10-22-2012, 06:06 PM
I'll go farther and call BS on the soup kitchen. I do not believe that donors pulled out en mass because of the Ryan debacle within a week of it happening to the point that they were in danger of folding. We've all seen what happens to a little charity operation when it is reported to be destroyed in the press by forces outside of it's control - donations pour in from all over the country.
$tevie wrote:
This story has been all over the map since it happened.
First I read that the soup kitchen is being slammed for seeming to be in support of Obama, then I read it is being slammed for lying about Ryan's appearance, that he really did wash dirty pans and Antal was wrong.
Now I read that they are struggling, for whichever reason or maybe both -- but here comes Salon reporting that the controversy has resulted in donations pouring in from all over, which are covering the losses.
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/did_paul...p_kitchen/
I think this has been blown WAY out of proportion by both sides, and I'm not going to try to decide who's telling the truth at this point. This is election coverage at its worst.
PS: I think it is unfair to blame Ryan because a bunch of yahoos decided to stop funding the soup kitchen because of political reasons. Maybe the photo op was a poor idea but he never asked anyone to stop giving them money, that was the spontaneous decision of a varied group of dummkopfs.