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- Good evening.

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I'm Helen Mirren,

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and you're watching
"Documentary Now" season 51.

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In 1992,
filmmaker RC Baumgartner

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set out for Ohio to chronicle
a gubernatorial campaign.

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While the intended focus
was the candidates,

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it soon shifted
to those behind the scenes.

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Through Baumgartner's lens,
the world was introduced

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to political operators
Teddy Redbones

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and Alvin Panagoulious

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in the campaign classic,
"The Bunker."

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- ♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Dreaming you'll look my way ♪

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♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Scheming ♪

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♪ Hoping that you'll
be mine someday ♪

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♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Hoping that you will stay ♪

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♪ In the soft of the night ♪

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♪ You're holding me tight ♪

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♪ When you look at me ♪

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♪ Then you'll say ♪

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♪ That you've been dreaming ♪

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♪ Dreaming ♪

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♪ Hoping you'll
be mine someday ♪

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- That's right.

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As a former councilman,
I care very much about Ohio.

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Yes.

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And I think it's important
to run

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and give Ohioans a choice.

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That's right.

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I run as a...

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as a kindness, you might say.

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Okay.

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Well, you have a good afternoon

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and then a good night.

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Now, that is fun.

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Talking on the telephone
to reporters.

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- Hey, listen to this.

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"Modest though he is,

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"Ben Herndon yesterday
handed his campaign

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"over to a rogue's gallery
of political gurus

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"including Teddy Redbones,

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"the so-called
Mississippi Machiavelli,

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and Alvin Panagoulious,
the boy-hunk..."

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Wow... "of the Beltway."

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Huh, you think I'm a cute hunk?

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I feel like I'm shy.

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- No, they always write
the same stuff about me.

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A Mississippi Machiavelli
or Sunburnt Succubus or...

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what's the other one?
Suspected arsonist.

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- Uh-huh.
Yeah?

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- But, uh, you know
what they always leave out?

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Undefeated.
That's right.

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Undefeated.

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- Did you fellas forget
to take your shoes off?

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- Oh, sorry.

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Apologies.

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I mean, my goal is
to have an office

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that just has a lot
of open communication,

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so any messages
for the candidate

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can go through me.

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If there are any phone calls
for the candidate,

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this all goes through me.

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Everything's streamlined
so it goes through me.

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Just faster that way, and...

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I don't know who put these up,

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but this one is a nine,

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and this wall should be
all tens.

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You know, blondes, brunettes.

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Tasteful.
Just tens.

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It's a little thing but it
just affects everything, so...

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- Okay.
- All right, thanks.

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- And let's please make sure
on all the flyers

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that the name
is spelled correctly.

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It's H-E-R-N-D-O-N, Herndon.

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And now let's hear from the man
of the campaign, Mr...

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- Get out of my way.
Out of my way.

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- Teddy Redbones.
- Get out of my way.

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Let me tell you what this
election's about, okay?

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Let me tell you why I wake up
at 4:30 in the morning so angry.

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Because Governor Lester
with his head of hair

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and his perfect suits
and his "jogging,"

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well, he thinks he's got

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this re-election in the bag,
right?

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What, because our guy
ain't James Dean?

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Well, let me tell you something.

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We've all been the most
unpopular guy in the room.

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Yeah?

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We've all been the person
at the wedding

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no one wants to speak to
during passed appetizers, yeah?

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And now we're up
against Mr. Popular.

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Okay?

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Governor Lester with his...
his perfect record

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and his money
and his $10 family,

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well, let me tell you something.

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Even the shiniest,
most beautiful apple

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has something mushy
and brown underneath.

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Now, we got to find
whatever weird, mushy brownness

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we can on Governor Lester,
all right?

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So let's get this goin'.
Come on.

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- So I guess the question is,
how do you get excited

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about a candidate
who says he is only running

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as a "kindness to the voters,"

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and who has publicly praised

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Governor Lester's
first term in office?

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- He praised it publicly,
exactly, to be nice.

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It's kind of like when you meet
someone's wife

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and you say she's a ten
when really she's a true five.

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I mean, I don't think
I'm speaking out of turn

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when I say that.
We all do that.

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- And that's
your political strategy?

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Rating women?

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Ah.
- You could see it that way.

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- Okay. Okay.

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I'm Luanne Maltley
with "Politics Now."

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We'll be right back.

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- I think it went very well.

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I understand that you're new
to our style,

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but it's very effective,
I assure you.

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Don't worry.

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Not gonna do anything

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that makes you feel
uncomfortable.

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- Oh, jackass alert right here.

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"Re-elect Lester."

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All right, hold up.

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A lawn jockey?

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It's 1992.

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What kind of people are
th-these Lester supporters?

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- Our man's a little nervous
about our tactics,

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but he just needs to see that
we've got it under control.

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- Yeah, I'm not worried
about our man.

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No, what I'm worried about
is, uh,

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we don't have any
honest-to-God dirt

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on Governor Lester.

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Oh, here's another one.

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Uh-huh.

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- Whoo!

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- It's why I love Ohio,

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because you can't say it without
saying, "Oh, hi."

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And I want to say "Oh, hi"
to all the voters

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on election day.

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And maybe the voters
would like a change.

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We have had a lot
of Governor Lester

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and his cronies
in the toll authority.

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- That's right, you go
for the jugular, fat man.

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- I appreciate your support
and thank you all for being here

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and, uh, let's...
let's win this thing.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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- Is that my jacket?

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- It's the room's jacket.

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- Um, our man's a little nervous
that the new TV ad is negative.

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- We have it?

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Mary Beth, we have it?
- Mm-hmm.

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- Put it in.
Let's see it.

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Come on.
Let's go.

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- This Sunday is
Governor Lester's birthday.

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Let's hope...

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It's his last.

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On election day
vote for Ben Herndon.

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- Okay, our biggest problem,
as usual, is time,

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so this is running 18 seconds.

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Local TV will run it
twice as long

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if we get it done at 11.

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- Now can we add kids
singing "Happy Birthday"

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all spooky-like?

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- That will just add more time.

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- Right.

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Am I the only one
that's concerned

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that this spot plays

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like we want Governor Lester
to die?

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- Wow, I don't understand.

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W... walk me through that.

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- I feel like you're saying,

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"We hope it's
your last birthday."

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- In office.

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We hope that Governor Lester
will celebrate

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his last birthday in office

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because we've got the right guy
with the right ideas

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who loves his state.

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- We're not only saying, uh,

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"Happy birthday,
Governor Lester."

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We're also saying,

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"Hope you don't have to work

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on your birthday next year."

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I mean, it's two different types
of nice.

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- It's a death threat.

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It's clear, it's a death threat.

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- I know how we can shave off
five seconds.

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- Go.

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- What if we take out

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"This election,
vote for Ben Herndon?"

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- Yes, just say,
"Hope it's your last."

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Cut to spooky kids singing,
"Happy birthday."

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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

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Spooky as shit.

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Freeze frame,
x-ray on the photo.

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- Okay, you just added 15
more seconds.

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- Goddamn it, Mary Beth.

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In one hour I got to go meet
with a forger

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to try to change
Governor Lester's

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high school yearbook quote,
you understand?

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So I've got to be able
to leave here

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knowing that this ad plays
without you coming

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and pinching out the waist
about ten seconds.

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Okay?

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I can't work like that.

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- I trust you. It'll be okay.
- Mm-hmm.

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- Figure it out!

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- Mr. Redbones,
"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"

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wrote today that Herndon is

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"wildly unfit to be governor."

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- Okay, well, first,
"The Cleveland Plain Dealer's"

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a terrible name for a newspaper.

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Man, it sounds
like a boring blackjack dealer.

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I mean, I like
my blackjack dealers

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to be celebrity impersonators,
and...

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and while we're talking about
gambling,

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I mean, Governor Lester,
uh, you know,

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he's never publicly come out
against riverboat gambling

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between, uh, Cincinnati
and Northern Kentucky.

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So I mean, ask yourselves that.

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We could have ourselves
a gambling addict in the...

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in the governor's mansion.

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Y'all are barking up
the wrong dirt tree.

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- You don't want to write a story

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that Herndon failed
basic economics

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in community college five times

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because we're gonna win.

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We're young, we're cute.

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You don't want to be the guy
who bet against us.

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You want to be the guy

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who went to high school
with Kathy Ireland?

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And you ignored her
because she was mousy-looking

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and then years later
she's on the cover

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of "Sports Illustrated"?

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Huh?
How's that gonna feel?

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You don't want to be that guy.

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- All right, now, listen up.

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We're exactly one week away

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from the only important debate

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of this entire election.

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I need some dirt
on Governor Lester, all right?

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And I'm not talking
about mudslinging.

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Something real.

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- What about that intern hours
thing we talked about?

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- Remind me, what is that again?

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- That's we have
the news footage

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from Lester's headquarters.

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Got interns. They're working.

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Not only on holidays

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but also more than five hours
on a business day.

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These are unpaid workers so...

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- So he's got slaves?

258
00:11:37,918 --> 00:11:39,085
- No, these are interns.
It's fine to have interns.

259
00:11:39,377 --> 00:11:40,587
- Alvin. Alvin.

260
00:11:40,879 --> 00:11:42,881
We got footage of Lester
using slaves.

261
00:11:43,173 --> 00:11:45,675
- No, no, no. These are interns.
They're kids.

262
00:11:45,967 --> 00:11:47,469
- Oh, child slaves.
Oh, that's even better.

263
00:11:47,761 --> 00:11:49,137
- That's great.
- Child slaves.

264
00:11:49,429 --> 00:11:51,473
I want a press conference,
that's what I want.

265
00:11:51,765 --> 00:11:52,599
- Tell Mary Beth
we want press conference.

266
00:11:52,890 --> 00:11:54,266
- You're signing off on this?

267
00:11:54,558 --> 00:11:55,517
- I'm signing off on...
we're both signing off on it.

268
00:11:55,809 --> 00:11:56,602
What do you mean,
we sign off on it?

269
00:11:56,894 --> 00:11:58,062
- We're both signing off.

270
00:11:58,354 --> 00:12:00,397
- Don't with us, Mark.

271
00:12:02,775 --> 00:12:04,318
Sign off on it.

272
00:12:04,610 --> 00:12:07,613
No, but Ben, it will absolutely
dominate the airwaves tomorrow

273
00:12:07,905 --> 00:12:09,822
if we hit them with this today.

274
00:12:10,865 --> 00:12:13,284
Yeah, but sir,
here's what makes me nervous.

275
00:12:13,576 --> 00:12:15,912
We've got nothing
going into the debate.

276
00:12:16,204 --> 00:12:18,331
Nothing that pops.

277
00:12:18,623 --> 00:12:20,375
I'm sure you picked
a nice suit out.

278
00:12:20,667 --> 00:12:23,002
That's...

279
00:12:23,294 --> 00:12:24,254
Okay.

280
00:12:26,338 --> 00:12:27,172
It's a no-go.

281
00:12:31,510 --> 00:12:32,719
- What does he want from us?

282
00:12:33,011 --> 00:12:33,762
- I mean, he just can't
wrap his head

283
00:12:34,054 --> 00:12:35,305
around any kind of negativity.

284
00:12:35,889 --> 00:12:38,684
- It's what... I never... we've
never had zilch, nothing.

285
00:12:38,976 --> 00:12:40,811
Nothing at this late
in the game, I mean...

286
00:12:41,103 --> 00:12:43,896
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, Teddy.

287
00:12:44,188 --> 00:12:45,564
- What is it?

288
00:12:50,194 --> 00:12:52,321
Whoo-hoo!

289
00:12:52,613 --> 00:12:53,322
- Got something, boss.

290
00:12:53,614 --> 00:12:54,323
- Once again,

291
00:12:54,615 --> 00:12:56,158
this is a shoes-off house.

292
00:12:56,450 --> 00:12:57,159
- Yeah, not gonna happen.

293
00:12:57,451 --> 00:12:58,535
Look, we got legit evidence

294
00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:01,705
that Lester had a child
with his college girlfriend

295
00:13:01,997 --> 00:13:03,081
and he's never admitted to it.

296
00:13:03,373 --> 00:13:04,374
Look at this. Look at this.
- What?

297
00:13:04,666 --> 00:13:07,877
- It's true.
It's all true.

298
00:13:08,169 --> 00:13:09,796
- And he abandoned the child?
- Yes.

299
00:13:10,088 --> 00:13:11,548
- Well, technically he didn't
and he's never mentioned it.

300
00:13:11,923 --> 00:13:13,633
I mean, he does pay
child support

301
00:13:13,925 --> 00:13:15,551
and apparently they have
a good relationship...

302
00:13:15,843 --> 00:13:17,678
- The point is
he's a liar, okay?

303
00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:20,014
He's lied time and time again
about how many children he has...

304
00:13:20,306 --> 00:13:23,559
- Oh, man. Well, now
this raises questions.

305
00:13:23,851 --> 00:13:24,977
- Yes, yes, it does raise
some questions

306
00:13:25,269 --> 00:13:26,520
we're gonna raise
in the debate tomorrow.

307
00:13:26,812 --> 00:13:28,147
- Oh, no...

308
00:13:28,439 --> 00:13:30,649
- Yes, yes, the people of Ohio
deserve to know...

309
00:13:30,941 --> 00:13:32,108
- You got to
take the reins on this.

310
00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,484
- Who they're gonna
pick for governor.

311
00:13:33,776 --> 00:13:35,111
They need to know the truth.

312
00:13:35,403 --> 00:13:37,113
- Okay.

313
00:13:37,405 --> 00:13:38,114
Okay, I will do it.

314
00:13:38,406 --> 00:13:39,240
- You'll do it?

315
00:13:39,532 --> 00:13:40,700
Right, we'll see you tomorrow.

316
00:13:40,992 --> 00:13:42,368
Wait.
I got to go take a dump.

317
00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:44,579
Where's your commode at?
- No, don't... wait...

318
00:13:44,871 --> 00:13:46,956
Wipe up. Shit.

319
00:13:53,837 --> 00:13:54,921
- I've been working on a...
uh, a Herndon impression.

320
00:13:55,213 --> 00:13:56,214
You guys want to see it?
- Yeah.

321
00:13:56,506 --> 00:13:57,382
- You can't tell him.

322
00:13:57,674 --> 00:13:59,259
He's always so nervous.

323
00:13:59,551 --> 00:14:00,844
"Well, I...

324
00:14:01,136 --> 00:14:03,597
Alvin.

325
00:14:03,888 --> 00:14:04,680
I think I'm nervous."

326
00:14:06,515 --> 00:14:07,975
You think you're nervous?

327
00:14:08,267 --> 00:14:09,352
Yeah, if you think you're
nervous, you are nervous.

328
00:14:10,978 --> 00:14:13,064
- Put the taffy down,
Tubby Tammy.

329
00:14:13,356 --> 00:14:14,273
Yeah, this one works good.

330
00:14:14,565 --> 00:14:16,692
I like it.

331
00:14:16,984 --> 00:14:19,695
Put the taffy down, Tubby Tammy.

332
00:14:19,987 --> 00:14:21,905
This one works.

333
00:14:22,197 --> 00:14:23,365
- You guys want to see
the King of Pop?

334
00:14:23,656 --> 00:14:25,575
- Yeah, do it.
- All right, I'll do it.

335
00:14:29,037 --> 00:14:30,038
Shamone!

336
00:14:33,708 --> 00:14:34,417
- Boss, which one you want?

337
00:14:34,709 --> 00:14:35,710
- I want the colorful one.

338
00:14:36,002 --> 00:14:37,044
I like the one
that makes me stand out.

339
00:14:37,336 --> 00:14:39,129
- Let me see it.
Let me see it.

340
00:14:46,011 --> 00:14:48,180
Boss.
Boss.

341
00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:55,770
Right?

342
00:15:01,526 --> 00:15:06,197
- Tonight, the 1992 Ohio state
gubernatorial debate,

343
00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,157
with current governor Tom Lester

344
00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:10,992
facing off against
former councilman Ben Herndon.

345
00:15:12,035 --> 00:15:16,581
And now, your debate moderator,
Rhonda Lawndes.

346
00:15:16,873 --> 00:15:18,125
- Live from
Wrigley Civic Center,

347
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:21,586
the 1992
Ohio gubernatorial debate.

348
00:15:21,878 --> 00:15:23,755
- Tonight is the night, Alvie.

349
00:15:24,047 --> 00:15:26,590
The tide is gonna change.

350
00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:28,092
- I have prayed on it,

351
00:15:28,384 --> 00:15:29,635
and I cannot engage

352
00:15:29,927 --> 00:15:32,346
in this kind of attack.

353
00:15:32,638 --> 00:15:34,348
- Well... do you want
to lose the race?

354
00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,808
Is that what you want to do?

355
00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:38,227
- If I do this,
how will I sleep at night?

356
00:15:38,519 --> 00:15:41,063
- Y-you drink and you take pills
like everybody else.

357
00:15:41,355 --> 00:15:43,648
- I believe in forgiveness.

358
00:15:43,940 --> 00:15:47,026
And I am not sure what you two
believe in except yourselves.

359
00:15:48,069 --> 00:15:50,196
I want you off my campaign.

360
00:15:50,488 --> 00:15:52,115
Now if you will excuse me,

361
00:15:52,407 --> 00:15:54,284
I'm going to have
an honest debate.

362
00:15:54,576 --> 00:15:56,035
- Thanks for all your help.

363
00:15:56,327 --> 00:15:57,412
- Thanks for having me on.

364
00:15:57,704 --> 00:15:59,496
- Yes, it's a lot of work.

365
00:15:59,788 --> 00:16:00,747
- Yeah.
- Not for us.

366
00:16:01,039 --> 00:16:02,374
- No, no, for Mr. Herndon.
- Right.

367
00:16:02,666 --> 00:16:04,585
- Please welcome
Governor Tom Lester.

368
00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:14,803
And former councilman
and grandfather Ben Herndon.

369
00:16:19,515 --> 00:16:23,561
- That's the governor.

370
00:16:23,853 --> 00:16:25,480
- It's okay.
It's all right.

371
00:16:25,771 --> 00:16:27,565
- With Ohio's economy
having a surplus

372
00:16:27,857 --> 00:16:29,525
for the first time
in a generation,

373
00:16:29,817 --> 00:16:32,903
how would you continue
economic momentum?

374
00:16:33,195 --> 00:16:35,405
- Well that's a...
a good question.

375
00:16:35,697 --> 00:16:38,366
And I would like
to answer it tomorrow,

376
00:16:38,658 --> 00:16:41,161
and also I'm out of water.

377
00:16:41,453 --> 00:16:42,662
- I have water for you.

378
00:16:52,421 --> 00:16:54,924
- We're gonna lose
this election.

379
00:16:55,216 --> 00:16:57,426
- No, no, no, we're ain't
gonna lose this election.

380
00:16:57,718 --> 00:16:59,720
Come here.

381
00:17:00,012 --> 00:17:02,973
Remeber what I told you I'd do
before I lose an election?

382
00:17:03,265 --> 00:17:05,642
- Oh, yes, that was crazy.

383
00:17:05,934 --> 00:17:08,144
- Should I do it?

384
00:17:09,479 --> 00:17:10,480
- Yeah.

385
00:17:10,772 --> 00:17:11,731
- Yeah.
- You should do it.

386
00:17:12,023 --> 00:17:13,816
- Yeah.

387
00:17:14,108 --> 00:17:16,694
- Although I think my opponent
would make

388
00:17:16,986 --> 00:17:19,113
a great grandfather of the year,

389
00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:21,698
I think I'd make
a better governor.

390
00:17:28,038 --> 00:17:30,082
- Teddy Redbones's been shot!

391
00:17:30,374 --> 00:17:31,667
They shot me!

392
00:17:31,959 --> 00:17:33,877
Someone on Lester's campaign
shot me!

393
00:17:34,169 --> 00:17:34,920
Oh!

394
00:17:35,212 --> 00:17:36,213
Oh, man, that hurt.

395
00:17:54,854 --> 00:17:56,147
- That's what I'm saying.

396
00:17:56,439 --> 00:17:58,316
So Cleveland, Youngstown,
Columbus,

397
00:17:58,608 --> 00:18:01,820
and all the southern districts
are in.

398
00:18:02,112 --> 00:18:04,489
Well, we're waiting on that,
but I don't think it matters.

399
00:18:04,781 --> 00:18:05,699
We got this.

400
00:18:05,991 --> 00:18:08,535
It's ours.

401
00:18:08,827 --> 00:18:12,496
Congratulations, Mr. Governor.

402
00:18:14,707 --> 00:18:15,874
We won.

403
00:18:17,251 --> 00:18:20,546
We won!

404
00:18:20,838 --> 00:18:21,589
Yeah!

405
00:18:30,013 --> 00:18:32,640
Um, if you don't mind,

406
00:18:32,932 --> 00:18:35,727
I'd like to say,
uh, a few things.

407
00:18:36,019 --> 00:18:38,980
There are three things
that I'm grateful for

408
00:18:39,272 --> 00:18:41,608
at this moment.

409
00:18:41,899 --> 00:18:45,861
The first is the way
we ran this campaign.

410
00:18:48,155 --> 00:18:51,074
I'm proud of everyone
in this room.

411
00:18:51,366 --> 00:18:53,619
The second thing,

412
00:18:53,910 --> 00:18:56,455
I recently met someone

413
00:18:56,747 --> 00:18:59,290
and I... I am just giddy.

414
00:18:59,582 --> 00:19:00,833
It's in that early phase
where just...

415
00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:03,753
everything is exciting.

416
00:19:04,045 --> 00:19:05,004
Anything.

417
00:19:05,296 --> 00:19:08,007
Holding hands,
seeing each other,

418
00:19:08,299 --> 00:19:10,051
just walking into the same room.

419
00:19:13,304 --> 00:19:15,221
Third thing

420
00:19:15,513 --> 00:19:17,057
is that I am proud and grateful

421
00:19:17,349 --> 00:19:18,850
for this man right here.

422
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:28,943
- Shut up. Shut up.

423
00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:32,154
Shut up.

424
00:19:32,446 --> 00:19:35,449
I'm gonna cry now.

425
00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:39,370
It's gonna be a weird cry.

426
00:19:39,662 --> 00:19:44,041
This all started with a bet
in a restaurant, that right?

427
00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:48,002
A bet that we could get anyone
elected to anything.

428
00:19:50,755 --> 00:19:54,175
And we did.

429
00:19:54,467 --> 00:19:57,303
This was never
about the state of Ohio

430
00:19:57,595 --> 00:19:59,806
or Ben...

431
00:20:00,098 --> 00:20:03,643
- Herndon.
- Herndon.

432
00:20:03,935 --> 00:20:05,894
It's about what we did.

433
00:20:11,274 --> 00:20:15,362
We changed the way that election
narratives are hijacked.

434
00:20:18,031 --> 00:20:20,534
Y'all are
political professionals.

435
00:20:20,825 --> 00:20:23,786
You should be proud of that.

436
00:20:24,078 --> 00:20:25,996
I'm proud of you.

437
00:20:27,998 --> 00:20:30,751
You love your work,

438
00:20:31,043 --> 00:20:32,253
and you learned a lot.

439
00:20:32,545 --> 00:20:35,089
We all learned a lot.

440
00:20:35,381 --> 00:20:37,257
Like the difference between
shooting someone in their ass

441
00:20:37,549 --> 00:20:38,508
and shooting them
in their femur,

442
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:39,926
ain't that right, Mary Beth?

443
00:20:41,428 --> 00:20:42,512
You should have seen her
out there.

444
00:20:42,804 --> 00:20:44,305
She went, "Ahh!"

445
00:20:44,597 --> 00:20:46,558
It was like Wile E. Coyote
down there.

446
00:20:46,850 --> 00:20:47,976
Dumb knucklehead.

447
00:20:48,268 --> 00:20:48,977
Anyway, give yourself.
Come on.

448
00:20:56,275 --> 00:20:57,401
- Thank you.

449
00:20:57,693 --> 00:20:59,778
I just heard
from Governor Lester

450
00:21:00,070 --> 00:21:01,572
who offers his congratulations.

451
00:21:04,241 --> 00:21:06,744
I cannot believe I am governor.

452
00:21:10,830 --> 00:21:12,665
Oh, I should say now,

453
00:21:12,957 --> 00:21:15,960
we have a family cruise planned
in October

454
00:21:16,252 --> 00:21:17,587
for my aunt's 80th birthday,

455
00:21:17,879 --> 00:21:21,674
so I will be gone
for three weeks

456
00:21:21,966 --> 00:21:22,341
for the cruise.

457
00:21:23,384 --> 00:21:26,219
I hope that's okay.

458
00:21:26,511 --> 00:21:27,471
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

459
00:21:27,763 --> 00:21:29,055
Thank you for your support.

460
00:21:29,347 --> 00:21:30,766
Thank you for your vote.

461
00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:31,850
Thank you.