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and we're broadcasting this week from the nominating convention here at Car Talk Plaza.

Now, as you may know, my brother and I would like to be right in candidates for president this fall on the

you B. T. P. Party ticket. Yeah. You B. T. P. That's the

unencumbered by the thought process. I mean I think it's good that we admit that we're unencumbered by the thought process

because we may be the only candidates in history who have ever admitted to this whole thing.

We haven't been nominated yet.

So how can we run on a party

ticket if we're not nominated? Yeah I mean that's sure we got to be

nominated. Well anyway we look for inspiration to H Ross Pujo. He's got a new party

and he had to come up with rules for nominations and we figured if he could make up his own rules

We could make up ours right right? Right, so here's what we did I have taken the names of all the candidates nationwide

Whom I feel whom I feel are qualified to run for president and I've put them in this hat.

That's empty.

Yeah.

So in addition to those people, I'm also adding a piece of paper with our names on it which I will now drop into the hat.

And I ask you my brother, yes, as an independent participant, have we ever met before?

Hardly.

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