Posted on 05/14/2008 3:04:41 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her "sweetie" during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights.
Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar's cell phone at 3:16 p.m.
LISTEN TO THE VOICEMAIL IN VIDEO PLAYER RIGHT (Voicemail is followed by video clip of the "sweetie" exchange)
(Excerpt) Read more at wxyz.com ...
The comment came during a tour of the plant when the Democratic presidential candidate tried to brush off a question from Agar about help for autoworkers. "Senator, how are you going to help the American autoworkers," Agar asked Obama. "Hold on one second, sweetie," he replied, explaining he would answer in a later media availability.
In a posting on the New York Times Political Blog titled "Obama: Hold On, Sweetie," reporter Jim Rutenberg pointed out this wasn't the first time Obama used the word: "Back in Pennsylvania in early April, Senator Barack Obama took some heat for calling a female factory worker 'sweetie,' in Allentown."
Who has the Obama peckerwood graphic?
seems like a genuine phone call.
Why is this a big deal, anyway? PC overkill. But I am surprised Obama is being chastised for this.
What’s everyone complaining about? He cleaned it up from what he usually calls women.
Maybe, because it reveals Obama as a big fat hypocrite?
Isn’t he supposed to be a feminist?
He’s never called Hillary “sweetie”.
Sucks! I was sure B.O. Hussein was addressing John Edwards when he caled out “ Sweetie, I’ll address that in a minute!”
But then, that would have been perfectly normal in the Demorat Party.
Well, he shouldn't be, but there is the rub, when you are part of the extreme liberal wing of the rat party you are expected to be in full PC mode 24/7
"Sweetie" is a denigrating, patriarchal, sexist, anti feminist comment.
An unrepentant Marxist like Obama should know better.
SNL material in here somewhere.
He apologized but notice he still didn’t answer the question.........
Yeah, and in 20 years, this reporter will miss hearing men call her that.
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