Posted on 06/08/2005 5:34:44 PM PDT by wagglebee
If Bill Clinton was the victim of a crank telephone call, don’t blame the Republicans - he can thank his fellow Democrat Jimmy Buffett.
It all started when a 22-year-old busboy at a Delray Beach, Fla., restaurant, Jason Martin, found the singer's cell phone on May 29 after Buffett had left.
Martin and his friends "were scrolling down the list on Jimmy's phone, going 'Wow!'" Martin told Palm Beach Post "Page Two" columnist Jose Lambiet.
The big names on Buffett's phone included Clinton, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, country stars Clint Black, George Strait and Alan Jackson, actors George Clooney, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford, and Microsoft chief Bill Gates.
On May 30 a Buffett friend called the cell phone number and Martin answered.
"He said I was a thief and a liar," Martin told Lambiet. "Then I called [Buffett's wife] Jane's number and she was nasty to me. So I told them I wouldn't give it back."
Buffett called the restaurant's owner, who fired Martin and notified police.
Martin soon received a visit from cops and a U.S. Secret Service agent because of Clinton's and Carter's numbers on the phone.
Martin surrendered the phone – but the memory card containing names, phone numbers and some addresses is missing.
Martin claims he didn't call anyone on the list, but according to the police report, he said some of his friends might have crank-called Clinton.
Buffett confirmed to Lambiet that "whoever had the phone may have called a couple of my contacts.
"It's a person's worst nightmare."
"she was nasty so I wouldn't give it back"
Mom taught me early you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Guess once you get rich and become a celebrity you forget that:)
It's his own damned fault.
tell me its not true...
"Buffett called the restaurant's owner, who fired Martin and notified police."
Good.
Hehehe
Damn I just love JB's music. It's such a shame he can't be as smart as CD. The world would be so much better off. So... I'll listen to a Pirate @ 40 and screw his politics AND Charlie for PRESIDENT!
How it got there he hadn't a clue.
But it's your damned fault my keyboard is now full of coffee.
Careless, long-haired, maggot infested, dope smoking, phony baloney, rubber banana, good time rock'n'roll, sockless Goober Liberal ping.
Strait and a whole bunch of other country stars sang on Buffet's last album.
Uh, Jimmy Buffett and George Straight did a song together, that horrible Hey Good Lookin' remake
At any rate, Buffett is one of the great men of our time, and unlike today's musicians, he actually makes music
..some say theres a woman to blame...
Yep - the little dirtbag got what he deserved.
that's a real beauty!
Any Mexican Cutie's number on there?
(As if any exist)
He'll probably get a visit from the Guidos of the local Parrot Head chapter too.
that's what I was thinking. I hope it is purely a professional relationship. I thought George Strait was a good man.
He misplaced it when he was searching for his lost shaker of salt.
From a technical perspective, his songwriting is actually about moderate and he shows very little innovation despite decades of trying. He wrote a few catchy songs a few decades ago. Kudos on that. But lets no pretend that he is Stevie Wonder here.
What he is very good at is marketing. He has created his own cult of personality and he is now getting mega-rich pimping the boomers who want to pretend that they are slackers (while they still drive their BMW 7 series).
And the restaurant food was actually horrible. This will go the way of the other celebrity restaurants which are all fluff and no food. Even the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" was lame and its hard to screw up a cheeseburger in America.
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