President-Elect D’oh-bama’s Gaffe #1: Sorry, Nancy
And so it begins.
Or rather, continues.
President-elect D’oh-bama apologizes (vid here in case you missed it):
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 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 séances.”
Hillary Clinton did seances. Nancy Reagan did astrology.
At least he didn’t call her “Weezy.”
Can’t wait until the increasingly erratic, super-gaffetastic Vice President-Elect gets rollin’.
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BTW, I hope others are doing as I am and saving every single video they find on Zero to a special folder for use in 2012.
That’s not a “gaffe”, that’s a deliberate insult.
The latest in a long series of insults toward women–his grandmother, Hillary, reporters, his staff, Sarah Palin…
I can’t believe women swoon over this misogynist piece of garbage.
We need to design a way to catalog the gaffes.
e.g. 2008.11.7.1 – Obama insults former First Lady.
The last number could be a simple counter that resets every day or year or perhaps the GMT time of the actual gaffe.
“Malkin’s Log, GaffeDate 2008.11.7.1…”
Yeah, I like it.
This first press conference does not bode well for an Obama presidency on a competency scale but could be a case of adjusting to the new role. Wish this wasn’t my only worry about him but time will tell us all.
Joe of course has a role to play too not the least of which is warning us what our enemies may try to pull on the kid!
I wonder if Obama will ever get to the point of having a sense of what he ought to say and what he oughtn’t say. I mean, he’s THE ONE, and who out there has any right to tell THE ONE what he can or can’t say? Perhaps this was just a bit of juvenile exuberance following his big day, and it’ll pass, but I really doubt that he simply has the sense of decency to not be a big creep from time to time. It’s simply part of who he is.
His “joke” demonstrates that, despite his Harvard degree, this is one “classless” jerk.
I agree with HeatherRadish. Obama is well known for his passive-aggressiveness.
More on the “mutt” comment. Mutt is a derogatory term. Just for fun, I checked the definition: 1) a dog that is of mixed or unknown breed. 2) an offensive term that deliberately insults someone’s intelligence or knowledge. Obama had consistently tried to elevate the stature, the dignity of minorities, the poor, the underprivileged. That’s most of the people who voted for him. I would think any of his followers would take offense at that. This was another truth serum moment. Are we sure he wasn’t in San Francisco for that press conference?
Watch your thoughts;
They become words.
Watch your words;
They become actions.
Watch your actions;
They become habits.
Watch your habits,
They become character.
Watch your character;
It becomes your destiny
If it’s okay for him to call himself a mutt, can we call him half honky? One AP writer says this shows this White House will be open to the topic of race.
What a way to spin!
You will be misjudging him if you think this sort of thing is a slip of the tongue.
B. Insane Obama has NPD. If you read the literature, people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder will say anything and the things they say sometimes are just terrible. He is a sick man and an azzhead!
Did anyone notice Bidet standing in that
odd show of? behind obambi with his arms crossed, doing his best street thug personification?
We must all come together now, will I visit with George W. Bush well umm a tour of the Whitehouse at some point and on for 5 more minutes..
Note to obambi that was a softball answer was YES
Re Boomer quote: Thank you. America needs that now.
Off topic…strangely the Illinois pick three lottery winning numbers Nov5, 2008 were….666….kind of gives you a chill, huh?
Yes, Virginia, there is an antichrist.
Good morning folks;
Now that the election is over, my wife and I have been E-mailing old friends explaining our political views. Sadly we discovered over half of those we contacted voted Obama. I consider most of these people, well educated and clear minded. Probing their reasoning for their decisions, we found the Obama supported could explain it in emotional terms only. Our conclusion was that this election was not won on logic but on personality. If I was making my decision with the emotional side of my brain it’s observation would be that there is……
SOMETHING VERY CREEPY ABOUT OBAMA.
Meanwhile where is John McCain?
Meet The Real Sarah Palin Blog, Has a posted a “Dear John Letter” to Senator John McCain, with a link to send your feedback, about his lack of support of his running mate, election has been ABSENT “Don’t Forget Your Wingman John”
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/dear-john-letter.html
Creepy? you bet. and to make it worse he’s just the Puppet…..
the Creepy Puppet
ajmontana
Thanks. Now I won’t be able to get that image our of my head all day.
Fam,
How will you handle these friends going forward? I have no friends that voted for obambi, the post 9/11 years leading up to election cleansed my need to associate with anyone that would be so inclined.
sorry.
Salu,
I dont gamble and find nothing about those lottery #s of interest even if it is true.
No I won’t go check.
Laree,
I don’t get the John McCain must speak thing going on as most of the folks demanding he defend Sarah trash talked him anyway. Just shutup already.
He is not a part of our future.
enjoy the dead thread of the dead weekend blog.
My wife and I are not cutting ties with these people but our relationship can never be the same. This election has sadly divided us all. There is too much at stake for our country for us to be passive. We will be here when house of cards comes down and our friends begin to ask real questions again.
ajmontana
The CREEP factor to me comes from the observation that Obama is almost child like in appearance. Normal people appear to have a good and bad side to them. Obama looks almost innocent. That leaves pathologicalme with three conclusions.
1. He’s a patholgical lier.
ajmontana
The CREEP factor to me comes from the observation that Obama is almost child like in appearance. Normal people appear to have a good and bad sides to them. Obama looks almost innocent. That leaves me with three conclusions.
1. He’s a pathological lier.
2. He’s a tool being used by someone.
3. He’s the messiah and I should worship the ground he walks on.
opps; Sorry about the double post.
It’s good to see Obama will not be holding seances to help formulate policy. Like many liberals I know he probably prefers using a more rational and proven method of planning for the future: Tarot cards.
The time has come for the American public to take an offensive role in government. We cannot longer sit by the sidelines and listen to what the MSM tells us is happening in Washington and in our state capitals. The citizens of this country need to organize and demand what we want of our governments. With the internet, we now have the means to communicate, organize, and effect changes which will benefit all Americans.
D’oh-bama! What an appropriate name.
I notice some here are giving Zero credit for apologizing.He apologized because he didn’t have any freaking choice!!It was a five star gaffe.No doubt some of his handlers said you better apologize or you’re going to look like a monumental classless moron. (which he is).
OH, Yeah: “The President-elect expressed his admiration and affection for Mrs. Reagan that so many Americans share” Does anyone believe that crock of crap?
BTW, a local radio station counted 162 ‘uhhmms’ and ‘uhhs’ during the 16 minute presser.Minus questions, that was probably about 10 minutes of speaking.
Tacky.
I haven’t read most of the posts on here, but this one caught my eye. I am in total agreement. I’d like to talk about getting our ducks in a row. McCain is finally done.
The only effective way is to get involved at your local level. Make alliances with people who are constitutionalist and take over from the old guard. If that is done across the country, we have a good chance to really CHANGE things.
CHANGE;
Read Newt Gingrich’s book “Real Change”. It’s a good starting point for political novices.
BTW, still waiting to see an interview with Barry’s favorite drug dealer.
What the GOP needs to do (besides clean house) is to stop doing stupid things like this.
Time and time again, I’ve seen this kind of thing happen once too often. The old guard needs to be replaced with the new guard.
I’ve had it.
bansharia #124
Eyes to see & ears to hear….I don’t gamble either, but I heard this and DID check it out in my local Illinois newspaper. We have two pick three drawings a day, the evening one was indeed 666. I’m not saying it means anything, just eerie.
Obama’s “gaffe” was a light tease of Nancy Reagan’s well known interest in things supernatural. Obama had the class to call and apologize immediately. No harm done.
How about a comment on the substance of the news conference.
1. Obama spoke clearly and intelligently. What a contrast from Bush!
2. Alas, he also answered tough questions with talking point boilerplate. One bad example was his answer to the question: “Do you intend to raise taxes on rich people?” His answer was not a yes or a no, but a rambling collection of campaign slogans that mean little.
How’s this for a what-if:
“Now that you’ve reached the office of President-elect, what would you say is your favorite perk of office?”. Obama –”It’s different. There’s more admiration than before. Women are, I, uh, tend to, uh, throw themselves at you. *pause* I’m not stepping out on Michelle though. *laughs* I’m not going to be a Martin Luther King and go after anything in a skirt. *laughs*
Probably not going to happen. Except Nancy didn’t talk to the dead, or hold seances, and MLK certainly did cheat on his wife routinely. But don’t let the truth get in the way of a joke. Joking is Obama’s prerogative. Don’t hate on Obama.
She was interested in Astrology, Hillary Clinton was the one who was the “seance” queen – remember her projections with Eleanor Roosevelt?
The only thing he spoke clearly about was his search for a hypoallergenic dog.
His non-answer on that was clearly a yes. Any idiot could’ve figured that out. Hopefully, without his filibuster proof Senate, that idiotic tax raising scheme on those who actually provide the jobs won’t happen.
There is NO SUCH THING as bottom-up economics.
Swallow your coffee before looking at this.
Indiana may stay RED, according to the Sec of State … Mac up 100,000 votes. I know it doesn’t change the outcome but it sure would be nice to keep Indiana red.
Did Dems manage to throw out the tens of thousands of military votes?
YES
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has pushed the party to try to broaden its appeal”.
That is exactly what we don’t want to do. Return to the constitutional basics. Take no prisoners.
MM, you got this one right, not STARTS, CONTINUES… This guy, along with BIDEN will now become the GAFFE BROTHERS… The outfits will include the dark suits, briefcases, sunglasses, and a smart FIDORA (for you youngsters that’s a hat)… B. HUSSEIN has had every gaffe forgiven by his MSM from the get go… SARAH in private, supposedly called AFRICA a country instead of continent, OL’ JUAN’S GANG feels the need to leak to MSM… Any one remember the “57 STATES” remark by you know who??? Nothing made of that by the friends of B. HUSSEIN…
“1. Obama spoke clearly and intelligently.”
ROFLMAO !!!
You number – addled leftard, Zero said “umm” and Uhhh” 162 times in about 11 minutes of speaking during the 16 minute presser.
ROFLMAO !!!
Thank you Jaguar, that was a great way to start my day.
Every president in our lifetime has been replaced by one from the other party except Bush 41. Think about it.
Eisenhower R
Kennedy/Johnson D
Nixon/Ford R
Carter D
Reagan R
Bush R
Clinton D
Bush R
Obama D
Notice the pattern? We could just run on “change” and win in 2012. We might keep you in the White House for 8 years but then we throw you and your party out.
Brilliant !!!
The very FIRST press conference, out of the box, and he has to eat his words.
Brilliant !!!
“Mr. President-elect, having won the election, how would you describe the feelings you now have for this country?”
“I have a warm feeling for this country and its people, honestly, I’m very proud of my country” he responded. “I’m not going to do the Michelle Obama thing and be ashamed of my country.”
Jetjaguar #146 assume post from the Onion!
Thanks for brightening up my day!
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
Get used to this kind of thing. The press will give him an “aw shucks” ride for 4 years.
But we won’t.
He’s an eloquent imbecile. Unlike Dubya, he can pronounce “nuclear.”
Just don’t ask him what it means…
#131 jsr
Not tarot cards – ouijiboard!
Obama will never do seances or astrology. He prefers a more scientific approach to divination. I Ching!
If he keeps doing this kind of gaffes by the end of this year he will probably have a hundred or so. Imagine a whole year.
Who’s gonna keep count?
We are.
His honeymoon with the press will be over by March.
Hey look at the bright side, the election was flawless — NOT ONE REPORT OF VOTING MACHINE OR BALLOT PROBLEMS.
You’re right, what a coincidence that democrats won, too.
I think we’re all going to using this bumper sticker soon enough.
Was that CNN video posted by Jet Jaquar for real of a spoof? I’m guessing a spoof but it was pretty convincing.
I think we’re all going to need this bumper sticker soon.
Obama is the best politician money can buy?
Obama’s campaign collected $639,000,000
Obama campaign spent $547,641,226.07
McCain campaign collected $335,000,000
McCain campaign spent $259,785,823
McCain was outspent almost 2:1.
Information from the federal elections commission (fec.gov)
Final tally:
Obama 65,340,608 or $8.38 invested per vote
McCain 57,358,053 or $4.53 invested per vote
You can draw your own conclusions
New bumper sticker — how true is this?
The joke was classless, but…
In Hawaii the term “poi” is often used of mixed breeds, as in “we’ve got an old poi dog” and there isn’t a negative connotation. It’s descriptive. When explaining that to outsiders, often the term “mutt” is used, which can have a negative connotation. The term “hapa” is used for half, so he is hapa Haole (half white). but technically he’s not half black. Thus, he may have grown up describing himself as poi, rather than hapa. (Say a school friend sees him with his grandmother, they might ask “Are you hapa?” He might have answered, “No, poi.” They would all laugh and not worry about it.) So honestly, I wouldn’t look to deeply at the word “mutt”.
There’s going to be plenty wrong with him as it is…
ODS at its finest.
That bumper sticker would sell!
#163 The Onion is a notorious spoof newspaper out of Madison, WI
While I would love to take credit for that one, I didn’t come up with it and it’s already being sold by someone at CafePress. I tried to upload the page link, but I was banned from doing so because it had “the word” in the link. But if you go to the website and search for it you’ll get all kinds of stuff, including T-shirts, mugs, etc. I may just have to get myself a new T-shirt!
Thanks, AlohaGuy, for the background info. Obama may have meant the word usage innocently but but he’s not joking around with the local folks back home. He’s addressing the whole nation as a President. Perception is reality.
It just wasn’t presidential.
That’d be great if it **was** real, but it is an Onion spoof. a la Dan Rather, it is “fake but accurate”.
FamilyMan, I more often than not find myself agreeing
with you. Once again, I agree that there is indeed
something very creepy about BO. The fact that the
dimms voted with their emotions is not unusual, but
that GOP who crossed the line and should know better
also voted with their emotions (it couldn’t have been on his experience and qualifications) clearly shows that this is a cult of personality that they are buying into. What’s next, trying to get him declared king or
pres for life like Papa Doc Duvalier?
Rowsdower…may I call you Zap?…,
good point.
As I’ve said before, we are really quite blessed to have lgm for buffoon relief, especially at this time of a domestic national threat of disastrous
proportions – Obama, Pelosi, Reid; nothing else needs to be said.
Consider:
No, clown.
The gaffe was an immature, adolescent, gratuitous and disgrasceful slur – exactly the expected stock-in-trade of socialist/statist/collectivist opposite-world-view holders.
Wrong again, clown.
Are you saying that Obama magically traveled back in time and “unrang the bell”, so to speak?
He didn’t “apologize” because of remorse; he “apologized” in an attempt to repair political damage.
We know what he is, and what he wants to do, politically.
Never mind the BS that he sprays at us at a news conference.
Rather, I’ll be directing my attention to my tax bill; to the inflation and unemployed rates (welcome back, misery index); to interest rates; to illegal immigration rates; to not prevented, unanswered attacks upon us by our enemies; and to the further descent of our nation/culture/society into the sewer.
I just read that this is BO’s way of deflecting attention
when he screws up. He apologizes to the object of his
“humor” and makes certain that everyone knows that
he apologized so that if the victim says anything about what was said, it sounds as if BO is the victim of
someone that won’t accept his “heartfelt” apology for
a simple “gaffe.”
Just wait until our new First Lady starts talking. Will she be reporting on how his stinky socks contaminated the rugs of the Lincoln bedroom? He’s used to being hen-pecked. There’s another word I could use that starts with a “p”. He says she reminds him every day that he’s not perfect. No wonder he’s so willing to call himself a mutt.
Grrrrr!!!!
Please READ!!!!
Obama is NOT THE PRESIDENT ELECT UNTIL HE IS VOTED ON BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE!
I wonder when the democrats will realize they bought a “pig in a poke”.
2008.11.7.1 – Obama insults former First Lady.
FamilyMan, I wish Rush would’ve provided a link to it, but shortly before the election, he mentioned that a group of AZ neurologists analyzed The One’s speech patterns and found that they produced a hypnotic effect more pronounced/effective on the very young and the highly educated. This explains a lot.
The Obamunist has that radio voice and for the most part tries to sound calm, which helps, too. I’ve heard many, many comments like yours with anti-Obies shaking their heads in disbelief that anyone would be taken in.
When I told a neighbor about the highly educated stuff, she said, “I’m glad I’m dumb.”
I have that piece in an email at home. Will post some of it later tonight.
I wish I had just taken a picture of the TV. Fox news left a headline up from a previous story while showing footage of Obama speaking.
The result was footage of Obama with the headline “Oregon City elects first transgender mayor”
I got a laugh out of it.
I consider myself high intelligent, (my IQ is higher that O’s by ALOT!) and I can not stand to look at him or listen to him speak.
When he was still running against HRC I read an article that said he is a psychopath that hates this country and that he wants to tear it down and remake it in his preferred image of what the country should be. I don’t know if I believe he is that bad but I do believe that neither he, his wife or his long time associates, are good for this country. I also do not believe that he has any idea what he has gotten into as president. He thinks, like so many egomaniacs that he can do anything better than the person who is currently
doing the job, even when he knows nothing about the job except for what is
seen from the outside looking in and we all know how informative that view
can be.
I saw a wonderful headline right after the election. “Making history for history’s
sake doesn’t accomplish a thing.”
He is not a Black like the Blacks who voted for him want him to be. He is not like
them. He has no “Black America” experience. He is not a Black like the liberals
that voted for him want him to be. He is not a product of the “American Slaves as
Ancestors” experience. They all looked at him and saw what they wanted to see. I
remember when our sons were watching Babylon 5 and Kosh had to save the lead
character. When he came out of that thing he was always in, everyone saw someone different when they looked at him. That is what I think of when I think of
what BO’s koolaid drinkers see when they look at him.
Ugh, the NYT’s is hyperventilating about Generation O
It’s tough getting past that paragraph.
Here’s a good quote:
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams
Oh brother…
From the above-mentioned
articlepropaganda in the NYT.Anyone wearing a pink Chanel suit and gold pumps deserves to vote for “the One”.
#186…so true. The fashion police should have gotten
her.
TXRose said (#182):
Well, I’m high enough educate (high school) to know that O’s writing skillz are high than yurs.
Obama’s personality is to take his time with decisions to get them right. He does that even when choosing words. That’s where the umms come from. I would rather have him take his time and say something thoughtful than parrot drivel, Bush style.
Obama is not an actor (Reagan) or a clown (Bush). He is actually thinking about what’s best for the country.
Sorry, but, as far as communicating goes, there is no comparison to Reagan. Please don’t insult the man. God rest his soul.
Let’s help Obama:
In his um, err, ah, oh, um response to the Iranian question this is what Obama said.
“Obviously, how we approach and deal with a country like Iran is not something that we should, (insert umm, err, ehh, ah, umm) you know (insert umm, uhh), simply do in a knee- jerk fashion.”
How about this:
Obviously, how we approach and deal with a country like Iran isn’t something we should take lightly.
There. Fixed it for you, Mr. Obama. No ums, err, ohhs required.
Yes, I agree he is taking his time. Everything he does is calculated to serve that manipulative personality of his. It’s all about how he presents himself to others and how he is reflected back. Purely superficial though. His hesitation isn’t due to his high IQ. It’s all about appearance. He probably ought to stay away from cracking jokes though. See what happens when he doesn’t take his time and calculate what he says…he says something stupid.
This is true, laddie. And Obama’s attacks on a frail, 87 y.o. widow – just after he was elected – alone demonstrate the soundness of that process!
lgm…I did not preview what I previously wrote and
said high instead of highly. Otherwise I don’t bother
with some people.
Isn’t this the truth. lgm may have a wundofoe edgemucation, but he lacks common sense. I do not hold much hope in the left’s ability to be rational when it comes to Obama. As evidenced in lgm’s explanation of his classless gaff. (But what can you expect from a Chicago thug.) D’oh is the culmination of the hard left’s dogma and they would rather go down with the ship than see the falicy of all they hold dear. The utopia isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. How can these people cry peace and love but on a personal level, they are all about hate and intolerance.
29victor: I suggest we use a stardate system to catalog them, a la Star Trek.
We can begin each new day (which is bound to provide new fodder) with a:
“President-elect’s log, gaffedate 2008.11.08.0001: mocked the spiritual beliefs of a well-respected former first lady today. I thought I controlled the entire media, but a rogue microphone infiltrated my perimeter shields. Will change their frequency to avoid this continuing a problem. Obama out.”
Blame,
No fair! You had all day to come up with that. We can’t expect Obama to come up with something that nuanced off the top of his head.