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Gaga Edging Obama in Race for 10M Facebook Fans

Only Michael Jackson has more

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 26, 2010 4:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – We'll leave it to others to parse the significance: President Obama and Lady Gaga are neck and neck in the race to become the first living person with 10 million Facebook fans. (The qualifier is because the only other person to reach the lofty milestone is Michael Jackson.) CNET has Obama at 9,116,672, just behind Gaga's 9,152,517, though the numbers are changing fast.

President Obama speaks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.
President Obama speaks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Lady Gaga takes the stage to perform at Carnegie Hall in May.
Lady Gaga takes the stage to perform at Carnegie Hall in May.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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youngblood
Jun 27, 2010 10:36 AM CDT
A car in front of me stopped at a red light on my way home last night and that is as relevant as this story Newser.
Indysha
Jun 26, 2010 11:18 PM CDT
More USELESS Facebook promotion. How much are they paying you??
Shawn_The_Bohn
Jun 26, 2010 9:07 PM CDT
Wow, you mean American's almost care more about the president than yet another soon-to-be-irrelevant flash in the pan, drug addled, freak of nature "celebrity"?? That actually IS news!

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