His wide grin after saying that, like “Am I clever, or what?” was, in my opinion, a very poor example of what he’ll be like when he is on his own […].
“Very droll, Mr President!”
Posted on 11/09/2008 9:17:49 AM PST by kristinn
Veteran reporter and talk radio host Andrea Shea King reported this weekend at her blog, The Radio Patriot that a close friend of the Reagan family has contradicted the claim by the Obama administration-in-waiting that President-elect Obama had a "warm conversation" with former First Lady Nancy Reagan when he called her to apologize for insulting her at a press conference Friday afternoon.
Responding to a question by Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times about whether he had consulted with "any living ex-presidents", Obama replied:
"In terms of speaking to former presidents, I've spoken to all of them that are living. Obviously, President Clinton — I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances.
"I have reread some of Lincoln's writings, who's always an extraordinary inspiration.
"And, by the way, President Carter, President Bush, Sr., as well as the current president have all been very gracious and offered to provide any help that they can in this transition process."
Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter issued a statement several hours after the press conference about Obama's call to Mrs. Reagan:
"President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless and off-handed remark he made during today’s press conference. The president-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."
Yesterday, a Reagan insider gave a differing account of the phone call:
"Nancy is at home, comfortable, giving her pelvic bone a chance to heal from what was in fact a minor break. I know that he called Nancy to apologize and she was not warm to him."
The Reagan insider also expressed their own opinion on Obama's remarks:
"I was not thrilled by President-Elect Obama's gaffe in his press conference when he said that he had consulted all the living presidents but couldn't talk to Ronald Reagan because he wasn't going to do a Nancy Reagan thing and have a seance. His wide grin after saying that, like "Am I clever, or what?" was, in my opinion, a very poor example of what he'll be like when he is on his own, without a script and a teleprompter, speaking with the tough leaders of Russia, Iran and North Korea."
King said in her report the Reagan insider wishes to remain anonymous.
Obama's remark was not only insulting, it was factually inaccurate, as ABC News' Jake Tapper reported Friday:
Incidentally, Nancy Reagan never held a séance at the White House, though she was reported to have consulted with an astrologer when planning her husband's schedules. It was Mary Todd Lincoln who regularly held séances.
When she was first lady, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., worked with spiritual adviser Jean Houston to access an "Eleanor Roosevelt-like consciousness" from within her own psyche. Clinton wrote in a column that Roosevelt "usually responds by telling me to buck up, or at least to grow skin as thick as a rhinoceros."
Based in central Florida, Andrea Shea King hosts a talk show on BlogTalk Radio weeknights at 9 Eastern. She previously hosted shows at WDBO-AM, WMMB-AM, and WMEL-AM, was an anchor and reporter at at WESH-TV and a columnist for Florida Today newspaper.
His wide grin after saying that, like “Am I clever, or what?” was, in my opinion, a very poor example of what he’ll be like when he is on his own […].
“Very droll, Mr President!”
He is a classless, tasteless moron.
It was incredibly odd!
I want America to succeed. For eight years, there has been a party hoping and working for Bush to fail even if it would be bad for America.
I will not be one of those. If Obama proposes conservative policies that will help America to come out of recession, create jobs, etc. I will support those.
If he proposes left wing stupid stuff, I will not support them, the Pubbies better not either. Dems have the majority, do not give them cover - oppose them when they are wrong(should I say that will likely be most of the time?)
I don’t know if this has been mentioned yet or not (I didn’t see it in a quick lookthrough of the previous posts), but this seems VERY reminiscent of Clinton coming out of his meeting with Ronald Reagan in early 1993 and having his folks put out word that Reagan had voted for him and not Bush.
I smell a complete setup here. Obama mocks Nancy Reagan, justifying a phone call that is falsely portrayed by the Obama folks as “warm”. And the GOP has limited ability to counter the Obama lies (especially given the news that FoxNews has completely gone in the tank for Obama).
It is funny how the Dems keep running to Reagan and his legacy as PR stunts to build goodwill for themselves, given how they ridiculed him when he was in office.
And you have reason to beleive he and his leftist comrades on the hill will do that for what reason? Do you "hope" that "change" means something conservative? LOL.
Obama is a liar , I’m not surprised.
Nancy has considerably more class than, say, me. I definately would have told him to go sodomize himself.
My first bellylaugh of the day, and I needed it. Thanks!
My jaw dropped when I found out Maher rejects the idea of immunizations because he oesn’t believe in germ theory. I mean, I knew he was dumb, but...whoa.
I betcha she gave him what for. He deserves it, and if he thinks SHE was nasty, wait till he has to confront Putin.
I heard this remark and saw that smirk and all I could think of was the smirk on Obama’s face when he flipped off Hillary and John McCain during the course of the campaign.
This boy is headed for a big comedown and I just hope I’m around to see it.
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Amazing, considering that it was G.W. Bush who is always smirking according to the press. I am afraid that his big comedown is going to be the downfall of the whole country.
Problem is, the libs are disgustingly improper and show no respect to anyone. They won’t consider this a gaffe because they have no social skills except to strap on a bomb.
Well since they turned their adoration to Obama, I’m sure he probably would, she is being tossed aside like an old shoe.
Not Michael; it was Ron.
The sad thing Dinah...is Americans are going to die when a world leader takes him down a peg.
Ashamed of his mom, naturally. Pathetic twerp. He’s probably real good buds with Christopher Buckley.
I know..I will be chained to this thread for a month correcting myself. LOL.
Nancy told him to shove his Schumer up his Pelosi!
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