Obama’s Sexist Comment Offends Michigan Reporter

Jim Rutenberg at the NY Times recalls that Obama crossed the line in Pennsylvania when he called a female factory worker “sweetie.”

Rutenberg relates that Obama did it again at a Chrysler Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan today. The Illinois senator told a reporter to “hold on one second there sweetie,” when she asked, “How are you going to help the American Auto Workers?”

Listen to the tone in the reporter’s voice as she signs off on the video of the incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juy9NwI8_i0