Maybe they made this up?

That is America

This is a letter to the People of Russia from an average American. I am not rich, famous or powerful. I did not graduate from an elite university. As a matter of fact, I ran away and was homeless by the age of sixteen.
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Note: This letter was published on the front page of Pravda.ru today. Pravda is an official news outlet in Russia. Quite a lot of coverage of Obama in Pravda today.