Hill staffer Elizabeth Lauten resigns after remarks about Obama daughters

[herding cats]

Source: Washington Post

Embattled Hill staffer Elizabeth Lauten has resigned amid a backlash over critical remarks she posted on Facebook Friday about President Barack Obama’s daughters.

Lauten, Rep. Stephen Lee Fincher's (R-Tenn.) communications director, came under fire over the weekend after posting derogatory remarks about Sasha and Malia Obama regarding their appearance at the president’s annual Turkey pardoning.

“Dear Sasha and Malia, I get you’re both in those awful teen years, but you’re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class,” Lauten wrote. “Rise to the occasion. Act like being in the White House matters to you. Dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar.”

Lauten confirmed her resignation to the Washington Post Monday morning.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/01/embattled-hill-staffer-elizabeth-lauten-reportedly-resigns-after-controversial-remarks/

[titaniumsalute]

1. Fox Noise will give her a contract in the next day or two...NT

[truthisfreedom]

3. No doubt triple her salary as well.

And require her to create insulting remarks about Barack's family on a daily basis.

[Hoppy]

4. --- only if she's an attractive blond.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

6. Well, she qualifies on the blonde part...

And she wears ugly pink and blue prints. That should count for something.

https://www.facebook.com/elauten

[DeSwiss]

7. There's still Clairol's right?

- Isn't that what any ''respectable Republican woman'' would use?

Say something in... oh, I don't know.... Hops Blonde?

[wordpix]

19. if you think Faux blondes like Ann Coulter are attractive

I'm missing something. Once they open their mouths, all attraction disappears IMO

[jmowreader]

20. I don't think so

Fox likes their blonde right-wing airheads to be about three inches in diameter.

I could definitely see her as a Fox News scriptwriter; whether she'd take such a job is another question.

[enough]

2. She'll be moving on to greater things, I'm sure. Egregiously disrespecting the Obama's

is a resume-builder for right-wing hacks. She was a complete unknown before this; now she's a celebrity.

[Hoppy]

5. --- looking for a spot at a bar......

Didn't she mean Jenna and Not Jenna?

[RobinA]

13. That Was

a weird criticism. The rest was out of line, the bar thing was just starnge. Is that what she thinks people wear to bars? To me they looked like they just got home from school.

[Blue_Tires]

14. Like I said before, the insult was a code for what she really wanted to call them...

[Blue Idaho]

8. Criticizing the President's Kids

Is never a good career move. It's especially bad when you are busy spouting your sanctimonious Christian claptrap.

What an odious stinkpot of humanity.

[jwirr]

9. Good. She is an idiot and he had hired her as his communitcations director. Seems that she is more

qualified as the cleaning lady.

[Voice for Peace]

11. She used to work for Joe Walsh.

nuff said

[cosmicone]

10. Where is the apology from the congressman?

Resignation of a minion is so not enough.

[juajen]

15. Very good. That was very stupid and undeserved. She needed firing.

[Kingofalldems]

18. I believe she was arrested in 2000 for shoplifting.

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

[graegoyle]

16. Republican criticizes Democratic first family, not remembering previous Rep. first family.

Not surprised.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Kick and Rec.