IX: Obama’s Triumph of the Will: The 2008 Primaries 331THE MOST SCURRILOUS CANDIDATE EVER: OBAMA’S SEXUAL INNUENDO
From a CNN report we learn: Barack Obama appeared to have a bit of an awkward ‘moment on
the campaign trail in South Bend, Indiana. From the pool report: “[Obama] posed for report pictures
with the staff when he apparently felt his phone start to vibrate in his pocket on his right thigh –
against which one woman was closely pressed. Later, as two cafe waitresses and owner Brenda
Wilson squeezed next to him for a photograph, Obama suddenly turned to one woman. “That’s my
phone buzzing there,” he said. “I don’t want you to think I’m getting fresh or anything.”’ (CNN,
April 10, 2008) On May 8, 2008, CNN aired a segment which was later posted with the caption/title
“Obama in Jeans.” This segment showed Obama lounging in blue jeans in the front of his campaign
plane while talking on his cell phone. Readers are invited to judge for themselves whether the
comments appended to this photo are correct. Obama clearly has a very scurrilous idea of
presidential decorum. Was Obama attempting to prove that he did not share an anatomical
deficiency widely attributed to Hitler? An Obama White House would rival the court of Nero or,
better yet, Heliogabalus, for its sexual depravity and licentiousness.^178
“HOLD ON A SECOND, SWEETIE” — OBAMA’S INCURABLE MISOGYNY
Obama’s contempt for women is constantly expressed. Another example was his dismissal of a
serious policy question about jobs in the auto industry from a woman reporter working for a major
Detroit television station while the Perfect Master was mugging his way through an automobile
plant. ‘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. We’ll hold a press avail,” replied Obama,
referring to a structured question and answer session with the media. Hours later, Obama left Agar a
voicemail, apologizing for not answering her question and for calling her “sweetie.” “That’s a bad
habit of mine,” Obama said in the message. “I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no
disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front.” It apparently is a habit. In an earlier campaign
stop, Obama said to a woman, “Sweetie, if I start with a picture I will never get out of here.” And
then: “Sweetie if I start doing autographs I just won’t be ... I am really late.” (Dan Harris,
“Obama’s ‘Sweetie’: Spontaneous or Sexist?” ABC News, May 16, 2008)
Obama’s patronizing, condescending approach was also in evidence during a visit to Tama
Manufacturing near Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he flirted with and flattered women who make
less than poverty wages. According to Huffington Post: ‘Obama lavished compliments on
dancewear manufacturer Marisa Cerveris, who gave him a black and pink leotard for [Obama’s
daughters] Malia and Sasha, explaining she was once in the New York City ballet. “You look like
you might be a dancer,” Obama told her, later adding: “You’re big time.” “You’re gorgeous,” he
told Cerveris after glancing at one of her old ballet photos. “I was,” she replied. “You still are,” he
countered, asking the crowd, “Isn’t she beautiful?” and answering his own question: “Absolutely.”
The average unionized worker at Tama makes about $18,000 a year, lower than poverty level wages
for a family of four according to government standards. Tama workers make $10.50 an hour, and
must contribute $50 a month toward their health care. Obama praised Tama Manufacturing as a
success story saying, “I’m glad to see we still have a good company here with a good owner looking
after his workers.” Recently, these same workers had gone on strike for 15 weeks.