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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those skirts were def too short.[/quote]

Yes I agree.

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Me too.  Appropriate for many occasions, but not a white house event, even a stupid one. [/quote]

+3. And if I were their parent I would be annoyed with their behavior -- they should have been briefed on expectations beforehand and the event was short enough that young ladies of their ages should have been able to make it through without visible signs of discontent. That would have been the expectation I held for my children at such an event.

That said, the comments, while not something I can point to as definitively inappropriate, were in my opinion unnecessary and mean-spirited. They shouldn't have been said, because an adult should have more decency than to publicly call out teens in a way that can only cause further embarrassment. Everyone comes out of this situation looking bad, including Lauter.

I understand that the girls were in public at an official event and were therefore fair game for comments arising from their behavior. They were acting as representatives of their family and thus indirectly of the youth of their country. I definitely wish they had understood this more clearly and comported themselves accordingly. From that standpoint, what else can or should they expect other than to have their actions heavily scrutinized? I acknowledge that such is the right and function of the media, and would have expected such from that source but not from an employee of a politician, whom I would have hoped would extend the President the professional courtesy of leaving his kids alone and not calling attention to them. 
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