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Reporters call Hillary Clinton, get phone sex line

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The White House accidentally directed reporters to a sex line Thursday.
The White House accidentally directed reporters to a sex line Thursday.

(CNN) – Journalists who dialed in to a White House conference call Thursday hoping for a media-friendly reception got a far friendlier response than they were counting on.

Instead of hearing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Jim Jones on the other end laying out foreign policy and security threats, reporters were greeted by a recording on a phone sex line.

"Do you have any hidden desires? If you feel like getting nasty, then you came to the right place," said a suggestive-sounding woman.

The White House says an aide merely mistyped the 800-dial in number - a mistake not likely to happen again.

It's a new administration, but an old problem: Some homeowners seeking mortgage relief from a Bush administration hotline in 2007 instead reached a Texas-based group that provides Christian education after President Bush slightly jumbled the correct number at a press briefing.


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soundoff (72 Responses)
  1. Mike

    What's that phone number ? Mike in Montana

    April 2, 2009 06:21 pm at 6:21 pm |
  2. Dilligaf

    They got the number from Slick Willie.

    April 2, 2009 06:29 pm at 6:29 pm |
  3. The Broker.

    It would be a good Phone-Line for Mr Wolf Blitzer. I think he's heading for a Breakdown...

    April 2, 2009 06:29 pm at 6:29 pm |
  4. George

    Whatever. I still hate her for not quiting the race!

    April 2, 2009 06:30 pm at 6:30 pm |
  5. Tim

    She is really crying for headlines!

    April 2, 2009 06:31 pm at 6:31 pm |
  6. Robin

    Nobody has never had that happen before ? My god report on something more interresting.

    April 2, 2009 06:31 pm at 6:31 pm |
  7. abc ~ anything but california hugh

    Looks like Bill has been tampering with Hillary's number!

    April 2, 2009 06:31 pm at 6:31 pm |
  8. T-n-EP

    Been there, done that!.... It's very easy to do because we always think of a toll free # as an 800 #, when it could be 866 or 888.

    Embarrasing, but forgiven!!

    April 2, 2009 06:36 pm at 6:36 pm |
  9. Gene

    I'm sure people will be looking at the negatives of this story, but there is one big positive. At least that wasn't Hillary's voice on that phone message lol

    April 2, 2009 06:38 pm at 6:38 pm |
  10. Steve Manuel

    I think there's some irony here.

    April 2, 2009 06:40 pm at 6:40 pm |
  11. Scott AZ

    Ooops! They must have dialed one of Bill Clinton's numbers.

    "Do you have any hidden desires? If you feel like getting nasty, then you came to the right place," said a suggestive-sounding woman.
    And again maybe it was Hillary?

    April 2, 2009 06:41 pm at 6:41 pm |
  12. mike

    That crazy Bill is at it again!!

    April 2, 2009 06:41 pm at 6:41 pm |
  13. N

    Texas based Christian education group... v phone sex line. same problem, yes... sort of.

    April 2, 2009 06:42 pm at 6:42 pm |
  14. Charlie in Maine

    Don't you just love politics in America. Four 8 long years George W's Administration talked about building alliances while in reality they were scewing the world. Now Obama's folks are actaully building alliances while the phone number talks about screwing the world. I can't wait to see what Saturday Night Live comes up with for this one.

    April 2, 2009 06:44 pm at 6:44 pm |
  15. Eric - Portland Oregon

    Called for Hillary, got Bill instead.

    April 2, 2009 06:44 pm at 6:44 pm |
  16. Fnord-asaurus Rex

    Now thats change I can believe in.

    April 2, 2009 06:44 pm at 6:44 pm |
  17. Remi Murphy (Tracy CA)

    Is this news?

    April 2, 2009 06:48 pm at 6:48 pm |
  18. Every Comedian Ever

    Now, THAT'S a Stimulus Package we can all get behind!

    HEYO!

    April 2, 2009 06:48 pm at 6:48 pm |
  19. shoegazer

    Oh,I think the number was probably the right one,it was just that the media was expecting Hillary to be on the line and instead it was Bill.

    April 2, 2009 06:51 pm at 6:51 pm |
  20. Anonymous

    Is it bill clintions line????

    April 2, 2009 06:52 pm at 6:52 pm |
  21. No Hillary = No Obama

    Was that an Obama aide or do we really even have to ask? Dump Obama.

    April 2, 2009 06:56 pm at 6:56 pm |
  22. ObamaGirl

    The White House is in serious need of some fun! Too much of the economy it seems.

    April 2, 2009 06:58 pm at 6:58 pm |
  23. Brad

    This sounds like one of the more uplifting White House press conferences.

    I always wondered what happened to Monica.

    April 2, 2009 06:58 pm at 6:58 pm |
  24. Rob

    This isn't news. It's a typo. Next.

    April 2, 2009 06:59 pm at 6:59 pm |
  25. Anonymous

    what was that # again? ha-ha..

    April 2, 2009 07:01 pm at 7:01 pm |
  26. The Broker.

    There you go Wolf. Conflict again. But you started this!

    April 2, 2009 07:02 pm at 7:02 pm |
  27. Gary of El Centro, Ca

    Is that the phone Hillary was going to answer at three in the morning?

    April 2, 2009 07:04 pm at 7:04 pm |
  28. Mobius

    Is there NOTHING she won't try to kill her Campaign debt?!?

    April 2, 2009 07:05 pm at 7:05 pm |
  29. Kirk

    Glad to see some improvements at State!

    April 2, 2009 07:09 pm at 7:09 pm |
  30. Romack

    That's pretty funny. Hardly news – but funny.

    April 2, 2009 07:12 pm at 7:12 pm |
  31. Everyman

    Indicative of the Taxpayers situation: Getting screwed!

    April 2, 2009 07:13 pm at 7:13 pm |
  32. bigfurhat

    uhhhh... are they completely sure that WASN'T Hillary?

    April 2, 2009 07:14 pm at 7:14 pm |
  33. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia in CA

    APRIL FOOLS!!!

    April 2, 2009 07:16 pm at 7:16 pm |
  34. Daniel

    This is news ... busy day, eh CNN?

    April 2, 2009 07:16 pm at 7:16 pm |
  35. DX in TX

    Bill should love that...

    April 2, 2009 07:17 pm at 7:17 pm |
  36. Max in Arkansas

    LOL

    April 2, 2009 07:18 pm at 7:18 pm |
  37. independent liberal

    maybe it was Hillary, being provocative, to hold their attention. Reporters are easily bored.

    April 2, 2009 07:18 pm at 7:18 pm |
  38. ac

    Back in college we used to play the 800 number game... we would call random 800 numbers to see if we could actually reach anything that wasn't porn-related. About 99.9% of the time, it was. Which makes the 2007 Bush case highly suspect, statistically speaking.

    April 2, 2009 07:21 pm at 7:21 pm |
  39. Joyce Becker

    so what

    April 2, 2009 07:24 pm at 7:24 pm |
  40. Bradley from CA

    Gross! That's not what you want to hear when you are trying to reach ol' Hil.

    Nice work getting a jab in at Bush though, libs.

    April 2, 2009 07:24 pm at 7:24 pm |
  41. This.......

    has got Bill's fingerprints all over it. He'll never get enough.

    April 2, 2009 07:27 pm at 7:27 pm |
  42. demwit

    Bill's April Fools joke??

    April 2, 2009 07:27 pm at 7:27 pm |
  43. TjayeInLA

    This is an SNL skit in the making.

    April 2, 2009 07:28 pm at 7:28 pm |
  44. johnzero

    .... must have have given them the number for that other Clinton...

    April 2, 2009 07:28 pm at 7:28 pm |
  45. J-Dizzle

    I think they got the right number. I think Hillary was remembering them days back in the White House and wanted to get her some now that Bill has had his. Get some of that ex First Lady Lovin lol.

    April 2, 2009 07:29 pm at 7:29 pm |
  46. sam

    ...then the phone lines were jammed because Bill Clinton kept on calling back..again...and again...and again....

    April 2, 2009 07:29 pm at 7:29 pm |
  47. Dan

    It was Monica Lewinsky  Not Hillary Clinton  on the other end.

    April 2, 2009 07:29 pm at 7:29 pm |
  48. Fred

    Shouldn't have surprised the reporters. Thye know these people are the scum of the earth but don't report it.

    April 2, 2009 07:30 pm at 7:30 pm |
  49. chuck

    WHERE IS BILL WHEN YOU NEED HIM ?????

    April 2, 2009 07:30 pm at 7:30 pm |
  50. Anonymous

    Hilarious! "Do you have any hidden desires?" Uh none, that are a matter of national security or anything that the State Dept should be concerned about. Thank you..

    April 2, 2009 07:31 pm at 7:31 pm |
  51. themoi

    After getting that kind of message they'd think they had Bill's phone line and definately not Hill's!!

    April 2, 2009 07:32 pm at 7:32 pm |
  52. wood johnson

    phone hot line good! why so much talk about it?

    April 2, 2009 07:32 pm at 7:32 pm |
  53. Blue balloons

    Umm, that's a rotary phone. We don't use them anymore. Nice stock footage.

    April 2, 2009 07:33 pm at 7:33 pm |
  54. shirley

    Would of been a great april fools joke. at least there is a sense of humor in these tough times.

    April 2, 2009 07:33 pm at 7:33 pm |
  55. K.M.

    Are you sure that's not really Hillary working on domestic affairs to supplement her foreign affairs job?

    April 2, 2009 07:34 pm at 7:34 pm |
  56. Axl in Iowa

    Seems pretty fitting to me since were all getting SCREWED by this Obama guy and Congress. When will all you weak-minded zombies wake up?

    April 2, 2009 07:38 pm at 7:38 pm |
  57. tax dollars at work

    best use of my tax dollars in a long time

    April 2, 2009 07:41 pm at 7:41 pm |
  58. Jansy H McMillan

    I needed a good laugh today! That is hilarious. I always new Hillary had a sense of humor!

    April 2, 2009 07:45 pm at 7:45 pm |
  59. Charles U. Farley

    ...and the lesbians of the world rejoiced!

    April 2, 2009 07:48 pm at 7:48 pm |
  60. Alex

    I frankly don't see what the problem is. Depending on the category of your personal needs, the cited phone lines provide whatever you called for.

    April 2, 2009 07:52 pm at 7:52 pm |
  61. Jason L

    Could have been Hillary pulling a Bill Clinton. It's her turn to find her own Mr. lewinsky!!!

    April 2, 2009 07:52 pm at 7:52 pm |
  62. mdd

    So, was it Hillary Clinton on the other end? HAHAHA

    April 2, 2009 07:53 pm at 7:53 pm |
  63. Chris in Va.

    Are they sure they weren't dialing BILL Clinton?

    April 2, 2009 07:54 pm at 7:54 pm |
  64. 2young2vote-OR

    Haha...government is great

    April 2, 2009 07:56 pm at 7:56 pm |
  65. it was the same number...that is all the white house is these days..

    aaaa

    April 2, 2009 07:57 pm at 7:57 pm |
  66. Makes U Wonder

    Oooooops, guess Bill got his sex line phone numbers messed up when he had the phone guy in to check the lines.

    April 2, 2009 07:58 pm at 7:58 pm |
  67. rachel

    Get it together white house. Was this some kind of practical joke on Hillary?

    April 2, 2009 07:58 pm at 7:58 pm |
  68. Nestor, Austin, TX

    Bush gives the wrong number and you get information about Christian education...fairly benign. A Clinton gets the number wrong and you get a phone sex line. The jokes write themselves here.

    April 2, 2009 07:59 pm at 7:59 pm |
  69. Jamie

    The journalists must have thought that Bill's fave 5 numbers were listed

    April 2, 2009 08:01 pm at 8:01 pm |
  70. willowood

    sounds like it was not a mistake...aide should be fired...end of story.

    April 2, 2009 08:03 pm at 8:03 pm |
  71. Kyle R. in Colorado

    I'll bet the Republicans called more than once. lol lol lol

    April 2, 2009 08:03 pm at 8:03 pm |
  72. No Incumbents 2010

    How many times has Bill called?

    April 2, 2009 08:04 pm at 8:04 pm |