Automator Watch Me Do gets stuck on "Enable Access for Assistive Devices

I built a simple Automator Watch Me Do Work Flow that simply pastes text I have already copied into Text Edit and then sets the Font, Size, Color and Make All Caps function.  Every time I run the script it stops and gives me the following error "Enable Access for Assistive Devices".  I have gone into System Preferences/ Universal Access a number of times and confirmed the check box is selected, I even unselected the check and ran the Auotmator script and went back and reselected the check box, I even rebooted my machine, I tired this on another Mac same problem. I must be missing something, can anyone help me out?

Boot into recovery mode and reinstall the OS. You don't need to get it from the App Store.
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/Leopard, 9.2.2

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