Obama’s Disappearance Saturday: “Non-existent” Soccer Game?

from American Thinker:

 Reading the story about President Obama breaking tradition and ditching the presidential press pool over the weekend to watch one of his daughter’s soccer games, it appears harmless, right? Not so. It is rather disturbing when you dissect it. So let’s do just that. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the press pool was to assemble at 11:30AM.for full article: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/obama_attends_nonexistent_socc.html

 

However, Time reported:

 

The president left the White House at approximately 9:20 to attend one of his daughter’s soccer games at 40th and Chesapeake NW. A pool was hastily called at around 9:35 and drove north at 9:43 to catch the president before the game ended. We didn’t make it. The President returned to the White House at 10:17. The pool returned at 10:30.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled pool call time.

 

Seems simple enough. But the story has several problems. The first one is a biggie in that there were no scheduled soccer games for Sidwell Friends April 10, as evidenced here. The second is that the area reported that the game was played at appears to be one of high crime, as documented here and here. Additionally, this is a picture of the field via Google Maps, where Obama went to watch the game.

 

From comments::

 just checked Sidwell’s website in the Athletics section. The only athletic events listed for Saturday 4/10/2010 are:

Apr 10
Crew – Club (Girls) – Baltimore Invitational at Glass Beach
Track & Field – Boys Varsity – Woodward Relays
Time: 8:30am
Track & Field – Girls Varsity – Woodward Relays
Time: 8:30am
Baseball – Varsity at Bullis
Time: 1:30pm
Baseball – Varsity at Bullis

Not one soccer game. If you check the soccer schedule it’s all in the fall that goes for Varsity through Girls 7-8B