but i'll say this -- >> i'm asking. >> the more this footage is shown, the more it benefits a turnout campaign for the(txpe of voter you have described and, therefore, my advice to the justice department, to the obama administration, would have been politically speaking prosecute these guys. the best thing you can do politically is lock them up. >> okay, right. i agree. >> you're -- >> e. steven, there's nothing the republican party likes better than a nice, scared white voter. let's be honest about it. >> you're implying that there was a crime that was committed, and i'm not sure that the justice department -- >> let me ask you about the white sheets. suppose those were white folks with white sheets. >> sure, then you have a legitimate case. that's intimidation. i agree. >> where's the symmetry, two black guys, big guys, wearing big boot, looks like uniforms to me and one guy is carrying a dangerous stick there that could break some hits with. that wouldn't intimidate you if you have to walk past them?