obama had his team on the way to kill osama bin laden. so who will i

marcus bachmann denies that that's a service that he offers, but frankly, it is rather convincingly reported in "the nation" and elsewhere. also, remember the weird speech that rick perry gave during the campaign where he hugged that syrup bottle and everyone wondered if there wasn't something a little off about rick perry that night. that was a group in front of a group called cornerstone in new hampshire, an anti-gay group in new hampshire. their research page on helpful links lists four helpful links on homosexuality. four helpful organizations, all of which are organizations that claim to be able to cure gay people. to be able to cure people of having the affliction known as "the gay." the presumptive republican nominee this year, mitt romney, his anti-gay politics are also now homosexuality can be cured politics. we reported on this on this show a while back. the romney's charity, with the romney's money, supports a lot of conservative causes that the romneys support. cnn did a report on this the other day, finding out that this foundation has supported like pro-gun groups and the conse

. >> yeah the let's sneak creation threw the back door law -- >> are you still talking about marcus bachmann. >> no. >> you say the chemical origins of life, human cloning can produce controversy. it's a ball of retardation is the way you explain it. >> that list is in the law. that's what i think is so funny. that is just an alec-written law right there. and what other controversies are there? you know? after you get past that is there a controversy over -- i would guess for many republicans there would be a controversy over procreation. >> you say they will only teach the non-religious way that evolution is wrong, and how we were all [ censor bleep ] into existence by a masturbating sky wizard. [ laughter ] >> thank you. thank you. >> all you have to do is look at the milkiway -- >> you say the law is so backwards [ censor bleep ] it really is incredible in 2012. >> between and that you pile that on top of the bill that also got passed and signed that says that the ten commandments is a historic document that can be displayed at county courthouses, which i love that. i love that the ten co

. >> that's marcus bachmann has a horse that spells. jody, please make me stof crying. steph -- it's kind of a love letter. >> i could write thank you 50 thousand times, and yet you still won't know how much watching your show has meant to me. used to turn on msnbc. >> whatever! >> but now i'm obsessed with you and the mooks. during your conversation about mittens and dressage horses i literally had tears streaming down my face. your show ridiculously aboresable with your little faces and incredible wit. i'm officially a stephanie miller groupie loving every minute of it. thank you, jody. [ applause ] >> so chris christie fell asleep during a bruce springsteen concert? [ dramatic music ] >> you get the death penalty for that. >> no, he explains it. >> during [ inaudible ] which is a very spiritual song. and people sat, so i put my head back to listen to the song. >> oh. >> i claim sleep apnea. >> however i feeler for him, because i once went to the premier of transformers which is the loudest movie known to man. fell asleep. >> he doesn't have morning radio as an excuse

americans, markus bachmann, that is. we are right up against the clock. i am sure margaret has something she wants to say about michelle bachmann. we will give you an opportunity when we come back. we will be joined by john nichols from madison wisconsin >> what's going on out there. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ the ted conference held here every year in southern california is an event designed to bring the brightest minds in the world together to share their most powerful, influential and creative ideas. the speakers share a common goal, making the world a better, smarter place through innovation, technology and the power of big ideas. peter diamendes is the co-founder of the singularity university, an academic institution which strives to address one issue. computers are getting really smart really quickly. so, what are us flesh and blood types going to do about it? human brains haven't gotten all that much smarter in hundreds of thousands of years. computers by contrast, in the last half century, have doubled t