common, I don't like the guy, and I don't even care about this. Its not sexist, he doesn't hate women or anything. however, from this talk, I wouldn't be surprised if he's another philanderer like Bill Clinton, but who cares, honestly. All politicians and Presidents are.

with the theory that Obama is sexist and/or habitually condescending toward women. Michelle seems like a pretty independent, strong woman, and I doubt she'd put up with that kind of bullshit.

I don't like the "sweetie" thing AT ALL.  But it's up to the person on the receiving end to correct that behavior.  If women enjoy that kind of crap from a stranger then they are idiots.

I wonder which Alegre will cover, this or the Edwards endorsement.

Calling a woman you don't know "sweetie" is belittling and sexist.

This is so obvious, I'm embarrassed I even have spell it out, Diamond jay.

Christ.

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Check out earlier diary on this subject and see what the boys have to say - just feminists "bitichin" according to them.

Enough, please.

"Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I'm calling to apologize on two fronts. One was you didn't get your question answered and I apologize. I thought that we had set up interviews with all the local stations. I guess we got it with your station but you weren't the reporter that got the interview. And so, I broke my word. I apologize for that and I will make up for it.

Second apology is for using the word 'sweetie.' That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front. Feel free to call me back. I expect that my press team will be happy to try to make it up to you whenever we are in Detroit next."

Well, he called Senator Boxer CUTIE.  Uh yes, a terrible habit he has.  Demeaning and condescinding, sexism.

A fellow, SENIORED Senator, at a business function, he calls her a Cutie?

How would it go over if she attended one of his business functions and she said, isn't he a "Stud"?  Eyebrows would be raised for a good reason.  But we don't have to try to bury our own thoughts from leaking out.  He does.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?cont ent_id=13d1f66a-488b-46d3-9d3b-6632e0a8f 1f7
Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar's cell phone at 3:16 p.m:

"Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I'm calling to apologize on two fronts. One was you didn't get your question answered and I apologize. I thought that we had set up interviews with all the local stations. I guess we got it with your station but you weren't the reporter that got the interview. And so, I broke my word. I apologize for that and I will make up for it.

"Second apology is for using the word 'sweetie.' That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front. Feel free to call me back. I expect that my press team will be happy to try to make it up to you whenever we are in Detroit next."
....

I think considering his two sweet children and his sweet wife, i'll let this slip ;)

How many separate diaries need to be done on this?

As a guy and a Obama supporter -- yes I agree that it is bad, but he apologized for it, saying that it was a bad habit of his. It'd be preferable if the apology was quoted, if you want complete coverage of the issue.

And as I've said, in my opinion it doesn't even compare to the sexual usage of female underlings, that Bill Clinton was guilty of (and for which reason I consider the worst living president on the issue of feminism).

We going to get rec-list diaries on this tomorrow from alegre, TexasDarlin, and linfar?  I can hardly wait!

There's this young woman who is a rep for a company that I buy stuff from. She's relatively new there and a few weeks ago she left me a phone message. I was listening to it with my daughter, and after she left her message she closed with, "Bye sweetie." Keep in mind I'd never talked to this woman.

My daughter and I looked at each other to check if we'd both heard the same thing, and then burst out laughing. Our immediate thought was that the woman was probably so used to addressing her significant other on the phone that way that it became a habit, and she must have been mortified after she got off the phone.

Turns out, it's just how she is. I had never spoke to the lady at the point of her first message, but after subsequent conversations I realized that it's just what she does. She doesn't mean anything by it.

Every Wednesday I take my 91 year old grandfather out to lunch. Often we get waitresses who insist on calling my grandfather sweetie. It irks me a bit, being a little too familiar, but then I think, they mean no harm. It's just a habit with them.

An overtired Sen. Obama called someone sweetie, and then almost immediately called to make a personal apology. The misogynist spawn of Satan! He must be scheming the subjugation of all women.

It's incredibly belittling and demeaning to call a woman you don't know "sweetie" in a working situation like that. Add in the dismissive tone of the statement, and the chuckles afterwards from the men around him, and it's clear why she was offended, and very legitimately so.

How many men here would seriously call a female coworker you don't know well a "sweetie"? Would you say that to a department store cashier, a loan officer, or a dentist? I can't imagine doing such a thing.

Personally, if something like that ever escaped my lips, I'd hope to disappear in shame on the spot.

What a fun site, where everything Obama says is sexist and reveals the secrets so deeply rooted in his character, and where everything Clinton(s) does is NOT racist, has been entirely misinterpreted, and is, in fact, evidence that OBAMA is the racist, because his campaign or the media have called it out.

Delusional.

Let's compare Obama's "sweetie" to some other public figure's treatment of women. Let's pick. Oh. I don't know. How about Bill Clinton?

Where I work, a customer (a lady) calls me honey all the time.

Should I react negatively?

Jeez.

It's like call him "boy".