Posted on 11/07/2008 4:11:25 PM PST by HD1200
President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said.
“President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference," said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."
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Sure.
That and the fact it was Mary Todd Lincoln who held seances, NOT Nancy Reagan.
November 07, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama
Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for ‘careless’ joke
President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald “séances” in the White House, an Obama aide said.
“President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference,” said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. “The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation.”
Obama was asked at his press conference today if he’d spoken to all the Presidents.
“I have spoken to all of them who are living,” he responded. “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances.”
He was apparently confusing stories about Reagan’s consulting with an astrologer with those about other First Ladies — from Mary Todd Lincoln to Hillary Clinton — who tried to make contact with other figures from the past.
Just another “botched joke” from a leading Demagogue - they are very good at trying to spin and backtrack AFTER they issue their insults.
How many will he make in four years is the scary thought.
first in a long line of apologies no doubt
dunno— were his shoestrings wet?
Is Nancy Reagan still in the hospital from a broken hip?
Yeah that’s what I thought.
Too late!
Making fun of an old lady with a broken hip, nice guy.
Was he scratching his lip with his middle finger when giving his “apology”?
It would have been something if Mrs. Reagan said to 0bama, “ Bite me commie my husband spent his lifetime fighting you cowards “ and slammed the phone down in his ear.
Grab foot, open mouth, stuff — ummmhmm good.
Complete lack of character, it shows.
Reject Obamunism.
I say that boy ain’t got clothes on, will he learn before he gets knighted?
Oh wait! Hillary also held seances?
I know MTL did at the Whitehouse, but did Hillary?
Credit where credit is due. He did the right thing.
DUers are probably having an collective aneurysm.
He needn’t have, Krauthammer said it was no big deal.
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