Obama dismisses a female TV reporter as "Sweetie"

A small but very surprising gaffe by the leading Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, Wednesday during a visit to an automotive plant in Michigan. These photo ops are staged by every presidential campaign for the precise purpose of having TV cameras film their candidate walking, looking and learning something somewhere.

But although the media are absolutely essential to the staged event's success, the campaigns really don't want them messing up their political plans with interruptions or questions. If the cameras only have pictures, that's all the stations can broadcast.

Answering reporters' questions distract from the pleasant photos and could change the subject away from the day's political message. What if they ask him/her about West Virginia or doing poorly among blue-collar Democratic workers like those waiting to shake his hand up the line?

Peggy Agar of Channel 7 TV news in Detroit was with her cameraman at the Sterling Heights, Mich. plant jockeying for position as Obama walked around the facility, trying like all the others in the invited press mob to lob a question in and get the candidate actually talking on-camera instead of merely looking.

Suddenly Obama was walking right toward her. "Senator," Agar addressed him, "how are you going to help the American auto worker?"

"Hold on one second, sweetie," the presidential candidate said, sticking out his right arm as if to ward her off. "We're gonna do a press avail."

Sweetie?

"This 'sweetie,'" Agar noted acidly in her broadcast report, "never did get an answer to that question."
Obama dismisses a female TV reporter as "Sweetie" : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times

Has anyone in here had sexual harassment training for the work place? A comment like this would get ya a few days off at the very least. I'm SURE that this comment turned away the far left womens rights activists. Way to go Obama!:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

Absolutely trivial.

Come on its not like he said bend over bi***

Call a female co-worker sweetie some time and find out where it gets ya. Just another example of Obama looking down his nose at others.

Hell, let McCain refer to Michelle Obama as sweetie and watch the left wing media explode.

Be nice to get a females opinion on this issue.....be sure to let us all know if you'd mind this in the work place.

Have a good one!:s4:

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

Has anyone in here had sexual harassment training for the work place? A comment like this would get ya a few days off at the very least.

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This is absolutely true. Ask any HR Director and they will tell you, the proper term is "Sweetie-Pie."






Ok, I'm joking here. Please don't flame me.

Like that really has any impact on whether or not he would be a good leader. Just another thing to get peoples attention off of what really matters.

Grasping at straws now...But thank God he didn't call her "hon". :rolleyes:

Since 80% of folks surveyed say the country is going in the wrong direction and 70% of the folks polled say we should get the hell out of Iraq, add in Republicans losing special elections left and right (Mississippi anyone?) and even Republicans themselves admitting they are in deep trouble, time to throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks. ;)