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Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:34 PM

Obama's Doppelganger

Andrew Romano

 

DENVER--Barack Obama may not look like the presidents on our printed money--but there's at least one guy out there who looks a lot like him.

With more than 50,000 people packed into Invesco Field and security everywhere, it isn't easy to get around. But be thankful you're not Gerardo Puisseaux. A young Cuban-American PR rep for Miami's Americateve 41, he has the unfortunate burden--at least for today--of bearing a striking resemblance to the newly-minted Democratic nominee.

I spotted Mr.Puisseaux on the stairs of Section 134 struggling to escape from a Ukrainian TV interviewer determined to capture him on camera. "I'm not the man," he told the reporter, pointing to Obama's stage. "He's the man." Soon, the entire section was snapping photos. Behind me, a woman in a red Obama t-shirt said that she had buttonholed "the lookalike" earlier. "I asked Obama if he'd take a picture with me," she said. "He even kissed my hand!"

Maybe being Obama isn't so bad after all.
 

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Posted By: loriw (August 31, 2008 at 10:34 PM)

who cares?


 
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