travels smiley -- tavis smiley and others are saying, gosh, i don't know if he's delivered on the the promise that he made, and did we deserve to give him over 90% of our vote. so this is a good thing. i just think everybody should have their eyes wide open. i'm a republican, but that doesn't mean just because you have an r next to your name you're always going to earn my vote. i'm just saying that black america in order to have any political power in this country, we have got to diversify our political thought process. we've got to do it. no other race -- and i'm going to repeat this -- no other race gives nearly their entire vote to one party but black americans. and then we complain when democrats don't deliver on promises. so i just think that's got to stop. that's the only way you're going to have real political power, and you're going to lift yourselves out of poverty. you've got to stop asking what a party can do for you and what you can do for yourself. then the party can kind of help you along, i think. >> host: is the republican party comfortable with you? >> guest: no. i do

. >> rose: you read tavis smiley's book. >> i did. >> rose: how did that inform you? called death of a king. >> death of a king. it is a wonderful depiction of the final 365 days of dr. king's life. and it shows one, his-- the nature in which he was a facilitator for the black community into the white community and the white community into the black community. i think the one thing this movie shows that you never really see is, you know, the doctor king with his core group of advertisers, leaders and friends. and that frustration between stoakly and ralph abernathy an all those guys. and dr. king having to moderate that and then going to the world of lb swrrks and have to moderate that. >> rose: knowing that j edgar hoover was after him and all that. >> knowing he was after him. and he was just a phenomenal politician. i don't think nufer people give him respect for the politician he was. he played on both sides of the coin. and that's why he and lb swrrks got along so well. because it was ali-frasser. there was a mutual respect there. >> rose: i want to see you as ki