Elizabeth Lauten GOP Staffer Who Said Obama Daughters Lack 'Class' TO RESIGN

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BUH-BYE.......................

The Republican congressional aide who wrote a widely-disseminated Facebook post criticizing President Barack Obama's daughters says that she is resigning today.

Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Tennessee Rep. Steven Fincher, told NBC News by phone Monday that her resignation is already "in the works."

In a post that went viral over the weekend, Lauten wrote that Sasha and Malia Obama should have shown "a little class" during the annual Thanksgiving ceremony to pardon two turkeys at the White House.

"Rise to the occasion," she wrote. "Act like being in the White House matters to you. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar."

Lauten later deleted that post and penned an apology on Facebook, writing that she now sees "more clearly just how hurtful my words were."



http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/elizabeth-lauten-gop-aide-who-criticized-obama-daughters-resign-n258931

[UTUSN]

1. R#1 & K for, BWAH-ha-HAH!1 n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

2. This is the first time I've seen the actual outfits they wore.

THIS is what she's talking about? Oy vey!

[RockaFowler]

6. I've seen worse

I think they look fine

Oh and this wasn't a special event at the White House. This was a fun event that the girls thought was corny!!

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Actually,

I meant it was much ado about nothing. The outfits are age appropriate and they look cute in them.

[Warpy]

12. Sasha is 13. That's the age for maximum gawkiness and

conformity at school.

She's wearing what all the other kids are wearing. Malia is 16 and already has her mother's regal posture.

[Phentex]

20. Agree. They look like most other teens and were probably bored out of their minds...

this is worth about an eyeroll or less.

[monmouth4]

3. I think she was fired. Her backing away from her statement just didn't cut it...n/t

[Turbineguy]

4. She'll probably move deeper into the GOP

To write nasty shit for campaign brochures.

[Johonny]

5. What a turkey

[oldandhappy]

7. ha ha Speaking of lacking class!!

Lauten has forgotten the impact of social media. Read in another post that the thing she really regretted was that her nasty remarks about the president were lost in the reaction to her remarks re the daughters. sigh. The repubs will use her elsewhere.

[LondonReign2]

11. That was satire

But Poe's Law and all

[oldandhappy]

18. understood, just could not control myself, smile

[Odin2005]

9. Those young ladies look pretty classy to me!

Unlike that hateful sow.

[spanone]

10. there was some asshole on m$nbc talking about how democrats always get a pass on this kind of shit

sean so & so....another gop spokesperson....

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. Sean Spicer, (R) Idiot America. nt

[spanone]

16. yep, that's him. thanks....

dick meet head.

[MADem]

14. She wasn't looking bored as a teen, herself--she was a little mall SHOPLIFTER!!!

And she's got the brass to criticize those kids? Never mind looking for space at the bar--she was looking for space BEHIND BARS, the little thief!


http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/Elizabeth-Lauten-arrest-786543

IOKIYAR!!!!!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. How are people supposed to dress at a turkey pardoning ceremony?

Tuxedos and evening gowns? I assume that like a lot of events at the White House with a President's busy schedule, ceremonies don't occur exactly on time and the media gets a heads up only a few minutes before they occur. The daughters were probably wearing what they'd been wearing all morning which was casual attire. They're teens after all and I don't think they're wearing anything very different than what a lot of teens wear. I remember what teen girls would wear to school in the 1960s (I'm an old man now) and that dresses called "shifts" at the time were amazingly short. Having constantly been in the public eye under media scrutiny during most of their lives, these girls deserve to be able to dress like typical teens their age and just be themselves.

[Phentex]

21. You do wonder...

if there is some kind of handbook for the turkey pardoning.

[JI7]

17. both of their outfits are classic teen outfits

Which go back to the 60s at least.

[Rex]

19. Translation; book deal in the works with Foxnews correspondent offer 6 figures.

She will no doubt become the next employee at Foxnews as Race Relations expert.