Bush gives out wrong mortgage relief hotline number — again

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – When it comes to a government hotline number for homeowners seeking mortgage relief, President Bush just can't get the digits right.

After a housing roundtable in New Jersey, Bush twice gave out the wrong number in a public statement, saying the relief line was 1-88-995-HOPE – leaving off the third 8 in the area code of the correct number: 1-888-995-HOPE. At the end of his statement, the president was quietly informed of his mistake and issued a correction.

Bush had trouble with the same number in December when it was first unveiled. Then the president incorrectly said the number was 1-800-995-HOPE.

Anyone who dialed 1-800-995-HOPE did not reach the mortgage hotline, but instead contacted the Freedom Christian Academy — a Texas-based group that provides Christian education home schooling material.


President Bush has had trouble with a housing relief hotline.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/28/bush-gives-out-wrong-hotline-number-again/

[Maddy McCall]

1. OH good lord.

How does one navigate through life when that stupid!?

[H8fascistcons]

15. Stupid And...

Bush is the poster child for Fetal alcohol syndrome. Barbara pounding Jack Daniels in her child bearing years wasn't in the the best interest of our country.....

[verdalaven]

28. I sometimes forget a person's name

if I don't like them much.

Maybe the idea of giving relief to those who are not billionaires is just that repugnant to bush that he can't spit out the number correctly no matter how many times it is whispered in his ear. I believe he is that selfish and evil.

He is worthless as hell. I swear, I am so sick of him.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Just close your eyes and repeat the number the dude in your earpiece is reading to you.

gawd

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

4. Reading sucks.

Thank you, President Beavis.

[pansypoo53219]

11. don't insult beavis.

georgee is far far more evil stoopid.

[tanyev]

5. I can't wait until we once again have a president who speaks English fluently.

[DCKit]

6. At least he's not giving out "www.whitehouse.com" to school kids. n/t

[whistle]

7. Set up a hotline number Dubya can remember: 1-800-IAMScrewed

[louis-t]

8. Jeez, it's on the sign right behind him.

Turn around and look. Dumbass.

[MidwestTransplant]

9. Reading is F U N D A M E N T A L

[jtrockville]

10. Anyone know if Freedom Christian Academy has ties to "Ignite!"? (nt)

[bulloney]

12. Was Lieberman there to correct him?

[truthisfreedom]

13. Look up, mr. pretzeldunce. It's over your head.

Wait, I think that's the problem.

[1776Forever]

14. It's called DYSFLEXIA - My husband has it .......

http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/index.aspx?puid=855F5078-E74F-489C-A1BC-F04933DA6B77&ContentID=293057&ContentTypeID=57&contentPage=2&searchTerm=

Symptoms

A person with dyslexia may have a hard time with:

* Identifying words
* Recognizing the sounds that make up words
* Understanding and remembering what is read
* Translating printed words into spoken words
* Spelling
* Organizing or sequencing thoughts
* Rhyming words
* Learning the alphabet and numbers during preschool and kindergarten

For example, a person with dyslexia tends to reverse or misread letters or words, such as confusing the letter "b" for "d" or reading the number "6" as "9." He or she may read the word "was" as "saw" or may switch the order of words in a sentence, such as "are there" instead of "there are."

Because of these difficulties, a person with dyslexia usually reads slowly and tends to hesitate more often than expected.

Dyslexia is not a vision problem. The eyes do not see words incorrectly, but the brain apparently has difficulty processing the visual information.

It is important to note that many young children reverse letters and numbers, misread words or misunderstand words as a normal part of learning to read. Children with dyslexia, however, continue to do so after their peers have stopped, usually by first or second grade. Dyslexia may not be recognized until a child starts school, when a student of normal intelligence begins to fall behind his or her classmates in academic performance.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. i do not think he has dyslexia. I think prez shit-for-brains is a total moron.

I would call him a nitwit, but that would be an insult to the nits of the world...

[lonestarnot]

29. "moran"

[SpikeTss]

17. Bush is very intelligent

And these 'mishaps' are probably staged by the PR companies behind him to

a) make him appear like a regular guy
b) diverse attention from really important issues

like for example that he is a war criminal with a killing ratio that is on par with Pol Pot's.

[LiberalFighter]

18. Even regular people don't make that many mistakes.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Well Hope is part of the number who better to call than a Christian business?

[Highway61]

20. toll free # to white house

1-800-who gives a fuck

[maseman]

22. Would have been great if the 800#

he gave was a gay hustler blow-job hot-line.

[benld74]

21. Bush has trouble wiping his own *ss

[calimary]

23. Does anybody still doubt that this guy has a seriously fried brain?

Probably still frying it every night, and at specific points during each day.

I think with him it probably started with fetal alcohol syndrome. And then he did the rest all by his VERY widdle self.

[Zambero]

24. That's just D-U-B-M !!!

Find out how to home school your way to financial solvency.

[scratchy]

25. the blonde behind him is like: what the fuck is he doing?

[L0oniX]

26. That stupid fuck can't do anything right.

[Historic NY]

27. This boys & girls is the effect of being a life long drinker & drugger.

Dumbiski.

[hatrack]

30. God, that photo's priceless - it's like he's doing a local PBS fundraising shift

:rofl:

[pansypoo53219]

31. georgee

just doesn't CARE to do it right. hard werk suxs.