• liza

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  When I heard the story of the attack on the Mccain campaign worker this morning on the radio my first thought was "hmmmm, sounds made-up to me".  Just a gut instinct, I guess.  Sad that all the news agencies jumped all over the story and put it out as true.  What a pathetic woman.  This election is so bizarre I can't believe it.  You just can't make this stuff up........

  Posted 10/24/2008 respond (flag)

• pixleyes

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  Well it's sad to see this thing (deception) happen. I support McCain/Palin, but sure as hell don't want assistance of this calibre and deceptive nature.

   The campaign will be won or lost by either side based on the facts, or so it should be anyway.

  Ms. Todd needs to take a closer look in the mirror and instead of a B she should notice the large L on her forehead instead.

  Posted 10/25/2008 respond (flag)

It looks like I may (I repeat: may) have been was wrong
doubleplusundead — It looks like I may (I repeat: may) have been was wrong Ashley Todd's story is starting to unravel totally made up . Why was I so quick to side with her so unequivocally ? I have a friend who travels around the country inspecting power plants (or something like that). One morning, after working a night shift he came back to his hotel, and someone was waiting for him. He was raped at knife point. Afterward, he told me that he just went on like nothing had happened for two days. By the time that he came to grips with what happened and sought medical ...

Report: Police saying Todd lied
doubleplusundead — Report: Police saying Todd lied Police sources are saying she confessed , and will be brought up on charges. I noted my skepticism yesterday, something just didn't smell right to me. Admittedly I was running on gut instinct. That was my initial reaction, but I think the picture sealed it for me. The fact that the B wasn't so much carved, as scratched, the fact that she said it was a large knife rang alarms, but something about it felt off. I think it was the way her eyes and mouth looked. When you've been beaten up, you have a very sad, sullen look on your face. I don't ...

DRUDGE's FOLLY: 'Mutilation' Story is a Lie
Taylor Marsh — ... Drudge’s headline about the McCain campaign volunteer who had a "B" carved in her face blaring from his homepage, we find just how far that collapse extends. As brighter minds intuited, something didn’t sound right. In fact, her story was a hoax. ...

He hit me and it felt like a kiss
SteveAudio — ... the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said. Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras. The robber is described as a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes. Except, not so much. From KDKA News: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police say a campaign ...

Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story
TPM Election Central — ... Late Update: KDKA's full story has now been posted. It's based on anonymous sources. So it's still unclear what the story is. Stay tuned. ...

McCain volunteer recants
Ben Smith's Blog — The McCain volunteer who said she was mugged and scarred in Pittsburgh now says she made the story up. KDKA reports: This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story. The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be. Though Drudge pushed the story hard, both campaigns were, by today, handling it with care. Whatever her motives, it's hard to think of a more deliberately inflammatory stunt.

Pretty Disgusting
The Anonymous Liberal — KDKA in Pittsburgh is now reporting that Ashley Todd--the McCain volunteer who claimed to have been attacked and maimed by a black man because of her support for John McCain--has confessed to having made up the whole thing. ...

McCain Volunteer Ashley Todd Made Up Her Story Of Attack
Oliver Willis — Shame. Shame. Shame. 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. Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph ...

Um, The Tape Was Stolen By A Black Man
Sadly, No! — Ding-dong. Who’s there? Oh my, it’s “Korir” of African Press International, come to explain why he hasn’t released the Michelle Obama ‘White Racists’ tape. Police: Campaign Worker Admits Making Up Story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ? 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 ...

When it rains it pours
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... Pittsburgh station KDKA reports that Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old McCain volunteer who claims to have been mugged by a black man and had a "B" carved in her face, today admitted to fabricating the attack. ...

*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.

The Story is BS - McCain Supporter Ashley Todd Attacked and Mutilated in Pittsburgh
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Fox News is reporting that Pittsburgh police are saying the story is BS. AP has this. Yeah, Flap was skeptical. Update: She made up the story. WTF? 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 ...

Ugliness Watch: Full Circle Edition
The Stump — ... This one performed the impressive trick of starting out as anti-Obama ugliness and wound up being an arguably worse act of anti-McCain ugliness. ...

McCain Volunteer Admits Making Up Attack Story
Little Green Footballs — ... You know that fishy odor you were smelling in the “attacked campaign worker” story? It wasn’t your imagination: McCain Campaign Worker Confessed To Making Up Story Of Attack. ...

BREAKING HARD AND FAST- White Woman McCain Volunteer Not Robbed, Attacked, Mutilated, and Assaulted By Swarthy Member of Obama Thugocracy!!!
Balloon Juice — ... more violent twist. A McCain supporter, a 20 year old college Republican volunteer, was savagely attacked by a Barack Obama supporter in Pennsylvania. She was at an ATM getting money. He saw the McCain sticker on her car, robbed her, and carved a “B” into the side of her face. He carved her face like it was a pumpkin You can see where this is going, can’t you? Alrighty then: SHE MADE IT ALL UP: Police sources tell KDKA that a ...

Thanks, Ashley!
JammieWearingFool — Doesn't this dimwit realize she's now provided fodder for the left to use to pound over our heads for the next 10 days? Geez, she should know these phony stories are usually the domain of the left. 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. ...

Hoax: Attack on McCain Campaign Worker
The Volokh Conspiracy — Someone asked me about this story yesterday and I said, just wait a while and we'll see. Now the McCain campaign worker who claimed to have had a backward B carved in her cheek by attackers has admitted it was a hoax. Law enforcement officials did their job here. To their credit, many bloggers reserved judgment on this story, while relaying press accounts as they appeared. Story is here . (Hat tip ...

Hoax
Interesting Times — Friday, October 24, 2008 Hoax Looks like the doubters were justified . No real details but the police are saying that charges will be filed against the hoaxer. Good riddance. posted by Chris Andersen at ...

A Race-Baiting Hoax.
Blah3 Feed — Ashley Todd made it all up. Police tell KDKA that a campaign volunteer 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. Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph ...

Once again
This Modern World — A story that did not ring true turns out not to be . As for the previous entry in this category — I haven’t listened to every minute of Limbaugh and Hannity since the story about Michelle Obama turned out to be a fake, but if they’ve mentioned it since then, I haven’t heard it. posted by Tom Tomorrow at 2:12 PM | link

She Made It Up
Comments from Left Field — ... Ashley Todd, who had claimed that she was mugged by a large black man who carved a B into her cheek for political reasons, now admits that she made the entire story up.  Well played, Ms. Todd.  Well played. ...

Alleged Attack on McCain Supporter Update
Shakesville — The 20-year-old McCain campaign volunteer who claimed a black man attacked her, robbed her, and carved a B into her face has confessed to inventing the story. ...

The stupidest girl in the world
The Anchoress — Had a doctor’s appointment so I missed this when it broke. I’m so glad I followed my gut and didn’t buy into this story: How stupid and/or needy is this kid? 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 ...

B is for bullshit
Firedoglake — Whoops. 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 ...

Fake But....Fake. Idiot Made Up Sotry About Being Assulted For Being A McCain Supporter
Ace of Spades HQ — Fake But....Fake. Idiot Made Up Sotry About Being Assulted For Being A McCain Supporter A stupid Crystal Mangum wannabee. Police tell KDKA that a campaign volunteer 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. Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some ...

10/24: The Freak Show Ruled By Matt Drudge
Blogometer — ... ). UPDATE, 1:56 PM: "Police: Campaign Worker Admits Making Up Story" ASSAULT ON COLLEGE STUDENT: Symbolic? Several conservative bloggers are explicitly linking the assault to Obama: Other conservative bloggers are arguing that this incident will hurt Obama at the voting booth: Other conservative bloggers are complaining about media bias: ASSAULT ON COLLEGE STUDENT II: A Hoax? Several conservative bloggers think the ...

Goddamn Liar
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Jesse Taylor I initially posted on what an obvious hoax this hoax of a story was yesterday afternoon, then took down the post.  Mainly, it was because despite the fact the story seemed obviously made up, there was about a .75% chance that it wasn’t, and I wasn’t quite confident.  Sometimes 99.25% just isn’t enough. Perhaps worse than the blatant lying engineered to swing an election (and the fact that this girl was dumb enough to make up an attack in a place where a camera films you) is the fact that she, of ...

Wingnutosphere punk'd (yet) again
Daily Kos — ... 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. Rank idiocy, of course. Could you expect anything less from Fox? But there was a caveat: If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. I guess McCain's quest is over. Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has ...

Todd recants, will face charges
Political Animal — TODD RECANTS, WILL FACE CHARGES.... A painful ending to a sordid story. 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. [...] This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the ...

Pittsburgh Woman’s Story of Attack is a Hoax (The Left’s Other Politically-Motivated Crimes The Past Month Are Not)
The Sundries Shack — ... The young woman who reported that she had been mugged, beaten, and had the letter “B” scratched on her face admitted to the police that she made up the story. ...

McCain volunteer made up ugly, race-baiting hoax
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings So you know that ugly, Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a 'B' carved into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM? Well -- surprise, surprise -- it's a hoax. The woman, Ashley Todd, made it all up. (And now faces charges.) ********** Which should mean, according to FOX News ...

Girl Confesses to Making Up Attack Story
Stop The ACLU — ... The latest explains the fishy backwards 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. ...

The Hoax
GayPatriot — ... She is facing charges for filing a false report with the police.  Michell Malkin was skeptical of this as were a number of conservatives, including readers of this blog as well as yours truly. ...

McCain worker "victim" of self-hatred
Megan McArdle — I haven't expressed an opinion about the McCain supporter allegedly beaten up for her political views, because it seemed likely that she had made it up, but I didn't want to risk piling on an actual victim.  Now we know:  it was a fantasy. ...

She made it all up
Michelle Malkin — ... Those of you who trashed me in comments might want to think twice before doubting my instincts next time. And those of you on the left who are now so interested in debunking despicable hate crimes might show a little more skepticism yourselves next time when similar narratives hit the news pages involving politically correct hoaxers who share your politics. I told you so: Police say a campaign volunteer 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; now she’s facing charges. At a news ...

There's no "B" is "hoax"
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — There's no "B" is "hoax" Police confirm mugging story is a hoax. Posted by Val Prieto at October 24, 2008 02:34 PM « Sacrifice and Respect | Babalu Blog - Main Page Comments Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. ( sign out ) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? Yes No Comments:

Does Fox's John Moody Really Think McCain's Campaign Is Over?
News Hounds — ... 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.For Pittsburgh, a city that has done so much to shape American history over the centuries, another moment of truth is at hand." The woman claiming to have been attacked is now claiming that she made the whole thing up. So what say you now, Mr. Moody? ...

Venomous in Victory
Comments from Left Field — ... you so? I’ve covered hate crimes hoaxes long enough to know one when I smell one. Those of you who trashed me in comments might want to think twice before doubting my instincts next time. And those of you on the left who are now so interested in debunking despicable hate crimes might show a little more skepticism yourselves next time when similar narratives hit the news pages involving politically correct hoaxers who share your politics. I told you so[.] [...] Final lesson: Trust your instincts. Use your brains. Stop jumping ...

What Ashley Todd Did Wrong
All articles at Blogcritics — Well, it's official. The slapdash makeup job by McCain supporter and hate crime victim-turned-wolf crier Ashley Todd didn't fool anyone. It turns out she made up the story of being attacked by a large African-American man on the basis of political affiliation. The black eye, bumps, and 'B' swash was all her own doing. This may not come as a shock to those who saw the photo, but it's certainly not a shock to those who ever dated a 20-year-old girl and knows how prone they are to lying about stuff. Fox News's executive vice-president John Moody thinks " ...

Local McCain Staffer Pushed Hyped Version Of "B-Attack" Hoax
Newshoggers.com — ... . 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 ...

Credible? Incredible!
The Democratic Daily — ... the top of his site this afternoon in red type — but no siren — that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter “B” carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. But the story changed this morning, after a long afternoon and night of Rightie paranoia. KDKA in Pittsburgh reports: Police say a campaign volunteer confessed to making up a story ...

Strange Fruit
The Moderate Voice — ... For Pittsburgh, a city that has done so much to shape American history over the centuries, another moment of truth is at hand. And so it was. A hoax. An absurd and awful hoax that even Michelle Malkin fingered just after the story hit the right-wing blogosphere. The “B” was written backwards, as if she wrote it herself looking at a mirror. And then the police noticed her changing stories and inconsistencies. Today, she admitted that she made the story up. Why? She’s mentally ill. But she’s also ...

Karma’s a bitch: Ashley Todd edition
Firedoglake — ... Pittsburgh station KDKA reports that Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old McCain volunteer who claims to have been mugged by a black man and had a "B" carved in her face, today admitted to fabricating the attack. ...

Ashley Todd
Obsidian Wings — ... I didn't write about Ashley Todd last night, when I first read her story. It didn't make sense to me, but then again, lots of things don't, and some of those things are true. All that was clear to me then was that one way or another, it would turn out to be a horrible story involving someone with very serious problems, and that I did not want to leap to conclusions. ...

Ashley Todd
Political Animal — Ashley Todd I didn't write about Ashley Todd last night, when I first read her story. It didn't make sense to me, but then again, lots of things don't, and some of those things are true. All that was clear to me then was that one way or another, it would turn out to be a horrible story involving someone with very serious problems, and that I did not want to leap to conclusions. Now that she has recanted, I'm torn. On the one hand, I think that anyone who would do something like this must have real psychiatric problems. (I don't think this about all crimes -- I think someone ...

McCain campaign ‘steered’ reporters to hoax attack story.
Think Progress — ... Yesterday on NBC News, Brian Williams revealed that the McCain campaign quietly “steered” the media toward the story, now proven to be a hoax, about a young volunteer being attacked by an Obama supporter: ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I may not be the first person who's said this, but it occurs to me that what Ashley Todd did was just a lite version of a jihadist's suicide attack -- she didn't kill herself for a higher cause, but she did wound herself. She's the right age for that kind of zeal, and female suicide attackers certainly aren't unknown. If you can wrap your mind around suicide terrorism, then Ashley Todd isn't hard to understand. ...

McCain Campaign, Right-Wing Media Pushed Ugly, Race-Baiting Hoax
The Democratic Daily — So you know that ugly, Fox/Drudge-whipped up story of the young female McCain volunteer who was allegedly mugged and mutilated (with a ‘B’ cut into her face) by a black man at a Pittsburgh-area ATM? Well — surprise, surprise — it was all a hoax. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now. The woman, Ashley Todd, made it all up. (And now faces charges.) ********** Which should mean, according to FOX News VP John Moody, that “McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to ...

'B'-grade hoax reveals Republicans' inner race-baiter
Orcinus — ... all over again -- a disturbed person blaming a non-existent black man for a crime, fomenting the fear of "the Other" based on our country's inability to acknowledge and deal with race, difference, and stereotypes. That this perpetrator of a hoax was a McCain campaign worker underscores the whole whipped up race frenzy of the McCain mob that we've seen in the last several weeks. It's time to flush this toxic sludge away. ...

Karen Russell: Ashley The Liar: Another Moment In The "Black Kid Did It!" History
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... anyone else notice that Representative Michele Bachman has crazy "Runaway Bride" eyes? Bachman's crazy-eyed look on Hardball reminded me of the Jennifer Wilbank's "Runaway Bride" hoax. You might recall that the "Runaway Bride" also accused a man of color of sexual assault. Wilbanks falsely claimed a "Mexican" groped her when she ditched her fiance and went on her cross-country trip. I bet Todd wish she had a poncho like Wilbanks covering her face for her perp walk. Now Todd's in jail, she will be charged and hopefully get the help ...

Learning a different lesson than I did
Nitpicker — So I was talking to a friend of mine about the Ashley Todd deal and he pointed to the statement of Republican propagandist and Fox News VP John Moody, who said, "If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." ...

Sheri and Allan Rivlin: Anger Management
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Of course by this point everyone knows Ashley Todd's story of an attack by a black Obama supporter, is completely false, but the true story of self abuse and attempted character assassination (of all African American Obama supporters) is as much evidence of heightened emotions as it is evidence that Todd is suffering from her own mental illness. ...

Yes, She Lied
Rhymes With Right — ... on a McCain campaign volunteer was false . I hold her in equal contempt. Police say a campaign volunteer 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; now she’s facing charges. At a news conference this afternoon, officials said they believe that Ashley Todd’s injuries were self-inflicted. Todd, 20, of Texas, is now facing charges for filing a false report to police. First, I’m glad she is facing charges. Second, I hope she is convicted, and gets the maximum sentence. Her offense struck ...