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althouse.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
Hip to prank calls, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hangs up on Barack Obama twice.
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Good for her! You can't just call people and say you're Barack Obama, even if you're Barack Obama. It was only a few weeks ago that everyone was laughing at Sarah Palin for talking to a Nicholas Sarkozy impersonator -- and here 's that Slate "Explainer" piece -- a propos of the Palin ...
politico.com - 12/4/2008
Ros-Lehtinen hangs up on Obama. Twice.
— politico.com — Is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a little paranoid? Maybe. On Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman got a call from President-elect... Barack Obama, didn't believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice. According to Ros-Lehtinen's flack Alex Cruz, the ... (more) Ros-Lehtinen hangs up on Obama. Twice.

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blogs.abcnews.com - 12/4/2008
An Actual Press Release from the Office of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida
— blogs.abcnews.com — Verbatim. And yes, her office misspelled the names "Barack" and "Emanuel." "December 3, 2008 "Miami, Florida ---... Cong. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen thought it was a hoax when President-Elect Barak (sic) Obama called her twice today and she proceeded to hang up... (more) An Actual Press Release from the Office of Rep. Ileana ...

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firedoglake.com - 12/2/2008
Will a President Obama Fight for the Employee Free Choice Act?
— firedoglake.com — I've been in communication with the Obama transition team since last week, unsuccessfully seeking an answer to... the question, "Will an Obama administration make passage of the Employee Free Choice Act a top priority, and will it use all resources ... (more) Will a President Obama Fight for the Employee Free ...

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Audio: Ros-Lehtinen on hanging up on Obama — twice
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... to a recording of the actual exchange. You know what the best part is? The fact that she’s bound to be inundated now with prank calls from Obama impersonators. “Ileana? It’s Barack again. I’m just calling to follow up…” Althouse thinks she did the right thing . I’m inclined to agree, although the idea of a phony Rahm colluding with a phony Obama verges on paranoia. Exit question: Note Howard Berman’s role. Isn’t the obvious next move for morning deejays to collaborate with friends of the target? No phone call is safe!

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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R.-Fl.) hung up twice on President-elect Barack Obama, believing the calls were a radio station prank. "I said, 'Oh, no, I won't be punked,'" explained Ros-Lehtinen.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Talks About Phone Snafu, Praises Obama On Radio Show — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
If Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) must do some time as a punchline after twice refusing to take a call from President-Elect Barack Obama, believing it to be a prank phone call , she's taking it in the spirit of good humor. That's the impression she left after discussing the matter with Elvis Duran ...
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If Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) must do some time as a punchline after twice refusing to take a call from President-Elect Barack Obama, believing it to be a prank phone call , she's taking it in the spirit of good humor. That's the impression she left after discussing the matter with Elvis Duran ...
Ros Lehtinen at it again — Anne Schroeder's Blog
We here at Shenanigans are in love with this item regarding Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen hanging up on Obama twice, figuring it was a radio station prank. The last time we saw her, she was showing her pole-skills for a radio station, no less, so maybe she's still recovering from that. Oh, and ...
In Which I Do the Inconceivable and Rise to the Defense of the Otherwise Indefensible Illeana Ros-Lehtinen — Discourse.net
My Congressperson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, hung up on President-elect Obama — twice and then issued an error-filled press release about it. A Florida congresswoman — convinced she was being prank-called by a Barack Obama sound-alike — hung up on the actual president-elect ...
GOP Congresswoman Hangs Up On Obama... Twice — The Page by Mark Halperin
Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ends two calls on her cell phone with the president-elect because she didn't believe it was him. When Obama finally did get her on the phone she apologized, said she thought it was a prank from a South Florida radio station. ...
Ros-Lehtinen Hangs Up on Obama, Emanuel Thinking It's a Prank — News
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) may have become the first U.S. lawmaker to hang up on both President-elect Barack Obama and his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, today after the Florida congresswoman received two phone calls today that she thought–mistakenly–were pranks from a local ...
Fla. rep. 'flabbergasted' Obama call wasn't prank (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - First she hung up on President-elect Barack Obama — twice. Now Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is fielding calls from angry constituents who think she did it on purpose.
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A Florida congresswoman hung up on president-elect Obama Wednesday, thinking it was a prank.