george mason. when american motors was formed with nash and hudson george mason shortly thereafter passed away in the board elected my father to become the new president of the company. the stock went down dramatically when that happens, and i think it dropped to about $5.50 a share or go a couple of years later was trading at over $90 a share so i'm pretty proud of the job dad did. he was able to turn the country around, shore up its financial base, get the products of the people wanted and that allowed him to obviously save a lot of jobs, create a successful enterprise but i'm afraid the rambler that he championed is now gone. jeep is still around, but in hands that are new and different than when he was running the enterprise. >> host: one of the interesting things about this is right when you start the book you say when your dad ran for president he characterized his campaign in and humorous terms is being like a miniskirt, short and revealing. then you say your campaign in 08 were the presidency was a little longer but also revealing. what did you learn? >> guest: you learn a lot about just how