Quote of the Day

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1. Anwyn Says:
   August 3rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm

   He barfed it out of the pool already, that’s why. American women will (I suppose and devoutly hope) much sooner forgive a philanderer than somebody who dismissively calls a professional woman in her professional capacity “sweetie” and offers to buy a woman’s vote with a kiss.

2. Xrlq Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 6:35 am

   Call it a hunch, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Juanita Broaddrick might take exception to the term “philanderer.”

   As to “Sweetie,” IIRC her only real complaint about the incident was that he didn’t answer her question, not that he called her “sweetie.” Living in the South, if I took offense every time a woman called me “sweetie” or “hon” in an allegedly professional setting, I probably would not make it through a single day without getting offended.

3. nk Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 8:12 am

   I think that’s what happens when you have little girls at home. After a while “sweetie”, “honey”, “darling” pop out even when not entirely appropriate. It’s happened to me since my daughter started talking. So far, I have not been banned from the PTA or punched out by any husbands in the neighborhood.

4. Anwyn Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 10:23 am

   Xrlq, but I’m talking about the reaction of the average American woman, not Juanita Broadderick. A great effort was made to paint him as primarily a cheater and that’s the way a lot of women see him first. As for the reporter in question, again I’m talking about my reaction, not hers. She was right to pass over the sweetie business in favor of remaining professional, but I haven’t forgotten the tone he used. As for the South, how many times a day do you hear a man call a woman “sweetie” or “hon” in return? A lot less than you hear it directed at yourself, I’d bet.

   NK: Puhlease. :) Nice try. I mean, yeah, he says himself that he calls lots of people that, but to me that’s just compounding the problem, not an excuse.

5. nk Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

   I once handled an appeal for an older lawyer who would make our secretaries all giggly when he would call the office: “Good morning, darling! This is Mr. ____. Is Mr. NK in, my love? Could you tell him I’m on the phone, sweetheart?”
   (Not necessarily an exact quote but close.)

   I’ll compromise with you, Anwyn, and say that only men past the age of fifty should talk that way to girls/women over the age of eleven.

6. nk Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

   P.S. She was right to pass over the sweetie business in favor of remaining professional ….

   It must have stung her a little because she finished her story with “This “sweetie” never got an answer to her question”.

7. Xrlq Says:
   August 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

   I’m not aware of any evidence that Obama has paid a political price for the “sweetie” comment. Whatever residual resentment he faces among Democrat-leaning women stems not from that incident but from his having opposed their messiah in the primaries before.

8. Dana Says:
   August 5th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

   Because he upset the Annointed First Female President for his chance to lose the 2008 general election, that’s why.

   When you hear people like the lovely Geraldine Ferraro, someone who should know better, saying the stuff she has been spewing recently, you know that there are a lot of women out there who are still just plain bitter over Hillary Clinton’s defeat.

   Throw in a little math, and figuring that Mrs Clinton’s best remaining chance is to fight against President McCain in the 2012 election, and I wonder just how many Clinton supporters might just go for Mr McCain.

9. nk Says:
   August 15th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

   The less than half my age Jewel lady called me “my love” in her first sentence and “sweetheart” in her second, this morning. It doesn’t make me feel old. It does, however, rekindle my mid-life crisis. ;)

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