On the evening of October 3,
during the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt
Romney, the following Tweet was sent:
"The appliance maker, which is owned by Whirlpool Corp., quickly deleted the tweet. Cynthia Soledad, a KitchenAid marketing executive, issued a series of apologies via Twitter and Facebook.
"I would like to personally apologize to President @BarackObama, his family and everyone on Twitter for the offensive tweet sent earlier," she wrote. "It was carelessly sent in error by a member of our Twitter team who, needless to say, won't be tweeting for us anymore.""
Whether intentionally or not, yet another
line has been crossed in the disrespectful treatment of the President of the
United States . From Joe Wilson shouting out "You lie!" during
the State of the Union, to Mitt Romney's blatant disrespect and dishonesty
during the debate, and now to this stupid tweet which denigrated the President's
family, there is a trend toward more and more open disrespect of both Barack
Obama personally and the office he occupies.
Assuming that the US
survives as a united nation, history will look back on this as America's Dark
Ages, where knowledge, science, and fact are devalued, when racism rears its
ugly head, and where corporate greed and selfishness have devastated the
economy. One small tweet, but with repercussions that have yet to be
fully measured. For shame, America. For shame, KitchenAid.
For shame, Cynthia Soledad, for tolerating someone with so few values on
your "team."
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