talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/25/2008
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A portion of the press conference held this afternoon by Pittsburgh police:
pittsburghlive.com - 10/24/2008
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pittsburghlive.com —
A McCain-Palin campaign volunteer who claimed she was
robbed and cut by a supporter of Sen. Barack...
Obama has confessed to making up the story, Pittsburgh police Assistant Chief Maurita Bryant said this afternoon.
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Police say McCain worker made up attack story
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Talking Points Memo —
... The McCain campaign denial also requires you to believe that, more than 12 hours after the concocted attack, the police -- who say they were suspicious of the hoaxster's account from the beginning -- started leaking to reporters an incendiary version of events that didn't even make it into the original police report of the incident. ...
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