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    Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice

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    Image of SharonTaint SharonTaint
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    This woman is the living embodiment of Kathy Geiss on 30 Rock.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    You can reach the DC office of Ros-Lehtinen at 202-225-3931, if you'd like to see if you have better luck than the President-Election.
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    12/04/08

    @Flackette is a Red State Elitist: Dammit. President-Elect.
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    Image of mathnet mathnet
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Well, so did she agree to accompany him to the state dinner honoring France's new president or not?


    (pssst, Barack. Compliment her on her shoes. Girls like that.)
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    12/04/08

    @mathnet: (But make sure you stop at the shoes. When you go all the way and compliment girls on their feet, they just think it's weird. Just take it from me.)
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    There won't be any consequences for hanging up on Obama. But hanging up on Rahm? The hit squad has been dispatched to South Florida.
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    If she's going to reference to the infamous Palin Prank calls, you'd think she would at least get the country of origin right- it was two radio DJ's from Quebec taking advantage of their natural Quebecois accent and Palin's assumed ignorance of all things not within her narrow realm of knowledge! Where did Florida ever come into that scenario?
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Nobody calls me. Now I'm lonely, or drunk same difference. : (
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    See this is what happens when you let a future president keep their crackberry.
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    Image of semiserious semiserious
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Well, she is one of the few Republicans who supports gay people issues. Though it's likely only because her district covers Key West and South Beach.


    Besides that she's rumored to be Scientologist-y.

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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/08

    @semiserious: That would likely be for the same reason, if Clearwater is in that area, too.
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    12/04/08

    @MissNormaDesmond: I mean, the Scientologistyness.
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    12/04/08

    @MissNormaDesmond: Clearwater is on the opposite coast of FL - not near her area.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/05/08

    @GeorgeFayne: This is what I get for being lazy and not looking at a map.
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    Image of sarcasticusername sarcasticusername
    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    what i don't understand is why on earth you'd want to put out a press release to alert the whole world to what a giant idiot you are.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/08

    @sarcasticusername: Probably figuring it would get out anyway, and she could at least have some control over the story this way.
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    12/04/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Why is he making his own phone calls? Especially to a GOP congresswoman no one has heard of? I thought he was supposed to be busy.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/08

    @tony AZ82: My turn this time: "Ros-Lehtinen received a call on her cell from a Chicago based phone number and an aide informed her that President-Elect Obama wished to speak to her."
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    12/03/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Meanwhile, can you imagine how many prank calls she'll get now? She'll probably never talk to Obama again. Or she'll make him remember some weird code to give her every time he calls, like "24601" from her favorite musical. Then he'll be like "246810" and she'll be like, "No, try again," all excited. And then he'll hang up and cut her funding.
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    12/03/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    "Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, the call is coming from inside the White House."
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/04/08

    @Steverino Begins: Bravo sir (or madam -- in which case, "Brava madam").
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    12/04/08

    @i'm_a_bottle: I think I like you very much for using the correct gender form of bravo and brava.


    Bravo! (Or brava, naturally)

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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    12/04/08

    @Tart of Darkness: Gawker is one of the few places I know of -- other than at faculty meetings and wine tastings -- where such pedanticism will indeed be rewarded.


    I like you as well.


    -- Ciao bella!

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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    12/04/08

    @i'm_a_bottle: @Tart of Darkness: Thanks, and glad I inadvertently allowed you two to bond over Italian grammar! Btw, I am un uomo, grazie.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    12/03/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    As a Democratic politician, shouldn't Obama have seen The American President? When President Michael Douglas calls Annette Bening and she doesn't believe it's really him, he gives her the White House number and tells her to call him back. Easy!


    Then they have sex on the pool table or something.

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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    12/04/08

    @TedSez: Obama in fact not only saw The American President, but he liked it so much that he borrowed large parts of Michael Douglass's speech for his DNC acceptance speech. I'm pretty sure that he even challenged Senator Rumson at one point, but no one noticed because both Rumson and McCain were kinda old.
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    Image of ChickyOnly ChickyOnly
    12/03/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    A friend hung up on Al Gore recently. In her office in DC she received a call from a Nashville area code. The caller said, "Oh hi, it's Al Gore." My friend said, "uhhh, what was that?" "This is Al Gore. Uh, can I speak with Rita?" "Sorry, wrong number, bye." She tried to pass it off by saying it was a robocall, but robocalls don't often respond to questions or ask for specific people.


    That said, I wonder if there are indeed paranoid congresspeople in DC wondering about the omnipresent morning radio djs. In high school I was a shameless prankster, but in my old age I still have guilt over the French modeling agent who used to call up kids in my high school and tell them I had my eye on them.

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    Image of Bryanboy Bryanboy
    12/03/08

    In reply to Republican Congresswoman Hung Up on Obama — Twice
    Sarah Palin is the root of all things evil.
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