Barack Obama has gotten into trouble for calling a female news reporter “sweetie.” This was the second time he publicly used the term of endearment with a woman he did not know; the other time it was a woman factory worked in Pennsylvania back in April.
Senator Obama says calling strangers “sweetie” is a bad habit of his. I’d call it an odd habit, too. It is the sort of thing you would expect from an older guy — John McCain, perhaps. I sometimes call my wife “hon” or my daughters “honey.” But never anybody else.
I do sometimes get called “honey” by waitresses in a certain class of restaurant. Not the class where Obama would likely eat, unless he were trolling for votes.
See: “Obama Sorry for ‘Sweetie’ Comment” BBC News.
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