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US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is silhouetted by a television light during a campaign visit to the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24, 2008
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008

Open quoteIt was a marketing ploy. The idea stuck.Close quote

  • JOVELINO SELIS,
  • a Brazilian teacher, on his run for councilor in the southern town of Ubirata under the name "Barack Obama" to capitalize on the American senator's popularity
Photo: Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun / Reuters | Source: Reuters