the kind of hug i had exchanged with dhous and thousands of floridians over the years.i didn't think a thing about it as it was happening but that simple gesture ended my ca kears a-- itting chad the rest of my life, reach, pull, release. chooers plaus. >> that's what happened. unbelievable. >> stephen: reach, pull, release. >> yeah. >> stephen: are those the three words you want to use when you are talking about the president of the united states. >> maybe not. maybe not, no, but-- . >> stephen: why do you think tended it for you? >> several reasons, i think. number one, if he was there to talk about the recovery act. the stimulus as people call it. and a lot of republicans took issue with that. so i think that was part of it. sadly i think another part of it was that he was a democrat. but not just a democrat, an african-american. and. >> stephen: are you to the going to play the race card. >> i'm to the going to play it. >> stephen: you just did. you picked it it up again and put in your pocket, you played the race card. >> yeah, well i'm just trying to tell the trut