Paul Ryan's Heartwrenching Tale of a Hungry Kid Also Appears in a Heartwrenching Book [View all]

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Paul Ryan's Heartwrenching Tale of a Hungry Kid Also Appears in a Heartwrenching Book

by 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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