Jan 27, 2008 4:55 PM

Political Pizza Rapper Strikes Again

From the Department of Pure Silliness: (This guy was last seen endorsing Ron Paul last November.) See Also: The Hilarious Road to 2008 Obama Girl Celebrates End of Bush Administration Obama: A Pop Cultural Hero?

From the Department of Pure Silliness:

(This guy was last seen endorsing Ron Paul last November.)

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