Brace yourself. This politician is about to tell the truth!
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Kimberly Deauna Adams Vinny Argiro Sean Astin Kirk Baltz Ernie Lee Banks Amiri Baraka Christine Baranski Adilah Barnes Warren Beatty Graham Beckel Halle Berry Brandon N. Bowlin Mongo Brownlee Thomas Jefferson Byrd J. Kenneth Campbell Scott Michael Campbell Jann Carl Kerry Catanese Don Cheadle Dave Allen Clark Terry Cooley Kevin Cooney Christopher Curry Stanley DeSantis Michael Clarke Duncan Nora Dunn Jerry Dunphy Dartanyan Edmonds Edward J. Etherson V.J. Foster Leon Frierson George Furth Xiomara Cuevas Galindo Robin Gammell Life Garland Jackie Gayle Jim Haynie Randee Heller Barry Shabaka Henley James Hill Kene Holiday Brian Hooks Terri Hoyos Myra J. Mario Jackson Ariyan A. Johnson Jedda Jones Michael Kaufman James Keane Thomas M. Kelley Larry King Deborah Lacey Mimi Lieber Elizabeth Lindsey Joshua Malina Larry Mark Helen Martin Armelia McQueen Laurie Metcalf Michael Milhoan Jamal Mixon Jerod Mixon Debra Monk Deborah Moore Michele Morgan Patrick Morgan Juli Mortz Scott Mosenson Paul Motley Chris Mulkey Lou Myers Shawna Nagler Jonathan Roger Neal Ron Ostrow Norman Parker James Pickens Jr. Wendell Pierce Oliver Platt Kenneth Randle Tony Tomas Randle Arthur Reggie III Adrian Ricard Ava Rivera Richard C. Sarafian Robert Scheer Sam Shamshak Sarah Silverman Brook Skulski-Finney Bee-Be Smith Paul Sorvino Roberto Soto Florence Stanley Quinn Sullivan JoAnn D. Thomas Robin Thomas Sheryl Underwood Gary H. Walton Jack Warden Andrew Warne Isaiah Washington Lee Weaver Kenn Whitaker Jermaine Williams John Witherspoon William Baldwin Judy Ben-Asher Hart Bochner Roger Ferreira Sarah Lee Guthrie George Hamilton Gretchen Janke Paul Mazursky Mickalean McCormick John McLaughlin John Michael William Victor Skrabanek Gerard Smith Josef Sommer Randy Springer Sumiko Telljohn Thom Tierney Rocco Vitalia
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