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Coremodels
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/COL02/805160301/1025/FEATURES
And he's marketing himself as the candidate of change? Dismissing women as sweeties is oh so condescending, oh so sexist, oh so ... grandfatherly.
It happened Wednesday at a Chrysler stamping plant in Sterling Heights. But it wasn't the first time Obama was caught using the manly put-down. In early April, at a factory in Pennsylvania, he referred to a woman employee as "sweetie."
Really??? This is front page news???
And meanwhile on the back page, McCain calls his wife a cunt...
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/05/01/mccain-refuses-to-answer-a-town-hall-question/?mod=WSJBlog

Posted 4 years ago #
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And LeBron James told his own mother to "sit yo a** down." :lol:
That one got more comment than either of the politicians'. Shows what people really care about.

Posted 4 years ago #
joev
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A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.

Posted 4 years ago #
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joev wrote A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.
You bag that shit or what homie?

Posted 4 years ago #
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Ndcent wrote
joev wrote A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.
You bag that shit or what homie?
LOL. I always think that if a girl calls me sweetie or honey, I can bag her too. Probably not the case, but I always feel that way.

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Ndcent wrote
joev wrote A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.
You bag that shit or what homie?
No, I'm married, and my wife was already mad at me.

Posted 4 years ago #
Manatee
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I'm a chick and I don't mind being called "sweetie". It seems nice and I don't feel condescended to, because I know "sweet" is a pleasant attribute. I know I can vote and be in the armed forces and kick all kinds of ass. Now if that same guy tries to get in my pants, sell me a used car or ask me to make him some coffee, that's different.
But I like to be sweet, too, and a guy with lots of daughters and a wife probably uses that word 4,796 times a day.
God, I love Obama. :)

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joev wrote
Ndcent wrote
joev wrote A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.
You bag that shit or what homie?
No, I'm married, and my wife was already mad at me.
Keep your pimp hand strong my brother.
"No" means "harder master" and so forth...

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joev
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Ndcent wrote
joev wrote
Ndcent wrote
joev wrote A female bartender kept calling me sweetie earlier this week. There goes her presidential ambitions.
You bag that shit or what homie?
No, I'm married, and my wife was already mad at me.
Keep your pimp hand strong my brother.
"No" means "harder master" and so forth...
And the bartender was very surly as well. She confiscated our quarters cup.

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Porky
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Is it just me or does is seem like the Media "honeymoon" is over for Barack? Seems like some in the mainstream are starting to turn against him...

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Porky wrote Is it just me or does is seem like the Media "honeymoon" is over for Barack? Seems like some in the mainstream are starting to turn against him...
I think it's more of a kneejerk reaction to being accused of giving him a honeymoon in the first place.

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Is there a male equivalent to "sweetie?"
If Hilary said, "hold on a minute, honey" to some male reporter, people might also find that strange. It always bugs me when people refer to me as "sweetie" or "honey" like I'm a child. I like Obama, and I definitely don't think this is front page news, but language, especially coming from people in power, is, well, powerful.
Just sayin'. :roll:

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*makes mental note to refer to Rachel as "Cookie" from now on.

Posted 4 years ago #
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What was that "boy" thinking?

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joshua wrote What was that boy thinking?
:shock:

Posted 4 years ago #
UncommonSense
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Holy non-issue, Batman! C'mon, this comment was too informal at worst, but condescending and sexist? O'Reilly had a segment about this last night, and basically seemed amused that it was generating any news at all (apparently he is unfamilar with irony).
What I found more disturbing, was that, later in the show, he introduced 2 female guests via satellite from Columbus who said they were angry about sexist elements in the media, Democratic party and Obama campaign, who have robbed Clinton of the nomination. They then threatened to leave the party and actively campaign against Obama, if (when) he wins the nomination. :shock: They stopped just short of admitting they will vote for McCain, though they conceded the possibility.
One was from PA, but the other, Cynthia Ruccia lives in Bexley. They claim to speak for thousands of female Democrats in PA, MI, OH (and another crucial swing state which escapes my mind). Cynthia Ruccia, former member of the Franklin Co. Democratic Party Executive Committee, is better known for running against Kasich in '96, and all but openly accusing him of being gay. Earlier, in the primary, she tried everything to get Bill Moss to drop out, and threatened Columbus Alive with a libel suit for a Bob Fitrakis piece which suggested Moss' presence was hurting her campaign. Wow. Gay-baiter, 1st Amendment enemy, and now she cries 'sexism' when her candidate loses fairly. She should be shown the door.
She even made the Australian press:
Hillary Clinton's female avengers to hit Barack Obama
Sorry for sidetracking your thread Core, but this seems like the front edge of a major sh*tstorm for the Dems.

Posted 4 years ago #
chaptal
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Another non issue. If we did not have soaring fuel prices, a faltering economy, collapsing infrastructure and are not borrowing to pay for two wars - yes, make it front page news.

Posted 4 years ago #
Cookie
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thefightinglibrarian wrote
joshua wrote What was that boy thinking?
:shock:
I was thinking something similar. There's been a lot of attention to race in this campaign, but not nearly as much to gender. And yes, it is condescending and sexist, but if he'd said it to me, I'd probably swoon, because he's hot. :oops:
Coremodels wrote *makes mental note to refer to Rachel as "Cookie" from now on.
Huh?

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Cookie wrote I was thinking something similar. There's been a lot of attention to race in this campaign, but not nearly as much to gender. And yes, it is condescending and sexist, but if he'd said it to me, I'd probably swoon, because he's hot. :oops:
Coremodels wrote *makes mental note to refer to Rachel as "Cookie" from now on.
Huh?
1. I don't think it's sexist at all, as I am called "sweetie" much more than I've ever used the word "sweetie" myself...and I'm a dude.
2. Just my favorite pet name, not having anything to do with you.
As far as Joshua...well, he's a moron...and this just continues to show it. Calling a man "boy" is offensive enough regardless of race, however to compare calling a BLACK man "boy"...a reference used to degrade a race of people as less than equal for hundreds of years...with calling a woman "sweetie", which at worst has been used to get a man out of a fight with his wife...not the same thing.
BTW, again...I'd spend a lot more time worrying about a candidate who said:
"I hate the gooks and I'll hate them for as long as I live"
or
"At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt."

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Cookie
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Coremodels wrote Calling a man "boy" is offensive enough regardless of race, however to compare calling a BLACK man "boy"...a reference used to degrade a race of people as less than equal for hundreds of years...with calling a woman "sweetie", which at worst has been used to get a man out of a fight with his wife...not the same thing.
I don't understand your logic at all. Can you not even see how condescending it is? Can you at least see that he wouldn't refer to a man as "sweetie?"
BTW, again...I'd spend a lot more time worrying about a candidate who said:
"I hate the gooks and I'll hate them for as long as I live"
or
"At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt."
I've got plenty of reasons to be worried about John McCain as a candidate, but that doesn't mean I can't also recognize when another candidate says something inappropriate.

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