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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan's Heartwrenching Tale of a Hungry Kid Also Appears in a Heartwrenching Book
Paul Ryan's Heartwrenching Tale of a Hungry Kid Also Appears in a Heartwrenching Bookby Elspeth Reeve at the Wire
http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/03/paul-ryans-heartwrenching-story-about-hungry-kid-also-appears-heartwrenching-book/358902/
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"You know, this reminds me of a story I heard from Eloise Anderson," Ryan said, referring to a member of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's cabinet. He continued:
"She once met a young boy from a very poor family. And every day at school, he would get a free lunch from a government program. He told Eloise, he didn't want a free lunch. He wanted his own lunch, one in a brown paper bag, just like the other kids. He wanted one, he said, because he knew a kid who had a brown paper bag had someone who cared for him. This is what the left does not understand."
But as a Talking Points Memo commenter noticed, the story appears to be cribbed from a 2011 book called An Invisible Thread. Author Laura Schroff says it's the story of her friendship with Maurice. Her website says, "We met on 56th street in Manhattan in 1986, when I was a 35-year-old single, successful ad sales executive, and he was an 11-year-old homeless panhandler." An except of the book:
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Wonkette says, "Somebody Is Stealing Children To Put In Paul Ryan Speeches!" The Wire reached out to Anderson for comment; we'll update when we hear back.
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Paul Ryan's Heartwrenching Tale of a Hungry Kid Also Appears in a Heartwrenching Book (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2014
OP
They don't have stories of their own because they don't find themselves in situations
applegrove
Mar 2014
#1
Aside from all the other wrongs with this, cutting the free lunch program will not give children
okaawhatever
Mar 2014
#2
applegrove
(118,677 posts)1. They don't have stories of their own because they don't find themselves in situations
where they have feelings. Because they don't have feelings. People like Ryan are only about figuring out how to "kill" politically. They are only about themselves and pushing their own politically opportunistic narrative. Otherwise how could they not have stories of their own....they deal with the public every day. But obviously unless those stories serve them they don't hear.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)7. Well said.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)2. Aside from all the other wrongs with this, cutting the free lunch program will not give children
someone to care for them. The magical thinking needs to stop.
Journeyman
(15,035 posts)4. Well said. . .
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)3. Rand Paul's staff did the research for him...
It sounded like a great story when they read it on Wikipedia.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)5. Reminds me of his fake cooking for the homeless during campaign. nt
Cha
(297,275 posts)6. Big Shocker.. And, about that kid.. would he rather go hungry or
care about who gave him food?
jsr
(7,712 posts)8. Phony to the core