Obama Apologizes to Nancy Reagan For ‘Séance’ Crack

In the scheme of political insensitivities, this was way minor. Good thing he called to apologize, but he is human and he does have opinions on things like using mediums. Thank goodness.

Making the call was the right thing to do, and it took good character to do the right thing.

I am surprised that when you showed the comment tonight on world news that no comment was said by charlie, are you all hiding Pres Obama’s mistakes already. That was a tacky comment about a former first lady, would he say anything like that about his wife?

Well, at least he had enough class to apologize. But I don’t think Nancy would have made a big deal of it.

This just goes to show you that Obama is not the saint that most people think he is. Not all of the words that come out of his mouth are words of wisdom. I also wonder how African Americans feel about him calling himself a mutt? That didn’t seem like the wisest thing to say either! I do respect him for being big enough to call Mrs. Reagan and apologizing, though. Most people wouldn’t have done that!

Boy, he can’t handle the basic stuff, maybe he should lay low until he can get up to speed. Without a teleprompter he is clueless.

How can any of you possibly condemn him for this after 10,000 Bush gaffes? He has 9,999 to go, hypocrites.

Bea: Not everyone appreciates jokes whether they are meant to be funny or not. Some of us are the serious type. I am one of them. I don’t joke and I don’t like to be joked about. I get angry and insulted and I resort to violence very quickly!

Very minor gaffe, very swift correction. This guy’s batting 1.000! No, we shouldn’t have to apologize for every perceived offense, no matter how minor…but there’s also nothing wrong stepping up quickly to show a little extra class either. Seems weird to hear a POTUS quickly admit a potential mistake doesn’t it? It’s been awhile.

Intresting that all of you are so willing to overlook and make excuse for Obama and telling people to get over it, when a very differant approach has been taken with President Bush when he mispeaks. There always seeems to be a lot of name calling and demeaning of the President. Maybe a double standard here?

carlyonsue…you are totally hilarious!

Another arrogant and flippant remark from this man who will now lead our nation for the next four years. Lord help us when he makes more “jokes” during that time that involve national security, our economy and everything else we hold dear.

Oh my goodness. Don’t you folks have anything better to do? Does such a dissection of this casual offhanded comment mean we are doomed to more self-serving bickering and potshots for 4 more years? geez, give the guy (and your next President) a break.

sjs…Bush was the laid back type who joked and BS’d with the media regularly and there were no disasters…oops, wait a minute…on second thought just “watch me while I hit this drive”!

Keith Phillips: You are right! There has been a double standard all through this campaign season. The democrats got by with anything they wanted to say but not the republicans! The media and the democrats and Obama supporters pounced on everything that the republicans said and crucified them with it!

He did fine even with the “seance” gaffe. For a first presidential-elect press conference, he did a good job. He was presidential yet casual, and he’ll get to be a better off-the-cuff speaker. They all do. Well, sadly, Bush never did.
By next time, he’ll have enough of a staff to get a statement underway and written before the conference is scheduled so the event can start on time and so they can get him on a TelePrompTer. He’s much more presidential and commanding when he’s looking up and out. We all are! (Speechwriter here.)

Hey, if I could summons Ronald Reagan, I’d do it in a heartbeat :)

Nancy Reagan’s been to the rodeo a few times in her life; I’m sure she didn’t take personal offense to Obama’s feeble attempt at humor.
Hey, everybody, take the weekend off. This presidential election is over. The only people who get all bent out of shape about this sort of trivial nonsense are those who walk around with big political chips on their shoulders, and those who are paid by the GOP to be professionally outraged.

Come on guys, lighten up. Calling it like it is- refreshing.

The comment was meant to lighten the mood not inflame it. Abe Lincoln

In recent times, there have been two stock market crashes. The first was within the first two years after the Democrats controlled the house and the senate. The second was within the first two years after the democrats controlled both the house and the senate…..the president doesnt control the economy, the congress does…duh, what did you expect. you did the same thing over again and got the same result….

WILL YOU PLEASE GET OVER IT. IT WAS’NT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.YOU ARE MAKING A BIG DEALS OUT OF SMALL THINGS. YOU GOT BIGGER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, SO GROW UP.

C’mon I didn’t vote for O but even I thought it was humorous.

Excuses they allow Obama, blame they pour on Bush. The moron factor is high in Obama’s camp.

Hey Kellybell,
If you think President Bush screwed up, just wait til Obama is done. We will really be in a mess. He, Pelosi, Reid, and others in the Dem. leadership are are already backpeddleing on his promises and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet!! Obama already hired a attack dog for his chief of staff. By the way, Rahm was on the board of Fredymack and is also responsible for this Mortgae mess.

Obama may be the nerdiest President we have ever had. Stay away from the ad libs, Barack. You have a brain the size of a bus, but it does not compute jokes well. We don’t care if you’re funny, we just need you and the rest of the Geek Squad to fix the country and invent anti-gravity cars for us. Nothin but love for ya, brother.

Oh, folks – there’s more of this kind of stuff to come from someone who believes he is God.

There you go. Take away the teleprompter and you’ll never know what he is going to say. Not a good start.

He is an idiot, he could not answer the last question about taxing the rich.
He flipped and flopped all around it. It was a direct question are you going to still tax the rich.
He could not even answer that question with out UM AH oh crappers I am n front of the people as the President elect.
IDIOT

As a conservative I concede that Obama is smart and thoughtful but I worry he is too soft for the job. If he feels bad enough to call Nancy Reagan about his lighthearted comment, he is too sensitive.

Who cares? Don’t we have bigger things to worry about?

I knew what he meant, understood he meant no harm but the righties will latch on to whatever crumb they can find. They’re still hurt – I understand.

Now, if he as President calls himself a mutt….aren’t people more likely to use that word while addressing other people like Obama.
Just like how President Clinton preached that oral sex is not sex…lol…and black people using the N word to address eachother, sometimes younger adults will misunderstand the appropriateness of the word.

If he meant no harm he should have kept his mouth shut.

Jonh, get over it, McSame has lost and lamentabley. Obama is brighter than WBush/Cheney/McCain/ Palin, all four together. Let us move on and rebuild a prosperuous America and leave behind the division and partisanship.

I loved Obama’s remark about being a mutt. His humor is most always directed at himself and not others, a true sign of humility.

The mutt comment is in reference to his mixed heritage. Just like my children. I call them mutts all the time. Affectionately.

Maybe he should forget his stand-up routine and work on being the most powerful leader in the world.

Hey, isn’t it in *ALL* of our best interests to give the guy a chance?

If Bush had made such a remark, it would have been front page fodder of how “insensitive” he is. But with O, it was just humorous. The first President elected by the Media. The economy is where it is because of the Demos in Congress, correct. “O” has already changed his remarks from “change” to “OPPORTUNITY for change” Everyone has an opportunity, even illegal citizens. Duh.

It was a joke, not a great one. Nothing to see here people, move along. The venom on this board from some people says everything about them and nothing about Pres-elect Obama.

Right wingers on here have already begun carping over two jokes. Had they had any sense of priorities . .. perhaps the following wouldn’t have happened. . .
Here’s how the Republicans ran the government.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
$421 Billion OVER BUDGET (2002)
$555 Billion OVER BUDGET (2003)
$596 Billion OVER BUDGET (2004)
$554 Billion OVER BUDGET (2005)
$574 Billion OVER BUDGET (2006)
This includes RECORD overspending.
And the Republicans had the nerve during the election to try to label the Democrats as “overspenders of your hard earned tax dollars”.
Is it any wonder they drove both the public spending and finances into the ditch?

Actually the last 2 years the Democrats spending was a lot higher than any of the previous 6 years.
You like posting facts that make us look bad. Post the facts that make the Democrats look bad also.

if that would have been Palin or Mccain who said that the press and left would have crucified them.

The MSM is reporting in a few circles, who is Obama, we really do not know him, his policy, worldviews, and he is an enigma.
Well they had 2 years to investigate him and they did not do there jobs, but in 2 years they could not find the following
Obama ran on the New Party ticket for his first senate run. A very left party that was either socialist or so damn close it was scary. Their platform was and is based on socialist views.
Obama committed major ethics violations as a state senator. He accepted speaking fees during this time. Illinois Ethics laws forbids a senator to accept any fees for speaking. The sad part, Obama declared these fees on his PUBLIC tax returns. Anyone could have looked this up with very little effort.
Issues that are coming out after the election, Fairness doctrine, theft of 401k plans. This information was reported on blogs all over the US. Why was it buried until after the election by the MSM?
Obama’s 2001 Chicago radio talk, Supreme Court judges do not need to interpret the constitution. They should judge cases on social and economic issues. The civil rights era did not do enough in redistributive rights for the black man. It should have covered these issues at that time. Since Obama does not believe the courts will do anything about it, he wants to get it passed through legislation.
Why does Obama want his own civilian defense force 250,000 strong, equal to or greater than the US Military? While reducing military funding by 20 to 30 percent.
Well people wanted change; they bought Obama and his rhetoric hook, line and sinker. He made you feel warm and fuzzy for change, talked a good talk, and never did outline one thing he has done or will do to make things better. Just nice talk, middle of the road, bring the nation together
He picked a hatchet man for his Chief of Staff, he will go far left.

The Democratic Congress’s 2008 Budget: A Tax and Spending Spree
In January, a Democratic congressional majority was sworn in that was elected in part by promising fiscal responsibility. The Democrats specifically pledged to limit spending increases and employ pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budgeting to keep the budget deficit in check.
As their first year moves toward a close, it has become clear that the members of this majority have failed to live up to their promises. In just 10 months, Congress has passed legislation that would increase federal spending by a combined $454 billion over 10 years and raise taxes and fees by $98 billion over 10 years and has passed a budget resolution that would bring the tax increase to a projected $2.7 trillion.[1]
Despite the Democrats’ PAYGO pledge of no new deficit spending, legislation enacted thus far has increased spending much faster than taxes, resulting in an additional $356 billion in deficit spending. Only their budget blueprint, which assumes repeal of nearly all of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, would pay for all of their new spending

John you’re absolutely right.
After 6 straight years of Republicans setting RECORDS for overspending, the gross overspending continued.
Did you expect a miracle? Get real.

Thus, the Democratic congressional majority has shown its hand. It intends to allow most of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts to expire and plans to raise other taxes to balance the AMT fix. Over the next 10 years, the budget resolution would raise taxes by an estimated $2.7 trillion–more than $2,000 per household annually.[6]
Lest any Senator try to avert these tax increases, the budget contains a multitude of new rules designed to ensure that they occur. Any Senator offering legislation to extend current tax rates would violate three different Senate budget rules, each of which would have to be overridden by a superma­jority of 60 votes before the Senate could even vote on the legislation itself. These obstacles would apply just to keeping current tax rates in place. By contrast, current entitlement spending formulas, which automatically raise entitlement spending by 6 percent to 7 percent annually, would continue without any restraints.

Hatred is a debilitating emotion, and it’s easily spread from person to person. My life is too important to waste any time on this stuff- I’m outta here. Have fun, folks!

After 6 straight years of Republicans setting RECORDS for overspending, the gross overspending has continued.
Did you expect a miracle? Get real.

Fact: The House has already waived its PAYGO rules, and Congress has voted to increase entitlement spending by $179 billion. Offset by the $98 billion in tax increases, these policies would increase the bud­get deficit by nearly $81 billion.

“So now he can call Sarah Palin and apologize for demonizing her…” posted by len
seriously? when, just say ONE time when the guy “demonized” (my gosh are people bitter these days) that woman, who, let’s be honest, is stupid as stupid gets. Barack never ONCE referred to her negatively in personal terms, and barely even did it about “her policies” (not very to account for, btw). He DEFENDED her and her family even when she later went on to incite the masses to “kill him” and say he was a “terrorist”. Get a grip len, you’re done, over with, time for you and all your fellow McCain supporters to show you put “country first”.

John,
You are right on the money about the media. No pun intended. The media that help elect him will now turn on him for the almighty dollar. They will call it investigative journalism. As you said, they should have done this before the election so the American people would have had an honest picture of who he is. My heart bleeds for him. and you are totally right about the leftys and their manipulations of the facts to suit their purpose. God help us all!!

Discretionary Spending
If you want to have a new program, figure out a way to pay for it without raising taxes.
–Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), November 12, 2006.[20]
Fact: In addition to the tax and entitlement in­creases, Congress’s budget increases discretionary spending by 9.4 percent. Over 10 years, this trans­lates into $275 billion more discretionary spending than under President Bush’s budget request without offsetting even one dollar.

Republicans are complete hypocrites calling the Democrats “gross overspenders of hard earned taxpayers money”.
Look at those record deficits they set.

He told Nacy Regan he was sorry and is the President Elect please you all do not start up again like it was before he won he is and will be our next President and Im very happy

I did not like Mccain either. So can not go there.

Fact: The Democratic congressional majority has exempted authorization, entitlement, and tax bills from earmark reforms, substantially watered down other reforms, and brazenly sought to conceal all earmarks in this year’s spending bills. The House and Senate appropriations bills currently contain 11,351 such projects.
In addition to fiscal restraint, the Democratic majority pledged to rein in the use of pork-barrel projects, which had skyrocketed under the Repub­lican majority and had prompted numerous crimi­nal investigations of congressional corruption.

traitors for using our troops funding as a bargaining chip. They cost lives doing that.

First, congressional Democrats pledged to clean up the earmark process. While the ethics bill signed by President Bush contained some reforms, such as required disclosure of the congressional sponsors of each earmark, lawmakers significantly weakened the rest of bill by:
Removing a provision to ban the trading of pork-barrel projects for votes,
Weakening provisions aimed at stopping ear­marks that financially benefit lawmakers,
Transferring Senate earmark enforcement powers from the neutral Senate parliamentarian to the par­tisan Senate Majority Leader,
Permitting votes onbills before disclosing ear­marks, and
Weakening a provision requiring that earmarks be listed on the Internet before congressional votes.[24]

Thank you for this exceptional news service. What’s next? Obama goes to the bathroom for too long? As I’ve been saying for about 2 years now. START REPORTING. ACT LIKE YOU ARE A JOURNALIST.
I know this doesn’t impact the landed gentry, but there is an economic crisis. People are pulling their kids out of college. People are wondering how they are going to retire. Any news on that? Or do you have it in you. I’m not worried about what Obama’s got in him – but I do wonder what the new White House Press Corps does – if the emphasis ranges from dogs to Nancy Reagan.

Two other events stand out. Following the col­lapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) offered an amendment calling on the Senate to place a temporary moratorium on transportation earmarks until all structurally defi­cient bridges are repaired. Amazingly, the Senate voted 82-14 to prioritize pork-barrel projects over bridge repairs in the transportation budget.[29]
Then the Department of Veterans affairs proposed selling $4 billion of valuable but vacant land in West Los Angeles. This $4 billion could have been used to provide additional medical care for America’s veter­ans. However, this land is also surrounded by the Beverly Hills estates of wealthy individuals, includ­ing Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Tim McGraw, and Barry Bonds. Reportedly, when locals com­plained that, among other things, this development would impede the views from their mansions, Sena­tor Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) inserted a provision to cancel the land sale. The Senate voted 66-25 to side with the Beverly Hills millionaires.[30]

Too funny.
A grumpy guy named John complaining about pork-barrels.
Hmmm …
YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
LOLOLOL

Mara: LOL!

the election is over President Obama can we say Obama good now let it go

ok what part of the desert

Thumrait, Oman right after 9-11 was my last deployment before I retired.

Bush will eventually be remembered as a decent president but it will be some time b4 that happens. theres really nothing he could have done differntly. we were attacked we had to respond. cia said nukes in iraq so we had to invade. bush is a good guy, he just had a difficlt row to hoe as presidemt.

Before that numerous deployments to Incirlik AB in Turkey, and Saudi Arabia

John,
There goes your smart President Bush,
they tell him something and he believes
it. This is Bush’s fault. He doesn’t
use his own brains. He wanted to get
Sadaam it was pay back time for his
Daddy. Risk our military men and women’s
lives for a pay back.
Kill thousand of innocent people
for a pay back.

you do not know if he was wanting payback, just trash talk.

never said I was air force. You assume to much.

“len, you’re done, over with, time for you and all your fellow McCain supporters to show you put “country first”.”
But if we’re done how could we do that? Ah yes,
by fighting the free choice doctrine that enables thugs to intimidate employees who vote against union shops,
by fighting the fairness doctrine,
by ensuring the ACORN investigations proceed
by ensuring that haters who bomb police stations are treated to the same investigations decades laters as haters who bomb churches
by working to ensure the comprehensive immigration act goes front and center
by ensuring internet business startups pay the same taxes as any other business including ensuring they collect information for taxes lost to states that would otherwise tax them
And by ensuring the next election is run on a level playing field with regards to private contributions.
You’re sitting in the hot seat now. Get used to it.
Oh… and supporting Sarah Palin. It’s time for normal women with real families of real Americans have a say in this country. It’s time for sexism to be exposed for the practice it is: a practice of morons whether Democrat, Republican, or Spaghetti Monster worshippers.

sammy mccain and busgh saw this coming years ago. They tried to stop it and teh dem controlled congress blocked it
google
shocker fannie freddie

we are behind this man 100% and he will make a good president

If it was so important to regulate the mortgage and loan industries – and if the Republicans were so committed to it – why didn’t the Republicans do it when they had control of the White House, the Congress and the Senate for SIX YEARS?

John: pay attention now . . . this is a question . ..
If it was so important to regulate the mortgage and loan industries – and if the Republicans were so committed to it – why didn’t the Republicans do it when they had control of the White House, the Congress and the Senate for SIX YEARS?

len:
“by ensuring the ACORN investigations proceed ” ACORN as in the community organizing ACORN, or the “we wanna blame you for losing the election” ACORN?
“by ensuring that haters who bomb police stations are treated to the same investigations decades laters as haters who bomb churches…” or those who bomb abortion clinics…! (right?)
“by working to ensure the comprehensive immigration act goes front and center ” and with a picked fenced all around! so that you can never let in anyone willing to clean public restrooms for $6, ever again!
“And by ensuring the next election is run on a level playing field with regards to private contributions.” but with complete disregard to being honorable, based-on-facts, and non-hatred inciting!
“You’re sitting in the hot seat now. Get used to it.” …. (boooo!)
“Oh… and supporting Sarah Palin. It’s time for normal women with real families of real Americans have a say in this country.” normal women HAVE BRAINS, normal women know AFRICA IS A CONTINENT, normal women do not think they’re more worthy of one’s vote by wearing Neiman’s (sheep?) clothing. When you find me a woman who’s got a brain, cares to read, be informed, watch the news (not only the sports cast) and who doesn’t LOVE being hateful, then I too would be proud to have a woman running. NOT Sarah Palin.

Did I say conspiracy theory,
you said it not me.
I said Bush wanted Sadaam for his
Daddy. John, where is Bin Laden??
Do you have him?? NO, there were
no terriorist in Iraq. Everyone knows
this. Now there are thank you Bush..
I’m not here to argue. But think of
our troops and their lives and their families, Bush never did. Think
of the innocent lives lost.
For what?? Oh and another thing
I feel so much safer than I did
please your President used scared
tactics on the American people to go
to war. We now have someone who
will be responsible..

Oh and len, btw, you never gave me ONE example of when Barack demonized that brainless twit. I guess that’s like asking Palin to name ONE newspaper she reads… the question to nowhere

so now you want us to stay home and take care of the sick.
Well obama and his united nation poor tax will give away .7 of our GDP to the UN to help out poor countries.
He will raise your taxes to do this.

i have posted the link to the report but the admins keep deleting it

“He will raise your taxes”
* YAWN *
THE ELECTION IS OVER.
OBAMA WON.
Don’t worry, John – you can try again in 2016.

John – listen.
If taxes aren’t raised, how the heck are we gonna pay off the trillions of dollars in Iraq War debt and the $700,000 billion bailout.
Nothing is free. Country First – remember. We gotta do what we gotta do.
Stop whining.

Shelley, Genocide is deliberate and willful annihilation of a people. Saddam certainly did that with the Kurds. What do you call what we did with the Sunnis in Iraq? There are at least two million Sunni refugees who have fled Iraq to Jordan since the surge began. The ones who are left are easy to recognize. They are unarmed Iraqis – an ethnic minority. Is that not genocide?

I found it quite an improvement to have the President Elect make a foolish remark and then call up the person and apologize for his behavior. That is quite a change from Bush who never admitted that he made a mistake in eight years. If something went wrong, it was always someone else’s fault.

John: you keep missing the essential question . ..
If it was so important to regulate the mortgage and loan industries – and if the Republicans were so committed to it – why didn’t the Republicans do it when they had control of the White House, the Congress and the Senate for SIX YEARS?

I thought the joke on Nancy Reagan was cute. If it were a lie, it would be a whole other matter. But she did say she participated in seances. Big deal.
It probably made her laugh. She’s been ailing lately.

Hey John,
You are wasting your breath buddy.
The Lemming lefties are so mesmorized and so in denial they are never going to acknowledge when they are wrong. Time will prove you right my friend!! I for one have to work for a living so I will say good night and God help America!!

I’m going to love it when everyone
against Obama starts to live a great
life in the USA. Your dislike for him
will come back to bite you.
But like all Republicans you will still
find everything wrong even when your life
is really good.
I would have been the first one as
a Democrat to say Way to go Bush and
Republicans had Bush done right by us
and our troops. Let us all face the
truth that he was terrible and get on
with life and look toward the future
with a promise of things getting better.
You will have a good life with Obama.
Look at the Clinton years.
Think positive it will happen.
If we stay negative it will only
depress and make us not want to fight
for our country and bring it back to
the way we were before eight years ago.

There you go Gina, tear down before
you know what you are talking about.
America really needs this right now.
This is what is wrong with America.
We are starting new and fresh.
Get off the hate wagon.

Keith, you should have been saying God help America all during the past 8 years. Why now buddy?

He said that he had spoken to the only living president – Clinton? He wasn’t aware that Clinton is not the only living president and that wasn’t splashed across headlines? He’s handled with kid gloves by the media.

It is so sad that the media creates these issues, when no doubt Nancy Reagan had no idea that any comment had been made, let alone take the comment personally. Borack is simply making an attempt to be a personable, open, forthright president elect, and of course the media will force him into a defensive reclusive position (much like they do to any celebrity) to the point in which the general public will lose it’s newfound feeling of inclusion and hope. Furthermore, Mr. Tapper did a fantastic job in his post conference talk with Charlie Gibson of spinning President Elect Obama’s answers to sound like nothing new was stated (which it was) and furthermore that he will enforce tax hikes on 250k+ incomers. (In which he did NOT confirm). Sounds like Mr Tapper must be one of those individuals :). Can’t we all just be happy that we finally have the beginnings of an administration that is willing to work towards something? One other note I’d like to make. In every video clip of Mr. Obama going in and out of the meetings since his election, he has actually had a bag of (what I would assume is) items that one would actually need in meetings when one is actually -=working=-. I can’t remember the last time I saw a bag like this in President Bushes hands :).

He was asked if he had talked to “any living ex-presidents”. . .
Looks to me like this phrasing with ‘living’ ex-presidents brought to mind the presence of the ‘non-living’ presidents and the thought of communicating with them.
I’m almost sure(since Obama is a serious student of history) his mind would quickly go through how great it would be to consult with them. And ‘communicating with dead presidents’ and the White House came to mind and what Nancy Reagan and what came out was an attempt at a joke.
I think he looked a bit tired . .. and who wouldn’t be! So he was tired – and this showed his humor – but probably not at it’s best.
He saw fit to phone her. That’s the right response I think.

MikeMo:
My understanding is that links are not allowed on this blog.
My experience is that ALL links are deleted from this blog – as soon as they are detected.

Jeff, Biden was pointed at by the press over and over for mis-speaking . .. . all through the election. I have to disagree it’s not done to Democrats.

Mara, I’m certainly not saying that war is justified. I’m saying that we live in a world that will never be perfect because there will always be a few that dream of domination. I would love to think that we as Americans could keep our noses out of other countries, but can we? We are, whether we like it or not, the country that other countries look to for protection. I can’t imagine turning a blind eye to people that are being thrown into wood chippers or being slaughtered because they don’t want to be dominated by a maniacal dictator. War is a horrible thing, going on since the beginning of time. Were we right in fighting Adolf Hitler? Look at what he was able to accomplish in a relatively short period of time. If I remember correctly, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister sat and had talks with the Germans and told the British people that they could sleep soundly. He had good intentions but the Germans did not.

Goodnight everyone.
Tomorrow is a new day.
I for one can’t wait for January 20th.
It will surely be a new day dawning
for America.
Hold on things are going to start
turning around just wait and see.
It will take time but it will happen.
God Bless Our Troops and their Families!!
God Bless the Iraqi people!!

Nice to see our president elect doesn’t have respect for the elderly… what has Ms Reagan do to deserve his idiotic joke? Seriously not funny.

Stupid me. I didn’t realize that George Bush was president in the 1970′s

Classy Barack… REAL classy… See ya in four years, my friend. Jimmy Carter never got a second term and neither will you by imitating him either.

shelly
re: ww2
just to mention this…..
the groundwork for ww2 was formed after ww1
by the ‘winners’

Obama was a bit nervous today and he just wanted to hide it with a joke…
I hope he will be better next time.
moreover, he looks tired and worn out than election night…
I hope he is healthy and strong enough to do the job well.

Good Grief.
Is this all there is Picking on
everything he does.
This is the tolerant America.
What are we teaching our children.
This is verging on nutty to me.

What are you people so concerned
about??
Heck, I would take anyone other than
Bush. I think America got a great deal
with Obama and Biden.
Grow up for God Sake!!!!!!

Joe, you can go to another country if you don’t want obama as your President.
but the problem is all the world love obama… wherever you go, you won’t find your like-minded.

Maybe he should hold a seance and get some tough economic love from Alexander Hamilton.

Laughing Cynic, I’m with you. I thought it was the telepromters that he was focused on but look into those eyes and see no humility but arrogance and emptiness.I still have one question: Where is Auntie Zeituni? Still living at the Boston Housing Authority drawing a salary. Mr. Obama said the matter should be dealt with according to the laws. Bet she’s still liv’in in the USA

The negative America for some reason focuses on racism and sarcasism. A house divided will fall. History has already revealed this. McCain said it right, He is my president elect and I will support him and our country. Maybe many of the anti Obama folks should follow McCain’s lead FOR OUR COUNTRY’S SAKE.

Dear Concerned Though Hopeful,
You got it right! I am an African American male and I helped put president Bush in office both times. This time I gave president elect Obama a chance. This is one of the many things I love about this country which is the freedom to express my opinion at the ballot booth. Whoever you are, “Concerned”, we might have different opinions but we have mutual respect and this shows very much so in your obvious love for our country and it’s ideals. With a few more folks out there like you this country will make it through adverse times.

I am shocked by the “newly minted” Jake Tappers inability to cover this press conference. What was ABC thinking? After “listening” to an hour long press conference, when asked by Charlie, all he could come up with was that Mr. President Elect had not made any new commitments except the tax increase on tax payers making more than 250k and the discussion of the kind of dog the Obama Family planned to get. What?? Obviously Jake Tapper was too consumed in his thoughts about the tax increases or the fact that his candidate lost the election to pay attention and report what was actually said. As George Stephanopoulos so eloquently explained President Elect Obama made a lot of commitments on the economy and said as much as he could say being that he is not the president until January 20th. (which Obama said himself as well.) Oh but somehow the comment about Nancy Reagan managed to make its way into Jake Tappers overwhelmed little mind and he chose to only report on that. Please! Mr. Obama was not being mean spirited, he made a joke, I seriously doubt anyone got their feelings hurt, especially since he and Nancy have great admiration for each other. Same for the mutt crack, should he apologize for that too? Why didn’t Bush have to apologize for all the words he massacred over the course of the last 8 years – I was offended by that! Maybe Bush owes us all a phone call to personally apologize for the state of the economy and the wars our sons and daughters have been fighting. This is the dawn of a new age and Jake Tapper had better wake up and support our president. Honestly, did either of his reports accuratly convey what was actually said in the press conference today? NO. If this is the best he can do being the white house correspondent he needs to be replaced he did not inform anyone on what actually happened today. He is simply trying to spin whatever he can to make Obama look bad and thats not his job! We are not interested in that – we want to know the facts – what was said of importance. Oh, and kudos to Mr. Obama for consulting with past presidents – maybe if Bush had actually consulted with anyone with ANY knowledge we wouldn’t be in this mess now. Thats the fundamental difference between our new president and the old one – informed decisions – Thank God. Mr.President Elect, don’t let them convince you to loose your sense of humor, we like you just fine the way you are I look forward to more of you press conferences. :)

Lee;
at some point one needs to move on with optomism not negativism.If all you can do is tear down, where is your peace?
Accept these years as a challenge for all of us including Obama who as a human as you and makes mistakes just like you and I. These times require us all to support our president whether you voted for him or not. There is to much cincism and less tolerance for idealism at a time when we need it the most. It’s a choice we should make if we are to be a citizen of United States.

carlyonsue
Obama is uncomfortable with his heritage and when abnyone made an issue of it they cried racism its just going to be an interesting 4 yrs(4) is all he gets I cant say I told you so enough to every one of you

savoymt
lack of cynicism or a moratorium on it means you have no sense of humor… you cant win even though you won… good luck with that!

I have a funny feeling those “57 States” t-shirts are going to be a hot seller. That is not to say President Bush has had more than his share of malaprops (oy-vey!) but it’s starting to look like “Obama unplugged” (as in no teleprompter) is going to be an adventure.
Buckle up, folks. The next four years is going to be one crazy trip!
And everyone was worried about Sarah Palin. HAH!

Obama’s charismatic, good looking, and a smooth talker. He’s still a shallow bastage, and he and his pals WILL make things worse. Whatever, I kind of like conflict, makes things interesting. You think things can’t get worse? Just watch. When the government gets involved, pushing statist economic policy, be prepared for hyperinflation.

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Every last one of you are so disappointing to me…. Stop bickering about this. Our country made history this week. Doesn’t anyone realize that? We have a chance to lift ourselves up, make our country better for our selves and future generations. Earn our respect back and our reputation for being one of the best countries in the world. How many of you have taken the time to find out how people in other mainstream countries actually think of us? Of our policies, of our war, of our president, of our EGOS? Really, look it up, travel outside of the US and speak to the locals – their opinion is not all that good of us. Do you ever wonder why?? For the love of God you all need to grow up! Why are you such sore losers? It is no wonder other nations have little respect for us, we are so 50 years ago. Listen to your selves, like a bunch of children. I am starting to wonder if we will be ok with the likes of you all arguing and causing conflict. At what point are you going to choose to be positive and look towards the future? Support our country and our president? Like it or not he is our president.
If you are not part of the solution you are the problem.
Why am I the only one concerned with the fact that the white house correspondent did not actually report on the press conference today?
Oh, and I think all the shelter dogs will be just fine even though Obama made a comment about mutts, there are some mutt breeds that are hypo allergenic and could be found in a shelter. And if there is not one currently in a shelter there are rescue programs that rescue pure bread dogs from shelters to adopt to new loving homes for a fee that is again used to rescue and adopt out many more dogs. The simple fact that Obama brought up adopting a shelter dog shows he is socially responsible enough to adopt a dog from a shelter or a rescue program. Furthermore as a member of PETA, and my local animal shelter, I took no offense to his comment and you need to chill. Just looking for something to complain about!”
Indeed .. . .

Oh, my lord.
He wasn’t making a joke about Reagan’s death.
Get a grip.

The interesting thing about his flubbed joke is that Hillary Clinton and Mary Todd Lincoln were the ones into spiritualism, not Nancy Reagan.
He should have clarified that.

What a joke that everyone is acting so uppity about such a remark. It is a reference to history. Even though it is more of a reference to cultural history it was an active rumor and a very intelligent joke. If he and Nancy had a warm conversation she propably laughed about it she is tough as nails not wimpering because someone tried to get a point across that they had talked to every possible reference to become the best president ellect. This takes me back to the verse about he who is free of sin casting the first sin. No one is perfect so I see a bunch of hippocritical comments here. I don’t think of the joke as a mistake I think of it as underdeveloped. It was funny too bad he didn’t word it better so that Nancy fans wouldn’t get their panties so wadded.

Correction —sin = stone

As soon as I heard him say that,I thought it was a misstep. He seems VERY tired. His entire press conference was filled was lots of awkward “uh”s, like he was having trouble thinking. I’m not bashing him…. I voted for him. I just think he needs some time-off.

No wonder he was on the teleprompter all during the campaign. As soon as he’s off-script his true personality shows through. Just the beginning…

Obama needs to learn the names of all the Sacred Cows and to refrain from speaking about them except for praise.
Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, POW John McCain to name a few. Nancy Reagan is one of those cows
that few dare mention. The last living vestige of the Reagan Myth is off limits.

Nancy consulted an astrologer which is considered witchcraft by the American Religious Taliban. It is a sore spot, to be sure and not something someone wishing to build a coalition should be mentioning.
On the other hand, what the hell was she thinking?

It will soon be time for all of us to put aside our differences and unite with our republican brothers and sisters to make our country a better place. However, first things first.
OBAMA WON, DEMOCRATS WON, WE ARE IN CONTROL, IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT, REPUBLICANS TO THE REAR OF THE BUS, DON’T GIVE US NO LIP, EIGHT YEARS OF BUSH IS OVER, IT’S A NEW DAY!
ok, continue with your slanderous attacks.

Nancy should not have answered the call. When you hear “er. . .uhg. . .duh. . uh. . .” you should hang up. His election proves that anyone in this country can be president. Heck, my cat would, too! Even anyone not born here can be president. Gee! anyone who attacks his own country can be! I am going to sit back and watch the Chicago thug/community organizer do his thing and slowly watch this country unravel. How blind are those who voted for this phony, this racist socialist. The only reasons he got in is #1, he is black and #2, Americans tend to be stupid.

L….you are just pitiful.

>>>OBAMA WON, DEMOCRATS WON, WE ARE IN CONTROL, IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT, REPUBLICANS TO THE REAR OF THE BUS, DON’T GIVE US NO LIP, EIGHT YEARS OF BUSH IS OVER, IT’S A NEW DAY!<<< So much for unifying the nation. And by the way, I don't recall liberals adhering to this philosophy when George Bush won – twice. So I see no need to either. "Ye shall reap what you sow."

Not only was Obama’s wisecrack inconsiderate (Nancy Reagan is in the hospital and an elderly woman), but it was just plain wrong. As this article mentions, Nancy Reagan never held any seances (Hillary did). So here’s the point: can you imagine what the media would be saying if Sarah Palin had made a comparable wisecrack? The editorials would say that she’s “low class”, “trash”, “insensitive”, “bimbo”, “a disaster”, etc. Sooner or later, even the sycophantic press will have to concede this guy is not what they thought he was, and deliberately portrayed him as.

By the way, is spewing gaffes a contagious condition? Obama has been in close proximity to Biden for several days now…he should have this new symptom checked out.

Pai,
the american people are awake,
and we have a new POTUS ELECT OBAMA,
but you must still be asleep talking about jerry wright, and such.
and we have change already,

Obama could have joked in a more thoughtful Reaganesque manner like “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

Is this what we are going to see for the next four years?? The U.S. is going to crumble in the hands of this fool..he does not belong in the White House.
He is nothing but arrogant, and he believes he is morally superior to everyone. He has NO class whatsoever. Maybe remarks like that can fly in Chicago.. but they can’t in Washington

The Reagan remark about “bombing Russia in five minutes” was made under an expectation of privacy (Reagan thought the mike was off when he said that to a colleague standing nearby), not as part of his first press conference when he knew millions would be hanging on every word. Slightly different circumstances. I’d say.

I don’t know if this portends anything about how he will govern, but it does give us a glimpse into his personality – which had been carefully choreographed and masked during the campaign. He’s a bit of a Chicago street wiseguy. I’m sure the mask will go back on now and he’ll return to his scripted campaign mode – at least for awhile – because Obama’s smart enough to know that being a wiseguy is not good for popularity ratings. “You can fool some of the people some of the time…”

Trees cause more pollution than automobiles.

seemstome – know where we can find a desk – I have some newly elected trash I want to store under it!

This may have been an insensitive remark to make, but at least he is big enough to recognize that and apologize. I don’t think this compares to what was reported that McCain called his wife a c—- in earshot of reporters on his campaign plane. Well, that gave us an insight into what McCain thought of women and that remark was unforgivable and inexcusable and there was no apology.

Typical remark coming from someone who thinks he is above criticism. He thinks he is upper crust?? I think not.. he is just a guy from Chicago with no class.

Give Obama a break. True, it was a careless remark. The reporter who asked the question used the words “living presidents” in her query to him. It was just stupid to begin with. The man is preparing to fix a country in the biggest mess we’ve seen in a lifetime. Give him a pass on this one. He apologized. Let’s see if he does it again before we throw him under the bus.

240,000 Americans lost their jobs last month and this is what you want to talk about. No wonder McCain lost.

Trico said: “I still think he is going to be worse than Bush.”
Ohhhh c’mon now… most all of us know that the only thing worse that Bush is…. SATAN!
Sheesh!
Bush = Dry Drunk.
Gimme a break!

Concerned In Ohio:
You clearly are one miserable individual. All the energy you are wasting on hating could fuel your car or heat your home if you would just redirect the flow. Really, we all know that you voted for President-elect Obama and helped him take Ohio.
Thank you.

A suggestion for everyone (including myself), turn off your computer and go out and do something that will make our country better. I am shocked by a lot of the commentary posted here. Whether you like it or not, MR. OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! Just as I told friends who were fanatically upset when Mr. Bush won his first and second term, HE IS OUR PRESIDENT! The pettiness over a gaffe (Hell! I’ll even give Sarah Palin a pass about Africa), the comments that he is arrogant only because he speaks well and looks great in a suit (great rearing Grandma!), only speaks to your own ignorance and prejudices. Sit back and read your own comments and think about why you are actually so negative of an official who has yet to take office and actually do anything. What is that anger about?

I believe America should direct their anger and hate towards BUSH!!!!
The economy is absolutely a BAD JOKE!!!!

Wendy, at least he actually does apologize when he realizes he made a mistake. It’s not weak to so do. It’s humane. Bush evidentially never wanted to admit to a mistake. He was of the mind, ‘if I ignore it, it will go away’. And sisterdearest – why hate at all? It’s ok to be angry with Bush, but the ills of the economy are not entirely HIS fault. It’s all of us.

Here comes the Marxist!

Obama is most famous for his ability to communicate, yet in his first speech after the election he makes a major gaffe!! We’re in for a long 4 years
with this lefty socialist loon.

madvtr,
just be careful,
since you are so worried, i guess you will be digging holes in your backyard
and going under ground.
but before you did your underground home,because you are so afraid to live above ground with a president obama,
watch that movie, Blast from the past.
to see how to design your underground home.

How about “mutt like me”. I am sure if a Republican or worse a white person compares Obama to a mutt, cries of “racism” will be deafenning.
Anyway, “mutt” now, what’s next? “Zebra” like in The Jeffersons?

That press conference was really awkward. Lot of umms and ahhs. He looked like a deer in the headlights. Inspired no confidence.

to madvtr: People will ALWAYS call you paranoid and insane if you actually ask questions. Then they spin it out to ridiculous conclusions (digging holes, indeed). That’s the pressure that they use to try to make you shut up.
For the record, I AM a mutt. I call myself a mutt at work, when I’ve had enough of people being separated into what race they are, who their parents are, what church they go to, and what they should hold as truth based on all the above.
My work, seven days a week, is to help those lacking support get health care and find emotional and social support. And I fight for each one of them, no matter what race, when the system wants to reject them based on value judgments. So accusations of “being part of the problem” are laughable.
All of my pets over the last twenty years have been rescues.
I didn’t vote for Bush, either time.
I’m not leaving the country. I’m also not going to simply sit down and shut up. Even knowing that speaking out has a price.
And, as a cynic, I truly believe that humans are capable of wonderful things, yet know that they will not accomplish them. There is too much pressure to conform and obey, and too much apathy, or just plain weariness.
There will be no unity as long as people are categorized. And we will always categorize, and use labels to say, “I’m right, you’re wrong.”
Ex: “sore loser, Republican (as an insult), insane.”
Extremism, fascist or socialist, is bad for a country.

It was just a joke folks – and Nancy is fine with it. Let’s explain it: Obama couldn’t communicate with Ronald Reagan since he is dead; Nancy used to consult astrology when making important decisions; so Obama “stretched” the astrology thing by saying she could conduct a seance so he could consult with Ronald. That’s it – pure and simple. Can’t we ever kid about anything anymore????

As a longtime friends of the Reagans, I can assure you that nancy has a wonderful sense of humor and would not have taken offense to Obamas joke.

He’s just as capable of making dumb remarks as any other president. Take a look at our last president. He’s dumber than a rock. And take a look at the Italian Prime Minister who yesterday made a crack about Obama being “tanned”. They’re all upset at him there, and he’s refusing to apologize. Talk about classless.

You know something folks? If we just keep sniping back and forth for the next 4 years don’t complain when nothing gets done. Act like Americans and get behind the guy who won. The single worst thing that I have seen go wrong in the US in the last 20 years is that we (most of us) have allowed the media to foment hate and divisiveness. Are we going to show them that they can’t do that anymore or are we too gutless to do that? Remember one thing if nothing else, we ARE the UNITED States of America. We’ll all get things done that way. Enough already, roll up your sleeves and be part of the solution and if you want to be a sniper join the military.

I found his remark about Nancy Reagan offensive simply because I respect our elderly. I worked with the elderly for a number of years and recently had to care for my 80+ year old mother. I find it repugnant to make mean natured remarks about the frail elderly. They deserve our respect and care, not sarcasm.

If people want to call this a “major gaff”, then whoa…when are you gonna pick your battles? Hmmm? This is nothing on some of the MAJOR GAFFS committed by Bush II

Ah, but this is his first national press conference…more to come…you’ll see…

I’m so glad I’m not President.

Obama won’t be able to help himself with the gaffes because he knows nothing. How I love this country and the freedom of speech. Watch him try to rid us of it. Of course he dissed the Reagans; he does not know any better. He is no more than a Chicago community organizer socialist racist. For many of us he will never be our President. Who’s he kidding? You know all the crap Bush had to put up with? Well, now it’s our turn to crap on your boy.

All I can say is, “If you can’t sy something nice about people then keep your blasted mouth shut”.

Jake got the punctuation wrong – watch the video. Obama actually said:
“In terms of speaking to former presidents, I have spoken to all of them. That are living.”
After the first sentence, he realized he had just implied to talked to ALL of them, living and dead. So he wanted to clarify that without seeming too pedantic. I thought it was funny, and I respect Nancy Reagan very much.

“President-elect Obama unfortunately chose an incendiary word when he answered a reporter’s question about selecting a dog for his White House.”
That is REALLY reaching. I mean, seriously, you want so badly to have dirt on him so you pull that one out?
Almost everyone I know who has mixed blood refers to themselves as a mutt. Did you just now crawl out from a rock?
Just the other day I called myself a mutt because someone asked me if I was Russian. I replied, “No, I’m a mutt like everyone else…norwegian, german, and scottish.”
He did not turn to me and say “wow, you’re a dirty mongrel???”
No, he said “Yeah, I’m a mutt too” and proceeded to tell me his heritage.
Its slang for “mixed blood” EVERYONE knows that…
…except you.
Keep digging.

Off the record Obama was heard telling Joe Biden; “Oh lawdy lawd! Oh lawdy Lawd! Do what he say!! Do what he say!! Hep me!! Hep me!!” Unfortunately Joe could not respond due to his foot being stuck in his mouth. Henry Waxman stepped in and did his best pig imitation to keep the group happy.

This guy is a Joke. He is going to be worst then W.
We hated W that we decided we had to upgrade to something better. Not knowing that we were actually getting something worst; just like what happened to anybody that got Windows Vista.
Obama has no experience, thinks he is infallible, is cocky and arrogant as hell.

I’m willing to give Obama a break on this. Just tell him the he’s supposed to be the straight man, Biden the one who should make the gaffs. Kind of like Abbot and Costello.

Obama has the potential of being the worst President in history. He does not
have the experience to make the hard decisions. He will run to Biden, who is
totally entrenched in the old policies of Washington. SO MUCH FOR CHANGE!!!

Glad he apologized, that showed class.
What ticks me off is that in all the press coverage nobody mentioned it.
It makes me think a little of Emperor’s New Clothes, huh??
Because the ONE I guess is still in Chris Matthews words someone the press will “do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work”
If Joe Biden, the court jester had said it, Jake would add it to his wonderful list of gaffes. But Jake was so enamored of his question on Iran, which like someone has said here was good question but sloppy answer. Great question and Jake’s beat isn’t even foreign policy.
But on the soft sell of how Barack will enter the White House, he inexplicably chokes. On dogs, what nonsense and an interesting but unnecessary self depreciating remark. On fellow Presidents, whoo why did he go tripping on “living presidents” to the limit of a sloppy crack at Nancy and the late Ronald Reagan……

Obama realized that he was getting laughed at with his talking to the living presidents so instead of taking it on the chin her turned his misstatement to an attack on an 80 plus year old women and her dead husband.
Your a joke Obama, Putin and Osama are throwing victory parties right now

First, Obama was late to his own press conference. Secondly, he only took a few questions and all of them came from obama friendly’s. Third, he had no economic plan which is frightening and again showing this guy as clueless. Forth, he launced an attack against an old woman who just broke her hip, like his grannie that supposedly gave a damn about that just died—- And fifth, he spent more time talking about the stupid dog than he did of anything of revalence. Hey newsflash Obama……we have alot of problems coming up.

Yeah, that’s right, call anyone who criticizes the “elect” a Rush Limbaugh wannabe. Well, why not? If worked for your leader when his one line campaign stump was McCain=Bush. So much for the old art of thinking.

After all the horrible things said about George W and all the disrespect that was shown his office, the Obamanites are asking to give this character a chance. I can’t wait to hear what’s said when the cartoons come out. Trust that the man has made more than 1 gaffe, his lovin’ media never let it go mainstream. The great thing about being American is you can voice your opinion about the government & the sitting president. Or maybe not, we should ask Joe the plumber how it feels to ask a simple question and to have your personal business dragged into the public papers. I feel Mr. Obama has the potential to be the biggest screw up since Jimmy Carter.

stefchb | Nov 9, 2008 9:26:08 AM……Obama does not take well to criticism. Joe the plumber got taken to the woodshed for asking ‘the wrong’ question! What will happen now? They are already talking about re-instituting the un”Fairness Doctrine” because they don’t like the truth that comes from conservative talk radio.

Obama is right. All world leaders do it. They are part of this system of things controlled by the devil. Obama will soon be consulting astrologist and spiritualists if he is not already.

Welcome back, Carter…

Hey, Obama, when was your Grandma’s funeral….you remember her…the woman who raised you….why did you go to Hawaii…did you get your birth certificate sealed….did Grandma really die…or was there ever a Grandma??? Whe was the funeral???

hwd,
After the pure vile spewed over the last eight years over anything even remotely tied to the Bush administration, I’d think “hate” is the last thing you’d feel competent to rally against. But, then, such is the nature of hate, isn’t it? It has no mirror.

just because reagan is dead doesnt mean he wasn’t a jerk. Obama should not have apologized. Nancy should apologize to us for her husband’s presidency. Stop crying right wing nuts, you lost. Now you know kinda how we felt when George W was declared president! he was your crappy choice so here’s the result – a huge push in the opposite direction. so thanks!

swuffy,
Listen to what? “Hope”? “Change”? Most of his voters really only know one thing about him. Apparently, that was enough.

About midwest biz’s comments [explanations, i. e. excuses]: Told you! Here come all the excuses. An intelligent person knows his/her limits, weaknesses and true capabilities and doesn’t try to be what he/she isn’t. In other words, obama is not superhuman. He is a man just like all others, albeit a more polished and arrogant one, but still just a man who is capable of messing up. It must be hard for all the worshippers to admit that he is fallible and that there’s nothing extraordinary about him, except that he is very slick and “talks a really good talk.”