Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Peggy Agar, the TV reporter who Senator Barack Obama called "sweetie" when he last visited Michigan a couple of weeks ago, got to interview the senator as he fulfilled a promise he had made to her when he apologized for the incident.
janestheone (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
in America that is. Look at this in the Providence Journal. This is what they remember from Mr Obama: Remember Peggy Agar? The women do. They can't stop talking about the Detroit TV reporter who asked Obama a serious question at a Chrysler factory -- "How are you going to help American autoworkers?" -- to which he answered, "Hold on a second, sweetie." Recent comments on this blog have said that my...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
On Monday, Barack Obama kept his word to Detroit reporter Peggy Agar.
Articles Online (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Reporter Obama called 'sweetie' gets interview He called her "sweetie," then apologized and promised the local TV reporter an interview the next time he was in town. On Monday, Barack Obama kept his word and gave WXYZ-TV's Peggy Agar what she wanted in the first place — an answer. Agar had shouted a question about help for U.S. autoworkers to the Democratic presidential candidate during his May 14...
NDN Blog - NDN Blog (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Senator Barack Obama had to apologize to female reporter Peggy Agar for calling her "sweetie" while campaigning in Detroit. Obama stated ""Second apology is for using the word 'sweetie.' That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front." Coming from Detroit myself, I'm sure the comment didn't turn many heads or loose...
Air America Radio - (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Then He Pats Her On The Shoulder And Walks Away Can you imagine Senator Obama pulling this crap on a male reporter? Seriously. Calling women “sweetie” isn't new to Obama. WXYZ Detroit Action News UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her "sweetie" during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights. Obama apologized in a...
PunkAssBlog.com (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
…how would I have reacted if that engineer had offhandedly addressed me during the software demo as “Sweetie?” The moment came at a campaign stop in Detroit, when Peggy Agar, a reporter at ABC's Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV, asked Obama this question: “Senator, how are you going to help the American autoworkers'” “Hold on a second, sweetie. [...]
Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Barack Obama apologized to Michigan TV reporter Peggy Agar of WXYZ-TV for calling her "sweetie" after she asked a question. "That's a bad habit of mine," he said in a voicemail. "I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front."
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Obama apologises to reporter for 'sweetie' remark (Elana Schor, 5/15/08, guardian.co.uk) Obama's encounter with Peggy Agar, a reporter at WXYZ network in Detroit, was the second time in two months that he raised eyebrows by calling a woman "sweetie". The row began when Agar asked the Democratic presidential frontrunner, who is putting the finishing touches on a successful campaign against Hillary...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
(afp) I do think it's cute when girls ask me about politics Barack Obama not only blew off a Detroit TV reporter's question yesterday, he also had the temerity to dismiss her as "sweetie." Still, as Peggy Agar, with...
The Sleuth (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
All's well that ends well, sweetie. The Detroit television reporter who Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) called "sweetie" Wednesday as he ducked her question about autoworkers doesn't seem to be holding a grudge. The reporter, Peggy Agar, with WXYZ TV, an ABC News affiliate, says, "Frankly I have been called worse during interviews than just 'sweetie' so that really didn't take me aback right then." However,...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Obama came under fire for saying, "hold on, sweetie," to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar when she asked Wednesday how he planned to "help the......
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Obama's encounter with reporter Peggy Agar was the second time in two months that he raised eyebrows by calling a woman "sweetie"
LAist (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Barack Obama apologized yesterday evening for calling a Michigan television reporter "sweetie" after she posed a question to him. During a campaign stop at a Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, Peggy Agar from Michigan's WXYZ-TV asked Senator Obama how he would help American auto workers. Obama responded by saying, "hold on, sweetie," and, according to Agar, then not answering her question. According...
Bumpshack (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama apologized on Monday to reporter Peggy Agar for calling her “sweetie” when she asked him a question at a campaign stop in Detroit. Reporter Peggy Agar, of the WXYZ television network in Michigan, had shouted a question as Mr Obama toured a Chrysler car plant in Detroit. Mr Obama said: “Hold [...]
