Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for "careless' joke"November 07, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan this afternoon to apologize for
a joke about her having held "seances" in the White House, an Obama aide said.
"President-elect Barack Obama called Nancy Reagan today to apologize for the careless
and off handed remark he made during today's press conference," said transition spokeswoman
Stephanie Cutter. "The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan
that so many Americans share and they had a warm conversation."
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 want to get into a Nancy Reagan
thing about doing any s?ances."
He was apparently confusing stories about Reagan's consulting with an astrologer with those about
other First Ladies -- from Mary Todd Lincoln to
Hillary Clinton -- who tried to make contact with
figures from the past.
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