# I pit KGO host Christine Craft **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639 "2008-05-17T04:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/1 "2008-05-17T04:52:06Z")
On my way to and from work here in the lovely bay area, I often listen to talk radio on KGO 810, a generally-left-leaning station. One of their fill-in hosts is a woman named Christine Craft, who is ardently pro-Hillary and (one assumes due to her pro-Hillaryness) anti-Obama. Today she was talking about an incident in which Obama called a female reported “sweetie”. Now, I think that’s an inappropriate thing for Obama to have said, but Christine Craft made the following points: (1) What if a white presidential candidate called a black reporter (n-word)? (2) It’s misogynistic (3) The only reason people want Hillary to drop out of the race now is because she’s a woman. If she were a man in the same situation, no one would be calling for her to withdraw. Oh, and it’s a very very very close race (4) Clinton 41-point victory over Obama in West Virginia was huge. 41 points. A 41 point victory. She beat him by 41 points. (5) Apparently Obama, discussing the “sweetie” incident, claimed that he calls everyone that. Christine Craft asks whether he calls male secret service agents “sweetie”. No? Pretty glaring contradiction she just caught him in, isn’t it? (6) Someone who would call a woman “sweetie” is (and she repeated this phrase repatedly) “not ready for prime time”. Funny, I’d say Obama is the most prime time figure in American politics in decades Oh, and a few weeks back, she was the first person I heard do the funny math which turned a 9.2% victory into double digits. And she managed to do it in a condescending fashion, repeatedly using phrases like “remember how we learned back in grade school?”. I’m sure there are plenty of reasonable reasons to prefer Clinton over Obama. But I heard none of them. It’s also entirely possible that there are legitimate reasons for Cilnton to remain in the race. But I heard none of them (other than “letting each state have its say”… as if saying Clinton should drop out is some kind of disenfranchisement). Christine Craft: Blow me. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/2 "2008-05-17T18:47:05Z")
You mean, “Blow me, sweetie,” right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/3 "2008-05-17T19:08:58Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] Oh, and a few weeks back, she was the first person I heard do the funny math which turned a 9.2% victory into double digits. And she managed to do it in a condescending fashion, repeatedly using phrases like “remember how we learned back in grade school?”. [/QUOTE] Heck, that’s nothing. 9.2% = 9.20% which is a TRIPLE DIGIT victory! OMG! Sounds like she’s scrambling for stuff to get outraged about. Equating what Obama said to calling a black person a “nigger” is pretty ludicrous. If he’d called her a “cunt” then Mrs. Craft would have a valid comparison. “Sweetie” was inappropriate and kinda patronizing (to his credit, Obama did apologize) but it’s not a vicious insult. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/4 "2008-05-17T19:27:38Z")
And it was a real apology, too. No weaseling. From [The Washington Post](http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/05/sen_obamas_sweetie_seems_unfaz.html) > [@](#): > > Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I’m calling to apologize on two fronts. One was you didn’t get your question answered and I apologize. I thought that we had set up interviews with all the local stations. I guess we got it with your station but you weren’t the reporter that got the interview. And so, I broke my word. I apologize for that and I will make up for it. > > Second apology is for using the word ‘sweetie.’ That’s a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front. Feel free to call me back. I expect that my press team will be happy to try to make it up to you whenever we are in Detroit next. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/5 "2008-05-18T01:41:43Z")
It’s all Bernie Ward’s fault. She’s on the air more often since he got busted by the Feds. She’s on the short list to take over his slot. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/6 "2008-05-18T02:07:33Z")
Holy Shit! She’s famous. (I thought I knew her name). [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/craftchrist/craftchrist.htm](http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/craftchrist/craftchrist.htm) Won a $500,000 lawsuit against the media. Smart cookie. Oops! Probably shouldn’t have referred to her as a “cookie.” 🙂 But, yeah, her talking points sounded kind of stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/7 "2008-05-18T02:31:18Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Holy Shit! She’s famous. (I thought I knew her name). [/QUOTE] Thanks for finding that. Her name sounded familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/8 "2008-05-18T03:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Holy Shit! She’s famous. (I thought I knew her name). [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/craftchrist/craftchrist.htm](http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/craftchrist/craftchrist.htm) Won a $500,000 lawsuit against the media. Smart cookie. [/QUOTE] According to the linked article the verdict was thrown out, though. Then she won again, and it was thrown out again. It doesn’t say why, but it doesn’t appear she ended up with anything. As to the “Sweetie Gate” scandal. I’ve made that mistake myself. I call my daughters “Sweetie,” and “sugar” and the like and sometimes I accidentally call other people that. I think it happens to anybody with kids. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/9 "2008-05-18T03:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] According to the linked article the verdict was thrown out, though. Then she won again, and it was thrown out again. It doesn’t say why, but it doesn’t appear she ended up with anything. [/QUOTE] You’re correct. I guess I read too fast. Or maybe it got thrown out once too often. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/10 "2008-05-18T18:18:09Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] If he’d called her a “cunt” then Mrs. Craft would have a valid comparison. [/QUOTE] I would _so_ vote for him if that was what he had done. Hell, I would even go out and knock on doors for his campaign. “Senator, could I ask you a question?” “Shut your pie hole, cunt. I’m busy.” I would die from a roflolgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/11 "2008-05-18T19:03:25Z")
Inappropriate? Probably. Misogynistic? I’m not so sure on that front. I’ve never think of sexism whenever female wait staff at a restaurant refers to me as “sweetie.” Still, I’m glad he issued a sincere apology. Craft sounds like a moron on many fronts. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/12 "2008-05-18T22:04:38Z")
I’m a guy and ever since my hair turned gray, it’s sweetie this and honey that except when it’s sugar or darlin’ or baby. Sometimes it offends me but what the hell, it’s relatively common in these parts. It don’t mean nothin. ---
**Author:** ![bfloyd4445](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@bfloyd4445](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bfloyd4445)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/13 "2015-07-17T20:09:43Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > On my way to and from work here in the lovely bay area, I often listen to talk radio on KGO 810, a generally-left-leaning station. One of their fill-in hosts is a woman named Christine Craft, who is ardently pro-Hillary and (one assumes due to her pro-Hillaryness) anti-Obama. Today she was talking about an incident in which Obama called a female reported “sweetie”. Now, I think that’s an inappropriate thing for Obama to have said, but Christine Craft made the following points: > (1) What if a white presidential candidate called a black reporter (n-word)? > (2) It’s misogynistic > (3) The only reason people want Hillary to drop out of the race now is because she’s a woman. If she were a man in the same situation, no one would be calling for her to withdraw. Oh, and it’s a very very very close race > (4) Clinton 41-point victory over Obama in West Virginia was huge. 41 points. A 41 point victory. She beat him by 41 points. > (5) Apparently Obama, discussing the “sweetie” incident, claimed that he calls everyone that. Christine Craft asks whether he calls male secret service agents “sweetie”. No? Pretty glaring contradiction she just caught him in, isn’t it? > (6) Someone who would call a woman “sweetie” is (and she repeated this phrase repatedly) “not ready for prime time”. Funny, I’d say Obama is the most prime time figure in American politics in decades > > Oh, and a few weeks back, she was the first person I heard do the funny math which turned a 9.2% victory into double digits. And she managed to do it in a condescending fashion, repeatedly using phrases like “remember how we learned back in grade school?”. > > I’m sure there are plenty of reasonable reasons to prefer Clinton over Obama. But I heard none of them. It’s also entirely possible that there are legitimate reasons for Cilnton to remain in the race. But I heard none of them (other than “letting each state have its say”… as if saying Clinton should drop out is some kind of disenfranchisement). > Christine Craft: Blow me. The only reason I and many of my friends stopped backing hilary is because of her track record of involvement with white collar crime and dirty money. I would love to see a woman president, Christine Craft maybe, or any other woman that supports the people like Bernie Sanders and not big money interests ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/14 "2015-07-17T20:12:37Z")
Well, that was timely. ---
**Author:** ![bfloyd4445](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@bfloyd4445](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bfloyd4445)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/15 "2015-07-17T20:15:11Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’m a guy and ever since my hair turned gray, it’s sweetie this and honey that except when it’s sugar or darlin’ or baby. Sometimes it offends me but what the hell, it’s relatively common in these parts. It don’t mean nothin. chuckle…I know the feeling but i soon learned to capitalize on it. Aint nothing wrong with allowing some nice younger lady to offer the old codger a helping hand if you know what i mean. Don’t mean nothing; The term brings back memories of Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/16 "2015-07-17T20:51:19Z")
> [@bfloyd4445](#): > > The only reason I and many of my friends stopped backing hilary is because of her track record of involvement with white collar crime and dirty money. I would love to see a woman president, Christine Craft maybe, or any other woman that supports the people like Bernie Sanders and not big money interests You have replied to a 7 year old thread (AKA “a zombie”). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/17 "2015-07-17T22:22:58Z")
Yeah but Hillary is still an evil politician so it’s ok to bump it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/18 "2015-07-17T22:24:11Z")
How did that election turn out, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/19 "2015-07-17T23:06:31Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > How did that election turn out, anyway? Be sure to use spoiler tags. Don’t want it ruined for me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639/20 "2015-07-17T23:22:50Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Be sure to use spoiler tags. Don’t want it ruined for me. Hillary won. Go on, report me. I dare you. I double-dog dare you! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-kgo-host-christine-craft/449639.md?page=2)