Comments on: Quote of the Day

By: nk

nk — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:50:34 +0000

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. ;)

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:38:37 +0000

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.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:18:51 +0000

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.

By: nk

nk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:02:23 +0000

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”.

By: nk

nk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:55:40 +0000

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.

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:23:45 +0000

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.

By: nk

nk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:12:05 +0000

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.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:35:22 +0000

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.

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:55:55 +0000

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.