I forget Tom's Freeper handle to ping him but mayeb someone else can. The First Time I Heard of Barack (with additional info)
Thanks for that link! I remembered the story, but had forgotten they guy's name, Tom Fife.
Did a search and found this, the original post by Tom Fife:
Soviet Acknowledged Obama One of Them Posted on 11/2/2008
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2122714/posts
His Freeper handle is thefife.
Soviet Acknowledged Obama One of Them
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The original article dated 10/31/2008, prior to the election, is no longer on the Writer’s Syndicate site, but the FR posts are still there.