Friday, November 7, 2008

Obama Unplugged (or Unscripted)

We got to see President-elect Obama’s first press conference today, which included Q&A from the reporters. While he did show concern over a reporter who had her arm in a sling, he also took the opportunity to sling some mud at 87-year-old Nancy Reagan about her séances (in fact, she consulted an astrologer from time to time).


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/about-those-seances/


While he did call Mrs. Reagan to apologize, I wonder if this is just a one-off mistake or is Barack stealing Joe Biden’s gaffe thunder? Obama is exceptionally smooth with the teleprompter, but the votes haven’t been tallied on his ability to speak extemporaneously. If the current trend continues, Saturday Night Live might have hit the jackpot on November 4th.

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