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Clacks the Tappert brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the

concession speech delivery wing here at Car Talk Plaza.

Well, we might as well just come out and say it.

We lost and we, I think it's a think you congratulate the winner.

When all the results came in, we ended up with what?

Two stinking votes, yours and mine.

I can't understand it.

So we immediately did what?

We demanded a recount because we figured we had at least four

votes in the bag right we couldn't figure out what happened to the other two so we

assume the only thing you could logically assume of course fraud fraud

exactly but as soon as we assume fraud! Exactly!

But as soon as we made the official request for the recount,

Dougie shuffled over sheepishly and said,

guys, I didn't vote for you after all go on I mean he promised he said you're

it guys yeah I mean if your own producer he even campaign manager had one of our

bumper stickers on his 76 BMW that runs on three cylinders.

But we still figured we'd get at least three votes, right?

Yeah, yeah, I mean, how could this not happen?

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