Posted on 01/24/2009 5:39:46 AM PST by DBCJR
It's Ilham Anas, an Indonesian magazine photographer who bears a striking resemblance to the president-elect. The 34-year-old is now collecting paychecks as an Obama look-alike.
"At first my nose and eyes made me self-conscious, but now I think they are God's blessing," Ilham Anas told the Associated Press.
Like Obama, Anas is of American and Kenyan descent. His new life as an Obama double started after the November 2008 election.
"My colleagues played a practical joke on me -- they made me wear a suit, a tie, and took pictures of me posing as Obama," Anas told Reuters.
... Now, Anas is making public appearances around Asia, and even appeared in a heartburn medication commercial in the Philippines. While he won't be present in Washington, D.C., as Obama is inaugurated, Anas will be playing the part on Indonesian television.
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Quickest way to cash in is to become a porno star......
Jan. 20: Obama look-alike Ilham Anas, a 34-year-old magazine photographer, poses during an interview at his office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Maybe that hidden birth certificate indicates that 0bama was one of twins. Or triplets. Or....
Will the real Obama please stand up..
He would be safer off by obtaining a vest and a mask.
This guy could make a FORTUNE if he came to America and did the ‘tina fey’ thing...
That... or get himself lynched... by DEMOCRATS
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