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Quote of the Day: Barack Obama

Calls reporter "sweetie," ignores her question.

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“Hold on, one second, sweetie…”

— Sen. Barack Obama in Michigan refusing to answer a TV reporter’s question, when she asked: “Senator, how are you going to help the American auto worker?” Obama later called the reporter to apologize. YouTube has the clip:

By Katharine Mieszkowski

Katharine Mieszkowski is a senior writer for Salon.


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