March 28, 2008
Posted: 04:00 PM ET
President Bush has had trouble with a housing relief hotline.
(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. Filed under: President Bush |
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