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A Congressman Actually Fired His Spokesman Over This Embarrassing Tweet

Feb. 8, 2013 12:00am

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) actually fired spokesman Phil Hardy this week over an extremely awkward tweet was posted on the congressman’s official Twitter account during the Super Bowl.

“Me likey Broke Girls,” the tweet read. The message was reportedly posted shortly after a risqué commercial for the CBS sitcom “2 Broke Girls,” in which the show’s two female stars danced around a stripper pole.

Rep. Raul Labrador Actually Fired His Spokesman Over This Embarrassing Tweet

(BuzzFeed)

Yeah, awkward. It was deleted just 14 seconds later, however, the Internet never forgets.

Apparently, Hardy intended to send the tweet from his own account but got mixed up.

Rep. Raul Labrador Actually Fired His Spokesman Over This Embarrassing Tweet

(BuzzFeed)

Labrador’s office apologized for the tweet, but the congressman decided to take further action and fire Hardy on Monday.

“That’s Raul’s call…I did not make the decision,” Jake Ball, Labrador’s district director, explained.

 

(H/T: Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed)

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  • Stab_friendly
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:35am

    Congressional staffers get fired for posting silly comments while congressmen get away with having sex with underage girls…

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    • KevINtampa
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:42pm

      And driving women to their death off bridges whilst drinking whiskey.

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    • toto
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:27pm

      Also points to the difference between Dems. and Repubs.

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  • Tickdog
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:29am

    i still dont get the Tweet stuff…

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  • walnutportconservative
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:43am

    I still don’t understand the need for this Tweet stuff?

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    • NewMedia
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:12am

      I think the Tweet stuff is out of control and don’t understand it either, but it is a big deal in society today. I find the bigger issue here to be the PC police. I really fail to see what’s so offensive about the tweet. Have we gone down the PC road so far that what he said is a fireable offense? PC is destroying this nation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z85X6im-4Qs

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    • 00100111
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:14am

      I don’t either. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace (creepy). Mostly it seems like a great way to get yourself in trouble.

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    • kapnkd
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:03am

      Likewise! In my older age, I don’t “tweet” but do seem to “toot” a lot more than before! ;-))

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    • RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:06pm

      It’s just as valid, Kapn.

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:10am

    Is this to mean that Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) does not like women?

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  • huey6367
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:01am

    He was obviously dropped on his head as a child. Explains why he is in politics.

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  • Southernsoul
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:35am

    I would have fired him too, it says a lot about his mental abilities. I’ve watched that that show 3 times and have yet found out why they call it a comedy. It simply is not funny.

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:45am

      I think it’s time to fire the Congressman – Anyone that Politically Correct is what’s wrong with America !

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    • JRook
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:16am

      @SocialistSlayer Absolutely correct.

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      JRook  
    • TommyandtheCommieKillers
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:17am

      Stripper poles are the new normal,to the left, the more corrupt, immoral the better. Teach our daughters that stripping, porn and group sex is acceptable. Pass out buttplugs and ****** at the universities (see Drudge), educate children with fisting kits in grade school (see Cass Sunstein). Tear the moral fabric of America and destroy the family. No…the congressman was correct in nipping this.

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    • huey6367
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:54am

      @Tommy

      You seem to know way too much about the fetish/sex/porn industry.

      On a serious note, it begins at home. Parents, raise your children to be good citizens and good people.

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  • whatsallthisthen
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:34am

    Should make sure this wasn’t a hacked tweet by Clinton,menendez, weiner, or spitzer, before one makes a hasty decision.

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  • joannhh
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:47am

    Those who live by the tweet, die by the tweet.

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  • Begbie
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:37am

    “Social media” is generally a bad idea. Sure folks, go ahead and put all your likes, dislikes, feelings, rantings, pictures of you, pictures of your kids, pictures of where you were and what you did last night or what you’re doing now……..all to be recorded, forever, in a realm of space that’s open and available to everyone. “Private settings”…..you really think your stuff is private once you click that button and send your life to cyberspace???? If yes, then you’re an idiot.

    This guy is working for a boss that’s in full public view anyway. I would fire him immediately for bad judgement and immaturity. Who knows what he’ll screw up. This was a warning sign to the congressman and he took action.

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    • Exidor
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:04am

      Well said……

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    • pghpatriot
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:20pm

      Having read the threads before yours I was wondering if I read the article correctly. I had to reread it to make sure.

      Of course the Rep. was right and justified in firing HIS SPOKESMAN for the tweet. Not because of what he said, but because he sent it out on the Rep’s OFFICIAL account, thereby suggesting the Rep. saw the tweet and approved of it’s sending. He was fired because of his mistake in not using HIS account, instead of the Rep’s.

      In this idiotic society, the Rep. could and probably would be crucified for this tweet at some point, even though he knew nothing about it and never approved it. Not to mention the embarrassment it could cause his wife (if he is married.) Look at the condemnation Romney went through for Bain and taxes, even though it was never proven or substantiated he did anything wrong. People believe anything they read without letting facts get in the way. They don’t investigate further because, well because, it would mean they would actually have to expend effort and energy. It might take them away from ‘Housewives’ or ‘Bachelor’ or ‘Survivor’ or ‘trying to make a million by blowing your nose.’

      The Rep. had no choice if he cared anything for his political future. Maybe the spokesman made a regrettable silly mistake, but maybe it will help him not make another one in the future which may cost American lives. You know, like Clinton!

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  • charleyrocks
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:18am

    Let me get this right, the american people can’t tolerate a typical male statement, but will tolerate a president who can’t come up with a valid social insurance number had to borrow from someone eles???? Man your country is screwed.

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  • Mapache
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:49am

    I’d fire him. Certainly does not demonstrate the level of maturity I’d want in my office.

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  • ndonelly
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:44am

    If he were on the president’s staff, it would be turned into a campaign piece like the one he stole from the russians about “my first time”. Obama can’t even be original when he’s in his low down Chicago thug element – he steals material.

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  • toiletclogga
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:33am

    Labrador is a knee jerk reactionary wussy! The guy was basically saying “I’m heterosexual, and these girls are nice”; albeit in a juvenile way. For the life of me, I cannot understand somebody who is elevated to a high standing communicating on Twitter. It’s a site that promotes spontaneous utterances; some of which could be deterimental to one’s career.

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    • CABERNETQHS
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:43am

      I agree. A simple statement that his spokesman made a mistake should suffice. He didn’t say anything vulgar. A sence of humor goes a long way with voters. As long as the joke isn’t raising my taxes or screwing with my health care, who the heck cares?

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    • toiletclogga
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:49am

      Yup, a simple apology will do. My guess is that those who are posting on this site saying they would fire the man have never had to fire anyone. It’s not as easy as one would think.

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    • Begbie
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:31am

      I do unfortunately have to fire people, and news flash…it’s easier than you think when you have to protect your business, employees, or reputation. He decided to be cute with a tweet, screwed up, and now he must deal with the consequences.

      Don’t disregard the fact that he was the spokesman for the congressman. He wasn’t some intern staffer. He was responsible for proper use of the congressman’s account and he failed. If you can’t do your job properly, you get fired.

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    • TROONORTH
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:10am

      I think we are all missing an important part of this picture. We don’t know what was going on behind the scenes in the work place. Was this guy a problem in other areas? Did he do a good job for the congressman? Were there reasons that his job was on the line and the Congressman regarded his poor judgment as the final straw? We can’t judge the Congressman’s actions without knowing what was going on behind the closed doors of the office.

      As for Twitter, anyone in any position of responsibility is a fool to ‘tweet’. Twitter is for the kardashians, the Lohans, teenagers and others who think that their lives are of un-ending interest to others. Adults should learn from these lessons and not ‘tweet’.

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    • CABERNETQHS
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:29am

      @Troonorth

      I agree, we don’t know the whole story. But I believe in a second chance when it comes to someones livelyhood. It’s a tough economy and I see stories everyday of people “losing it” over lost income. If this was the only thing he did wrong, I would have laughed it off. On the other hand I’ve said many times that professional people need to keep the thought of the moment to themselves.

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    • 00100111
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:18am

      I don’t think I’d have fired him. He clearly logged into the wrong twitter account from a home or work computer while watching TV, realized it, deleted it. I’d smack him on the back of the head, sure, for not paying attention to what he was logging into. I wouldn’t fire him though. This rates on the level of sending a risque text message meant for your wife instead accidentally sending it to a guy friend or your mom.

      Sadly, in today’s day and age, everyone is offended about something and some liberal activist group will step forward with a press conference about how that tweet denigrates women and “Sets them back” a few decades. Yawn.

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  • Ch
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:24am

    I would to…no discernment in that brain.

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  • tonypro
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:31am

    Since this doesn’t have the standard liberal foul language, graphic visual adjectives, or typical vulgarities that would come from any/most liberals I don’t see the big deal.

    I agree that the comments are childish, but I don’t see it being more than that.

    Oh, Oh wait a minute, he works for a republican so it’s main stream smear campaign time.

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  • Warphead
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:16am

    How to stay safe in the year 2013. STOP tweeting, facebooking or any other social network because eventually it will get you into trouble. The world did just fine when comments were limited to just those close to you and not cast about for the entire population to read. It’s just too easy to let, something you think is totally innocent but maybe jokingly risque, slip. Then it is out their for the whole world to read. First your post will be dissected, then they’ll dissect you.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:43am

      Warhead

      When I was an active Military Intelligence agent, it would take us a couple of weeks to find out what people freely post on the social media. The Blaze is the only the only social media I post to and I only write what I am willing to have published in a newspaper.

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  • YallComeBack
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:12am

    If he was a Dem, he would be getting a promotion.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:09am

    I don’t “social media”, and I don’t have a smart phone. My cell phone only makes telephone calls. In my defense, I never received a free “Obama phone”. Am I one of the deprived?

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    • Begbie
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:44am

      I have a smartphone but I do not have Facebook or Twitter apps. If someone wants to “social media” me, they’re welcome pick up the phone or write me a letter/email….just as my dear old grandma does.

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      Begbie  
    • YOURSENSEI
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:32am

      Mr or Ms DIANE TX,

      This is what you must know:

      “I don’t social media”

      You’re doing it right now.

      It is so.

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  • media-bias-steals-elections
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:28am

    People do not understand social media, neither do they understand the rights that protect them? Fire me for a tweet, and I might have to hire a lawyer to demonstrate you had no grounds to do so, since the design of Twitter basically makes it impossible to communicate in the legal context necessary to articulate the context of communication, with only 140 characters, or what ever it is, up to community standards?

    Someone puts your name and photo on a member ship for clubbing seals, or sex torture clubs, or whatever it is that could harm your reputation, a revenge porn site, your photo and much of personal information is owned by your copy right?

    The same people that want to regulate your guns, have fired a spokesman for a tweet, a communication medium not designed for anything but informal communictions that could be easily taken out of context or misunderstood, this is not Mom, this is not Dad, this is a LEGISLATOR?

    I hear the words “Broke Girls” don’t know what that it is, I can go to a search engine and find out what is MIGHT mean? 2 Broke girls is basically two professional actors on tv a show, who, with the support of a media production company, try to walk the fine line between humor and suggestive behavior, similar to the 2 1/2 men show, (get it, the number 2 – duh?), talking about the possible situations of young people trying to get through life sharing an apartment?

    Freedom of association, freedom of speech?

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:02am

      So if someone else tweets something using your twitter account – you are fine with that?

      The Hardy guy tweeted something using his boss’ twitter account. What comes out of that account is a reflection on the Congressman. The tweet reflected badly on the congressman, so the staffer should have been fired

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    • Begbie
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:48am

      This guy is an example of the carnage that can happen to yourself for using silly social media to try to be funny or cute. He screwed up, used his boss’s account, and he got fired. All is well and good in the world of common sense. Bad judgement should not be rewarded with complacency.

      Media, I suggest you test your theory….write a ridiculous tweet with your boss’s account and see what happens.

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      Begbie  
  • waspanglosaxon
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:18am

    This may have been merely silly but it certainly doesn’t constitute something over which a person should be fired. Raul Labrador should be ‘fired’ from his job by being voted out of office. Rather than sucking up to hispanics, the GOP should let them go over to the Democrats, where they really belong anyway.
    What’s a guy like Labrador doing in the congressional delegation from a nice state like Idaho, anyway?

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    • 00100111
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:23am

      Where they really belong anyway? Wow, racist much? Why don’t you want hispanics to be able to stand on their own two feet and take care of themselves? Why do you need them enslaved to govt subsidies and welfare for their entire lives? Oh yeah, you need the votes.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:09am

    Watched the show once, all the one liners were off the wall, all that is missing is the pole, it was more like a Bible for all those California blonds tha voted for this commie in chief.

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:43am

    I admire him for having high standards and insisting his staff do their job properly. The guy is his “spokesman”. He should never have been “tweeting” personal stuff under his boss’s name and compromising his reputation in any way. Sorry, it goes with the job. A “spokesman” doesn’t embarrass his boss.

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  • myrwo6
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:17am

    It really amazes me that people that shouldn’t be tweeted rude stuff still do it. Why do such morons get high profile jobs?

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  • denkat56
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:15am

    Live by the mouth, and die by the mouth.

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  • BenInNY
    Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:13am

    Raul may’ve gone too far there. Wonder whether he knows it’s a tv show or if he thought it was a statement regarding dating preference. Either way, keeping track of multiple accounts can get confusing at times and sometimes the application you’re using defaults to one you don’t mean to send a message from. 14 seconds for God’s sake.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:31am

      That is the way it is in politics. I love Raul Labrador myself. The guy is a true conservative and he has principles. After what I have seen so far I would vote for him for President.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:03am

      that’s why I don’t activate them on a “Smart”phone plus they cost more than I need to pay to use them when I can do it for free at home..

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