{"id":14098,"date":"2014-12-01T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=14098"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:10:53","slug":"lauten-was-fired-for-saying-something-dumb-thats-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2014\/12\/01\/lauten-was-fired-for-saying-something-dumb-thats-dumb\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauten was fired for saying something dumb? That’s dumb."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The silly woman who spouted off about Obama\u2019s daughters has resigned<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), resigned Monday following a Facebook post that criticized Malia and Sasha Obama\u2019s appearance at the annual\u00a0White House turkey pardon ceremony<\/a>,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to NBC News.<\/p>\n

The Facebook comment that got her fired:<\/p>\n

Dear Sasha and Malia, I get you\u2019re both in those awful teen years, but you\u2019re a part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part you play. Then again your mother and father don\u2019t respect their positions very much, or the nation for that matter, so I\u2019m guessing you\u2019re coming up a little short in the \u2018good role model\u2019 department. Nevertheless, stretch yourself. 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. And certainly don\u2019t make faces during televised public events.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wut? I don\u2019t know what kind of bars Lauten has been to lately, but I don\u2019t think Sasha and Malia\u2019s outfits would get them a very good spot. Here\u2019s what they were wearing:<\/p>\n

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\nI guess the skirts are kind of short, but they\u2019re not trashy or ugly or classless or a bad example.<\/p>\n

And geez louise, so at one point during a pointless ceremony on Thanksgiving, they look bored to be on TV for the ten millionth time. They are kids. Lay the heck off. That should have been the policy for the Bush girls, for Chelsea Clinton when Bill was in office, same for Sarah Palin\u2019s kids, and so on, forever. Family, especially kids, are\u00a0not fair game, period.<\/p>\n

But this staffer Lauten\u00a0had to resign<\/em> over it? After she apologized? Nonsense. Such nonsense. Let\u2019s give people the freedom to say dumb things and then apologize and be ashamed, and then let\u2019s move on. We are not making the world a better place by putting tighter and tighter shrink wrap on the opinions that people are entitled to embarrass themselves with. \u00a0Fighting extreme and stupid overreactions with other extreme and stupid overreactions makes the U.S. look like a bored, spoiled child with nothing better to do than pinch himself and then cry over it.<\/p>\n

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The silly woman who spouted off about Obama\u2019s daughters has resigned: Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), resigned Monday following a Facebook post that criticized Malia and Sasha Obama\u2019s appearance at the annual\u00a0White House turkey pardon ceremony,\u00a0according\u00a0to NBC News. The Facebook comment that got her fired: Dear Sasha and Malia, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,357,919],"class_list":["post-14098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-morons","tag-obama","tag-sasha-and-malia"],"yoast_head":"\nLauten was fired for saying something dumb? 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