Posted on 11/01/2009 5:27:12 AM PST by Amerisrael
UNITED NATIONS – The embarrassing infiltration into the headquarters of the United Nations – to the very podium where President Obama spoke – by an actor portraying KFC founder "Colonel" Harland Sanders has sparked an "investigation."
The incident first was reported by WND on Oct. 24, and it continues to cause problems for Ban Ki-moon's U.N.
The situation developed when Robert Thompson, an actor hired by KFC parent Yum Brands Inc., was spearheading a new campaign to promote KFC grilled chicken.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
I talked about it on my blog. The fake Colonel is Bobby Thompson, the former mayor of Lawrenceburg, a town thirty miles west of here.
Being a former mayor led him directly to showbiz? :’)
No, I understand he entered and won a Colonel Sanders lookalike contest after his term ended.
I missed that booth on career day. :’)
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