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patterico.com - 11/8/2008
Obama Makes Thoughtless and Insensitive Remark About Nancy Reagan, Apologizes
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Obama made a careless and insensitive remark about Nancy Reagan today and has apologized : Obama was asked at his press conference today if he’d spoken to all the “living” presidents. “I have spoken to all of them who are living,” he responded. “I didn't ...
politico.com - 11/8/2008
Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke
— politico.com — President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for a joke about her having heald... "séances" in the White House, an Obama aide said. “President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to ... (more) Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke

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Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark
cnn.com - 11/8/2008
Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark
— cnn.com — President-elect Barack Obama's spokeswoman syas he apologized to Nancy Reagan for "offhanded remark."... (more) Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark

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Jules Crittenden — ... : Obama calls Nancy to apologize for behaving like a Kos blogger. Sounds like he’s already learning on the job. AP : “Mutt” remark, a great leap forward in racial consciousness. Sure, except that racial self-mockery is usually just the smiling side of the race card. Malkin: And so it begins … or continues . Riehl: He’s actually more immature than many of us feared . Redstate: Wisdom and judgment not exactly on parade when Fox is cut off . Patterico: A “lipstick on a pig” moment . Topics: Obama Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:53 am ...

Obama’s Disastrous Gaffe-Laden Press Conference
Jon Swift — ... himself, a megalomania that especially manifests when he speaks of others,” wrote MacRanger at Macsmind, whose biracial friend was "outraged." I imagine we will be hearing a lot from MacRanger's outraged biracial friend in the coming years whenever the issue of race comes up. Jules Crittenden compared Obama’s use of the word “mutt” to the time dog-torturing President Lyndon Johnson showed the press his scar. Paterico was reminded of the time Obama callously insulted pigs. Is no mammal safe from Obama’s sharp tongue? Differently bred dogs are ...

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