Barack Obama's Press Conference - Talks Economy, Takes Shot at Nancy Reagan

Associated Comment ^ | November 7, 2008 | Mark Whittingham

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Barack Obama conducted his first press conference as President Elect, with Vice President Elect Joe Biden and his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at his side and his economic advisors, looking appropriately dour and serious, standing behind him.

There was not much in the way of news made at the Obama press conference, aside from a shot taken at an old lady named Nancy Reagan. The majority of the questions were about the current economic situation and what Obama intends to do about it. The short answer appears to be the enactment of some kind of economic stimulus package, the shape of which is unclear.

Some components of the economic stimulus package were discussed. There will be some kind of bailout for the automobile companies that will force them to make fuel efficient cars. There will be an extension of unemployment benefits. There will be some kind of "rescue package" for the middle class.

Barack Obama took a cheap shot at former first lady Nancy Reagan, suggesting that she held séances. This was in response to a question of consulting former Presidents. No doubt this will cause Barack Obama's unsavory image among conservative Americans to be soiled even more, at least until and if Obama apologizes.

[uncbob]

There was only one worth a sh!t.

None of them were ( And I voted for JFK)

[Cecily]

I wonder what Peggy “Unpatriotic Disgrace” Noonan thinks of this vile creep now? Maybe she didn’t like Nancy and doesn’t care.

[hgro]

Rahm Emanuel looked like he was standing in a hole.

[buckleyconservative]

I definately feel your pain!,,I’ve been sick at my stomach since the election!

I live near Philadelphia. I haven't seen a ray of sunlight since Monday afternoon. Rain in the forecast for tomorrow.

Only one way I can describe it: I feel like I'm in London during the days of Jack the Ripper

[kanawa]

Will there be a White House Christmas tree next year
and if so will it be the first time his kids have seen one?

[Bearshouse]

I can’t accept this. I am sick with anger, fear, and shock.

Always remember, this nation had to endure Carter for them to appreciate Reagan. I'm hopeful that when the pendulum swings back, we will be ready to demonstrate how government should be run.

[stockstrader]

Noonan wasn’t a fan of Nancy (ref. having read Noonan’s book) so I would expect silence from her.

[Right Cal Gal]

I was calling him Obamanazi. Then a friend in an email made some Roman Empire references and I decided that, to compare him with the Emperor he most reminds me of, I’ll be calling him Obigula.

[buckleyconservative]

Noonan wasn’t a fan of Nancy (ref. having read Noonan’s book) so I would expect silence from her.

Well at least something positive comes from this!

[Right Cal Gal]

Dude - you are a GENIUS. I’ll pass that along to my friends on the email network. Maybe everyone else will, too.

[NotchJohnson]

The media will help him so much he will be looking better than JFK.

[Finalapproach29er]

Anyone who takes out after a widow is going to get an ass-whipping from God- so says the Old Testament.

I look forward to seeing this.

[bagman]

Has everyone else lost their memory?

It was Hillary Rodham who was consulting with Eleanor Roosevelt’s spirit in the White House just a few years ago.

[NotchJohnson]

It was also rumored that Nancy had sex with Sinatra. That rumor was pretty much fact with the mainstream media.

[Finalapproach29er]

Hillary “channeled” Elanor Roosevelt.

Madam Rodham is the looney one, ballet boy.

[Drill Thrawl]

We have two that just need a little more seasoning.

Palin or Jindal, take your pick.

Let’em run their respective states clean things up and get more exec experience.

In the meantime we need to start purging the RINO’s. Only two years to go to get rid of some of them.

[stockstrader]

Hillary “channeled” Elanor Roosevelt.

Of course the MSM will ignore that FACT!!!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Rahm Emanuel looked like he was standing in a hole.

The legend of Rahm Emanuel, who has just accepted an offer to become Barack Obama's chief of staff, begins with a missing finger and a dead fish.

Washington buzz has long had it that Emanuel, 48, lost half a finger on his right hand to a bomb while serving in the Israeli army. Emanuel is also said to have mailed a smelly dead fish to a campaign pollster unlucky enough to upset him.

The bomb-blast anecdote is entirely untrue - Emanuel, who has been the No 3 Democrat in the US House of Representatives since last year, severed his finger in a childhood meat-slicing accident. The widely reported rotting fish tale has never been confirmed.

But those colourful stories are a vital part of the take-no-prisoners image Emanuel has crafted for himself during more than two decades in politics. And his volunteer service in Israel during the 1990s Gulf War is no fiction, with the Jewish press hailing Emanuel's ascension as a sign that Israel will have its own man in the Obama White House.

Though his combative reputation has won him acolytes and detractors in almost equal numbers, even Emanuel's critics admit that his political savvy and policy expertise make him a natural partner for Obama.

Like the president-elect, Emanuel is a Chicago native with a strong connection to the city's political elite. He and Obama also have both inspired characters on TV's The West Wing, with Emanuel providing the model for wunderkind aide Josh Lyman.

Emanuel was among the earliest converts to Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992, serving as a senior fundraiser and strategist. His trademark, even then, was a brash style that often involved raised voices and profanity but also got difficult jobs done. When Tony Blair appeared with Clinton at the height of the Lewinsky sex scandal in 1998, Emanuel is reported to have offered a typically terse warning: "Don't fuck it up."

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[Louis Foxwell]

“I heard Sarah Palin has returned to Alaska to begin a new career, yes she’s going into the adult entertainment industry starring in films produced by VPILF Enterprises.”

Is this true?

[LasVegasMac]

None of them were ( And I voted for JFK)

Well then, we disagree.

Who was the last person to say, "Ask not what this country can do for for you but what you can do for this country?"

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD A DEMOCRAT SAY ANYTHING REMOTELY CLOSE TO THAT?