Obama doppelganger takes centre stage

Updated 07.38 Tue Aug 26 2008
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Whilst Barack Obama has been creating a stir another 'Mr Obama' is also taking some of the limelight.

A TV news station in Miami has hired Gerardo Buisseaux as a reporter because of the resemblance he bears to the Presidential hopeful.

A TV news station in Miami has hired Gerardo Buisseaux a reporter because of the resemblance he bears to the Presidential hopeful

And like his doppelganger, Gerardo has charisma in abundance.

He said: "I enjoy this. I feel like proud. It's an honour to me to look like some great man.

"Maybe, I'm not the right people to speak about him. But, that's my personal opinion and I think the future of the United States is the Obama hands."

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