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| Barry Apologizes to Nancy Reagan for Seance Remark |
| 2008-11-08 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House. At a news conference in Chicago, Obama said he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepares to take office in January. Then he smiled and said, "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." The 87-year-old former first lady had consulted with astrologers during her husband's presidency. But she did not hold conversations with the dead. Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said the president-elect later called Mrs. Reagan "to apologize for the careless and offhanded remark." She said Obama "expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share, and they had a warm conversation." It actually wasn't Nancy Reagan who was linked to conversations with the dead; it was Obama's top Democratic challenger for the presidency, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. In either case, use of the word "seance" might be overstated. Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer to help set her husband's schedule, wrote former White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan. The revelation created a furor and President Reagan even broke with his policy of not commenting on books by former White House staffers. "No policy or decision in my mind has ever been influenced by astrology," Reagan said. In his book "The Choice," Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward described how Clinton consulted with a spiritual adviser who led her through imaginary conversations with her personal hero, Eleanor Roosevelt. Newsweek magazine, which was promoting the book, characterized the visits as "seances," a term that White House officials quickly tried to squelch. "These were people who were helping her laugh, helping her think," said Neel Lattimore, Clinton's spokeswoman. "These were not seances." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #9 This guy is an royal arss clown of the first order. This is just the first of many more self inflicted johnson stompings to come. If it isn't him, it will be his angry lobster slerping Beluga dipping bedmate. I can't wait for the laughs to begin. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-08 19:44 |
| #8 Classy Barry. Really classy. |
| Posted by: Carbon Monoxide 2008-11-08 18:08 |
| #7 Obama's a prick. |
| Posted by: Uletle McGurque4511 2008-11-08 16:02 |
| #6 So if Sarah Palin had done something like this, the MSM would have a feeding frenzy. I have pair of lucky underwear that I never take off. Does that qualify me to be a donk? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-08 14:21 |
| #5 In a coupla years he may be asking her to recommend one... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-08 13:21 |
| #4 Stay classy, Barry, stay classy. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-08 11:14 |
| #3 Obama fucked up twice as i watched that clip - first, he had a Biden moment when he said "i talked to the presidents who are still living" - after realizing his gaffe he quickly interjected for the journo-stooges about "nancy reagan and seances" which, was also wrong as it was the hildabeast who was attributed w/that nonsense. Good job wonder boy, or should I call you Oneder boy (a "that thing you do" referece). |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-11-08 09:17 |
| #2 And in other NEWS. .... chief strategist David Axelrod has been carrying the same pink quartz heart in his pants pocket for about three weeks. A woman he didn't know approached him at an event and gave it to him. “She seemed to have an aura about her,” Axelrod said. “We have been doing pretty well since then.” |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-08 09:03 |
| #1 Way to get the facts all wrong but go ahead and say it anyways boy genius. Even I, out here in nowhere land and didn't just run a campaign against her, knew this story was about Mrs. Clinton and not Mrs. Reagan. Jeez, can't wait for the regular season to start. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-11-08 09:00 |