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Comic Relief: Maxwell Street Vendor Needs Four More Years Of Selling Obama Merch

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 6, 2012 8:20PM

We need to take a break to laugh today with all this serious election news. President Barack Obama has been touting his record on job creation, but he hasn't mentioned the boon he's been for street vendors selling bootleg Obama merchandise. Comedian Robert L. Hines, who made the Jones BIG ASS Truck Rental videos, created this interpretation of a Maxwell Street vendor who wants you to vote for Obama, so he can keep on selling the random stuff street vendors have been hawking for at least four years.