Obama's foot in mouth?

President-elect Barack Obama was asked by reporters today if he'd spoken with other president. Obama said, “I have spoken to all of them who are living", then smiled and continued, "I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances.

Even Joe Biden probably had to do a double take on that one. So I guess since you won the election you can now be rude, or is that just his nature?

Obama did have to suck it up and call Mrs Reagan to apologize. How ironic, after only 3 days you have to call the wife of Ronald Reagan, and to get your foot out of your mouth.

Biden, you get a pass today.

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Hey guys. Again, thanks for joining. Thought I would pop in and leave some thoughts. I've seen these 10 Cannot's all over the place but I've never really given them much thought. In light of the election, they are incredibly profound.

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
• You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
• You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
• You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

Okay, now go back and read all of those again. I'm amazed by the simple logic here. These are some of the core principles of conservatism. So wise, yet so logical. These are the tenants we need to promote as we begin to revitalize the conservative base. Principles of hard work, personal responsibility, and fiscal accountability. This is what the new president-elect's policies are missing.

In case you were wondering, these pearls of wisdom were written by a man who saw them in action before our time. William J. H. Boetcker was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1873. He is well-known as one of the first motivational speakers, regarded as a forerunner for Tony Robbins. He was also a Presbyterian minister, and regularly used his morals and values as solid frameworks for his political ideas. He gained a reputation as a conservative speaker when he published the above "10 Cannot's" in 1916. You may recognize them from Reagan's 1992 Republican Convention speech.