congresswoman hangs up on obama

MIAMI - When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. [1]

MIAMI — When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. [2]

When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called the Florida congresswoman Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 she assumed it was a crank call and hung up. [3]

She said Obama called to congratulate her on her re-election, saying he was looking forward to working with her as the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs committee. [4]

MIAMI ? When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call. [5]

On Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn’t believe it was him, and hung up on him. [6]

Obama congratulated her on her re-election, saying he was looking forward to working with her as the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, Ros-Lehtinen told the newspaper. [2]

So Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hung up. [...] He didn’t even blame her for mistaking him for a radio-station prank, she said. [1]

MIAMI: First she hung up on President-elect Barack Obama — twice. [4]

“I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me,” Ros-Lehtinen told the newspaper. [1]

The Miami congresswoman says she and the Democrat had a good laugh Wednesday after she apologized profusely for assuming his calls were a prank. [...] Obama tried convincing her that he truly was the president-elect, but Ros-Lehtinen says she “wished him the best of luck and told him I was going to hang up on him.” [4]

FL GOP Congresswoman hangs up on Obama…TWICE! [6]

A few minutes later, Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, called the congresswoman with Obama on the line to tell her it wasn’t a joke. [3]

Sources:
[1] Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama - Yahoo! Singapore News (sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081204/twl-obama-hang-up-1be00ca.html)
[2] ‘Oh, No, I Won’t Be Punked’: Congresswoman Hangs Up On Obama - FOXNews (foxnews.com/politics/2008//oh-wont-punked-congresswoman-hangs-obama)
[3] Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama (statesman.com/news/content//ap/US_Congress/Obama_Hang_Up.html)
[4] Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama - International (www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/america/Obama-Hang-Up.php)
[5] FOXNews.com - Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama (www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Dec03/0,4670,ObamaHangUp,00.html)
[6] Ros-Lehtinen hangs up on Obama. Twice. - White House ‘08 (beltwayblips.com/story/ros_lehtinen_hangs_up_on_obama_twice)

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