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obama calls reporter sweetie! What would Michelle Obama do if she were called 'sweetie'?
Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | salena zito

Posted on 05/14/2008 1:23:31 PM PDT by Salena Zito

What would Michelle Obama do if she were called sweetie? WWMD? TRIBUNE-REVIEW By Salena Zito

A tip of the hat to Ben Smith over at Politico for reporting that Sen. Barack Obama referred to a female reporter in Detroit as "sweetie" when answering her question. Actually, when not answering her question.

Kind of makes you wonder how wife Michelle would feel if she were referred to as "sweetie"?

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TOPICS: Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: barack; blueturban; clinton; detroit; hillary; itsaburghthing; kentucky; michelleobama; michigan; obama; oregon; southdakota; sweetie

1 posted on 05/14/2008 1:23:31 PM PDT by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito

Oh, SNAP! No you diuhn!


2 posted on 05/14/2008 1:27:27 PM PDT by Edgar3 (Steve Spurrier for President!)
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To: Salena Zito
Kind of makes you wonder how wife Michelle would feel if she were referred to as "sweetie"?

"Sweetie." The very last word I'd have thought of to describe MO.

3 posted on 05/14/2008 1:27:54 PM PDT by subterfuge (changed tagline just for this thread..........)
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To: Salena Zito

“I got your ‘sweetie’ right here”


4 posted on 05/14/2008 1:28:21 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Salena Zito
Kind of makes you wonder how wife Michelle would feel if she were referred to as "sweetie"?

There is only one way to find out and it might turn out to be entertaining.

5 posted on 05/14/2008 1:28:21 PM PDT by WildcatClan (Don't blame me...............I supported Duncan Hunter.)
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To: WildcatClan

I wonder if Barack would talk to Michelle the way LeBron Jmes talked to his mother at the Celtic’s game Monday?


6 posted on 05/14/2008 1:32:19 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Salena Zito
If this had been done by a conservative there would be a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by now. Obama does it and it's cute and relational. He toots and his followers call it a symphony.
7 posted on 05/14/2008 1:33:04 PM PDT by 444Flyer
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To: Salena Zito

I find his comments very divisive. I’m offended. He keeps moving the bar. The more I think about it, the more frustrated, angry and isolated I become. I’m afraid my soul is broken now.


8 posted on 05/14/2008 1:34:30 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Salena Zito
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9 posted on 05/14/2008 1:35:10 PM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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To: 444Flyer

And his toots smell like Chanel No. 5.


10 posted on 05/14/2008 1:35:47 PM PDT by WarEagle (Can America survive a President named Hussein?)
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To: jennyjenny

jenneyjenney, You just have to let go of your guns and your Bible and learn to accept change without being so...bitter!


11 posted on 05/14/2008 1:37:23 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Salena Zito

She shouldn’t hold her breath.


12 posted on 05/14/2008 1:39:54 PM PDT by waverna
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To: subterfuge
The very last word I'd have thought of to describe MO.

Someday they're probably going to have to treat Michele like Martha Mitchell.

13 posted on 05/14/2008 1:41:53 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: Salena Zito

I imagine he calls her ‘sweetie’ all the time and MEANS it. That’s probably how it so easily slipped out in his words.

In spite of our dislike for them, they do seem to be a close couple. He hugs and kisses here in many pictures I’ve seen. Has his arm around her..

We may hate their politics and their true ‘religion’ but I think they have a good marriage.


14 posted on 05/14/2008 1:42:43 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: Salena Zito

Am I the only one who remembers the long stage of feminism in which any male who ever used a “honey” or “sweetie” was reviled and discredited? .....apparently Obama is so lovable and useful to the left that he can get away with anything.


15 posted on 05/14/2008 1:43:45 PM PDT by Enchante (Obama: My 1930s Foreign Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Social Policy!)
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To: Enchante

The reporter in the piece was clearly unamused.


16 posted on 05/14/2008 1:46:23 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: potlatch

And, to their credit, they refuse to parade their kids in front of the cameras to get votes.


17 posted on 05/14/2008 1:50:09 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: massgopguy
Ok...I'll admit...I don't know (but am curious) what did LeBron say to his mama on Monday? (I'm almost afraid to find out...)
18 posted on 05/14/2008 1:50:17 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

He and Paul Pierce got tangled up running through the key and into the seats behind the backboard. Mama LeBron got up and in Paul Pierce’s face. LeBron told her to “Sit Down!”


19 posted on 05/14/2008 2:07:12 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Stentor
Someday they're probably going to have to treat Michele like Martha Mitchell.

If Hussein Obama was smart, he would shackle her to a wall in a deep, dark, remote dungeon until after the election was over. She does not know how to effectively use a mask to cover up how she really is.

20 posted on 05/14/2008 2:09:18 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Edgar3

Exactly my first thoughts.


21 posted on 05/14/2008 2:10:49 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Salena Zito

There are more important issues out there than this insipid nonsense..........


22 posted on 05/14/2008 2:11:05 PM PDT by yoe ( Socialism with Obama or Clinton - Democracy with McCain)
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To: massgopguy

Oh my...my kids have SportsCenter on 24/7...how did I miss that one? LOL!!! I may have to threaten to ‘act like LeBron’s mama’ to keep my boys in line.


23 posted on 05/14/2008 2:11:38 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (I could never 'Keep Sweet' I am a bitter Pennsylvanian)
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To: aposiopetic

I believe they have only the one daughter, I’ve only seen her in a couple of family pictures.

They are socialists and ‘closet muslims’ and I don’t want them anywhere near the White House.

On the other hand, you can tell when people care for each other, witness the Bushs and the Reagans. We could ‘feel the love’ from them. Then look at the staged gestures of the Clintons.

You can see and feel love from people in their words and gestures, their give and take.

Even the most evil of people can love someone.
Others just don’t have it in them.


24 posted on 05/14/2008 2:14:13 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

For some reason (no research here) I thought they had two kids. In any event, fidelity is virtuous, and the family that endures a long campaign has shown what it’s made of.


25 posted on 05/14/2008 2:18:35 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

They may have two children. I have only seen a picture of Michelle and Obama hugging his daughter.

Too bad he wasn’t a true Christian man and not a big socialistic democrat with a list of very bad ‘friends’.


26 posted on 05/14/2008 2:25:16 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: aposiopetic

Really? They had their kids with them all over Indiana.


27 posted on 05/14/2008 2:27:38 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: jennyjenny

Missed that. I stand corrected. Maybe their excuse was they could get them back home (Chicago?) before bedtime?


28 posted on 05/14/2008 2:30:03 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: potlatch

I’ve got a bunch of beams to remove here locally before venturing any opinions about his faith. No matter what, our eternal destiny is more important than any election.


29 posted on 05/14/2008 2:35:46 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Salena Zito

She is always angry so if anyone called her sweetie it would be sarcastic and she would probably raise her black power fist and slug em!


30 posted on 05/14/2008 2:42:50 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: Salena Zito

She is always angry so if anyone called her sweetie it would be sarcastic and she would probably raise her black power fist and slug em!


31 posted on 05/14/2008 2:43:06 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: Salena Zito

The Video of Obama being condescending to a woman supporter..calling her Sweetie.. Direct quote “ hold on sweetie” Obama

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Dept_of_media_relations.html


32 posted on 05/14/2008 2:53:35 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: Salena Zito

Sweetie’s name is Peggy Agar from Sterling Heights, Michigan, wxyz.com channel 7


33 posted on 05/14/2008 2:58:08 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: aposiopetic; devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; All
[No matter what, our eternal destiny is more important than any election.]

Yes, but our destiny well may be to have our heads chopped off if radical islam takes over and tries to make us convert. We are the infidel.

We ALL need to read his books!

Below are a few lines from Obama's books " his words': From Dreams of My Father: "I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

From Dreams of My Father: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."

From Dreams of My Father: "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."

From Dreams of My Father: ; "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

From Dreams of My Father: "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, Dubois and Mandela."

From Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the ""them"" should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

“In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans … have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging,” he laments. “I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

LINK

(Obama took a pledge when he joined the Trinity Church of Christ, to place Africa above all else;

LINK

"I will stand with ""them"" should the political winds change in an ugly direction". BARACK OBAMA from The Audacity Of Hope.

And indeed, he has.

Google, "Obama is my Cousin".

Kenyan Odinga ran for the presidency with a pact with the hard-line Muslims that he would force Islam on the country if elected. Having lost his bid for the presidency, he instigated a murderous rampage that resulted in over a thousand deaths- including burning down a Christian church with 50 people inside.

OBAMA WENT TO KENYA TO CAMPAIGN FOR ODINGA and was so supportive of Odinga, that a government official called Obama Odinga's 'stooge'.

What might possibly occur if Obama became president? Mass immigration of radical Islamists? Obama wants an open border!

More BILLIONS pumped into Africa? (Obama took a pledge when he joined the Trinity Church of Christ, to place Africa above all else)

Send troops to Africa? (Obama has already said that if president he would stop the fighting in Dafur)

34 posted on 05/14/2008 3:23:13 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

After all, China is investing in Africa. Anyway, I agree with your conclusion that Obama could make LOTS of bad choices. So could Hillary! and McCain.


35 posted on 05/14/2008 3:29:09 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

True, none of them are what we’d prefer - but some are much worse than others.


36 posted on 05/14/2008 3:33:02 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: aposiopetic

Two daughters, just did a search;

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Obama%27s+children&btnG=Google+Search


37 posted on 05/14/2008 3:39:54 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

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Jesus said “Sell your robe and buy a sword!”

Jesus never said “Hide in the closet and let them come and kill your children!”

Obama voted for post-birth euthanesia of newborn babies....

Regarding those who mistreat children Jesus said “Tie a millstone around their neck and throw them in the sea!”

Jesus was not a pansy!


38 posted on 05/14/2008 3:41:01 PM PDT by devolve ( -- -The_Project_Islamic_Hope_website_banner no_longer_features_Barack_Hussein_Obama_Junior)
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To: devolve; potlatch
Jesus never said “Hide in the closet and let them come and kill your children!”

The more accurate quote from Jesus regarding what to do when you see trouble coming wouldn't have been the one about the sword but about taking off for the hills without even bothering to pack up what's in the house.
39 posted on 05/14/2008 3:43:56 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: devolve

[Tie a millstone around their neck and throw them in the sea]

Good quote. I did not know it was in regard to children.


40 posted on 05/14/2008 3:45:19 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: Salena Zito
"You call me sweetie again and I will cut you."


41 posted on 05/14/2008 3:45:58 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Salena Zito

Secret No. 3: Screaming matches with wife-over other women

42 posted on 05/14/2008 3:47:30 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: aruanan; devolve

Run, instead of stand up and fight??


43 posted on 05/14/2008 3:47:56 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: Salena Zito

A moot point as no one would call her “Sweetie” anyway.


44 posted on 05/14/2008 3:48:25 PM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment: It's not about sporting goods.)
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To: aruanan; potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP


Than why did Jesus say "Sell your robe and buy a sword"?

To cut the fish and loaves of bread?

To cut your fingernails?

Why did the disciples of Jesus carry swords? To look decorative?

You presume to read his mind and ignore his words!

I have two (2) sabers and a collection of vintage Colts

I never run to the hills -

Let us remember these quotes were all transcribed from words that some people heard or others relayed orally - and then were rewritten again in different languages.

Adding your personal interpretation and downplaying or disregarding certain words of Jesus is putting on a spin and filter that suits your personal opinions - no more.


45 posted on 05/14/2008 4:03:02 PM PDT by devolve ( -- -The_Project_Islamic_Hope_website_banner no_longer_features_Barack_Hussein_Obama_Junior)
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To: Salena Zito

It is my belief that the politically correct , liberal , progressive lefties have broken everyone of their own comandments just to show us what it looks like to be incorrect .


46 posted on 05/14/2008 4:25:25 PM PDT by lionheart 247365 (LIBERALISM ,,, the greatest threat to AMERICA not terrorism .)
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To: devolve; potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP
Let us remember these quotes were all transcribed from words that some people heard or others relayed orally - and then were rewritten again in different languages.

Adding your personal interpretation and downplaying or disregarding certain words of Jesus is putting on a spin and filter that suits your personal opinions - no more.


Ha ha ha ha ha. You do in your penultimate sentence what you criticize in the ultimate sentence. In other words, "Pay attention to what Jesus says but, if it seems not to fit with what I want, appeal to distortions of the oral traditions, to the ambiguities of translations between languages, and then take away whatever I want the most."


47 posted on 05/14/2008 4:26:50 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: aruanan; potlatch

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Run and hide


48 posted on 05/14/2008 4:47:08 PM PDT by devolve ( -- -The_Project_Islamic_Hope_website_banner no_longer_features_Barack_Hussein_Obama_Junior)
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To: Salena Zito
Michelle's response would be something like this...

"Watch it, sucka!"

49 posted on 05/15/2008 6:30:42 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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