Nancy Reagan Joke

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Nancy Reagan Joke
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Sat, 11-08-2008 - 8:57am
President elect Obama made a joke when asked about former presidents he's consulted with. I don't have a link but he did refer to Nancy Reagan holding 'seances'. As an Obama supporter I have to say I'm disappointed this was a bad gaffe and a bad joke one that he can't afford just starting out.I think he learned from this and I'm glad he did call and apologize. All jokes aside Mr. President Elect let's get this country moving again.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 9:00am
I heard last night that he realized it himself and called Mrs. Reagan to apologize.

 


 


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Registered: 04-24-2008
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 9:11am
I know you're an Obama supporter, but we should give him some slack for keeping things light.
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Registered: 09-23-2004
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 11:04am

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/07/obama-apologies-nancy-reagan-seance-comment/


There ya go!

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Registered: 09-15-2008
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 11:54am

i thought the situation was pretty awkward. as soon as he said "all of them" i really wanted him to clarify and mention names for two reasons. 1-his answer reminded me too much of palin's answer regarding newspapers 'all of the ones put in front of me' and 2- i felt like it would open to the door to speculate that he was some sort of ghost hunter or something just to create drama.


i was glad to hear he called her the same day to apologize.

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Registered: 07-11-2006
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 2:12pm

It's a known fact that Nancy Reagan relied on an astrologist - for years. ESP, seance, astrology, mindreading, I have to confess I lump them in together as sorta wacky. As far as mistakes go this one doesn't phase me much.

OTOH, the double standard that some conservatives have. To them it's obnoxious to call Nancy's shananigans a "seance" but then they turn around and say Hilary has "seances". In fact she didn't. And unlike Reagan she doesn't rely on mystical stuff like astrology! Go figure?! {{shrug}}

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Registered: 12-21-2006
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 3:00pm
As an Obama supporter I thought that it was a mistake too. I sorta cringed a little bit when I heard him say it. I was VERY glad to hear that he realized his error and immediately called Nancy Reagan to apologize. I think it takes a good man to recognize when he's made a mistake and then take the appropriate steps to make ammends. From what I heard they had a very nice



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Registered: 03-23-2008
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 3:23pm

I heard him make this joke and I didn't think anything of it until the media started making a big deal about it. I'm glad that he apologized, but I really don't think what he said was any big deal.


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Registered: 08-24-2008
In reply to: mocha4u
Sat, 11-08-2008 - 6:13pm
ITA

 

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Registered: 09-13-2007
In reply to: mocha4u
Sun, 11-09-2008 - 1:24am
I thought it was funny and didn't think of it as a big deal. Then the media blows it up. I guess he will have to walk on egg shells for a while now. The media is starting to take little snippits of what he says and making big essays on it. Like the dog thing, seriously. Can't we talk about something a little bit more important about when he finally gets into the white house?

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Registered: 09-25-2008
In reply to: mocha4u
Sun, 11-09-2008 - 9:58pm

Sadly the thing that isn't a joke is that we had a First Lady who consulted an Astrologer while in the White House.


Maybe she draws the pseudoscience line so that it includes astrology but excludes seances?

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