Elizabeth Warren Bashes GOPer Who Called Reporter 'Sweetheart'

[DonViejo]

By DANIEL STRAUSS Published SEPTEMBER 27, 2014, 2:33 PM EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) strongly criticized Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker for calling a female reporter "sweetheart."

Warren's criticism of Baker came in a fundraising email for Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for governor in Massachusetts.

The fundraising pitch centered around an interaction Baker had with a local Massachusetts reporter who was asking the Republican gubernatorial candidate about his opinion on how National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell has handled a number of domestic violence scandals concerning NFL players. At one point Baker said "this is going to be the last one sweetheart." Baker later apologized to the reporter.

Warren's email began by citing Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) who pointed out, according to Warren, "sometimes she feels like she's living in a Mad Men episode."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/elizabeth-warren-attacks-charlie-baker-sweetheart

[sheshe2]

1. I love our Senator Warren!

She is amazing! Thanks for helping Martha Coakley, win as Mass Governor! We are going to do this~

Massachusetts Could Get Its First-Ever Elected Female Governor With Coakley Primary Win

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/martha-coakley-primary_n_5793200.html

Good to see you back Don!

[BlueDemKev]

2. Warren is great

And Coakley better NOT blow this one...I'm still livid with her for running that pathetic campaign for the Senate against Scott Brown. Handing Ted Kennedy's seat over to a Republican which nearly-derailed Kennedy's life-long goal of achieving health insurance reform.

[freshwest]

9. MA has got some of the best Democrats in office! Thanks for voting them in!

[sheshe2]

10. We screw up at times~

Yet~

I met her here!

[url=http://postimg.org/image/vj0kklz3h/full/][img][/img][/url]

We do indeed have a history of some awesome Democrats!

I took that picture!

freshwest!

[JEFF9K]

3. Not really "bashing".

Not "strong criticism" either. That's a good thing. Getting bent-out-of-shape over minor matters is a negative with independent voters.

[sheshe2]

5. "Getting bent-out-of-shape over minor matters is a negative with independent voters."

Calling a female reporter "sweetheart" is not a minor matter. It is derogatory, condescending and putting the little woman in her place. It's what the GOP does best.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Yes, calling people "sweetheart" is DESPICABLE. CONDESCENDING. UNACCEPTABLE. Here's another example:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3011930

And another:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1102&pid=21917

And how about calling Dr Jill Biden "sweetheart"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1110&pid=309

How's that for reducing an accomplished female to a "little woman"?

[sheshe2]

7. A woman to a woman as a compliment is a tad different than

a man (R) running for Governor of our Great State of Massachusetts , to a female reporter at a news conference, that was her job! It was most defiantly demeaning.

As for Irish Ayes, In_The_Wind and Jill Biden, they are women.

Hey Nye are you a guy?

Ever heard of nuance~

nu·ance
ˈn(y)o͞oˌäns/Submit
noun
1.
a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
"the nuances of facial expression and body language"
synonyms: fine distinction, subtle difference; More
verb
verb: nuance; 3rd person present: nuances; past tense: nuanced; past participle: nuanced; gerund or present participle: nuancing
1.
give nuances to.
"the effect of the music is nuanced by the social situation of listeners"

https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app&gws_rd=ssl#q=nuance

Dear goddess what some people go on about here. You don't think the GOP demeans women, Nye? There is no war on women by the GOP, Nye? How about the GOP version or is it there vision of rape, Nye? Seriously?

Why are you attacking me here? I don't get the attack.

[sheshe2]

11. From you~ And how about calling Dr Jill Biden "sweetheart"?

Yes Nye how about that!

Here is that thread!



Dr. Jill Biden signs a pair of her running shoes during a flight to Boston, Mass., April 24, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Biden attended a memorial service for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Officer Sean Collier in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Biden also visited Copley Square in Boston, where she placed her running shoes and a bouquet of flowers at a memorial honoring victims in last week’s bombings. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/25/this-and-that-65/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1110&pid=307

This is your post Nye.

Yes, calling people "sweetheart" is DESPICABLE. CONDESCENDING. UNACCEPTABLE. Here's another example:
View profile
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3011930

And another:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1102&pid=21917

And how about calling Dr Jill Biden "sweetheart"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1110&pid=309

How's that for reducing an accomplished female to a "little woman"?

I love that woman Nye. She is so beautiful. She has Strength and Fire She has Beauty and Grace. And yes she is a sweetheart for caring for us all. Do you get the difference? Do you?


Don. I so apologize for the railroad of your thread, I am crying here.

[bettyellen]

15. calling someone sweetheart as if it's their name is completly different than referring to someone

by their actual name and then describing them as a "sweetheart". especially when you are referring to anyone in their professional setting.

Exactly why are you making excuses for this sexist bullshit? Because another DUer said nice things about people? LOL, bull effing crap.

[sheshe2]

18. I am loving you in a very platonic way!

Thanks bettyellen~

[sheshe2]

19. Hey... Nye

Did you even bother to read the OPs you posted to.

No sadly you did not. Two are from the marathon bombings, yes Jill damn well is a sweetheart as was In_ The_ Winds response to me here on this post!

This one will break your heart!


When Life can Turn on a Dime.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023010400


And my response to a woman here that I have the utmost respect for here,

she said.
IrishAyes (5,913 posts)
3. This OP knocks it out of the park!

Don't know which picture I like best - the one with McConnell (hahahahaha!!!!) or the one of little Barack with the baseball bat. Impossible to choose so I won't even try.


My response...

sheshe2 (18,445 posts)
6. You are a sweetheart, Irish.


Nye, shame on you! Shame on you!

[MADem]

23. Baker has a rep for being TONE DEAF on women's issues. He polls in the toilet amongst women.

This isn't about a familiar and complimentary use of the word. This is about a PATRONIZING use of the word, and everyone in the Commonwealth gets it.

This sweethearting nitwit is the asshole who said that the Hobby Lobby decision "doesn't matter." Oh, really?

This is about a guy putting down a working reporter by minimizing the importance of her question to him by using the term.

If it wasn't a big deal, why are people still talking about this? It didn't happen yesterday. And even his apology was a total eff-up:

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/09/25/charlie-baker-sweetheart-apology-turns-sour/

When the incident is put in CONTEXT, that context being the dismissive attitudes and offensive comments of this nitwit in past interactions, Baker comes off looking like the Republican sexist asshole that he is. And anyone defending him needs to understand that.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/24/abraham/452eE6Bzo8GQ4waiSRhObK/story.html


THIS is how people feel about this--watch the video:

http://wgbhnews.org/post/charlie-bakers-sweetheart-comment-no-so-sweet

[sheshe2]

26. I sure as hell hope he stays in said toilet!

What a fricking ass!

Coakley is going to do this MADem! WE NEED TO VOTE! 2014!

Thanks for that vid.

[MADem]

27. I've been GOTV'ing a bit this week.

Amongst my circle, Coakley is doing well--Charlie Baker was always seen as a bullshitter; the "sweetheart" stink just ices his cake.

[sheshe2]

28. He touched her and called her sweetheart.

I am cringing here. I would have knocked his damn hand off my shoulder.

Coakley is going to do this!

You are awesome MADem!

[freshwest]

12. Warren did a good job of calling him on his crass familiarity.

[sheshe2]

13. That she did freshwest!

[bigwillq]

4. Is it bad that I like when people use those terms with me?

Lady last night at Dunkin Donuts said: "What can I get for you, hon?"

She was very nice, and actually made me feel better being in the bad mood I was in.

I try not to say those terms to other people because I know it makes some uncomfortable, but I don't mind when people call me those names.

[JEFF9K]

8. I've had the same experience.

Let's stop turning independent voters off with our concern over "politically correct" nonsense.

[bettyellen]

17. LOL

[sheshe2]

20. OMG!

[bettyellen]

16. mmmm, with professional relationships it is offensive. she is a coworker not his daughter.

waitresses are weird, but if it bugs you- you are always in the power position to complain.

[MADem]

22. Would you like it if your co-workers, in your professional environment, called you "sweetheart" or

"cutie" or maybe "sugar bun?" While you were engaged in your job?

Or worse, your BOSS addressed you in that fashion?

Hey, sweetheart--I need those reports...and get me a cup of coffee while you're at it!

Baker wasn't serving that reporter a cup of coffee and a donut--she was at work, and he was condescending.

This isn't the first time he's been dinged for being a sexist ass.

[bigwillq]

24. That doesn't bother me, but that's me.

I never said I agreed with Baker in this situation, I just that I didn't mind it in the case that I mentioned.

[MADem]

25. The video in post 23 has a good discussion associated with it.

It is a "denigrator," a "marginalizer," a "put you back in your place" device when used in an ostensibly professional environment.

[seabeyond]

14. Uh oh. Sounding like a radfem. Scary stuff. Works for me. Nt

[MADem]

21. That jerk polls SO BADLY amongst women it isn't even funny. He's been running the most

condescending ad that purports to show a "conversation" between him and his daughter (neither one can act their way out of a paper bag), where he says he's "pro choice" like he deserves a pat on the head, a gold star, and an extra cookie, or something.

This "sweetheart" remark has been a topic of conversation in the Bay State since he opened his dumbass mouth--glad Warren is keeping the ball in the air. It can't be reiterated too often, that this guy is a Romneyesque jackass when it comes to issues of interest to women and POC.