My takeaway from this article is that it was a piece of realistic fiction, not reported as fact and thus not a "hoax". The author, Michele Catalano lists herse

My takeaway from this article is that it was a piece of realistic fiction, not reported as fact and thus not a "hoax". The author, Michele Catalano lists herself as a political writer not a news reporter. http://michelecat.wordpress.com/about/ http://michelecat.wordpress.com/about/ Edit: I take it all back, she claims on her twitter that this is accurate and true. I share your reservations on the veracity of this account.