March 28, 2008
Bush gives out wrong hotline number â again
Posted: 04:00 PM ET
(CNN) â 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 â 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 â a Texas-based group that provides Christian education home schooling material.
Bush gives out wrong hotline number â again
Posted: 04:00 PM ET
(CNN) â 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 â 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 â a Texas-based group that provides Christian education home schooling material.