Where Did Turkeys Go? (GOP Goes on a turkey hunt for Conyers)

[Liberty Belle]

We all knew the GOP would try to discredit Congressman John Conyers for daring to chair hearings on election problems and announcing plans to challenge the Electoral College vote. Apparently, this turkey hunt was the best the GOP dirt-diggers could unearth:

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

[RobertSeattle]

1. Gulp

:evilgrin:

[Mithras61]

2. The federal court worker...

(unamed, of course) must have mis-heard. I'm certain that the staffer offered him a free turkeyway...

[sniffa]

3. they're with the WMD's

nope, no turkeys under here either. shucks.

[leftchick]

4. I hope he does not take a trip anytime soon....

on a small airplane! :scared:

[genieroze]

5. Are they like the plastic ones * used?

[wtmusic]

6. It's all over folks

They've discovered the VAST LIBERAL TURKEY CONSPIRACY.

It's everyone for him/herself. Remember: do not discuss with authorities without an attorney present.

[darkism]

7. Hey ProudLiberal, Malloy just mentioned you for telling him about this :p

[NVMojo]

8. they are doing the Blackwell "defining" the opponent number that he

learned from Conyers.

[Must_B_Free]

9. since when does a US rep become bound to do someone's charity work?

if he had a charity, shouldn't they have distributed the turkeys?

[Catherine Vincent]

10. gobble gobble!!

It took them long enough but they need to do better than this. hehe!!

[LiberalHeart]

11. Hunt ended. Turkeys found in Republican Party. n/t