Oh, for heaven’s sake!  Maybe it’s because I’m from the south and everbody is “honey” or “sweetie”, but people, let’s stop getting our knickers in a twist every time someone says something.  We spend too much time looking for reasons to be offended.  It has become a national pastime.  And, now it is becoming rather boring. 

Anyone who takes the time to become offended by Barack Obama responding to a reporter and addressing her as “sweetie” in passing needs to get a life.  It is not a derogatory term.  It is not demeaning, especially as he used it.

In a world where we spend hours scouring the television and video streams looking for so-called misstatements, we have hit a new low if Obama’s “sweetie” is going to cause a stir.  Perhaps, we need to take a look at the setting and the circumstances.  Quite honestly, if Obama had groped the lady and been in her face, I probably would have been appalled.  But, watch the circumstance… and then decide.