Michael Phelps for VP?

Andrew LaVallee reports on the presidential race. Stop forwarding that text message announcing Tim Kaine , Al Gore or Michael Phelps as Barack Obama ’s running mate. Yesterday afternoon political blog Wonkette spelled out instructions on sending fake text messages that appear to be from the Obama campaign. “Who will be the new vice president? Whoever you want, that’s who!” Commenters suggested everyone from Olympic gold medalist Phelps to even more unlikely suspects, like Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and Alan Keyes , who Obama defeated in his congressional run. That helped kick off a flurry of fake texts sent through Verizon Wireless, which Wonkette linked to, as well as pages other carriers operate for customers to send Web-based messages to other cellphones. The savviest pranksters are putting Obama’s code, 62262, in the “From” and “Reply To” lines, and borrowing from his message style (e.g., “Dear supporter, ... (link)