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Si dimette la repubblicana che ha dato di 'cafone' alle figlie del Presidente Obama

  (Washington  Post)
A staffer for a Republican congressman resigned Monday amid public outrage over disparaging comments she made last week about President Obama’s daughters, proving that there still may be some taboos in Washington’s ever more rancorous political culture.
Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Lee Fincher of Tennessee, became the latest political operative to lose a job by misusing social media after she mocked Malia and Sasha Obama on Facebook for their appearance and demeanor at the president’s annual turkey pardoning.
What set Lauten’s resignation apart from past instances in which aides were forced out over social-media lapses was the speed of her departure and the widespread condemnation of her remarks, in which she stated that the Obama daughters should try “showing a little class” and avoid dressing as though they wanted “a spot at a bar.” Although Lauten apologized on her Facebook page Friday, her initial posting spread rapidly, propelled by bloggers and Twitter users who chastised her for a personal attack on the girls, who are minors.
Lauten confirmed her resignation in an e-mail to The Washington Post on Monday morning. At the White House, press secretary Josh Earnest called it “pretty much common sense” that personal criticism of the president’s children should be off-limits.
“I was taken aback that there was a political operative on Capitol Hill who did use the occasion of a Thanksgiving-themed event to criticize members of the first family,” Earnest said during his daily briefing. “She has posted an apology to her Web site, and I think that was an appropriate thing for her to do.”