equality in this country. it is a sweet sweet victory and it is important in this life to saver those. joining me now is dan savage, director at the stranger. american savage, insights, flights and faith, sex, love and politics. dan, where were you when you got the news it was early out in seattle. where were you, what was your reaction? i was sitting in my kitchen at my computer refreshing my twitter feed over and over again, while my husband of 18 years was upstairs in bed asleep. and our 15-year-old son d.j. was downstairs in bed asleep. and i cheered so loud i woke them both up. i interviewed you on my
they re still married. only when gay people want to get married, do these standards and ideals kick in and apply. gay people, we re told we have to get married in 1952. you take a lot of the apple pie standards, flip them on their head. it s an interesting read. dan savage is the author of american savage insights, slights and fights on faith, love, sex and politics. great to have you on. i m going to see you back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now with alex wagner comes your way next. [ agent smith ] i ve found software that intrigues me. it appears it s an agent of good. [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ]
and dan savage, syndicated columnist, author of the brand-new book you should check out, american savage. michele bachmann, i guess i was actually sort of surprised she did this, but once we sat in the editorial meeting, we were like, what would you do if you were michele bachmann, it makes perfect sense, right? yes, it does. she s also facing a i love the whole, pay no attention to the fbi investigation behind the curtain part of her word salad-generated video. and she led with that. that was the beginning. the beginning was this whole, long thing about all there is, she s not quitting, and it s not because of the fbi, and it s not because she s probably going to get her butt kicked. it was none of those things. and i m glad it was at the beginning, i got through about four minutes before i had to go back to watching porn. i watched a little bit more of it, but didn t get very much out of it. but it s really tempting to place this exclusively for laughs and let s play
bachmann, and dan savage, author of the brand new book you should check out american savage. all right, michele bachmann, i guess i was sort of surprised she did this, but once we sat in the editorial meeting, what would you do if you were michele bachmann, it makes perfect sense, right? yes, it does. i mean, she s also facing i love the whole pay no attention to the fbi investigation behind the curtain part of her word salad generated video. and she led with that. that was the beginning. the beginning was this whel long thing about all the reasons she s not quitting, not because of the fbi and she s going to get her butt kicked. i m glad it was at the beginning, i went through four minutes before i had to go back to watching porn. only four minutes of michele bachmann before i got a palate closer. i watched more of it. it s tempting to play this exclusively for laughs, but we
calling on fickle donors and begging them for money to fund your next campaign, which is literally always on the horizon, as a professional pundit, watch deposits enter into your bank account. study briefings on amendments to fund the government. as a professional pundit, sign a 24-year-old to ghost write a best selling book for you. it s not surprising michele bachmann is making this move. what does it mean about her politics that this is the calculus she was facing? and for the prospects of a movement that so reliably churns out michele bachmanns? joining me, joan walsh, author of what s the matter with white people, that includes michele bachmann, and dan savage, author of the brand new book you should check out american savage.