Sweetie
“Obama tours a Detroit auto plant.”
What others are saying:
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(CNN) Barack Obama has personally apologized to a… - thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
The Democratic candidate uses the term in talking to a… - marcambinder.theatlantic.com
An unusual video clip from Sen. Barack Obama’s tour of… - www.politico.com
Second apology is for using the word ’sweetie.’ That’s a… - www.hotair.com
Via Ben Smith, an almost miraculous stroke of bad luck:… - weblogs.chicagotribune.com
Barack Obama refer to a reporter during a Michigan campaign… - confederateyankee.mu.nu
Here’s the video: I don’t object to the word “Sweetie”…… - www.veracifier.com
This is the second time Obama has called a woman… - www.salon.com
Calls reporter “sweetie,” ignores her question. - commentsfromleftfield.com
Look, intent is irrelevant habitually using reductive terms like “sweetie’…

15. May 2008 at 15:40
I can picture it now…
To Queen Elizabeth II: “Nice tiara, Sweetie”
To Margaret Thatcher: “Yeah, Sweetie, you were a great Prime Minister”
To Nancy Pelosi: “Hey you’re rockin’ that Speaker of the House position, Sweetie”