Monkey Business with Rep. Jack Kingston

By Miles Leicher

Congressman Jack Kingston and Bill Maher enjoy an after-hours discussion of African eco-tourism, conservation and, of course, evolution.

We're All Sarah Palin Now

Back in 2008 we all stood with mouths agape when we learned that Sarah Palin, fresh off not being able to tell Katie Couric what newspapers she read or what nostrils were for, would no longer be doing any interviews or taking questions from the Washington press. It was all going to be stump speeches and friendly interviews with the lickspittles at Fox News from then until November (or, as it turned out, eternity). It was unheard of. What had our political process come to?

Except that it turns out Sarah Palin was a bit of a trailblazer. And not just because she was the first person from the slow reading group to become the vice presidential nominee of a major party. Because now everyone is adopting that tactic.

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Overtime: August 24, 2012

Bill and guests -- Arianna Huffington, Katty Kay, D.L. Hughley, Rep. Jack Kingston and Avik Roy -- answer fan questions form the latest show.

New Rules: August 24, 2012

New Rule: Stop acting shocked that Prince Harry got naked in Vegas. Please, he's a member of the Royal Family. It's only news if that girl he's pressing against isn't his cousin. Besides, you don't get upset at Prince Harry when he takes his clothes off. You get upset when he puts his clothes on! [slide of Harry wearing Nazi costume]

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Stimu-late Than Never

Question: How come preventing chaos and civil war in Iraq was enough to say, “Bush’s surge worked,” but averting a complete financial meltdown and a second Great Depression isn’t enough to say, “Obama’s stimulus worked”?

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GOP Goes the Weasel

The California Republican Party has shit-canned Assemblyman Brian Nestande as their caucus chair due to an embarrassing lapse in judgment. Nestande didn’t get whacked out on scotch and Ambien and beat his wife in a casino parking garage and he didn’t get caught sucking off a teen boy in a Jamba Juice restroom – those are the kinds of scandals you could ride out. No, Nestande did something far, far more unforgivable.  He voted with Democrats on a bill. 

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Guest List: August 24, 2012

Top-of-show interview will be with Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group. Twitter: @ariannahuff 

The Panel:

Katty Kay anchors the BBC’s “World News America.” Twitter: @KattyKayBBC

Avik Roy is a member of Mitt Romney’s Health Care Advisory Board and a blogger for Forbes.com. Twitter: @aviksaroy.

Rep. Jack Kingston is a Republican representative from Georgia’s First Congressional District. Twitter: @JackKingston

Joining the panel mid-show is actor and comedian D.L. Hughley. His new book is called I Want You To Shut the F*ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America. Twitter: @RealDlHughley

Backstage Pass: Chelsea Handler

Miles gets advice from Chelsea Handler on sleeping his way to the top.