Conyers in turkey flap?

[Grooner Five]

What the hell?

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/turkey5e_20050105.htm

Where did turkeys go?

Gleaners asks if Conyers' staff helped needy people
January 5, 2005

BY JOEL THURTELL
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

The director of a Detroit food bank wants to know what happened to 60 turkeys -- 720 pounds of frozen birds -- that his charity gave to members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers' local staff two days before Thanksgiving to give to needy people. Conyers' Detroit office promised an accounting of any turkey distribution by Dec. 27, but the Gleaners Community Food Bank had received no paperwork as of Tuesday, said the charity's director, Agostinho Fernandes.

Fernandes said he became suspicious that the turkeys didn't get to poor people after hearing from a friend that a federal court worker had said he was offered free turkeys from a member of Conyers' staff. Conyers' press secretary Karen Morgan said Tuesday that she was told that some of Conyers' staffers gave the turkeys to poor people whose names were provided by the state Family Independence Agency. A fax with those names, she said, was to be sent Tuesday or today to Gleaners.

Maureen Sorbet, a spokeswoman for the FIA, said Tuesday, "I spoke to the central FIA office in Wayne County, and they were unaware of the turkey situation. "Normally, we don't provide names" of FIA clients, Sorbet added. "Sometimes at Christmastime we might if people self-disclose. It's remotely possible."

By mid-afternoon Tuesday, Fernandes said he had received nothing from Conyers' office.

[Virginia Dem]

1. PLEASE dont let this be true

How do we always manage to shoot ourselves in the foot(if this is true)

[Grooner Five]

2. I'm sure Conyers has nothing to do with it

...but if his staff really screwed this up, they need to be fired in disgrace.

Still, I have a hard time believing it. Who could be so stupid (and cruel) as to take food from the mouths of the needy?

[Ian David]

3. This turkey is a duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x237414

[verdalaven]

5. A turkey flap?

Sounds like desperation to me. This is the best they could do to cast a shadow on Conyers? A turkey flap? :eyes:

How exactly is that shooting ourselves in the foot?

[Grooner Five]

7. Well, I googled this food bank guy

and he seems to be the real deal.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Agostinho+Fernandes+food+bank

I don't see him as being some kind of GOP operative. They don't seem like food bank type people.

[Robbien]

10. You are trying very hard to make this smear tactic a big deal

Oh don't investigate vote fraud just look at this silly attempt to discredit, you say.

[bobbyboucher]

12. He's obvious isn't he? What a

pantload.

[Grooner Five]

15. Oh, sorry

I forgot that it was uncool to be open-minded when determining the validity of a charge. Silly me.

[bobbyboucher]

13. Oh fucking please. I'm calling you out on your bullshit.

I see your ballsack.

[Niche]

4. Is this the dirt? That's dirty! LOL!

[Virginia Dem]

6. how is it shooting ourselves in the foot?

By allowing important things Conyers is doing to be derailed by some stupid thing like this.

I DON'T believe this and hope it's squelched fast.I just meant IF some staffer really did this it just gives the repukes something to use YET AGAIN to drown out the real issues with meaningless drivel.

[bobbyboucher]

11. Quit helping them, duh.

Forget about it.

[Robbien]

14. keep wringing your hands and crying "oh woe is us, we DUers"

so that Faux news will report how upset all of us dumb DUers are, as they are laughing once again how they were able to plant this story here at DU and get people to act foolishly.

[w4rma]

8. LOL! What a crock of BS. (nt)

[bobbyboucher]

9. Uhh, that's unimportant propaganda. Why are you biting? Or

are you the fisherman?

[proud patriot]

16. I'm locking this duplicate

please discuss here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x237414