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Elizabeth Lauten is on the staff of a Republican member of Congress.<\/p>\n

She’s apologized apparently for a ghastly message she posted on Facebook. The reaction to it initially, though, was ferocious — and deserving.<\/p>\n

Lauten’s targets were — get ready for it — the daughters of President and Mrs. Obama. Malia and Sasha Obama came under fire from Lauten because they were, um, acting like teenagers at a public event.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/11\/republican-staffer-says-obama-daughters-are-disrespectful-and-dress-like-bar-sluts\/#.VHokqfQkpPg.facebook<\/p>\n

Dad made a joke;\u00a0the girls rolled their eyes. They apparently made some faces that signaled boredom. Then Lauten took aim at the clothing the girls wore, suggesting they were more fitting for a bar than for a White House event, which incidentally was the traditional presidential pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys.<\/p>\n

Of course, Lauten just couldn’t resist taking a shot at the first couple. She wrote: “Dear Sasha and Malia, I\u00a0get that you\u2019re both in those awful teen years, but you\u2019re part of the First Family, try showing a little class. At least respect the part that 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Give … me … a … break.<\/p>\n

Lauten’s boss, U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn., hasn’t commented publicly on what his staffer wrote in the open letter. He needs to scold the dickens out of Elizabeth Lauten for taking pot shots at two teenage girls.<\/p>\n

If anyone demonstrated a lack of class —\u00a0which she has acknowledged in her apology — it was Lauten.<\/p>\n

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