http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04245/371573.stmPennsylvania's Republican delegation lasted three days inside Democratic territory before they were rounded up and sent to a reeducation camp.
About 30 delegates, their spouses, a few children and one United States senator were put into an environmentally friendly bus and dispatched to the Bowery Mission. They peeled potatoes, sorted castoff clothing, tutored the unschooled, and served lunch to the lost. Because Republicans were doing this, a collection of indignant liberals, some of them from the neighborhood, engaged in the ultimate protest: picketing a soup kitchen because they consider the kitchen volunteers uncharitable.
"It's like, 'Oh, let's go feed the homeless. Let's arrive in our air conditioned, magic bus and we'll be here for an hour and then we'll all go back to our five-star hotel,'" said Cole Schneider, 21, a New York University student from Denver.
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What was going on was a program called "Compassion Across America." The Bush campaign encouraged Republicans to get themselves to soup kitchens, homeless shelters and counseling centers. Then, to avoid any confusion, they put it on the press schedule.
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