Obama = Buckwheat?

[etschell]

http://www.miamiherald.com/201....html

some highlights:

sent a jolt of notoriety through Poitier's previously unknown campaign.

``I've never seen Buckwheat as a disparaging character. People love Buckwheat.''

In an interview at a Miramar Starbucks

``This isn't a spray tan,'' Poitier, 36, said of his skin tone. ``This is real.''

said he has raised a modest $1,500 in campaign donations

As an economics and government teacher at North Miami Beach Senior High School, Poitier also offered himself up to his students as a cautionary tale.

[Kelbizzle]

"This is your conscience...Holy crap did I just tell a joke that didn't go over well?"