"Yuk, yuk. Sweetie is a sign of misogyny....like McCain calling someone an asshole is how he would reach across the aisle :

Just thought I would refresh your memory about what you were including in misogyny.

PS

Pete Domenici is a man which makes inclusion of him in misogyny strange. Domenici, the recipient of the moniker from McCain has endorsed him for President.

McCain's wife is still with him and was curling his hair around her finger and teasing him at the time.

Now tell us your spin on how Obama called the female reporter, Sweetie. Afterall she printed a less than favorable story about it focussing on the slur and his treatment of her. The apology came about only because it was caught on tape.

Your attempt to marginalize traditional symbolic gestures as meaningless is almost not worth addressing. To say that Obama's refusal to do these things has no significance is like saying Roseann Barr's gestures after being booed for her version of the national anthem has no significance.