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McCain Supporter Attacked?
Oliver Willis —
If this is true, it’s pretty insane.
Police are investigating after a local woman working at a campaign call center says she was attacked by a suspect who became enraged after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.
According to police, the 20-year-old woman said she was mugged at an ATM in the Bloomfield area around 9pm last night after leaving a Republican phone bank.
The woman told police that the suspect, described only as a dark-skinned African-American man about 6′4′, stole $60 from her and became enraged after ...
Violence Against McCain Supporters Mounts
Flopping Aces —
... PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Pittsburgh police are investigating after a volunteer for the Republican campaign says she was attacked by a mugger who became enraged after seeing a John McCain bumper sticker on her car last night. ...
McCain Supporter Ashley Todd Attacked and Mutilated in Pittsburgh
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Authorities say the woman is from Texas, but aren’t identifying her.
Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richards says the woman was withdrawing money at 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her from behind, put a knife to her neck and demanded money. She says she gave him $60.
The woman told police the robber then noticed the bumper sticker, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down and carved a “B” on her face.
Video here.
The victim has been identified as Ashley Todd, a College ...
Joe The Mugger?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Drudge is hyping this story to the rafters (he must have run out of outlier polls), but Malkin is skeptical. So is TSG. I have no idea, and hope the woman gets some medical attention for her wounds. Occasional acts of violence with political ramifications will occur on both sides, I'm afraid. It seems to me that we should try and calm this stuff down a little in coverage, rather than ratchet it up. ...
Hateful And Violent Politics UPDATED
Rhymes With Right —
... . The home of a Central Florida Republican headquarters manager was shot up and damaged over his support of Sen. John McCain, the man told police. Lets see weve had fire bombings of signs, assaults on folks engaged in peaceful political advocacy, an attack on the Straight Talk Express and now gun violence against a private home. Looks to me like too many members of the Obamanation are too unstable to be allowed anywhere near the reins of power. UPDATE: Just ...
About That Campaign Worker Attack...
Wizbang —
... the photo of Ms. Todd you will also notice that where she laying on the ground and an assailant was in front of her body (looking at her from the forehead down toward her chin) someone writing a "B" from that angle would produce exactly what is shown... At this point it's really anyone's guess as to whether the story is true, a hoax, or some combination of truth and hoax. More than likely the truth will come out soon enough... *** Information from the 11:00 PM news report on KDKA ( video ).
Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain’s campaign is ‘over, forever linked to race-baiting.’
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, before Todd had confessed, the McCain campaign put out a statement about the incident, saying “We’re shaken up by this. It’s sick and disgusting.” ...
The Hoax
Matthew Yglesias —
... Of course the McCain campaign could have done the smart thing and stayed circumspect about this until all the facts were in. But instead they decided to try and exploit it. ...
McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of "Carved B" Story Before Facts Were Known
TPM Election Central —
... The claims to KDKA from the McCain campaign were included in an early story that ran late yesterday on KDKA's Web site. The paragraphs containing these assertions were quickly removed from the story after the Obama campaign privately complained that KDKA was letting the McCain campaign spin a racially-charged version of the story before the facts had been established, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.
The story with the removed grafs is still right here. We preserved the three missing grafs from yesterday: ...
