rowling on u.s. elections anyone else see this?

[bluesqueak]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176" 
<Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> 
> A friend sent me this...anyone else see it?
> 
> Glasgow, Scotland. 27-10-04.
> Evening Herald
> 
> Rowling asks U.S. fans to vote - for Kerry
> 
> Saying she has been reluctant to get involved with politics, 
> Rowling said that if she were a U.S. citizen, she'd vote for John 
> Kerry.

The word 'hoax' springs to mind. There's nothing about it on the net 
if you google the Evening Herald. And I really can't see why JKR 
should get involved with U.S. politics either; *unless* it was a 
Rita Skeeter type interview.

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Reporter: So, Ms Rowling, would you say President Bush is a cross 
between Gilderoy Lockhart and Cornelius Fudge?'

JKR: Err... what? 

Reporter:Right. And you'd vote for Kerry?

JKR: I'm not a US citizen.

Reporter: OK [writing down 'would vote for Kerry if US citizen']

Reporter: Which political issues do you find important?

JKR: Environment, health care, and of course children's issues.

Reporter: And are you concerned about the Iraqi war?

JKR:Well, we're in the middle of it, so isn't everyone?

Reporter: Which is why you'd vote for Sen. Kerry. Thank you. [stands 
up to leave]

JKR: What? How can I vote for Kerry, I'm British! My agent said this 
was an interview on why I'm refusing to talk about the Half Blood 
Prince! Come back!

[fade out on JKR chasing after reporter...]
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