The Old Vice Presidential Shell Game

Step right up, folks, and make book on the vice presidential race.

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'Step Right Up.' Via Wikimedia Commons

Step right up folks, put your money on the box, we’re going to play the old three-shell game called spot the vice president — represented by this little pea with a name on it. This particular pea has the name of Shapiro, after the governor of the Quaker State. We’re going to put that pea under this walnut shell, it’s in the middle, and there’s nothing under the other two shells, as you can see. Put your money down and are you ready?

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