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>> and it wasn't even eliot spitzer either. >> but here is the thing. if you believe what she says in the latest interview she said they tried to break me down and brought in prosecutors and investigators one after another to find out whether or not these ten power brokers whether or not i knew them and had serviced them or arranged for services. >> talking about bankers, wall street execs, new york big wigs, what? >> big wigs, politicians. the supreme court justices said we investigate crimes not people and for the d.a. office to come in and say if it is true we want to know about this guy, t...

And i think particularly well aligned with our economic policies. >> it's an equality issue, what would you say to spur people on in their own communities? >> in north carolina, it's going to be an important local issue this spring, north carolina is the only state in the country without, or the only state in the south without one of these anti-gay marriage amendments. and that issue is going to be, you know, at the polling place, this may and it doesn't get any closer to home for folks in chapel hill, having a gay mayor, than that. you know, and we all know, we as mayors know how important eq...

Separate is not equal here, pat. >> it's about equality. it's about -- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i have to pursue on with our show. >> thomas, who says that homosexual marriage is equal to normal marriage other than thomas and karen? and that judge. >> so you're saying black and white marriage is not okay, either? >> pat, it's about an equality issue here, pat. the ideology here is indicative of seeing an older white guy on the right and a younger white lady on the left. >> oh, well, yeah. that might have had something to do with it. >> pat, all i'm trying to say -- >> i have...

Aren't they going to be thrilled by the fact that the president is taking up this cause publicly again? >> i'm sure that they will be. but to steve's point, they are largely voting for president obama any way. the issue, i don't think when it comes to independent voters is that this is a gay rights issue, people who are -- >> it's an equality issue. >> my point in bringing this up is that there are a lot of people right now hurting economically and if they feel like regardless of how they feel about this issue, if they feel like the administration is not focused on jobs and the economy, i thin...

For same-sex marriage, vote for me. how about if you are just for me is a better question. your thoughts? >> i think that's the question that barack obama is dealing with. i also think that barack obama has evolved. i do not believe that when we is state senator in the legislate tour in illinois he was one of the people leading the charge for same-sex marriages. i think he was part of a religious operation that preached against that and spoke against it. i think he has grown tremendously in the last eight or nine years. >> but mayor, he did support same-sex marriage on the record when he was s...