MIAMI — The Associated Press Published on Thursday, Dec. 04, 2008 8:42AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 9:23PM EDT
A Florida congresswoman was so determined not to be “punked” that she hung up on the president-elect.
The Miami Herald reports that Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call Wednesday from a man sounding remarkably like Barack Obama.
He wanted to congratulate her on her re-election and to say he was looking forward to working with her. But Ms. Ros-Lehtinen suspected it was a radio station prank, and she was not about to fall for it.
She said she told the caller he sounded better than the guy on Saturday Night Live but that she was not going to be “punked.” When Mr. Obama's chief of staff called, she hung up on him, too.
It took a call from a fellow congressman to convince Ms. Ros-Lehtinen the Obama call was legitimate.
She said Mr. Obama laughed about it all and didn't blame her for being skeptical.
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