Strange Bedfellows

Elizabeth Warren, Rapping Cowboys

Ray Gustini Aug 17, 2010
Lefties are ecstatic about the prospect of consumer watchdog Elizabeth Warren heading the newly formed Consumer Protection Financial Bureau. But how does she play with the all-important rapping cowboy demographic? If a new video by Los Angeles comedian Ryan Anthony Lumas is any indication, surprisingly well. We'll let them make their case, although it's not giving anything away to say the need for a new sheriff played a major role in their endorsement.

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