[tomnbeverly]

Well he did libel her since I have never known that she held any seances. Maybe he confused her with Hillary or possibly Michelle... who knows.. Idiot... We are all going under the bus sooner or later.

[Cicero]

During the Reagan presidency, the media mocked Nancy Reagan a good deal. They tried to suggest that Reagan was a lightweight and that Nancy was constantly telling him what to do. And they wrote stories saying that she had held seances.

Whether she did or not, I have no idea. I don’t trust the media any farther than I could kick them. Possibly she did something of the kind as a kind of game or joke. In any case, the media were constantly attacking and belittling the Reagans every chance they got.

I’m sure that Obama and his leftist friends were laughing about the Reagans as idiots back then, and when Obama said something awkward during his press conference, about only speaking to live presidents, the memory of Nancy Reagan’s much mocked seances came into his head and he joked about it to fix his odd statement.

It was really just a case of the kind of things liberals joke about with each other—but not meant for public consumption. Still, I’m surprised he apologized. It’s not something he does very often.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Open memo to O'Trotsky: Fascism and Socialism is no laughing matter. It's serious business. Leave comedy to the trained pros.

[Weaponier]

Can we mark this down as the 1st Official Apology from the Obama Administration?

At this rate he has to be good for a dozen or so of these a month. I wonder who will receive the next Official Apology?

[NavVet]

He should apologize for being an idiot. He realized that he had just said something moronic and his childish attempt to recover just made it worse.

[Red in Blue PA]

Heard that and couldn’t believe it.....well, as it’s Obama I guess it shouldn’t surprise me too much.

[TaxRelief]

We know that was code. I’ve heard those racist comments about old white women doing seances before.

[hinckley buzzard]

Hillary had seances with Eleanor Roosevelt. Nancy Reagan had an interest in astrology.

[KarlInOhio]

He’s only been president for negative 75 days and he’s already shown that he can’t be trusted without the teleprompter. No original thoughts, no original statements will be allowed. He will just have to be hidden in the White House and sign press releases written by Rahm Emanuel.

[verklaring]

'careless' joke With that audience it was not "careless"

[EverOnward]

No apology here. Please watch. You can't believe it.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881106074

[Rapunzel]

Somewhat off topic. But his whitey granny was probably close to Nancy's age and he goes and disrespects her.

Why hasn't Obama gone and held a funeral for his white granny? If she died the day before election, why hasn't he gone back to Hawaii or held a service of some kind for her?

And he proclaimed so much luv for her, yeah right!

[LoveUSA]

Barbara Streisand.

[Oztrich Boy]

[wardaddy]

she did have an astrologer

[eeevil conservative]

they had a warm conversation

LOL!! I love how the Libs keep re-defining words...

warm.....heated....whatevah!

[PzLdr]

Notice the pattern? Obama opens mouth. Inserts foot. Removes foot. Apologizes to whoever he’s insulted; and for the MSM, all is forgiven. No wonder Letterman and Oprah love him. They all read cue cards for a living.

[JRochelle]

Barak Obama, what a classy thug.

[redk]

What a moron, insulting an icon like Nancy Reagan is a great start to winning over the people who didn’t vote for you a$$hole.

[Sam Cree]

As the article points out, it was Mary Todd Lincoln who held seances.

[ConservativeMind]

Well, I appreciate the apology on her behalf.

He may have meant it as a small joke, but it was pretty damning.