Video: Obama on seances and talking to ex-presidents
posted at 3:59 pm on November 7, 2008 by Allahpundit
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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.
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He also sought Franklin Raines’ advise on housing. It’s like he finds the biggest failures and asks them to advise him in their respective areas. Next thing you know he’ll be asking Keith O. how not to be massive tool.
Pasalubong on November 7, 2008 at 4:20 PM
I can’t take many questions… “I have to get back to my Eight Ball”
Firebird on November 7, 2008 at 4:20 PM
The blue eagle from his faux seal is back. Anyone notice that?
lorien1973 on November 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Damn!
What is Rahm–about 4 feet tall?
No wonder he’s so nasty!
“Short man complex” to the max.
The only women short enough for him are either midgets or children.
Jenfidel on November 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I can’t put my fnger on it.
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Office of the President Elect????
Man, this guy has got some serious issues. That kind of hubris always masks major insecurity. Even having won the election, he can’t seem to stop himself from continuing the stupidity with symbols during the campaign – “O-Force One”, the “presidential” seal…
ProfessorMiao on November 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM
“President Joe Biden.”
The Messiah’s cleverness is legion.
JohnTant on November 7, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Gaffetastic!
The Ugly American on November 7, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Not a whole lotta diversity up there. I only see white faces. I demand affirmative action.
ckdexterhaven on November 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Race Card — you missed my point entirely. It was that Amanda Carpenter, our rising conservative commentator star, can’t even recognize a Reagan insult when she hears one.
Take off the racial shades, please.
BigD on November 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM
It gets worse…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
Secretary of State John Kerry.
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Low class.
eforhan on November 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Has anyone alerted us within the last hour that We are so screwed?
Allow me.
Jenfidel on November 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Someone should ask Obama what he thinks of Oprah’s promotion of all that new age crap like “The Secret”.
gumble on November 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Let’s see here.
Narcissistic podium.
Jabs at a dead president’s widow.
Wow. The chance I was going to give him is drying up, and drying up fast.
MadisonConservative on November 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
With ballerinas, it is the more petite the better? Seriously, though, he truly has the Napolean complex. Majority of that rage can easily be traced to his short stature. Got a friend who’s 5′2″ – great guy but don’t cross him ’cause he’s got a big old chip on his shoulders about his diminuitive nature.
ellenb on November 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I’m not sure (except for ACORN) why he felt the need to distance himself from talking with dead presidents.
I mean for crying out loud, are the dead only good for voting?
How mean!
Saaaadiisst!
kybowexar on November 7, 2008 at 4:24 PM
But, but, but…. that happened when Obama was only 20 years old. And probably stoned out of his head on coke.
/sarc (in case it isn’t obvious)
ProfessorMiao on November 7, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Actually, I am very afraid to hear his answer.
Probably, something like “Hey, somebody’s got to be god…”
kybowexar on November 7, 2008 at 4:25 PM
How did Jennifer Granholm manage to win re election? Better yet, why does Michigan continue to vote in Democrats?
goldeagle11 on November 7, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Dervish dance?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:26 PM
He may be. I don’t know, but he was standing in front of Paul Volker who is 6′7″. Maybe he should have stood next to Robert Reich.
dedalus on November 7, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Detroit’s reliance on the UAW.
ConservativeLawStudent on November 7, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Stay classy, Barry, stay classy.
Kai on November 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I hate to say it but the Napoleon complex is real. Those who don’t deal with it by being angry (Rahm Emanuel, Martin Katz) deal with it by being funny (Dudley Moore, Danny DeVito).
BigD on November 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM
You know I’m beginning to think that Obama may not show the humility and respect for the office that George Bush showed it.
Crazy huh?
By the way what is the over/under on dirt from the White House staff on what absolute a-holes they are?
jjshaka on November 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM
heh
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM
There’s drops left? The last one I had got sapped up back with indentured service… err I mean mandatory volunteerism.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:28 PM
It’s more like:
The democrats have made it so bad in every state they govern; that the fear of electing someone who might take away their benefits forces them to re-elect them in power. The concept that the other party could help the economy in the long run is secondary to their immediate needs.
That’s how they continue to be elected.
lorien1973 on November 7, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Obama whined about the right criticizing his wife for her anti American comments but feels compelled to attack Nancy Reagan? What a tool!
Blake on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Nancy Reagan is proud of her country Barack H Obama. Perhaps you should save the tasteless jokes for you wife!
try again later on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Now the nation will share the misery we in MI have endured with Jennifer on his economic team. She will “blow you away” She sure did MI with her tax increases! Shows you what he plans on doing .
Bullhead on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Nooo…. what gave you that idea? The faux seal, the faux plane, the faux greek columns, the faux presidential coins, the Fauxbama?
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Mini O
AubieJon on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
And let’s not forget Robert Reichhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, who dealt with it by proposing taxes on all people taller than he, which is about 99.657% of the planet.
JohnTant on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
We’re getting an administration that’s a shrink’s dream. With all the crackpots, we’ll need a new department. Obama – narcissism; Emmanuel – napolean complex; Gibbs – anger management issues; Biden – early signs of dementia. Iim sure the list will only grow!
ellenb on November 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Immediate gratification trumps better futures.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:31 PM
No, no. It’s just Barack Obama. That One does not have a middle name, look at his change.gov website.
Joe Robinette Biden
Barack Obama.
See
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:31 PM
DEAR LORD!If he’s getting advice from Granholm, this is going to be a long, long four years. I go to school in Michigan, and I have seen what this woman has done to her state first hand.
theboss on November 7, 2008 at 4:31 PM
You gotta be @#$%ing me. I don’t like making fun of people’s names but is that serious?
No, I’m not going to mock him… having grown up with a rather mockable name myself I know the pain. I just want to make sure it’s not a typo.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:32 PM
A failed administration in record time…
Vashta.Nerada on November 7, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Oh, c’mon… at least Rahm is a little funny (pun intended):
Abby Adams on November 7, 2008 at 4:33 PM
what an a__clown…
gatorboy on November 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Jerk. The gauntlet has been thrown down.
littleguy on November 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM
I envision that future press conferences will be like the 1984 Rev-er-uhnd Jackson skit on SNL “The Question is Moot”.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Office of what? What a POS, not only for this faux office, but for his Kerry like attempt at humor at the expense of Mrs. Reagan
Torch on November 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Joe Robinette Biden
Yeah, “in the” is pretty funny for a middle name.
CableDude on November 7, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Quick and easy and elegant reply: “Yes, all the former presidents have graciously congratulated me and I am grateful for their proffered support.”
Obama looks elegant, speaks (when teleprompted) with elegance, but off the cuff reverts to an expedient, and totally uncalled for thug attack on a very sweet, well-loved, former First Lady. He was boorish and needs to publicly apologize to Nancy Reagan.
marybel on November 7, 2008 at 4:35 PM
I am on the edge of my seat waiting to hear what kind of dog he’s going to get.
We have made history by electing that One not only because of his race but because he is least qualified to fill the position.
mindhacker on November 7, 2008 at 4:35 PM
LOL
No, I’m actually quite serious. My last name is Ratcliff… now imagine all the hell mean-spirited kids can have with it. :P
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:36 PM
They look like Mr. Roarke and Tattoo.
“My dearest guests my name is Mr. Roarke and welcome to Fantasy Island.”
Caper29 on November 7, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Dear Leader:
I heard your absolutely hilarious joke about that typical white person. Scratched my nose with my middle finger.
BitterClinger on November 7, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Biography
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., age 65, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1942…
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Just be thankful your last name isn’t “Rywall”.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 7, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Wow. He has my pity then. Jeez.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:38 PM
That one actually doesn’t invite as much scrutiny unless your first/given/most commonly used name starts with a D.
Using my own first name and trying to make the same joke would give you “Brywall”… how is that funny? David has my pity in that regard at least as well… it’s why I try to avoid making gypsum jokes.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:40 PM
From LGF
dish on November 7, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I am doing a study on Michigan’s GDP since 1997. Under Engler, everything was booming. Michigan was a state people looked to as the way to run a state. Under Granholm, Construction, Manufacturing (the lifeblood of this state), and durable goods are WAY down. We have 8.7% unemployment, and nothing on the horizon to make things look better. I am going to post the actual numbers on my blog in the next couple days.
And this is what Obama wants to do with the country.
ConservativeLawStudent on November 7, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Not a cool thing to say at all.
This guy is going to make it hard for me to give him a chance.
toliver on November 7, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Why do you think he has so much support among aging single women?
Jim Treacher on November 7, 2008 at 4:41 PM
First of many, my friends, first of many. This guy is going to learn the taste of $500 Italian shoe-leather quite thoroughly.
(Apologies to the Grue)
*waits*
spmat on November 7, 2008 at 4:41 PM
short man syndrome
jp on November 7, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Not surprising: Obama’s underlying philosophy comes from the worlds most spectacularly failed state.
Count to 10 on November 7, 2008 at 4:43 PM
OK. Sitting on my barstool on the Tuesday of Doom, I was chatting with the moron on my right, wearing his disgusting anti-Palin shirt. So, no question who he voted for. He says to me “Well, I pretty much expect that he’ll be assassinated within a month anyway” (Ya’all know who I’m refering to – chalk it up to my newfound paranoia that I’m not going to post anything with his name and that word in the same sentence…lest the O-shirts come a knockin’). I looked at him and said – “Wow – so you voted to stick us with Biden, then?”. Look on his face…priceless. Did anyone checking the box for this ticket THINK AT ALL? ABOUT ANYTHING other than being part of the Hopey Changey moment?
FinallyRight on November 7, 2008 at 4:43 PM
That would be because there is no such “office”, and Barry is posturing again since needs to stay above Bush’s press coverage for the next two months.
Enoxo on November 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM
JRB is no LBJ.
BKennedy on November 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Wow and I heard on the radio this morning that Nancy voted for Obama. What a jerk he is. I bet she is regretting that vote now.
Brat4life on November 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Hot flashes and hormones.
The Ugly American on November 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM
NO WAY!!!!?
dish on November 7, 2008 at 4:46 PM
The guy with the least experience in the room was Obama. At least when Pres. Bush was in a meeting he had experience from his past.
He flew a fighter jet as part of the Reserve, he helped run a pro baseball team and his pop was an ex Pres.
Obama is a complete newbie in every sense of the word.
The Nancy Reagan seance slap was the mean Obama, the street Obama. The same Obama that flipped off John McCain two days before the election.
Amazing but true, this is the President elect.
FireBlogger on November 7, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Yes she voted for him because of his stance on stem cell research. It was on my local talk radio show here this morning. I about crapped my pants when I heard that one.
Brat4life on November 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM
The mutt comment was self-deprecatingly humorous. However, there are many pooches in pounds and rescues who, though of mixed heritage, are actually quite “hypoallergenic.” Problem is, most dogs in shelters and rescues are not likely to be cute little puppies. And we can all admit there IS something really appealing about baby dogs. (Even if little baby people, especially those clearly marked for abortion, aren’t particularly appealing or worthy of life to Obama).
marybel on November 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Required hours of community service?? Do not judges dole out required community service as punishment, too?
Kokonut on November 7, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Will it be his own shoe, or the one with the three-inch heel on Sarah Palin’s foot?
capitalist piglet on November 7, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Growing the economy from the drug dealers up.!. Brilliant. Brilliant I say.
Griz on November 7, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Air America?
fogw on November 7, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Novice. His first post-election press conference: he looked like a guy thinking “sh*t what am I doing up here”. When was his last press conference…like 120 days ago?
jbh45 on November 7, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Sheer. Genius.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Nancy Reagan endorsed McCain back in March.
fogw on November 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM
No here in st louis 97.1 Fm I am trying to find the story. I would never listen to Air America, this is the station that has Hannity and Laura on. I am trying to find it on the site.
Brat4life on November 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM
I’m glad to see that you’re all feeling so calm and rational after the election. I REALLY enjoyed kicking the GOP in the balls on Tuesday. All the news reports about Fundies freaking out in bars, vandalizing property, stocking GUNS AND AMMO!!!
The schadenfreude is wonderful. Keep it up! How’s it feel watching your precious pro-life, homophobic, crazy, nutcase religious issues slide into irrelevancy? It’s really great that you’re so amped about Snowbilly Palin. I think she’d be an excellent spokesman for your party. Sure you’ll win TONS of elections on her platform…
idiots. I hope everyone of you has children that go to good colleges and learn that a) it’s okay to be gay/black/muslim/different than your parents and b) progressive values aren’t all bad… I’m confident it will happen.
WestCoastLibtard on November 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Grue – I have to know man, was your middle name gruesome?
kybowexar on November 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM
LOL No. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:57 PM
That was funny!
+1
kybowexar on November 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Enoxo gets the post of the day. LOL! Priceless stuff my friend.
jagdpanther on November 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I bet he’s had acting lessons from Oprah for his messianic speech performances:
Oprah & Denzel Summon Spirits
econavenger on November 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I’ve got a tea-bag for this douche-bag.
Here Barry…….
omnipotent on November 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Four years, Bingo. Enjoy it. You can think about how great it is while doing your compulsory community service.
Have a nice day.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 4:58 PM
He gave more details about the puppy dog he wants over his plan for the economy.
Unless his plan for the economy is “puppy dogs.”
muckdog on November 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Nice, way to be a big boy and use your newly found position of power to take a jab at Mrs. Reagan. The 1/2 ounce of respect I had for Obambi just went out the window.
neal7 on November 7, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Nancy Reagan also voted for him b/c she does not like John McCain b/c of how he left his first wife Carol, a good friend of hers.
Has anyone heard Dick Morris on every show in the last two days gleefully mention that Rahm is a former ballerina? Hilarious.
JAM on November 7, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Wow, that was competing with its own rhetoric for being obnoxious, condescending, overwrought, and plain stupid.
You picked an apt nickname though. I salute you for that!
kybowexar on November 7, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Those kids weren’t raised right, then, Bingo. :) Bad parenting there.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 7, 2008 at 5:01 PM
compulsory community service. gee that sounds TERRIBLE! Well with a fifteen year record high rate of unemployment there are lot’s of people with nothing to do.
I sincerely hope you all move to Australia.
WestCoastLibtard on November 7, 2008 at 5:01 PM
On a positive note, at least the people of Louisiana saw what a Republican governor could do after hurricane Katrina, and voted in Bobby Jindal (R). Joe the Plumber was able to show some courage as a ‘little guy’ who was against higher taxes on the rich as a matter of principle. We need to educate Americans and show what successful conservative economic policies can do. Ultimately, people will be motivated when they can see a better solution. Sort of like East and West Berlin showing the stark contrast. Unfortunately that may take a long time.
jerseyman on November 7, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Isn’t that what you and your ilk threatened the last two times?
So why the hell are you still here?
MadisonConservative on November 7, 2008 at 5:02 PM
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