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Nancy Pelosi Plies POTUS With Chocolate Cake

(Courtesy Nancy Pelosi's office)
(Courtesy Nancy Pelosi's office)
By Warren Rojas
Posted July 31, 2013 at 11:28am

From Bill Cosby’s lips to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s ears.

Following this morning’s huddle with party lawmakers, Pelosi plans to surprise President Barack Obama with an early birthday gift: a cake smothered in her favorite treat, dark chocolate.

44 will turn 52 on Sunday.

Mind you, POTUS appears to be more of a meat eater than a sweets fiend.

But as we learned from the first father of black sitcoms, chocolate cake should be considered a nutritional bonanza.

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