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GOP Staffer Apologizes For Lecturing Obama Daughters To ‘Show A Little Class’

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as his daughters Sasha and Malia look on before pardoning 'Cheese' and his alternate Mac both, 20-week old 48-pound Turkeys, during a ceremony at the White House November 26, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back to the Harry Truman administration.(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | Mark Wilson via Getty Images
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as his daugh­ters Sasha and Malia look on before par­don­ing ‘Cheese’ and his alter­nate Mac both, 20-week old 48-pound Turkeys, dur­ing a cer­e­mo­ny at the White House November 26, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Presidential par­don of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tra­di­tion that dates back to the Harry Truman administration.(Photo by Mark Wilson/​Getty Images) | Mark Wilson via Getty Images

A Republican staffer on Friday apol­o­gized for a Facebook post that crit­i­cized Malia and Sasha Obama’s appear­ance at the annu­al White House turkey par­don cer­e­mo­ny, one of America’s sil­li­est hol­i­day traditions.

Elizabeth Lauten, the com­mu­ni­ca­tions direc­tor for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R‑Tenn.), wrote that the two teenagers should “try show­ing a lit­tle class,” “dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar,” and, most of all, “don’t make faces” at Very Serious pub­lic events.

Elizabeth Lauten
Elizabeth Lauten

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. At least respect the part you play. Then again your moth­er and father don’t respect their posi­tions very much, or the nation for that mat­ter, so I’m guess­ing you’re com­ing up a lit­tle short in the ‘good role mod­el’ 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’t make faces dur­ing tele­vised pub­lic events.

The First Daughters join President Obama at the cer­e­mo­ny every year, where they can hard­ly con­tain their dis­dain for the lame dad jokes that pre­dictably fol­low. Before approach­ing Mac and Cheese, the two turkeys, the pres­i­dent remarked that it was “puz­zling that I do this every year.” Malia even declined her father’s offer to pet one of the par­doned turkeys with a non­cha­lant, “Nah.”

Lauten lat­er apol­o­gized for rush­ing to judg­ment on Facebook.

“I react­ed to an arti­cle and quick­ly judged the two young ladies in a way that I would nev­er have want­ed to be judged myself as a teenag­er,” she said. “After many hours of prayer, talk­ing to my par­ents and re-read­ing my words online, I can see more clear­ly how hurt­ful my words were. Please know that these judg­men­tal feel­ings tru­ly have no pace in my heart. Furthermore, I’d like to apol­o­gize to all of those who I have hurt and offend­ed with my words, and pledge to learn and grow (and I assure you I have) from this experience.”

Publishers note.

Just when you thought that cer­tain peo­ple could not be any more class-less they bur­row down into deep­er depths.
Makes you just stand there and well , stare in utter disbelief.