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Video: Obama on seances and talking to ex-presidents
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: Obama on seances and talking to ex-presidents posted at 3:59 pm on November 7, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Via Ben Smith , who’s surprised enough to note it, and Karol , who’s seeing red from outrage. Note to The One: The fastest route to post-partisanship emphatically does not lie through Nancy Reagan jokes. Especially when she’s recovering from a broken hip .

Presser: Obama Of The Woodpile
Riehl World View — I mean, what's a little humor, right? Well, unfortunately we've established one thing from Obama's first press conference, he's actually more immature than many of us suspected and feared. Via Ben Smith, who’s surprised enough to note it, and Karol, who’s seeing red from outrage. Note to The One: The fastest route to post-partisanship emphatically does not lie through Nancy Reagan jokes. Especially when she’s recovering from a broken hip. ...

Get A Life
The Moderate Voice — ... During his press conference today, President Elect Barack Obama made a joke about only talking to living Presidents that mentioned Nancy Reagan, who talked to astrologers. You can watch it here. ...

Nice….
Daily Pundit — Ben Smith’s Blog: Obama has spoken only to living presidents - Politico.com “I have spoken to all of them who are living,” he says. “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances,” he says. He was responding to a question, from the Chicago Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet, about whether he’d spoken to all of the “living” former presidents. He was apparently referring to the reports in the 1980s that Nancy Reagan consulted an astrologer while in the White House. Mary Todd ...

Barack Obama Debut - Apologizes to Nancy Reagan
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... President-Elect Barack Obama is NOT getting off to a good start as he is forced to apologize to Nancy Reagan about a quip he made about seances. Flap thought it was Hillary Clinton that had those? Didn’t President Ronald Reagan’s widow consult an astrologer after he was shot? Anyway it is not good form to insult a former First Lady of the United States with a cheap shot laugh that was too clever by half. Flap thinks it is going to be a rocky ride……. ...

Memo to Whining Infants on the Right: GROW UP
Comments from Left Field — ... During his press conference today, in response to a question about consultations with “living” Presidents, President-elect Barack Obama made a passing comment that mentioned Nancy Reagan, who talked to astrologers. You can watch it here. ...

Barack Obama’s First Press Conference as President Elect Features a Dig at an Old Widow with a Broken Hip
The Sundries Shack — Nice . Obama says in his first post-election press conference that he’s spoken to all the former presidents — Carter, Bush, Clinton, as well as the current Bush — and, looser than he’s been in months, dares a joke at the expense of the widow of a deceased one.“I have spoken to all of them who are living,” he says. “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances,” he says. ...

Wonderful... Nancy Reagan to Obama "You're a Lefty" (Video)
Gateway Pundit — Priceless. Nancy Reagan to Obama: "Oh, you're a lefty." Via HotAirPundit Maybe this was payback for when he incorrectly smeared her for holding seances in the White House. ...