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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
17. The problem is that she is lying
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:01 AM
Jan 2015

first my apologies to you. I know of many stories of how families scrimped and saved to make ends meet including using bread bags to line inside of shoes especially when shoes were older and might have leaks. Even I have done it.

But do not think that she did. She was lying to all of us with a made up story to try and appear likable. Instead she came across as a liar. I think if she said that she had done it and stopped there the story might have been believable even though most people put the bags inside the shoes (and outside the socks). But when she brought up the rows of kids on the school bus, that's when her story went downhill. She came across as fake and untrustworthy.

This woman says she knows what it is like to be poor yet will do everything in her power to make it worse not just for the poor but for the middle class.

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I've honeslty never heard of doing that. glowing Jan 2015 #1
Truly, a "bullshit" story... jaysunb Jan 2015 #2
My mom always saved bread bags and reused them Beaverhausen Jan 2015 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #13
Or maybe a... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #18
I have never heard of this. murielm99 Jan 2015 #3
Actually, when I was in college, I put something like plastic inside my boots and tennis shoes JDPriestly Jan 2015 #4
Clarification on breadbags: yewberry Jan 2015 #6
I'm too old; pulled a pair of dads white sock... 4139 Jan 2015 #15
Growing up in CA, no breadbags needed as footwear bhikkhu Jan 2015 #7
Second thread tonight mocking the choices of the poor. Yes. My mom put bread bags on my shoes. Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #9
I am really quite upset. I'm 57 years old and it has been many years since I've been poor Luminous Animal Jan 2015 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #14
The problem is that she is lying LynneSin Jan 2015 #17
You might want to consider editing the title of the OP Beaverhausen Jan 2015 #21
I think we can safely conclude that Joni borrowed that story from someone ecstatic Jan 2015 #10
some people talked about plastic bags inside the shoes and when they mentioned it it brought back ND-Dem Jan 2015 #11
it wasn't that unusual where I come from fishwax Jan 2015 #16
I actually tried it out with plastic cut from trash bags loyalsister Jan 2015 #19
No, there weren't always rubbers or boots to hand down to younger kids. Gormy Cuss Jan 2015 #20
(Sigh) Sissyk Jan 2015 #22
Focusing on her hypocritical lying is exactly what's needed. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #23
Of all the things about Ernst to get fixated on, why has DU chosen this one? Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #24
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