White House Angry Political Ads Reference First Daughters
Campaign pushes for healthier food for public school students
By MATTHEW STABLEY
Updated 12:21 PM EST, Wed, Aug 12, 2009
An ad campaign using the first daughters' private school lunches to make a point about children's nutrition has upset the White House.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is pushing Congress to give public school students healthier food options like the a vegetarian option offered at Sasha and Malia's Sidwell Friends School. The posters at D.C.'s Union Station show a young girl with the text, "President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?"
The Obama girls' names and faces don't appear on the poster, but White House officials want them out of the debate altogether, and they want the posters pulled down, saying they violate the privacy rights of the first daughters.
"I think the president absolutely has to protect his children and that's why you don't see the children's names or pictures at all on here," said Dr. Neal Barnard. "What we're comparing are the schools. The school that the first family has chosen provides healthful meals. The public schools aren't in the position to do that."
Congress is on the verge of reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act.
First Published: Aug 11, 2009 7:37 PM EST on NBC Washington
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