CYNTHIA DAVIS WANTS TO TAKE YOU ALL TO DINNER

[defrog]

Following up on the Cynthia “Stay Hungry” Davis story, where Davis (a Republican state rep in Missouri) opposed a summer lunch program for poor kids on the grounds that “Hunger can be a positive motivator” and is also healthier because “People who are struggling with lack of food usually do not have an obesity problem”:

Keith Olbermann found out and named her “Worst Person In The World” for it.

So she’s put out a press release defending her opposition to the food program. There’s a lot of the usual “I was quoted out of context and you twisted my words and why do you hate children so much?” stuff, but basically (and I had to read it a few times to get her point) she seems to be saying that she opposes govt food programs because:

1. It takes away the rights of parents to feed their kids.
2. Meal time is family time, and you can’t have family time if the kids are out getting lunch somewhere.
3. The solution isn’t to feed kids, but to enable parents to feed them.

Notice that she doesn’t actually give any concrete suggestions for actually doing #3 apart from leaving it to churches (who can’t do it without govt assistance unless yr pastor’s name is Rick Warren) or finding gainful employment in the wholesome, family-friendly fast food industry. Which is as well since #1 and #2 don’t seem to have any basis in reality, either.

Still, points for pretending that govt lunch programs have nothing to do with the fact that some families don’t make enough to feed their kids three square a day, and that their food expenses are often higher than middle-class families. Makes it easier to just rattle off a bunch of batshit about the positive side of hunger.

"Hunger makes food taste better."

See? I can do it too.

I need lunch,

This is dF

Comments

[thelastaerie.livejournal.com]

well, like one of the people who commented on the Olbermann article, with this kind of logic, they should bring child-labour back. I mean, nothing shapes a child's character better than some honest hard labour, surely?

[ziyda.livejournal.com]

" ... functioning in a nurturing roll ... ", eh.

Her attitude is "hey, Olbermann, you're interrupting my conversation"?
Starve the bitch.