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DRUDGE's FOLLY: 'Mutilation' Story is a Lie
Taylor Marsh —
... The sadder side of this story is that this woman is a symbol of how far people will go to get noticed in today’s celebrity world. She simply played Drudge, because she knew he’d bite. That her story revolved around race-baiting makes it even worse. ...
DRUDGE FUCKS UP AGAIN!!!
Rising Hegemon —
Woman who claimed she was assaulted and branded with a "B" (wtf?) after her McCain campaign activities were discovered has admitted... IT WAS ALL A LIE!!! By the standards of FoxNews (they have standards?) this means the election is over.
Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story
TPM Election Central —
... Late Late Update: It's worth keeping in mind what Fox News executive vice president John Moody had to say about what this would mean if this story proved a hoax: ...
*BREAKING* DRUDGE WRONG AGAIN!
Firedoglake —
Woman who claimed she was assaulted and branded with a "B" (wtf?) after her McCain campaign activities were discovered has admitted...
IT WAS ALL A LIE!!!
By the standards of FoxNews (they have standards?) this means the election is over.
Fox News VP: If McCain Worker 'Mutilation' Story is a Hoax His Campaign is 'Over'
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. "If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." He titles his posting: "Moment of Truth." Indeed. Matt Drudge, who had trumpeted the story for nearly 24 hours, just added a new link titled "B...or B.S.?" ... Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/fox-news-vp...
Fox exec: Alleged mugging will decide race
Ben Smith's Blog —
... the Democratic nominee.
If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.
The reality, I think, was that times have changed enough that this story -- for all its racial edge, and for all the outrage of it having been faked -- was never going to determine the election. But the false, and racially-charged, allegation by a McCain volunteer isn't going to help him in Pennsylvania.
(via Greg Mitchell)
Girl Confesses to Making Up Attack Story
Stop The ACLU —
... B on her face: Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker. Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car. Hot Air has lots of details. Its shameful, but I don’t think its as one FOX reporter said … this doesn’t make it “over for McCain.”
Credible? Incredible!
The Democratic Daily —
... Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher (the newspaper industry’s trade magazine) writes on the Huffington Post: (slightly reformatted) by moi): ...
'B'-grade hoax reveals Republicans' inner race-baiter
Orcinus —
-- by Dave Fox exec John Moody has it precisely right: the "Obama fan attacked McCain worker" hoax in fact does "forever link" the McCain campaign to race-baiting -- especially with news emerging of Team McCain's role in pushing this story out in the first place. However, it's not just McCain. The entire Republican Party this year has been revealed as the Party of Racial Fear. Nor is it anything new: Republicans for years have tried to make hay off of racially incendiary cases that turn out to tell us more about ...
