I didn’t see the Cocco piece but will go check it out. Ironically, I just posted something about the Hillary Supporters Count Too thing.

Again- I can understand what it’s like to get to that point, but I would never be in that group related to this election.

HOWEVEr and a big however, they aren’t kidding and they do represent very legit concerns that need to be addressed. That’s what I meant by my too artsy title of separating the people from the point. Gotta stick with the straight lines I guess.

Gosh, thx for nice words *blush*

I’m not really quite that nonchalant about sweetie-sweetheart-honey when used to address females who you’re not related to. In fact, I just called a library patron on it (politely) yesterday when he addressed me as “sweetie” for the third time in two minutes.

I do think some of the use of it by older women when addressing me is not intended as a putdown, but a generational & cultural gap. Lorain is filled with displaced Southerners, and I suspect the use of those “terms of endearment” – heh – is more common in southern folk of the previous generation. I saw a column in a Dallas newspaper making the same point about southerners & the “sweetie” word.

Slightly off-topic, but did you read Marie Cocco’s column about the blatant sexism shown toward Hillary in the campaign & the failure of Dem leadership to rise to her defense? Here’s the link: http://snurl.com/292mc.

I hope we see a pattern of him trying to NOT say or do stuff like that.

I also think you make a great pick-up about the fact that it was an economic question. So good tip to keep an eye on that.

Anyone ever tell you that you are sharp? Thanks for bringing some of that here.

As for the touching thing, see – I just think it sucks that that’s what it took for you to put an end to something that was unwanted. That’s absurd that we have to be thought of as oversensitive and weird in order to get our preferences heard and listened to, simply because others want to go on getting some reward from doing something that they think is fine and someone else doesn’t like. That’s crazy.