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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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 Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: Obama who? Never heard of you! |
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Florida Congresswoman hangs up on Obama - twice
By Jimmy Orr | 12.04.08
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Nothing is more annoying than getting prank phone calls, calls from telemarketers, and calls from President-elect Barack Obama.
Barack Obama?
No time for you
Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received a phone call from Obama yesterday to wish her congratulations on her re-election and to convey other political-type niceties � like the importance of working together.
Problem was, she didn�t believe it was him. She thought it was one of those wacky radio station stunts wherein a DJ gets you to believe he is someone famous. You know, like when Sarah Palin was spoofed into thinking she was talking to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Determined not to be �Palin-ized,� Ros-Lehtinen hung up on him.
Strike two
So Obama�s head honcho Rahm Emanuel got involved and called her back. She promptly hung up on him too.
�I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me,� Ros-Lehtinen told the Miami Herald. �They got Fidel Castro to go along. They�ve gotten Hugo Chavez and others to fall for their tricks. I said, �Oh, no, I won�t be punked�.�
Third time�s the charm
It finally took Representative Howard Berman to get involved before she would believe Obama wanted to talk to her. Berman called his colleague, but she was wary of him too.
In fact, she demanded that Berman share a private joke they share to convince her that Berman was actually Berman.
No details of the private joke has emerged but that top-secret intelligence was enough for Ros-Lehtinen to believe that this was all for real.
She then told Berman to tell Obama to try again.
�I know this sounds very presumptuous, but please tell President-elect Obama he can call me now and I will take his call,� she said.
A big laugh
How�d the call go?
She said the two of them had fun when they finally connected.
�He was having a good laugh,� she told CNN. �He said Michelle will get a kick out of this. Because she likes to pinch my ego � bring it down a notch.�
She said he later told her lightheartedly that he would always remember her for the incident.
�Trust me, Ileana,� she recounted him saying. �You will always be remembered by me, because I have made many of these calls and never once has anyone ever hung up on me. And never once has anyone hung up on me twice.� |
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/12/04/florida-congresswoman-hangs-up-on-obama-twice/ |
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nate2008
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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 Great story, thanks for sharing! |
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jotgarden
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
Location: Suwon, South Korea.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't believe they elected that gollywog. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| Wow I hope that's a bad taste joke. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| OneWayTraffic wrote: |
| Wow I hope that's a bad taste joke. |
You mean the original poster's username or the moronic reply restating his username? |
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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| obligatory: obama bin laden |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Teelo wrote: |
| obligatory: obama bin laden |
more obligatory: gollywog jigaboo nigger watermelon coon |
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Observe
Joined: 28 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Considering this board won't even allow us to talk about caulkroaches or Vice President Cheney, it's strange how liberal they are on racist usernames and/or usernames containing Korean profanity. |
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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'Golliwog' was the name of a 'Noddy' character, who happened to be black, am I correct?
From looking at Wikipedia, I have answered myself: it pre-dates 'Noddy'. Here's what wiki had to say:'...the image of the doll has become the subject of heated debate. One aspect of the debate in its favor argues that it should be preserved and passed on as a cherished cultural artifact and childhood tradition, while opponents argue it should be retired as a relic of an earlier time when racism against black people was blatant.
It is 'darkie' iconography, so I can see your problem, but it is entirely possible that the user took the name from the aforementioned 'Noddy' books. |
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samcheokguy
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to think it was just a regional take off on pollywog. You know the little frog baby. |
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Tiger Beer
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Dave's is educational today.
I've never heard of the term before until today. |
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