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To: Ruffian who wrote (279417)	11/7/2008 10:04:31 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793963

He's trying to remove foot from mouth...Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for 'careless' joke November 07, 2008 Categories: Barack Obama politico.com “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." 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