Obama Calls Reporter 'Sweetie' In Michigan

Barack Obama passed off a reporter today in Michigan, and she seemed less than amused by his name for her.

"Hold on one second there, sweetie," he says.

The reporter signed off: "This sweetie never did get an answer to that question."

Comments

[babybelle]

If he called me SWEETIE, I'd be smiling all day !!

Some people want to make a mountain out of molehill over everything!

[dagnew]

For the anti-Obama pinheads this is HUGE! Let's see how the pundits manage to mangle it.

[gwhizz]

No it's not "huge". It's just a sign of his attitude towards others.

[pupbayer]

I guess we can forget the classy description with this guy. Classy, it ain't.

[sassafra]

she really missed her chance. she should have said: *breathlessly* "ok honey".

[gwhizz]

ROFL!

[marthlois]

OMG NO! He called a reporter sweetie?????

I would never reduce myself to voting for him if he does that. I think a 527 is in order and NOW!

But in the meantime, how many men and women were killed in Iraq today and the death count
is up to 15,000 withy 9,000 missing???

Shameful that your mind strays to such trivial crap!

[marco34la]

hey sweetie...­Too bad you didnt use that same logic when you were placing such great importance on a "hillary dodging sniper fire".

[nomobull]

there is no comparison

[Softnsweet]

marthlois, Oh so you are not going to vote for him because he made a mistake and said sweetie. Go Fish yourself.

[BLinCincinnati]

I see you don't do well with sarcasm.

[Ethioqn08]

Obama can call me sweetie me anytime..i love you!!!!

[thinbluetorpedo]

Hey HRC, here is your big opportunit­y...... sweetiegate.

[antaeus]

This whole thing is so silly. "Sweetie" isn't a condescending term for women.

Just like "boy" isn't a condescending word for black men.

[KMan1]

What the hell? No they are not!

[laborgrunt]

Apples and FUCKING Oranges my friend.

[marco34la]

Only to close-minded guys. To women... it's the same. It's degrading. He's an arrogant, anti-white, anti-american who turns his uppity nose down on white middle class and women.

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

Sweetie Pie was at war with Honey Pie.
Sweetie Pie had always been at war with Honey Pie.
Except when Sweetie Pie was at war with Lovey Dovey,
And then it had always been at war with Lovey Dovey.

[moseyon]

I am a mature woman and have a habit of calling people love, It come from the way I address my children and Grandchildren. One day a young man said to me I am not your love. Cant win them all .
Ide love him to call me sweetie. lol

[faith]

Most of us have that habit of calling someone honey, dear, or sweetie. It is ridiculous this is even a topic. And I say let's support Obama !!!

[marco34la]

You don't call a working professional, especially a news woman, "sweetie".
It's derrogatory. Next time you go to ask your boss a question at your job...
see how you feel when he dismisses you... "not now...swee­tie...i'll get to you later."
You'll be filing a sexual harrassment law suit on the spot.

[pupbayer]

None of you are running for President. It is condescending and disrespectful especially with the tone he used...ver­y arrogant and dismissive.

The man is very bright and does very stupid things.

[highlyamused]

I do the same thing and it's only gotten 'worse' (depends on your view ) since I've had grandchildren. I call everyone sweetie. People on the phone.....­people at the stores....­..people I don't know.
I think there's a lot worse things we could be doing.

This is much ado about nothing. He has two little girls.....­..I'm positive there's nothing misogynist about it.
Good lord......­can't we be nice to each other anymore?

[realityczech4u]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! This guy's uh, uh, uh, uh, He's a male chauvinist pig!!!!!!!!!! Yep. That's what he is. He just 'outed' himself. This means that he's one of those misogynists that Thir Elton John was referring to at the benefit concert he held for Hillary. No way we can elect a guy that calls people 'sweetie'.

[Softnsweet]

realityczech4u,

Accept reality, you are jealous!!

[moda31]

clearly he's got something against the vajayjay, he's obviously planning to relegate women to 3/5 person status when he becomes president. there was nothing pejorative about the way he said it, and he offered what sounded like a sincere apology, so frankly this woman couldn't care less. so uh what's happening in iraq these days?

[BarryChamplain]

Lead item on four Fox News shows for two weeks.

Five pundits will debate it on "The Situation Room".

Six on "Hardball".

Tim Russert will have an Obama spokeperson on, and ambush them with seven more unearthed quotes where he called someone "Sweetie".



Joe Scarborough will predict the end of the Obama campaign because of the irreparable damage to women voters.

Rachel Maddow will disagree, and Joe will call her the "c" word, rip off his mic, and storm off the set.

[dagnew]

LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! You are sooooo right!!!!!!!

[apoyo]

I can't believe there are 8 pages of comments on this. Why is this news?
Didn't Bill Clinton say politics was a contact sport? I would think that includes the reporters who cover it.

[pupbayer]

White people can be offended, too.

[NCRESIDENT]

McCain calls his wife a c^nt in front of reporters and no one is over hills about that. Obama calls a woman sweetie not to be disrespectful and everyone is up in arms. Am I missing something here or did McCain calling his wife a c^nt become okay since it's his wife. To be called sweetie especially coming from a black man is a very great compliment which shows he has respect for women. To be called a b^tch because you are getting on his nerves seem to become more acceptable than being called sweetie, honey, and sugar because now the word b^tch suppose to mean a powerful woman. Come on give me a break SWEETIE! In America I think our women are the only ones who can switch a negative word such as b^tch and c^nt and make it positive and take the positive word and make it seem dirty. That is what we are teaching our children that it's okay to be called hos, b6tches, and sluts but it is offensive to be called a sweetie.