The monkey in Obama’s, er, pocket …

So it seems that Barack Obama is a tad supersticious and carries around some sort of monkey good-luck talisman in his pocket. Granted, we should probably check that out, but we’re just going to take their word for it. They said they read it in Time magazine, which must mean it’s true. But I digress. […]

So it seems that Barack Obama is a tad supersticious and carries around some sort of monkey good-luck talisman in his pocket. Granted, we should probably check that out, but we’re just going to take their word for it. They said they read it in Time magazine, which must mean it’s true. But I digress.

From the BBC:

“A group of Indians are planning to present a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.


The group decided to order the idol after they read a magazine report saying that Mr Obama carried a good luck ‘monkey king’ charm.

They say that a Barack Obama victory would be good for India.

Hindus revere monkeys which they believe are descendents of the monkey God Hanuman.

The two-foot tall, 15kg gold-polished, brass idol has been made as a present for Mr Obama because “he will be good for India if he becomes the next president,” according to Brij Mohan Bhama, leader of the group.”

One little interesting note: The BBC refers to the statue as an “idol” (see second graf, above), while the Hindu Press International report that I saw changed that to “Deity.”

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