So you called her "sweetie", the bigger question is:

How are you going to help American auto workers? That is the question. Nobody cares about the sweetie part. We know you participate fully in The Patriarchy since you have failed miserably at addressing the issue of gender during this entire campaign, so dismissively referring to an adult woman whom you don't even know as "sweetie" doesn't suprise nor concern me.

Even the sweetie in question, a reporter in Michigan, says she doesn't care about the gaffe. What she does care about is the fact that she still doesn't have an answer to her question.

Ms Agar said the apology surprised her but she was more concerned he had not answered her question. "People in Michigan have to make a decision about who they're going to vote for... [Mr Obama] could take a second to say what he's going to do for them."

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