Emailed 'news item' dated Feb. 7, 2008 claims the Imperial Wizard of the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) has endorsed Barack Obama for the presidency.
Description: Web satire
Circulating since: Feb. 2008
Status: False
Email example contributed by an AOL user, Feb. 13, 2008:
Subj: Klu Klux Klan Endorses ObamaKlu Klux Klan Endorses Obama
by James R. CroweAnything or anyone is better than Hillary Rodham Clinton
KENTUCKY - USA - Imperial Wizard, Ronald Edwards has stated that, "anything is better than Hillary Clinton."
White Christian Supremacist group the Klu Klux Klan has endorsed Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States of America.
Speaking from his Kentucky office in Dawson Springs, the Imperial Wizard exclaimed that anything or anyone is better than having that "crazy a-- b--ch" as President.
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Comments: False, of course; and clearly intended as a joke. This satirical piece was originally published on The Daily Squib, a UK website which displays the following disclaimer at the bottom of every page:
The Daily Squib is a satirical publication and should therefore be taken fu**ing seriously :)
In a similar article published on January 29, 2008, TheSpoof.com declared current Republican president George W. Bush a fervent supporter of Obama. That, too, is false.
On the other hand, if you hear rumors to the effect that hippy-dippy ice cream makers Ben & Jerry have endorsed Obama, believe them.
Poll: Has your opinion of Obama been affected at all by Internet rumors?
1) Yes, a lot. 2) Yes, a little. 3) No, not at all.
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Sources and further reading:
Ku Klux Klan Endorses Obama
The Daily Squib, 7 February 2008Bush Backs Obama
The Spoof.com, 29 January 2008Ben & Jerry's Founders Endorse Obama
Associated Press, 18 February 2008
Last updated: 02/19/08
