The publish date was April 1st, 2006.
See
http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm
and
http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_05.htm
Amazing that he could write this in 2006, and then two and a half years later, he could go and vote for Obama.
At least four years later, he confessed to his earlier stupidity and begged the public not to make the same mistake again:
http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2012_10.htm
Thanks for the links...