On Sunday, White House officials canceled all West Wing tours so unsuspecting tourists and visiting celebrities wouldn’t accidentally run into all the high-level national security officials holed up in the Situation Room all afternoon monitoring the feeds they were getting from Mr. Panetta. A staffer went to Costco and came back with a mix of provisions — turkey pita wraps, cold shrimp, potato chips, soda. – New York Times, 05/03/11
So this happened:
And of course, the SandwichTruther verification process and disclosure:
Your move, Times.
Haha! I love it. I honestly thought your truther tweets were in reference to Reshard Mendenhall’s pr nightmare.
And, no offense to Costco, but don’t we have chefs in the White House? Pita wraps & a coke is the best we can do for world leaders?
Poor Mendy. If he had just held back before saying he didn’t believe airplanes took down the Towers. Costly lesson for him, for sure.
I figured A) Sunday and a smaller cooking staff or B) Didn’t want to alert anyone that so many high level people were in the building at the same time on a Sunday? Who knows.