Nancy Reagan and Obama Kiss and Make Up
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 7:52AM It was a kiss and make up session at the White House Tuesday, with President Obama towering over former First Lady Nancy Reagan as he signed a proclamation establishing the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission.
The commission is supposed to organize activities to mark the 100th anniversary, in 2011, of President Reagan’s birth. But enough about that; today’s White House event was also a chance for Mr. Obama to make up with Mrs. Reagan, whom he famously — and inexplicably — dissed back in November during the transition.
During his first press conference after being elected, Mr. Obama, responding to a question from a reporter, said he had spoken to former presidents who were still alive. “I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any séances,” he said, presumably an allusion to Mrs. Reagan’s supposedly consulting an astrologer to consult about the president’s schedule when she was in the White House. more

























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