Your daily dose of Election 2008 sexism, “Sweetie” edition
Courtesy of the Broadsheet, when being interview by a female reporter, Sen. Obama responded to her question by saying, “Hold on, one second, sweetie.”
This isn’t the first time Sen. Obama has made sexist remarks towards or about women that he’s had to go back and apologize for. Better yet, there’s a video clip of the sexist comment.
Sen. Obama, of course, apologized for the comment in order to avoid any additional negative press. He claimed “sweetie” was a term he used out of habit. Sorry, still not buying it.
Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I’m calling to apologize on two fronts. […]
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.
So, where is the video of Sen. Obama calling a man “sweetie?” Right, that’s what I thought, there isn’t one.
“So, where is the video of Sen. Obama calling a man “sweetie?” Right, that’s what I thought, there isn’t one.”
Lets be fair. On the same day as Senator Obama’s latest ‘Sweetie’ comment, Senator Edwards crawled out from whatever hole he has been living in and endorsed Senator Obama.
It’s certainly very possible that he has called Edwards ‘Sweetie,’ but we just don’t have any video evidence of it.