There's no way to connect President Obama to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But led by a story from 9 News Now, many media entities are posting the Asian-inspired lunch menu being offered today at Sidwell Friends, the school attended by Obama daughters Malia and Sasha, and somehow trying to lay credit for an "inappropriate" moment at the doorstep of the White House. (Above: The screengrab from the story)Using the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor--one of the darkest days in the nation's history--in an attempt to criticize the President is a tragic example of the kind of unbridled media lunacy that Mr. Obama and his family are assaulted with on a daily basis.
The 9 News Now story has been a headline on Drudge Report all day ("Sasha and Malia Obama's School Opts For Japanese Food"). Washington Post's gossip columnists queried Sidwell, and an official said the lunch menu is "completely coincidenntal." But the Post's headline, all the same, is "Sidwell Friends's surprising Pear Harbor Day menu." And the Post posted the photo, above, of Sidwell's menu. As can be seen from Sidwell's menu [PDF], the cafeteria serves a wide variety of cuisines.From the story:
"A school rep told us this was just a fluke — not a meal intended to commemorate the 1941 Japanese attack on U.S. forces: The contractor that prepares school lunches randomly assigned an Asian menu to Dec. 7, and the subcontractor that prints the calendars automatically marked Wednesday at Pearl Harbor Day. “It was completely coincidental,” said Ellis Turner, associate head of the school."
*The President's statement on the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
*Photo via Washington Post