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calimary

(80,693 posts)
7. ...when what the Red Cross REALLY needs is money, and blood donations.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:40 PM
Oct 2012

Donating clothes and canned food just makes more work for them, and adds unnecessary expense that they don't need at a time like this.

kudos to Andrea for that OldHippieChick Oct 2012 #1
Halperin..useless tool. barnabas63 Oct 2012 #2
He is so predicable. madaboutharry Oct 2012 #5
Relief efforts need the thing Romney is least willing to give.... $$$! reformist2 Oct 2012 #3
Halperin? That weasel is nothing more than a dirt-bag mouth piece for Rmoney. Segami Oct 2012 #4
many cans of food is how the Romney's normally donate to the red cross Fresh_Start Oct 2012 #6
...when what the Red Cross REALLY needs is money, and blood donations. calimary Oct 2012 #7
Romneys don't donate blood... beac Oct 2012 #12
so Mitt was well fed just before his Univision appearance? ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2012 #14
I wouldn't be surprised if the red cross doesn't take it that the local Mormon church will be southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #10
Collecting canned goods is frequently a useless endeavor fasttense Oct 2012 #8
Every year, my employer would participate in a city-wide can-a-thon. demilib Oct 2012 #20
And not for nothing in this case... nyhuskyfan Oct 2012 #23
It becomes painfully clearer that he nor Ann have ever been subject to even the disasters libdem4life Oct 2012 #9
Canned hundred dollar bills would be nice julian09 Oct 2012 #11
Yeah, good luck. Wait Wut Oct 2012 #13
Food drives can make sense for local groups Cal Carpenter Oct 2012 #16
they have food drives twice a year and we head out to COSTCO and get WCGreen Oct 2012 #26
Yeah well, asking supporters to donate directly to Red Cross doesn't make much of a photo op Matariki Oct 2012 #15
Asking for donations directly to the Red Cross like Obama did EverHopeful Oct 2012 #17
Meanwhile the President pops in at the Red Cross HQ in DC malaise Oct 2012 #18
Halperin has "no criticism of either candidate"? meegbear Oct 2012 #19
mark is smarter than the other zombie,he wants to seem fair.their will alot of sad faces nov 7 n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #21
this incident merely emphasizes how clueless Republicans are RainDog Oct 2012 #22
Equal doesn't mean "fair" TheKentuckian Oct 2012 #25
Good for Mitchell...glad she spoke the truth. City Lights Oct 2012 #24
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