Soup Kitchen In Paul Ryan Photo-Op Faces Donor Backlash
Source: Huffington Post
By: Jason Cherkis
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/soup-kitchen-paul-ryan-photo-donor_n_1980541.html
Soup Kitchen In Paul Ryan Photo-Op Faces Donor Backlash
Ryan may have suffered a few late-night jokes, but the fallout for the soup kitchen appears to be far more bruising. Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, confirmed that donors have begun an exodus in protest over Ryan's embarrassment. The monetary losses have been big. "It appears to be a substantial amount," Antal said. "You can rest assured there has been a substantial backlash."
Antal says he can't give an actual dollar amount. "I can't say how much [in] donations we lost," he said. "Donations are a private matter with our organization."
Antal's charity represents the kind of organization that conservative Republicans might champion. But that was before the Ryan incident went viral a few days ago. According to The Washington Post, Antal said that the moment should never have happened. He told the newspaper that the photo-op was not authorized and that the campaign had “ramrodded their way” inside.
Ryan supporters have now targeted Antal and his soup kitchen, Antal said, including making hundreds of angry phone calls. Some members of Antal's volunteer staff have had to endure the barrage as well, he said. "The sad part is a lot of [the callers] want to hide behind anonymity," he said, adding that if someone leaves their name and number he has tried to return their call. In addition to phone calls, people have posted a few choice words on the charity's Facebook wall, including statements like "I hope you lose your tax [sic] emempt status," Anyone who is thinking about donations to you should think twice" and "Shame on you Brian Antal!"
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Compassionate Conservatives my ass.
To make a donation to the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, money can be sent to P.O. Box 224, Youngstown, Ohio 44501.
Web site: http://www.svdpusa.org/Donate.aspx
If there is anything else we can DU, I am open to suggestions
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in return for Antal walking back his statement and saying "actually, yes, there were still a few dirty dishes". 
Ayn Rand. Looking Out For Number 1. It's what they DO. 
Take it out on the poor---it's hard to believe they even donated in the first place. I mean can't these people just get a job?
You rock! 
So Ryan barges in unannounced to stage a photo op, can't be bothered to actually stay around for an hour or two and make himself useful, gets caught making an ass out of himself and it's all the fault of the charity somehow. Gawd I hate, hate, hate these damn people!!
Edit to add a soundbyte:
"Conservatives angered when the president of a Christian charity refuses to lie for their guy"
The way they are passing laws outlawing feeding the poor, that it is just too hard for me to believe the mother fingers would donate to a soup kitchen. 
She has been helping a local soup kitchen here for almost 30 years and she is LIVID about this. To paraphrase what she said:
" People like me and everyone else who volunteers to help feed the hungry in this country have been trying to alleviate the effects of decades of economic violence wrought by people like Paul Ryan ....people with that twisted way of thinking about poor people and their plight. Sometimes I wonder why we keep trying, but, we do, people are counting on us....they have nobody else "
(I'll exclude her string of expletives and move on to her next paraphrase)
"So this *lipless wonder* stops in to use the place for his personal political gain, takes a shit on it, gets caught and then expects the Christian man that runs the place to automatically jump up and tell a lie in his defense. I'd say it was unbelievable but nothing these assholes do shocks me anymore.....nothing."
We don't have a lot of money but she told me she has a little "mad money" she was saving up to buy a new sweater or something and asked me to look up the address to send a donation to.
God bless her that's why I love her
So that everyone can read what your wife said. 
It certainly wasn't word for word but I got the broad strokes of what she was saying in there. Feeding the hungry is the cause in life that is very near and dear to her and when she read about the mess that Lyin Ryan made she just lost it. 
