"Obama's 'Sweetie' Problem"

[AX10]

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/4/4/obamas-sweetie-problem.html

Also:

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/4/2/the-numbers-in-hillarys-favor.html

[The Ghost]

1. Thanks for the links, sweetie.

n/t

[Tellurian]

10. Ooops, Obama makes a sexist remark? haha! jackass!

"While flirting with female factory workers in Allentown, he called one "sweetie," a paternalistic way to address a woman if there ever was one. It might have worked had he been trying to do his best imitation of Lily Tomlin's Ernestine, the telephone operator, but this was no spoof. This was Obama trying to relate to working-class women in a way that went directly south."

:dem: :rofl:

[The Ghost]

17. Desperate

Hillary is 0.

[loveangelc]

20. You assume Bill Clinton never called the many women he's slept with while married, sweetie?

[Tellurian]

28. What does BC have to do with Obama?

[Mooney]

33. He's campaigning against him.

[loveangelc]

42. He's campaigning against him. You seem to be faux-outraged about "sweetie"

and have no problem with Bill fucking women while married who are his daughter's age, at the same time. INTERESTING!!

[emilyg]

51. Really low.

[JackORoses]

126. really true

you would like it if everyone just overlooked Bill's shortcomings, wouldn't you?

[roguevalley]

155. since they are portraying themselves as a package, bill's problems

with women are open for commentary. frankly, I would have hacked his dick off because it makes hillary look like someone who isn't attractive and exciting enough to keep him home. I don't want 4=8 more years of this shit.

[butterfly77]

177. He can call me sweetie anytime...

[Radical Activist]

117. If there's no connection then Hillary shouldn't count her White House years as experience.

Either we get them as a pair or we don't. In '92 we were told they were a pair and Hillary believes being First Lady/Man plays a large role. In that case, Bill will play a role and is part of the discussion.

[Auntie Bush]

31. Sorry, No right wingers allowed here. Go away!

[loveangelc]

43. How is that right wing? Its a fact. You can't be outraged by sweetie and not by

Bil Clinton's cigar sticking...

[emilyg]

54. Get off it.

[loveangelc]

62. truth hurts.

[loveangelc]

64. Oh! Is that what Bill told Monica? oooooooooooh

[Auntie Bush]

69. It's people like you that make it difficult

for people like me to EVER vote for Obama.. Your ilk are making me hate him. You can't tell me he doesn't know what his supporters are saying on dissuasion boards. I frankly think he encourages it and is laughing all the way to the back with your money. He's running because of pure personal reasons. He knows how much Clinton made on giving speeches and he just wants to outdo him. He's not thinking about you or your wants or the country's needs. He just wants more money for his movement and his place in history! That's all your hero wants!

[emilyg]

75. Thank you.

[loveangelc]

79. Because Hillary, who now is begging pledged delegates to switch to her,

isn't running for her own ego AT ALL! Yes, Obama reads DU nightly, are you friggen serious?

[mckeown1128]

114. What you didn't get you PM of encouragment directly

from Obama? :sarcasm:

[Zhade]

102. Yeah, and he lies about nonexistent sniper fire too.

Oh, wait, that's YOUR lying candidate.

[Auntie Bush]

167. He just lies about who he has heard "in church"

He lied about knowing what kind of hateful things Wright was saying.
He lied when he "forgot" that he knew Tony Rezko.
He lied about not giving him political favors...and more to come in the future.

I seriously think those lies are far more important than sniper fire.
But Obie supporters distort things so badly they can't see or think straight...you inclusive.

[JVS]

122. Stop your lame threats.

[roguevalley]

159. you amaze me. he can't be running because he wants to do something

for america. you seem to think that only principled stands are hers. she could have made them when it cost something back in 2002 and 2003 but she did the expedient thing each time. what a sad post, auntie bush. I am truly surprised by your remarks. if obama was about money, he could have made it out of college but he went into community service for minor ducats instead. pure personal reasons? And hillary isn't? How can she be the only one in the race with nobler intentions? Just because you say so? My man Edwards put both of them in the shade. He isn't in the race and I mourned but then I moved on. Your girl is losing because the country is rejecting her for someone else. Obama isn't telling each person how to vote. He is offering something else and they want it. More money for his movement and place in history? That doesn't even make sense. I am sorry you are so bitter. I was too for Edwards. And then I moved on. So should you.

[Auntie Bush]

174. Can't you read between the lines

and see where I was coming from? Read the posts before me and you will see I deserved to be very angry...and so I responded with an angry answer and said things I would normally never have said. I rarely make negative comments about Obama. I spend my time criticizing the stupid comments here about Hillary and supporting her. But that poster/teenager was hitting below the belt and I noticed you didn't tell her/him to knock it off...but you take the time to criticize me. This is suppose to be a Democratic board and not FR tossing out pure RW talking points.

To sum it all up...I was trying to think of the nastiest unfair thing I could think of to show that person/animal how it feels to hit below the belt. Use you sense of psychology when you read people's post and see where they are coming from before you form an opinion.

[Maddy McCall]

92. I took up for you when you were attacked with an ugly sexual comment last week.

I wish I hadn't now.

You have proved just how vile you can be.

Disgusting.

[Hepburn]

123. Boo hoo...

...:eyes:



There ya go...pass these out at your next Hillbot get together, OK?

[Maddy McCall]

89. I love the sanctimonious attitudes here.

If every facet of your sex life had been subject to "independent investigation," you'd not be so smug about it.

[loveangelc]

93. I'm simply stating the hypocrisy of Cllinton supporters, upset about Obama calling someone "sweetie"

[Popol Vuh]

149. Its a classic right wing tactic

she's using on you. Don't respond to it. Right wingers always use false labels against someone to detract from facts when the facts are stacked against them - which they usually are.

[DemVet]

158. Hey, that's

...a great Right-Wing talking point. Congratulations for hitting rock bottom.

[emilyg]

47. Low.

[loveangelc]

55. is it low to bring up what happened? i'm so sorry.

[emilyg]

78. Why not stick to topic?

[loveangelc]

100. I'm simply stating the hypocrisy.

[Maddy McCall]

90. In political debate, you betcha.

Unless you're a freeper.

:shrug:

[SwampG8r]

169. oh my god

a moment of clarity
THIS is why hillary makes up so many lies
if not she might have to face her reality
i am sure her make believe world is much better
no 22 year old human humidors in her fantasy land

[Maddy McCall]

88. OMG the CLENIS!!!1

Run!

[Perry Logan]

131. It's a cheesy-assed attempt to change the subject--a favorite logical fallacy of Obamites.

[rodeodance]

138. more BO fan obsession with Bill C's penis

[Forkboy]

30. And Miss Erbe jokes about someone being raped. haha! jackass!

:hi:

[Mooney]

39. Didn't you get the memo? When she makes rape jokes, it's charming.

[NOLALady]

99. OMG.

I didn't know.

I call everyone sweetie...male, female, young, old, working class, upper class.

I'm so ashamed.

I didn't realize I was a paternalistic sexist. :yoiks:

[Forkboy]

109. You learn something new here everyday.

:)

[Zhade]

101. You're going to be so sad when clinton finally quits.

NT!

[JoFerret]

136. Sexism sucks even when it's candy coated

It sucks even cotton pickin' moment. (Just as racism does - and they are both revealed in those small moments.)

Small stuff indeed. but significant. Just like the minor office sex pest.

[roguevalley]

154. What a joke. this should be labeled. I call everyone sweetie or

hon. in the south, that is common practice among some people and is an endearment. if you want to make it the second coming, go ahead. it still pales in comparison to bosnia and the rest but don't let reality slow you down. Sweetie.

[walldude]

2. Big word at the top of the pages. .OPINION

let me know when you have some facts that need debating. We have enough opinions here already..

[PA Democrat]

14. Opinion columnist and Hillary supporter

Her prior column dated 4/02/08 was titled: The Numbers in Hillary's Favor.



http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/4/2/the-numbers-in-hillarys-favor.html

[woolldog]

23. So not only is she a hillary supporter, but

she's delusional as well. Good cyber-sleuthing.

[loveangelc]

3. it's not going to be easy for you when Hillary drops/is forced out, is it? :(

[AX10]

4. You are one of the most rabid..

anti-Hillary people around here.

[ProSense]

7. Are you a "rabid" anti-Obama person here? n/t

[loveangelc]

13. and you are one of the most rabid anti-Obama people around here.

....so? I was simply making an observation. Unless you're saying it WON'T be hard when she gets out for you, which in that case, I am happy for you. :)

[kid a]

22. i second that...

[Forkboy]

32. third

[Quixote1818]

95. Tenth nt

[SwampG8r]

170. do i see a love match brewing?

[Renaissance Man]

5. Why is this a thread?

So Randi Rhodes calls Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro whores AND something's wrong with Barack Obama referring to a woman as "sweetie"?

Something as endearing as the term "sweetie" is now problematic?

LOL

[GarbagemanLB]

6. Don't you understand?!? Obama's SEXIST.

lol

[Arkana]

53. They've got it in their heads that Obama hates women

and no amount of silly "facts" will change their minds.

[rodeodance]

139. Why was bookbags many threads ?

[rodeodance]

140. Why have there been OUTRAGE about faux tears/chocking up?

[OzarkDem]

156. Because women deserve respect

and when male political leaders treat women and the issues affecting them in a dismissive manner, it hurts everyone.

Do you support racism? I doubt it. So why would you support sexism? Its just as harmful.

[thevoiceofreason]

8. Appreciate the heads up, gorgeous!

[Ned_Devine]

9. You wasted a thread on THIS?

[AX10]

12. I got it in before midnight.

However if the shoe were on the other foot, we would never hear the end of it.

[Ned_Devine]

18. I call dudes and girls "babe" a lot

[Ned_Devine]

146. 145 replies later...if you build it...

[Lilith Velkor]

147. ...it will flame.

[Tellurian]

19. ...

They're too lazy to click the link..

[AX10]

29. True.

All they can do is chant "Yes We Can".

[Forkboy]

36. Unlike you AX10 provides one.

:rofl:

[Bonobo]

11. Are you a comedian?

Cause you're cracking me up tonight!

:rofl:

[blogslut]

15. I call both males and females Darlin'

What does that make me?

[tammywammy]

24. Doubly sexist

[blogslut]

34. The other day, I called a young woman at the grocery store "Dude"

Does that cancel out Darlin'? ;)

[tammywammy]

52. Unfortunately no

You're a triple sexist. You better stop while you're ahead.

[blogslut]

56. When I waited tables, I used to call older people kids

Is there hope for me?

[tammywammy]

80. Really, please, just stop

Ageist.


;)

[blogslut]

87. In a past life I sailed the Aegean Sea

I called it a pond.

[roguevalley]

160. blogslut, best post on this list.

[Yurovsky]

73. Or just doubling your chances ...

of getting a date for Saturday night :pals:

[SwampG8r]

171. double may not cover it

they may be insulting the glbt crowd too so it could be as high as as sextuple

[JVS]

76. I call everyone Sugartits. The men like it least.

:sarcasm:

[tammywammy]

81. LOL

:rofl:

[SwampG8r]

172. i gotta buy stock

in a keyboard manufacturer
and why does coke (the drink)hurt so much when it comes out your nose?

[goldcanyonaz]

16. Of course the masses in La La land (here) won't care, but others might. Thank you!

[Ned_Devine]

Doubt it

[RaleighNCDUer]

45. The woman who gives me my bacon biscuit and eggs every morning at work

calls me 'sweetie'. It never occured to me to be offended or take it as a demeaning remark.

I'll be sure to tell her how outraged I am next monday.

[goclark]

You got that right ~ it sounds a whole lot better

than....


Hey You

Missy

Madame

or Grandma

He can call me anything, just so he calls this Senior Sweetie named goclark! :bounce:

Seriously, he appears to be a person that is easy to talk to and he is meeting millions of people.

I am amazed that he can even keep smiling.

Remember the other two candidates "misspeak" all the time but that's OK.

Give it a rest ````````````````` pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.

[Renaissance Man]

21. Stinky Hands

Your hands must be stinky after this thread, because you (and the writer of that Op Ed) pulled it completely out of your asses.

[JI7]

25. was he getting a blow job from them while his wife was in another room

in the same building when he said this ?

[Forkboy]

26. Bonnie Erbe may want to look in her own closet before letting this bother her.

On the weekend of the so-called Million Mom March, conservative panelist Linda Chavez of the Center for Equal Opportunity explained why she recently broke a liberal taboo by buying a gun at a gun show: "If you're someone like me, who lives out in a rural area-if someone breaks into my house and wants to murder or rape me or steal all of my property, it'll take half an hour for a policeman to get to me."

Liberal Eleanor Holmes Norton disputed the usefulness of guns. Erbe dismissed the argument altogether: "And if you look at the statistics, I would bet that you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning, Linda, than living where you live, and at your age, being raped. Sorry." Before anyone could react, Erbe moved the discussion to a new topic. Can you imagine a man telling Chavez that?

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200006/ai_n8917159

Now, Erbe is cool enough to go after Chavez, who does indeed suck, but to complain about someone saying "sweetie" (which I've seen used in every walk of life from both sexes towards the other) while joking about someone being raped seems a tad hypocritical.

[Forkboy]

50. No comment AX10?

[Forkboy]

70. Why do you Hillaryis44 people always run like cowards?

[JI7]

58. that's just disgusting

it also suggest rape is just about wanting sex. when there are factors such as power, violence, threats to it.

[Forkboy]

61. But "sweetie" is crossing the line, apparently.

[WonderGrunion]

128. If "sweetie" upsets them

Wait until they find out Sen. Clinton has cooties 'cuz she's a gurl.

And it must be true because I haven't used LOL or the :sarcasm: tag.

Pre-edit edit: Oh look, i just did.

Soon enough, they'll be looking back fondly on the days of "Let it Sink"

[smalll]

27. It may not be that big a deal, but Sweetiegate trumps Bookbaggate, that's undeniable. /nt

[Forkboy]

38. Great...a competition between two inane stories.

:crazy:

[loveangelc]

35. Bill Clinton slept with women young enough to be his daughter for years while married and

used his position of power to silence and intimidate many of them, but that's not as bad as calling a girl 'sweetie' to Hillary supporters.

And I would much rather be called sweetie by Obama than Bill Clinton's ugly face.

[AX10]

40. Clinton's affairs were all consenting.

Now, you are as bad as Sean Hannity.

[ProSense]

46. So they were OK? Just what you're looking for in a president? n/t

[loveangelc]

48. You're a hypocrite. And I saw an old video of someone alleging it was not consenting.

Call me as bad as Sean Hannity, but it's typical that a Hillary supporter would be outraged by Obama calling a woman "sweetie" and not having sex with women he has enormous power over and were close to his own daughter's age.

[woolldog]

49. Juanita Broderick would disagree with that.

And so would Paula Jones.

[shayes51]

143. We should not be choosing between the sexism of

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. An argument that what Obama said is okay because what Bill did was much worse is weak at best. Sexism is wrong no matter who promotes it.

[roguevalley]

161. sweetie is such a paltry thing when you consider that there are

ENTIRE COUNTRIES WHERE WOMEN CAN'T EVEN LEAVE THEIR HOUSES! What dickheads americans can be. wake me up when real sexism shows up.

[MethuenProgressive]

37. At least he didn't call them "fucking whores,"

That kind of stuff is best left to his followers.

[Forkboy]

44. And thankfully she didn't call him Bomba in return.

:rofl:

[pecwae]

129. Good point.

[SeattleGirl]

41. Personally, it's not a term that would bother me if he called me that.

Or if other people called me that.

The exception I would make is if it were done in a sarcastic tone, or said by someone who meant it in an underhanded way.

That's me. I understand that some people wouldn't like it at all.

[dchill]

57. As a man, I've often been called "Sweetie" by women.

Only now do I see how pissed off I should have been. And all this time, I thought it was a term of endearment! Thanks for peeling the scales from my eyes! Ass.

[goclark]

59. I wish he would call me Sweetie ~ I would be dancing

in the streets. :bounce:

[stevenleser]

60. *Plonked* for Faux outrage.

I think Hillary supporters who bring up these faux sexist argument all the time are themselves sexist.

[GarbagemanLB]

63. SWEETIE-GATE! I am fauxtraged!

[ProSense]

74. LOL! n/t

[TheDonkey]

107. His campaign is OVER. HE CAN'T WIN! Sweetiegate!!1!

[guyanakoolaid]

65. Hillaryously, right now people are thinking, "well maybe Obama is kind of a regular Joe"

Thanks, Hillary. Please keep attacking, it's sells Obama better in more ways than you'll ever imagine.

[Forkboy]

66. This thread should be brought up every time a Hillary supporter complains about "handbag-gate".

[Lilith Velkor]

148. Both are fucking stupid as hell

[crankychatter]

67. doesn't scraping around in dumpster bottoms trash your fingernails?

must smell like hell too

[Oilwellian]

68. What a sweet story

:rofl:

[kwenu]

71. Fauxtrageous. It must really suck to be a Clinton supporter if you have to rely on stuff like this.

[Political Heretic]

72. I love the smell of desperation in the morning

http://fotos.sapo.pt/nothingman/pic/000991zk

[loyalsister]

77. Whether it's widely considered sexist or not

may depend on what part of the country you're in.
I would argue that in the south the exchange of "sweetie's" and "darlin's" is cross gender if women are speaking and accepted vernacular for women coming from men in southern regions.

That has been my experience in Missouri.

This does not delegitimize complaints about the language. It is difficult to adjust while traveling, but necessary.

[Forkboy]

83. I'm in Mass and I hear it all the time.

The lady at my my favorite pizza joint calls me "honey" and "sweetie" every time I go there.

Which is more than I should. :)

[kwenu]

94. True. I'm in Texas and I've regularly been called "sweetie" and "honey" by older women.

[Catherine Vincent]

82. Obama can call me "Sweetie" anytime he pleases.

:evilgrin:

[DerekJ]

84. Thanks for the links cupcake.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

85. Tell me you're fucking kidding...

Tell me that you're not seriously suggesting that the next President of the United States, the next person with his finger on the nuclear button and the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans at stake, should be decided on the basis of the word Sweetie.

Tell me you're not that fucking stupid or deranged to think that this is how we should pick the next President. With more than 4,000 GI's dead in Iraq, tell me that you're not fucking serious.

It's official. I have heard every single lame-ass argument from Camp Hillary imaginable, and now I've heard one that I couldn't have possibly imagined.

[Forkboy]

86. "Tell me you're not that fucking stupid or deranged"

Don't hold your breath.

[NJSecularist]

91. Bill cheats on his wife and gets head in the White House..but Obama calling a girl sweety is sexist?

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Some of you really are just dying to dig up the latest "scandal" on Obama when there is nothing here. Pathetic.

What Bill did was infinitely more demeaning to woman than any made-up faux outrage but the usual Clintonbots.

The dying days of a campaign... not a pretty sight.

[tabasco]

96. The last gasps of the Clinton campaign will provide much hilarity.

For sure.

[GoldieAZ49]

103. 56%

is the current number of Hillary supporters that will move to McCain

56%

I hope you see the 'hilarity' in that

[Jed Dilligan]

104. Hilarity? Nope. Just disgust in the confirmation of my suspicions.

Where's that number from anyway?

[GoldieAZ49]

106. Rasmussen

thursday or friday

[GarbagemanLB]

105. So that's the number of Repukes supporting Hillary? wow!

[GoldieAZ49]

108. looks like a lot of dems voting repub if O is the nominee

Hillary attracts NO repubs

I doubt even the older female supporters have any repubs in the mix

[JVS]

110. What a bunch of fucking sorry assed excuses for democrats they are.

[roguevalley]

163. they won't be and aren't dems if they can seriously entertain that

notion. and i would say they are sorry americans to enable a warmonger and a self-admitted economy dimwit. I hope they all get drafted first.

[mckeown1128]

118. Well... Obama still does better in head to heads against McCain..

Hillary loses in head to heads against McCain... You wanna know why that is? It's because Obama makes up for the loss of Hillary's faux democrats... with faux republicans and faux independents and true democrats.

[GoldieAZ49]

124. we shall see

in November

[Radical Activist]

121. Does that count the Republicans currently voting for Hillary

to hurt the party as in Texas and Ohio?

[JackORoses]

127. you dumbasses will not hold this Party hostage

we will call your bluff.

are you voting McCain, Miss Arizona? If so, I think there is a Tombstone around her with your name on it.

[GoldieAZ49]

152. you dumbasses will not hold this Party hostage

with threats to disrupt the convention and playing the race card every chance you get

[JackORoses]

153. Hillary is the one threatening to disrupt the Convention

Fortunately, this contest will have been decided long before Denver.
Once Hillary has failed in her equal opportunity to catch up, she will be shown the door.

[roguevalley]

162. 56%? well, i wish all forty of them well.

[indie_voter]

97. Absolutely Fabulous, Sweetie darling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolutely_Fabulous

[MagickMuffin]

98. Barack can call me SWEETIE all day long

:loveya:

You guys live by double standards. OOPS, I called you guys. Quick call the sexist police.

[JeffR]

111. Wow! Thanks!

Sounds like this Obamer feller's just bad news. Thanks so much for your head's-up.

[Forkboy]

112. To sum up this OP....

[NOLALady]

113. It's going to be a long

silly season!

Just when I think it can't get more ridiculous, someone delightfully proves me wrong. :rofl:

[madrchsod]

115. well "hon"....it will get siller...

[anonymous171]

116. If you could combine snubgate and bookbaggate, this is what you would get.

[mckeown1128]

119. OMG... my 2 year old daughter and I were both sexually harassed..

at the ER this morning... This female doctor called me sweetie then a little later called my daughter sweetie... I guess I have to file a lawsuit... I can see the headlines now...


"father and daughter sexually harassed by doctor in emergency room" I wonder if she will get her license suspended.

[roguevalley]

164. hope you and your daughter are both all right.

[Radical Activist]

120. Erbe clearly doens't get it.

The MLK/LBJ discussion wasn't about a gotcha game of who made an offensive remark. It showed how the two candidates fundamentally view things differently. Obama is a movement activist by background who thinks change comes from the bottom-up. Hillary spent her life working "in the system" and believes change comes from the top-down. I think Erbe missed the point.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

125. It can't be worse than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDQ1vIuvZI

[pecwae]

130. Probably more pandering for the vote

than sexist in this case.

[Perry Logan]

132. If Hillary had committed some analogous sin, the Obamites would be barfing all over the place.

[MilesColtrane]

133. Oh My God.

Hide your women. Obama is flirting with them.

[JoFerret]

134. Face it folks - this is small stuff

...but significant in its own way.

Insignificant but symptomatic.

Sexism sucks even when it's candy coated.

[OzarkDem]

157. Very signficant and very telling

about how Obama regards women. We have a right to judge him on it.

[JoFerret]

166. I totally agree actually

...it IS telling.
Sexist crap IS sexist crap.

And the more i think about this the more annoyed i get at Obama for his attitudes and assumprions and his followers for their easy dismissal.

What really gets me are the excuses and the explaining away and all the rest of the denial.
Strikes me that Obama is probably deeply sexist. This is the indication of that iceberg.

The storm in the teapot is the Obama folk denying it has any significance. it does. They should know better. We all should.

[kevinmc]

135. Good thing he didn't Mis-speak and say "stinky" ...... n/t

[izzybeans]

137. Holy shit

:rofl:

[Vinca]

141. If I had a dime for every time someone called me

"sweetie," "dear," or "honey," I'd be as rich as a Clinton. It boggles the mind people with enough intelligence to read are focused on this. We know, of course, what will happen. A tape will soon surface of Hillary condescendingly calling someone something and so it goes. Like hamsters on a giant trivia wheel.

[here_is_to_hope]

145. "Like hamsters on a giant trivia wheel."....LMAO!!! n/t

[magatte]

142. What th "sweetie" quote doesn't mention is that the women in question

were all between 50 and 60 years old...

He was being just trying to be sweet around them. This is so wrong to try to imply it as being sleazy or sexist.

Just look at the picture of these workers in the factory. It gives ALL the context.

[JoFerret]

175. Sucks ever more.

imo.

Speaks to me because it resonates with the fact that I have always found him sanctimonious and patronizing. That's just me. I guess.

[Buzz Clik]

144. Holy flying fuck! I want my donation back!

Somebody wake me when the stupid threads on GD-P come to an end.

[Bonobo]

150. 'Sweetie-Gate"?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SoxFan]

151. Life imitating a George Carlin routine

"I like to piss off any group that take's itself a little bit too seriously.
An it does not take a lot of imagination to piss off a feminist."

[last1standing]

165. Another hit by a Richard Nixon Democrat.

I'm so tired of these bullshit "problems" the right wing nut pull out of their asses to attack Obama with.

You'd almost think there might be an ulterior motive behind tearing down the likely Democratic nominee, huh?

[Evergreen Emerald]

168. And the double standard continues on DU and what is really amazing

is that in not one of these posts does does any author even acknowledge the fact that had Clinton said it--they would be peeing their pants in outrage.

[NeedleCast]

173. Sweetie? Are You Kidding Me?

People who have called me Sweetie this week:

Legal Assistant at federal court in Cleveland
"Snack Bar Lady" at Federal court building in Cleveland (once a day, every day last week)
Front Desk Manager at Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland (twice)
Bartender at XO Steakhouse, Cleveland
Random bus driver
Lady in line to get picture at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


Those are just the ones I can remember over the past week here in Cleveland. I have a good memory for "sweetie" because that (and Irish) is what I call my girlfriend while we're around the house and she always pokes fun at me when someone calls me sweetie. She calls me "babe." It's simply a term of endearment. Who knew that both my girlfriend and I were raving sexists (along with, apparently, the majority of the population of Cleveland).

[Blaukraut]

176. OK, that's the end of Obama for sure.

Pastorgate didn't do it, but sweetiegate will. We might as well all get behind Hillary because Obama will drop out any minute now.

:sarcasm: