A San Jose group of former Vietnamese military was criticized for, get this, eating donated Lee’s Sandwiches.
This coming Thursday is the former South Vietnam’s Armed Forces Day. Many groups of former military men are planning events to commemorate the day (and yes, expect Van Tran and Janet Nguyen to make the rounds).
But, as anyone knows, putting together events costs money. So, you’ll need sponsors. And most Vietnamese-American businesses are only glad to help out people who had fought for the country.
One such group, the umbrella United Vietnamese Veterans of Northern California (Vietnamese: Lien hoi Cuu Quan nhan Bac Cali), is duly planning its ceremonies and received sponsorships.
One sponsor, disclosed in the group’s meeting minutes, is Lee’s Sandwiches, contributing 200 sandwiches and 100 bottles of water.
That brought the right-winger Take2Tango.com down on them, criticizing the group for consorting with a, well, traitor.
The reason? Huong Le, the father of the owners of the Lee’s chain and also an owner of a store in San Jose, had sided with Councilwoman Madison Nguyen during the whole “Little Saigon” versus “Saigon Business District” naming of a stretch of Story Road. Supposedly, one name is commie and the other is not. Read the Bolsavik’s collected entries about the brouhaha here.
That makes the sandwiches commie, as some commenters on take2tango.com wrote here.
it is stupid if they do not accept the sandwich donation because of the charge ” siding with the pinko” . Lee ‘s sandwich is now expensive . yummy but expensive .
I dont even eat at Lee’s Sandwiches. Dry bread. Too cheap to make a “REAL” french bread. Getting thirsty like eating a bowl of Pho full of MSG. Boycott all Lee’s Sandwiches Stores.
Lee’s sandwiches is suck! You can kill a dog with just “one” Lee’s baguette. People who like high quality and real taste of baguette should try Tiptop for 1st baguette.
On a political note, I don’t think it is stupid to not accept Lee’s donation. It has to do with “integrity and principle” that one with virtue should have.