Looking For an Obama Impersonator? We've Got Your Man -- Too Bad No One Knows Where He Is.

Truly, these are boom times for tall, lanky, light-skinned black men with sonorous voices, large ears, and the desire to be mistaken for someone else.

A fascinating recent story on Slate.com shed some light on the increasingly competitive world of Barack Obama impersonators -- who, unlike the president, are not above publicly showering the opposition with nasty, ad-hominem jabs. Give these guys red ties and stand them in front of the flag and, yes, there is a resemblance there to our president. But, for our money, there's no one who looks more like Obama than the man they call "Fauxbama," Gerardo Puisseaux -- the subject of a lengthy profile in our sister paper, the Miami New Times.

The Cuban-born construction worker was a handyman at a Spanish-language TV station when his uncanny resemblance to then-Sen. Obama got him an on-air gig (though he continued working as a handyman). If you're looking to throw a little work Puisseaux's way -- and according to that great New Times article, he could use it -- there are three drawbacks. Unlike the president, he has imperfect teeth, even more imperfect English-language skills -- and, worst of all, no one knows where he is.

The New Times last chatted with Fauxbama late last year, when the unemployed handyman and look-alike said he would return to his former stamping ground of Seattle in hopes of landing a job.

Sadly, none of the numbers SF Weekly turned up for Puisseaux in the state of Washington went through (though we did reach "Doug and Glenda's" answering machine). Puisseaux's Florida phonelines were similarly disconnected. Someone call the faux-secret service -- we've got a missing faux-president.

If Puisseaux is reading this -- or someone knows where he is -- drop us a line here.

In other words: Sr. Fauxbama, escríbame una letra aquí.