I’m surprised he didn’t ask her if it was her time of the month. He could have gotten away with it I’m sure.
It certainly was an anti-female response.
Or call her “sweetie”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/obama-calls-reporter-swee_n_101754.html
Jake Carney would have asked her that (Mamm, are you, like, on your period or something?) The next day, without that reporter being there, Jake would offer a watered down “faux-pology”, sorry if my statements made you feel bad.