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B as in Bogus
Jules Crittenden —
... She lied. Fox : PITTSBURGH — A 20-year-old volunteer for John McCain’s campaign has admitted that she lied when she said she was attacked by a robber who carved a “B” into her cheek when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car, Pittsburgh police said Friday. Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, will be charged with filing a false report, a misdemeanor, police said. “She told lie after lie, and the situation compounded to where we are right now,” Lt. Kevin Kraus, head of major crimes for the Pittsburgh police, said Friday. Todd had told police that on Wednesday night ...
This is Disgraceful
Weekly Standard Blog —
... who said the incident was a bit too perfect to pass the "smell test."
Todd now, unbelievably, says she's upset with the media for having hyped the story.
She has managed to well and truly hurt the very people she purported to be helping, by going from volunteer to vigilante fabricator, and bringing McCain and Palin into the mess, both of whom called her with sympathy yesterday. The College Republicans have terminated her, as they should have.
Todd claims not to know where the black eye and "B" came from: Todd ...
Local McCain Staffer Pushed Hyped Version Of "B-Attack" Hoax
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
You might have noticed that we hadn't posted a thing on the Ashley Todd "B for barrack Attack" hoax that has been burning up the internet since yesterday eve. That's because, in our opinion, it wasn't a story. If it were true then it was a story about a mugger who is also a dumb-ass. There's plenty of those out there. When Todd admitted that the whole tale was a hoax, it became a story about an attention-seeking brat who never grew up. There's plenty of those too.
If you cover one, you should cover as many as possible, but this ...
Karen Russell: Ashley The Liar: Another Moment In The "Black Kid Did It!" History
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... backwards "B".
What's up with that backwards "B" anyway? Kids today really need to learn their history! If Todd had studied the sordid history of carving up one's face for a racist hoax, she might have learned a thing or two from that other right-wing hoax screw-up Morton Downey Jr. Also, why not just carve an "O" on your her face? No way that comes out backwards. Am I just expecting too much from right-wing nutjobs?
It's hard to feel sorry for Todd when she's not remorseful:
"She hasn't really shown any obvious remorse," Kraus said. ...
Puttin' On the Ritz
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... It appears that fear and sensationalism sell just as briskly for the MSM as it does for the current administration. Otherwise, who would care that the McCain volunteer who was attacked by a black man over a bumper sticker and had a backwards "B" carved into her face wasn't actually attacked nor mutilated by a black man at all but by her crazy-ass inner Lynndie England?
