TheGoodBits Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/03/gop-congresswoman-hangs-up-on-obama-twice/ (CNN) — A Florida congresswoman – convinced she was being prank-called by a Barack Obama sound-alike – hung up on the actual president-elect Wednesday.Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was told by an aide that Obama wanted to speak with her. According to a statement released by her office, the Republican congresswoman cut off the caller, telling him she thought “this is a joke from one of the South Florida radio stations known for these pranks.” She then hung up. Obama’s future White House chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel – a fellow congressman – then called her to let her know she’d actually been speaking with the future commander-in-chief. Ros-Lehtinen, convinced the call was another hoax, hung up on him, too. Finally, an aide told Ros-Lehtinen she had an urgent call from Chairman Howard Berman, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Still suspicious, Ros-Lehtinen urged the California Democrat to recount a story only both of them would know. Berman passed the test — and told her she had, in fact, hung up on President-elect Obama. When an amused Obama called again, Ros-Lehtinen he was either “very gracious” to reach across the aisle by contacting her, or “had run out of folks to call, if you are truly calling me.” Otherwise, she said, Saturday Night Live “could use a good Obama impersonator like you.” The Obama transition team declined comment on the incident. On Tuesday, Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton also spoke with Ros-Lehtinen by phone, relatively uneventfully. :rotflmao: Lol I would hate to have to talk to the President after this incident... priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/03/gop-congresswoman-hangs-up-on-obama-twice/:rotflmao: Lol I would hate to have to talk to the President after this incident... priceless! He's the President-elect. He isn't running the country as of right now . . . thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Reminds me of Bill Cosby's bit about Noah getting the "call" from God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Reminds me of Bill Cosby's bit about Noah getting the "call" from God. Hmm haven't heard that one, I might have to youtube it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 He's the President-elect. He isn't running the country as of right now . . . thank God. He will be the President, and she will have to talk to him. And there is no reason why there needs to be politics in this thread. I thought it was funny so I wanted to share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hmm haven't heard that one, I might have to youtube it. Pretty funny if you can find it. "Noah?" "Yes?" "It's God." "Riiiiiight." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan035 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Great thread. I enjoyed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Reminds me of Bill Cosby's bit about Noah getting the "call" from God. True life Eddie Van Halen/Quincy Jones story. Quincy was calling EVH to ask him to play on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album (he played the solo on "Beat It") and EVH swore it was a prank. He kept hearing "this is Quincy Jones" and hanging up the phone. He got tired of this after the third or fourth call and said "stop calling me, you ****ing *******," or something along those lines. Can't remember what finally got EVH to believe it was Quincy Jones, but they finally sorted it all out, Eddie played the solo (for no money, because he thought no one would ever hear it, so he felt guilty about taking money) and the rest is history. Later on, Quincy wanted to show EVH his appreciation and gave him some gift. Can't remember what it was, but the note with it said "Thanks, from the ****ing *******." Good thing they both had a sense of humor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Pretty funny if you can find it."Noah?" "Yes?" "It's God." "Riiiiiight." lol classic Cosby is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 True life Eddie Van Halen/Quincy Jones story.Quincy was calling EVH to ask him to play on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album (he played the solo on "Beat It") and EVH swore it was a prank. He kept hearing "this is Quincy Jones" and hanging up the phone. He got tired of this after the third or fourth call and said "stop calling me, you ****ing *******," or something along those lines. Can't remember what finally got EVH to believe it was Quincy Jones, but they finally sorted it all out, Eddie played the solo (for no money, because he thought no one would ever hear it, so he felt guilty about taking money) and the rest is history. Later on, Quincy wanted to show EVH his appreciation and gave him some gift. Can't remember what it was, but the note with it said "Thanks, from the ****ing *******." Good thing they both had a sense of humor... Great story! I hadn't heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Good thing they both had a sense of humor... That's friggin classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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