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Should Eva Longoria Step Down from the President’s Campaign for Offensive Retweets?

Some people, even on the Democratic side, have suggested actress and co-chair of the Obama campaign, Eva Longoria, should step down after retweeting offensive tweets about the Republican candidates.

 

Everybody has been all a twitter recently about a couple of tweets, or to be exact, retweets, by actress Eva Longoria. Since she is co-chair of the president’s campaign, there are people who believe retweeting offensive tweets about the Republican presidential candidates was not a smart move. These were retweeted during the presidential debate on Tuesday and the vice presidential debate last week – the full text of which can be found on The Huffington Post.

At first Longoria tried the Anthony Weiner defense. She insinuated that her twitter account was randomly retweeting on its own. However, she has since come out and apologized if her retweet about Gov. Mitt Romney was offensive to anyone. The tweet, in part, called minorities and women “stupid” if they vote for Romney.

Conservative groups have come out strongly against Longoria, but there are some on the Democratic side who have been critical as well. The Huffington Post reports that the progressive blog Latino Rebels called the retweet about Romney “vulgar.”  It reportedly said, “There are better ways to behave when you are officially working on a campaign, and unfortunately, Longoria’s social media blunders are not the way you do it.”

So what do you think? Should Longoria step down from the campaign or is it just something to be expected in the heat of a campaign?

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John B

8:49 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

I would say keeping her in that role is "not optimal."

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Joseph Wilson

2:54 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Eva Longoria is no woman, she is nothing but a child. This child thinks women should only think like her and not have their own opinion.

David Reed

9:22 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

She should step down. The job requires a level of professionalism that she does not have.

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Hangtough

9:23 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

Anyone using such vulgar language should not speak in public!

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Sportsfan

12:25 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

I agree. While in public, Longoria should have mouth gag and only be allowed to walk around in the nude. Either way, I say NO emphatically. She should not step down yet she should be allowed to speak more in public for the idiot that she worships. Obama is like a moron magnet. All of his minions are just as twisted and demented as he is. Charles Manson will probably vote for Obama again this year along with Bill Maher. What a bunch of hideous sleazebags. All of them.

John B

10:21 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

Alan Colmes has two left hands and feet and even he says she should step down. I know the lefties don't like FAUX news but this is right from Colmes mouth.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/19/liberal-commentator-alan-colmes-calls-for-eva-longoria-resignation-as-co-chair/?intcmp=features

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sidonia schumann

10:32 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

Like beheading the mythical monster, six heads then grow on the body. Vulgar behavior will be always with us. Eva Longoria was enchanting as a tv star. She was elevated beyond her capacity. Still, her first amendment rights to look foolish exist.

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Tom Hagan

11:01 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

She needs to look in the mirror and say, stupid is as stupid does!!!

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Jim Aspen

11:08 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

Take her out of the "Binder" now.

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christie

12:13 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

That is her way of representing how she really is, then it is our choice if we want to watch her on TV when she comes back on a series etc. I may not have a huge voice but when a celebrity does the acts I just make sure on my end that they do not ever get a rating from me. But in the past few years I have learned others do the same. So yea she needs to go but that's my opinion.

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John Ford

1:38 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

By all means this foul temptress should be repudiated for her wanton blasphemy. In my fair and balanced view there can be no criticism of patriots and entrepeneurs and job creators in this country! What more do the 47% want. Free speech and their entitlements too? Only corporate raiders with millions of dollars invested offshore have earned the right to speak freely and receive entitlements! I shall proudly display a bumper sticker employing course language denouncing her and calling into question her patriotism-think of the old Jane Fonda ones- and put it on my pickup truck right next to my NRA sticker and confederate flag!

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Brian Crawford

1:49 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

I think she should probably step down although I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt that the retweet wasn't intentional. No doubt the use of the "T" word crossed a line. Change the wat to wit and I find it perfectly acceptable.

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Steve R.

2:17 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Democrats always find a way to accept any behavior from their own immoral loved ones. You people still worship Bill Clinton after his disgusting acts in the White house. We should have destroyed that room and started over with new materials. That lying sack of dung should never have the right to enter that building again after using it as a Motel 6 and then lying to the world about the whole Nasty act. SCUM!

But perfectly okay with Democrats as they obviously have very low moral standards.

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John B

2:32 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Steve:
Mostly agree but I'm inclined to give Bill a free pass on the Monica thing...I mean you have seen Hillary right?

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Karsten Torch

9:22 am on Saturday, October 20, 2012

John, I think Steve's in the same camp as me regarding Bill. I don't really give a flying fig about Monica and what he did with her. Granted, the President should be above reproach, but that's not going to happen. (Of course, would have loved to see the crap-storm that would have happened had GW done the same kind of thing) Regardless, what bothered me about it was his blatant lying. That is one thing I can't abide. He lied to the American people, he lied under oath, he showed himself to be a complete piece of worthless dung. Of course, this current 'leader' we have is, by all accounts, far worse.

Susan

1:58 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Stick and stones, I'll be glad when the election is over! Tweets-really. What else is new under the sun saying bad things against the opponent. It's only been going on since the beginning of time.

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Ryan Smith

2:02 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Now, there's a sentiment anyone can agree with! Sometimes it feels like this campaign started right around the time of Obama's inauguration!

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John B

2:30 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

“I have no idea why any woman/minority can vote for Romney. You have to be stupid to vote for such a racist/misogynistic tw*t,”

I guess this goes a little further than sticks and stones IMHO.

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Rex Smithers

2:46 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

John B, did you miss this part? "Now, there's a sentiment anyone can agree with!" I think we are supposed to agree because Ryan says so.

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Ryan Smith

2:50 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Rex, read the context clues. The sentiment I was talking about is being ready for election season to be over.

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Ryan Smith

2:53 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

And John B. -- Yes, I have to agree agree that the tweet in question goes further than sticks and stones and crosses into "being a self-righteous jerk" territory.

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Rex Smithers

3:31 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

My mistake Ryan. You are right. I agree agree agree that I missed your point at first first look.

George Wilson

2:25 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

How are her remarks any worst than the comments by "Sprotsfan' or any other right wing radio talk show? I say give her a benefit of a one time mistake in judgement and get over it.

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Sportsfan

2:55 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

George, I don't have a gozillion ignorant, impressionable fans. I'm not on TV and my comments are in no way "worst" than hers. A one time mistake you say? Come out of your shell George. This is only one of many offensive comments made by this trashy woman. As someone else mentioned, Democrats never take issue with sleazebags like Eva Longoria, Bill Clinton or Reverend Wright as Democrats have no moral standards. Most liberals I know are atheists so they feel everything is fair game as there are no standards.

That was easy. But then it was just George.

M.K. Osborne

3:09 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

I think they should keep her and let Hillary take the blame ..... Because that's the way they roll !

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George Wilson

3:54 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

@Sportsfan
I rest my case after your latest juvenille ourburst.

LISA PITA

4:50 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

YES!!! EVA GO AWAY YOU HAVE NO FANS THEN YOU HAVE NO FANS NOW.

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Tammy Osier

9:16 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Just typical of the left, that's all. There's a young black actress, Stacy Dash, that came out and said that she supported Romney and she's been called every version of the "N" word there is (combined with sexual expletives that would embarrass even the few on here that have little couth). Remember, this is the LEFT, of course. But then, republicans are the racists...riiiiight. Then, there's the MSNBC host, Lawrence O'Donnell who challenges Mitt Romneys son to a fist fight. I could go on and on and on with the nastiness that shows the mindset of the left, but what is most telling, in keeping with the subject, is that the obama campaign has not registered a problem with it? Civility from the left? uh...yeah. Okaaaaay.

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Ryan Smith

12:45 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tammy,
I saw the episode where Lawrence O'Donnell challenged Tagg Romney to a fistfight. I thought it was a deplorable excuse for journalism. It was shameless, stupid posturing, and quite frankly O'Donnell should have been fired for showboating like that. But let's not forget Tagg Romney talked about wanting to take a swing at the president, which is also, to my mind, unacceptable. Of course, in his defense, I believe Tagg later admitted he spoke without thinking.

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Brian Crawford

2:15 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Here's the clip. O'Donnell's challenge was at the end of a segment exposing the Romney family's hypocrisy over avoiding military service in wars that they publicly promoted. I thought O'Donnell's challenge seemed awfully tongue in cheek and was based on Tagg's comment that he he wanted to take a swing at Obama.

By the way Mitt Romney's use of Religious deferments to avoid service in Vietnam deserves much more scrutiny than it has received. I applaud LO for broaching the subject. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aUfq4LJuk

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Rex Smithers

3:03 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Lawrence O'Donnell is a POS thug. It doesn't surprise me that you would applaud him Brian.

Karsten Torch

9:28 am on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Ya know, here's the thing - I don't care what she said. Not really. You have rappers saying vile things, and not being condemned by the left. You have people giving millions to the Obama campaign that call Palin a c^%t, and of course the left still takes their money, and defends their right to say it. Again, as with Bill Clinton, what bothers me is the fact that she lies her ass off to defend herself. Twitter 'accidentally' retweeted it? Really? How stupid are we supposed to be? Cuz that's what twitter does - it just randomly sends stuff out. Happens all the time. I'm always amazed at twitter doing this. It's sent out at least a dozen things this morning on my account that I had no knowledge of. Damn twitter!

Obviously, most of the above is sarcastic. We all know Twitter doesn't really just spontaneously send out random things....

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Tammy Osier

3:39 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Brian, always wanted to ask this...how come you guys make a huge deal out of people who get derfferrments etc... (for serving their community) but you would have two ducks and an excuse if someone mentioned that obama has never even been a boy scout? Just wondering why the double standard. Seems to me it shouldn't matter if you look in your own back yard and make a comparison.
Of course, the crickets will begin now...
Here's the question- keep up- why does it matter if you can't say the same about your own?

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Brian Crawford

4:50 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Serving the community? You call proselytizing for the Mormon church serving the community?

We don't make a big deal out of deferments unless those seeking them have actively supported the war they are avoiding service in. It's not the deferments that are the problem it's the hypocrisy. Clinton avoided serving in Vietnam but he openly opposed the war. He was also pilloried for draft avoidance by the press during his Presidential campaign. Doesn't Romney deserve the same scrutiny?

Tammy Osier

3:40 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Karsten- when one belongs to the society of hyppocrits, they can't see their own hypocrisy. if they di, they would no longer be hyppocrits. lol

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Tammy Osier

3:48 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Brian, here the problem I have with your thinking. Romneys son is a young person. That was his Dad being attacked. He is a kid. Stay with me now....how does that justify a full grown man actually posturing and planning an attack on the kid? Really? I teach life skills for a living and I would have handled it a bit differently. Someone could have pulled the kid aside and explained that the law considers certain wording being a bit different when it concerns a public figure. The difference is, the kid siad that's the way it made him FEEL. Ld actually postured. Grow up for GOD'S SAKE liberal left!!! Please!! It's embarrassing knowing that our enemies abroad read about everything we do! No wonder we're a joke to them!
Don't you get tired having to defend what the left does constantly? Maybe when he loses in Novemeber you guys can get a long needed rest.

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Evelyn Smith

4:22 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tammy, I think Romney's son that made the assault statement on President Obama, is his oldest son, which is well over 40 years old!

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Brian Crawford

4:53 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Evelyn is correct, Taggart Romney was born in 1970. He is hardly a child.

Evelyn Smith

4:07 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Why is this even being address! If anyone should be embarrass, shame, and disrespectful is Romney son! You may not like our President of the United States, but to publicly say you want to assault President Obama that shows childish, thuggish, and confrontation way of thinking......No Eva should not step down! I don't condom bad language or calling people ugly names, an apology should be given and we move on to trying to find solutions to repairing our country problems together through peace.

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Evelyn Smith

4:11 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tammy, Romney's son that wanted to assault the president is his oldest child, which I believe is well over 40 years old!

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Tammy Osier

4:17 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Evelyn, I think the issue was the nasty language etc.. that was used by the man who actually challenged his son to a fight. I believe he was overheard saying that. If I'm wrong, I'll stand corrected. I feel that way all the time. lol
But the question is, why do you not condemn something when it comes from anyone else? Because liberals pick and choose who they apply a standard to. that's why. I've never seen such hypocrisy in my life.
I'm waiting for the time when a republican crosses a line and watch the defenders of obama demand they step down, crucify them pubically on the front pages of the newspaper etc... Will you defend them the way you defend the left. Of course not. The whole point of the original post is that this woman stands for the presidents campaign. Is that appropriate and why is he not embarrassed that she is representing him? When you don't condemn it, you do condone it. Simple. See, that says a lot about him to me.

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Tammy Osier

4:24 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Keep it in context - he was joking in an interview when asked how it made him feel to hear his dad called a liar:
"Makes you want to jump out of your seat and you want to rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him," he said. "But you know you can't do that because, well, first because there's a lot of Secret Service between you and him, but also because that's the nature of the process. You know they're going to try to do anything they can do to make my dad into something he's not."
"We signed up for it, we've got to kind of sit there and take our punches, and send them the other way," he continued.
Note, it was how it made him feel. No nasty words. You have no case, but still defend the nastiness of the left. The words some of them use is beyond vile. Do you know what the C word is? hard to say outlound, isn't it, but they do easily. All about character to me when I make a jjudgement about someone. EL is co chair of the obama campaign. I rest my case again.

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Karsten Torch

5:45 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Wow. And somehow, magically, we never heard about this in the news. Just that he wanted to hit Obama. Yep, good old down the middle news outlets....

Evelyn Smith

4:34 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

The bad language and name calling has been done on both sides of the political party! I rather discuss if may two children who are in college, are they going to be able to attend college with low entrance rates on there student loan if Romney is elected. Right now Obama has a low entrance rate on student loans. This is my biggest concern, in two more years I will have a freshmen and two seniors in college.

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Evelyn Smith

6:08 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

David you sound angry! Spit in the president face! I think you need to seek anger management classes! May God bless you David and help you heal!

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Rex Smithers

6:15 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

How does one know what the entrance rate is on a student loan?

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Evelyn Smith

6:26 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

I really don't care about people opinions or the words that come out of there mouths! At the end of the day; who cares and will it change anything? Freedom of speech that's all it really is!

Evelyn Smith

6:46 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

David, interest rate, I admit to my wrong word choice! Wow, I guess people can't make mistakes, I guess you guys are perfect! I guess you A's all your English papers. The interest rates varies depending where you get your student loan, my children did not borrow a lot, because we have saved $25 a year per child but, due to the highcost of college it's not enough. I am concern that Romney budget will increase the interest rate for student loans.

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Evelyn Smith

7:42 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

Congrats straight A student! I am sure you are perfect too! Obama lowered the student loan rate the first year in office!

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Karsten Torch

5:48 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012

David, you should know better. Obama should get all the credit for this! How dare you bring Bush into it. I mean, regardless if that's actually the case or not...

Tammy Osier

8:06 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

So, David, the republicans started it and both parties have held firm on it? Yeah. We're safe.

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Evelyn Smith

8:48 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

You are speaking of federal loans, yes they are 6.6%. My children have personal student loans at a rate of 5.0% which Obama lowered David and Tammy. They did not apply for federal loans because there are better rates by other loan companies. I am speaking of those companies! The republican started to deter people from getting a student loan from the federal government. The republican didn't help, if you read the latest federal loan policies you wouldn't let you child sign his or her name. So college students are not safe when signing there names to a federal student loan

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