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Title: Phone confusion after Bush error Post by: Genesis on December 10, 2007, 11:13:17 AM I can't believe this guy is the President:
Phone confusion after Bush error BBC World (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7136628.stm) US homeowners searching for help with their mortgages struggled to get through on a telephone number that President Bush gave them on Thursday. "I have a message for every homeowner worried about rising mortgage payments: the best you can do for your family is to call 1-800-995-HOPE," he said. But those who went in search of hope got a busy signal - the president had given them the wrong number. The number Bush gave was for the Freedom Christian Academy in Texas. The school phone rang non-stop when Bush gave out the number. "I've tried my best to give the correct number to these people when they called," the academy's Ms Karen Pulaski told the Dallas Morning News, having spoken to more than 50 people in an hour. "But it got a little overwhelming because I couldn't do anything except answer these calls." Ms Pulaski later disconnected the phone. The correct number, White House aides later told reporters, was 1-888-995-HOPE. Help at hand For those that did get the right number, the help on offer could ease the pain of rising rates. As part of the plan announced last week, rates will be frozen for hundreds of thousands of American homeowners for the next five years. Banks' willingness to lend money to people with poor credit histories is behind the current credit crisis in the US. The crisis has not only hit US homeowners but has also had a knock-on effect on the global financial sector. However, some aid groups have attacked Mr Bush's plans, saying that not enough people will be helped by the voluntary agreement between banks and bondholders. Title: Re: Phone confusion after Bush error Post by: JMack on December 10, 2007, 02:11:27 PM Too bad there are so many people who can't remember phone numbers anymore because of cell phones or e-mail. I'm guilty of it too. The toll free numbers 800, 877, 888 can be an anoyance as well.
Title: Re: Phone confusion after Bush error Post by: Bodhi on December 10, 2007, 03:57:03 PM i would actually blame his speechwriter or the other 50 people who must have approved what he was going to say before he went out there and said it
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