The Washington Post Gets Confused: Barack Obama or Malcolm X?

Who can tell them apart anyway.

Well if this didn’t just make me laugh right in my funny area:


That Obama sure is getting all worked up and Nation of Islam-y over wind energy in Iowa.

OOPS.

The Washington Post fixed it in a hurry.  It was supposed to be two stories, one about Malcolm X and one about Barack Obama:



All of this raises the question: who the hell is this guy?


He’s the black dude playing the black dude disguised as another black dude.

By the way, I will go full retard if Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Malcolm X in Malcolm X II: II X-treme.

(H/T Sarah!)

[via Gawker]

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3 Responses to The Washington Post Gets Confused: Barack Obama or Malcolm X?

  1. straight cakin', son

    Malcolm X II: II X-treme 3-D!

    The feel-good story of the summer about one of _those_ people.

    But sadly, no, it’s not presented by Tyler Perry.

  2. Weren’t the glasses a tip? I mean, there were LOTS of things that could have tipped these layout editors off but, really? Maybe a not-so-funny joke?

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