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americablog.com - 10/27/2008
McCain campaign pushed mutilation hoax, even added their own incendiary "facts"
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Remember the deranged McCain staffer who made up a story yesterday that she was supposedly attacked and mutilated by a crazed Obama fan (of course a black man) while she was trying to get money from an ATM? Well, we now know the woman is a liar and filed a false police report, apparently having ...
McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of "Carved B" Story Before Facts Were Known
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/24/2008
McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of "Carved B" Story Before ...
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story... about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters ... (more) McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary ...

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Why that McCain volunteer’s “mutilation” story smells awfully weird
michellemalkin.com - 10/23/2008
Why that McCain volunteer’s “mutilation” story smells awfully weird
— michellemalkin.com — Throughout my career, I’ve covered dozens of fake hate crimes — campus hate crime hoaxes, Muslim hate... crime hoaxes, fake noose hangings , etc., etc., etc. [...] Read the rest » (more) Why that McCain volunteer’s “mutilation” story smells ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/24/2008
Greg Mitchell: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker 'Mutilation' Story is a Hoax His Campaign is 'Over'
— huffingtonpost.com — It has drawn wide local and national--even political attention, with some of the candidates for president/vice president... weighing in or even calling -- but now the Ashley Todd story may be starting to fall apart. Police in Pittsburgh are relating ... (more) Greg Mitchell: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker ...

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10/27: Incendiary Charges
Blogometer — ... . They pushed the story hard , hoping to eke out some temporary political advantage from a brutal street crime (country first, my friends!). The McCain campaign: Not quite as fair-minded and temperamentally even as Michelle Malkin ." AMERICAblog 's John Aravosis : "Reportedly, McCain and [Sarah] Palin both called the hoaxer to offer their support. Imagine the judgment, or lack thereof, of McCain and Plain. There's that vetting problem again."

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Cafferty: Was Palin as VP pick a mistake? — CNN Political Ticker 10/27/2008
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