"GOP aide’s online dig at Obama daughters creates backlash"

[applegrove]

GOP aide’s online dig at Obama daughters creates backlash

By Missy Ryan at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/gop-aides-online-dig-at-obama-daughters-creates-backlash/2014/11/29/6883050a-7806-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop

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Lauten was not the first to comment on the girls’ demeanor at the event, an annual rite that is comfortably embedded in Washington tradition if not universally appreciated.

After the Wednesday event, several media outlets declared that the young women, standing behind their father as he pardoned two turkeys named Mac and Cheese, looked bored, exasperated or just . . . teenager-ly. USA Today published this headline: “Malia and Sasha Obama are so done with their dad’s turkey pardon,” while the Gawker Web site observed that “not even the pomp and ritual of the White House can overcome the most powerful force known to man: TEEN CONTEMPT.”

Lauten’s Facebook post was shared on Twitter and then picked up by the blogosphere. Most of the online reaction to Lauten’s comments focused on her characterization of the girls’ appearance and their facial expressions, which was especially surprising given her role as a political communication adviser. Some Twitter users accused her of racial overtones in her comments.

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By Saturday evening, hundreds of people had made use of the #ElizabethLauten hashtag on Twitter.

“Direct your dislike of their dad’s policies or politics toward their dad. Always leave the kids (D or R) out of it,” wrote one Twitter using the handle @Mica4Life.



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[applegrove]

1. My gosh at that age I was wearing CLOGS to fancy events. CLOGS I tell you. Wooden ...... shoes.

And my grandmothers were aghast but made a joke of it. There was no way we were taking those clogs off. Not at 14.

[immoderate]

2. What IS the proper attire, and decorum, for a *Turkey Pardoning??*

--imm

[applegrove]

3. The fashion industry is dependant on the first daughters to do what teenagers do. Why does

the GOP hate the fashion industry?

[brer cat]

4. White skin and groveling.

[graegoyle]

5. Gee, if only they took that great advice from those who went before...

Those great role-models: The Bush daughters.

[LyndaG]

6. She deserves contempt

Picking on those two girls. To my knowledge, they have never acted up in public, even when they were younger. The President and First Lady must be wonderful parents.

[Voice for Peace]

7. classy.

She had a come to jesus moment and apologized.
It probably went something like this: apologize or get a new job.

[Socal31]

8. I'm fairly good at playing Devil's Advocate now and again..

But can anyone really come up with a legitimate argument as to how these young women are not extremely well-adjusted?

[tclambert]

9. It takes a lot to impress teenagers these days . . .

[KinMd]

10. The girls should act more like Republican girls...

and get in drunken brawls at parties

[applegrove]

11. Or stick their tongues when going past the press in a car.

[3catwoman3]

12. Or wear...

...flip flops to court.

[kelliekat44]

13. The backlash on HP was brutal. nt

[Cha]

14. That's what I've been waiting for, apple.. The Backlash! Here's the best comment to the "apology",

imho..

“People need to learn to take a moment and think before speaking/typing,” wrote Instagram commenter “pattijolie.” “Once your words and thoughts have been put out there, the damage is done. She should know better being in her position. Her post was callus and hateful… Apology NOT accepted.”

Picking on the Obama Girls Isn’t Smart, Especially if You Work for a GOP Congressman

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/11/elizabeth_lauten_faces_backlash_after_scolding_sasha_and_malia_on_facebook.html?wpisrc=topstories

Thank you, applegrove~

[pansypoo53219]

15. i love when the rite froth lands on the frothed.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. The video didn't show much of the two teenagers, or maybe I stopped watching

before they reached that point. They looked very dignified for their ages from what I could tell.