This poor woman was too afraid that a call from Obama was a prank so he hung up on him twice. She even hung up on Emmanuel (she should of at least recognized his voice since he’s a collegue from the House:

Twice on Wednesday, President-elect Barack Obama tried to reach across the partisan divide with a phone call to Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida.
And twice, according to her office, she hung up on him.
She “thought it was a hoax,” an aide to the congresswoman said.
In a series of hang-up and follow-up calls that appears to have taken up much of the afternoon, Ros-Lehtinen first received a call on her cell phone, from a Chicago phone number, and was informed by the caller that Obama wished to speak with her. When a man sounding like Obama got on the line, Ros-Lehtinen cut him off, saying, “I’m sorry, but I think this is a joke from one of the South Florida radio stations known for these pranks.” She then hung up, according to a statement issued by her office.

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