Political Punch

Oh please. Sweetie? Give me a break. One of the top 10 American terms of endearment and she was never called that? Chill out. What is next for her? Prozac? Zoloft? Or perhaps Paxil?

As a woman I felt offended. I do not think he would have called a male reporter sweetie. When making the phone call to say he was sorry I wished he had answered the reporter's question on the phone. He still has time to write out a response to the question and mail or email her. Do we really know who Obama is? Does he know himself?

It is so condescending.....he is such an idiot....and no respect for women....at work you can call it sexual harassment........and he never answers any thoughtful questions

ARE U KIDDING ME?????????
THEY ARE SAYING ANYTHING TO BRING THIS BLACK MAN DOWN! THIS IS REDICULIOUS.
PEOPLE ARE CRAZY.
MEN AND WOMEN GET CALLED "SWEETIE"ALL THE TIME IT MEANS NOTTHING. OMG!!!

Give me a break! This is newsworthy?

What a waste of time. This just shows how low Obama's critics have to search to find some fault with Obama.

He didn't answer the question he dismissed it and attempted to dismiss her. The question was valid and focused on those lower payed factory workers, a base he needs to step up too. Instead he swanked around looking at cars.

He called her for two reasons:

1) he doesn't want to look elitist.

2) he didn't want it to turn into a media storm where he is being called sexist (especially not with those feminists chanting for clinton).

Its the same(ish) as the rev. wright issue. He denounced him when he said things about HIM that could be misconstrued.

He is playing the politics game for sure.

Also like the way he tried to entice the reporter "my press team will make it up to you" bottom line for me the trip was a show which reflected how hollow his campaign really is. He wasn't there for the workers.

He was wrong. There is no way to defend this as right. Fortunately he did not try to defend it. He appropriately apologized. The thing I like about Obama is that he admits when he's wrong. And everyone will be wrong sometimes. The other thing I like is his way of seeing the better intentions in others and giving the benefit of the doubt. For example when Mrs. Clinton recently in syntax equated "white people" to "hard working people" his campaign response was "She didn't mean it that way." They could have jumped all over that. You could say, by a stretch, that his approach assumes moral superiority. It implies "I'm not going to sink to that level." In that sense you could say it's elitist or sexist. But to me, by admitting and apologizing when you are wrong, by giving the benefit of the doubt, and assuming good intentions from others--to me that is fair and refreshing. I think anyone can respect that. In fact, it is these qualities--and the possibility that we the people can take back the white house--this has made me interested in our presidential election for the first time. I think the journalist was right to bring this up and bring this into our conscioiusness. I also think that it is right to accept the apology. We needn't be relentlessly unforgiving. We can gain from this by looking at it squarely, acknowledging it, and moving forward with higher awareness.

I would rather be called sweetie than you guys, which is a masculine reference that many people seem to think is unisex in our "modern" age. at least sweetie is a feminine reference.

I hate being called sweetie or honey or any other stupid name from morons!

I am not your sweetie, I am not your honey.

Someone send Obama back to his hole!

That's what happens when you have a person running for Prez who is half black and half white, he's bound to say or do something that the other side is not going to enjoy hearing or see him doing.

MEN/WOMEN GETTING OFFENDED BY GETTING CALLED SWEETIE NEED TO GROW UP.

Obama can call me "Sweetie" any time he likes. (Hope rings eternal...)

"Hold on a second, sweetie. We'll hold a press avail,"
"Sweetie, if I start with a picture I will never get out of here."
"Sweetie if I start doing autographs I just won't be & I am really late."

Spontaneous, habitual, or not, this is sexist by what we have all been taught. Why should Obama get a pass? I think not. Pay the piper Barack.

I work for the NYPD and personally I call people sweety and darling all the time. I've lived in the community that I now work in for 29 years and everyone there knows me and my rep. That is just how I greet the people to whom I know. This saying is not disrespectful at all. As you can clearly see that this is how he talks all the time. STOP STRESSING PEOPLE!!! THINK ABOUT THE HIGH GAS PRICES!!!!!

Oh My God!! what bull is this? why cant the media focus on the issues but start up something that is innocent and simple? Apparently, media like CNN, FOX, ABC who claim that they are not bias,and dont take sides, etc actually stir up issues that are both irrelevant and unimportant to me and the millions of people whose lives are been impacted by the current political and economic nightmare. Please American media focus on issues that is of concern to the well-being of our citizens...not comments that are made or gestures that makes no sense or important to the current political or economic environment we are facing right now. If thats all you have to report about Obama referring to someone as "sweetie" apparently, the focus is totally not to shed light on the innocence of such remarks but a way looking for faults about Obama..This media has tried to associate him with comments made by some pastor 7 years ago,7 years ago.Do you how many people who made remarks like these over the years?, and suddenly he is not patriotic enough to be the president. How do you judge who is more patriotic? By having the US flag in front of your house, and wearing a pin on your chest? Does that make you more patriotic than anyone else? He is an American. An American. Deal with that. He is qualified to be the President of this nation according the constituition..Deal with it.He will be the next President..

Obama did use the word in a way that implied some loose moral or close, weird connection with the reporter but something like a slip of the tongue. People opposed to him may use this to create a useless, baseless scandal that never is. especially with the way Clinton campaign is dwindling this may be a "good" riddance for her campaign and supporters.
Great leaders are those who dont deny who they are and their mistakes. Obama should be understood.

If “sweety” bothers you, you should never come to North Carolina. By the standards of this article, I’m owed an apology by 15 percent of all waitresses that have ever waited on me here.

Quote: 'This begs a question....Why hasn't the mainstream press bothered to investigate Obama's roots in Chicago politics and some of the very angry exchanges he's had with the press there?"

This begs a question. Why hasn't the "mainstream press" published the fact that the Clintons are on trial for fraud in Los Angeles Superior Court?
That's case number BC304174.

Its a shame that people who do not want any good for America will take a mere sweetie call for a reason to blackmail the innocent man. IM sure most of the writers are clinton supporters bcoz this is now becoming a politically motivated topic. The lady in question was not offended by the name so why the fire????? we are in a civilize world for God sake. i personaaly call pple sweetie,honey and i get the same name frm pple too and i think its a way of life and a pleasant way of addresssing or showing love to all.
Plz lets not use this against Obama nor make this a politically motivated topic to bring the young man's image to black.

Quote: "Let someone, male or female, call you men "Sweetie" and see how you like it.

Posted by: doobrah |

Get over it, I am called "sweetie" every time I go into a restaurant by someone I never saw before in my life.

Worry about Senator Clinton losing more super delegates as we speak. Hmmm?