Tell us the truth: Have you ever really thought that the act of pardoning a turkey makes all that much sense? After all, there are hundreds of thousands of prison inmates who should be pardoned so they can be home with their families for Thanksgiving. But hey, if a turkey can go free, maybe that’s all the progress we can expect from a governing body that doesn’t get anything done.

Onto the story….

Sasha and Malia Obama are getting a lot of media attention for giving their dad annoyed looks during the annual turkey pardon. The video, which you can watch below, has circulated throughout the web, leading to responses from people who know what it’s like trying to raise teenage girls who think their parents are lame. So, even if your dad is President of the United States, that’s just not as interesting as a Beyonce concert.

Congressional staffer Elizabeth Lauten experienced the full fury of the Internet, and learned just how quickly things can spontaneously combust. She wrote a pretty ugly and disrespectful tweet about the president’s daughters, citing their disrespect for the White House as a veiled attack on their father.

Not only did Lauten attack the young ladies for their disrespect of the event, she also made ugly remarks about the clothing they were wearing and even stated that their parents were bad role models with no respect for the nation. She clearly went overboard, and she should be grateful that someone took her to th side and explained that this was a pretty low blow. You just don’t do that to someone’s children.

You can see some of what she wrote here:



