President Obama said Monday Nancy Reagan “could not have been more gracious and more charming” to him and Michelle Obama when they first got to the White House and the former first lady would be missed by the country.
“I think it as been well documented, the extraordinary love that she had for her husband, and the extraordinary comfort and strength that she provided him during really hard times,” Obama said of Reagan, who died Sunday at the age of 94.
“As somebody who’s been lucky enough to have an extraordinary partner in my life, as well, I know how much she meant, not just to President Reagan but to the country, as a whole,” he said. “He was lucky to have her. I’m sure he would be the first to acknowledge that.”
A wonderful, classy President we have indeed. I have listened to a lot of the coverage on Nancy, and her own son Ron, (who interestingly refers to her as Nancy Reagan and his father as Ronald Reagan) said today that there would be no Ronald Reagan but for Nancy (and I might add her stepfather, Loyal Davis)
Gracious as ever and personalizing the special-ness of the Reagan love story, with his own relationship with Michelle.
Completely skipped anything remotely political. (Note: somehow the RWNJ voices will find him lacking in some way.)
Meh…Obama should have just released a written statement expressing condolences to anyone who felt bad about Reagan dying. That would have been enough.
In other news…I see that Peyton Manning is giving his retirement speech…
WHaT THE HELL? OhbUMMER’s CLASSLEss COMMEnts dishonor wife OF A Great AmerICAN.
Classy as always!
Doubtful that i’ll ever see this kind of graciousness in office again in my lifetime.