Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain’s campaign is ‘over, forever linked to race-baiting.’
Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain’s campaign is ‘over, forever linked to race-baiting.’
Following the Drudge Report’s lead yesterday, news organizations picked up the story of a McCain campaign volunteer in Pittsburgh named Ashley Todd, who said that a black man mugged her, sexually assaulted her, and scratched a “B” into her cheek because she had a McCain bumper sticker on her car. The police quickly pointed out “inconsistencies” in her story. Todd has now confessed that she made up the story. On his blog yesterday, Fox News Executive VP John Moody, who is a Pittsburgh native, wrote that the incident’s credibility was inextricably tied to McCain’s campaign:
This incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election.
If Ms. Todd’s allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their 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.
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.
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.”
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Dang, TP, you’re fast……
:)
John must be so proud of the people who attend his rallies and work for his campaign…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pm(snark)
Of course it was a hoax….the “B” was backwards. And besides, a true Obama supporter would have used an “O”…like on Obama’s Ohio flag.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pmIt’s kind of like the Nazis. They burned down the Reichstag- then blamed the Communists.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:09 pmPolice: McCain volunteer changes ATM attack story
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_re_us/attack_mccain_sticker_6;_ylt=AlvoiUj5p3QwL.RJdf0kNAJh24cA
this is what i was talking about.. the lady claimed some big, scary darkie beat her and carved a backwards “B” into her cheek with a 5 inch knife after seeing her mccain bumper sticker.
i saw the picture…she had a black eye that did not look bad enough to have come from a blow my a 6 foot 6 black man, and the “B” carved on her cheek was just a scratch that didnt even look like it had drawn blood. also, the angle of the alleged cuts (actually scratches) didnt look like something which could be accomplished easily while holding someone down…the B was very well formed which would be unliked if someone was struggling in the least, and also the angle required to make a backwards B wouuld have been very impractical, especially for a right handed person..
except when you l
October 24th, 2008 at 2:10 pmPoor girl, I hope she gets the help that she so desperately needs.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm“Of course it was a hoax….the “B” was backwards.”
That’s cause she did it herself in front of the motel bathroom mirror.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:12 pmTruly a sick individual.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pmYou would think that the McCain campaign would have learned by now to keep their mouth’s shut long enough to vet people who present themselves as a GOP story. Apparently the liar, Joe the Plumber, didn’t teach them anything, did it.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pmRepublicans have been mugging American citizens for 8 years now.
Larry King had Michael Moore on last night. Moore featured the ‘Plumbers for Obama’, who do low labor cost work for low income & needy people.
Meanwhile, McCain’s ‘Joe the Plumber’ isn’t a plumber, isn’t registered to vote, has a questionable record but is being used as a pawn to diss Obama.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pmMcCain is as angry & mean as Sairhead is completely stupid.
Will Drudge disappear now? His credibility is shot.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pmFox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain’s campaign is ‘over, forever linked to race-baiting.’»
– - McCain’s campaign has Nuked the Shark.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pmThe backwards “B” and surface only cuts were a dead giveaway.
Pitiful, sick, racist girl.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:17 pmI was hoping you guys would write about this. I was on Technorati earlier and the blogs were lighting up about this. Malkin was featured and of course she took it as instantaneous fact, something that reveals what all Obama supporters are like.
The whole thing is disgusting. I can’t believe someone would do that to themselves. Not only does it look stupid for everyone that supported it… but this woman has essentially ruined her life. Jobs, people, schools will judge her on this for a long time.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pmThis kind of slime has become a specialty of the bait and switch Republican Party: “compassionate conservatism,” “uniter, not a divider,” etc.!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pmHow ironic that the Republicans have created an atmosphere where virtually anything bad we hear about a Democrat must be discounted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYxqSipov5E
October 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pmOh my, how GOP hate rallies bring out the creative side in some folks.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pmPitiful, sick, racist Republican girl.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pmUncle Ho Says:
It’s kind of like the Nazis. They burned down the Reichstag- then blamed the Communists.
kind of like 9-11 too!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWhere is Nancy Fluffernutter to issue an apology to tall black men on behalf of the McCain campaign? I’m holding my breath.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pm> And she’s a frickin’ Texas Aggie.
Yep, Ashley Todd of College Station.
A bunch of backward ass, hillbilly white trash cousinf#cking biblehumpers..
A member of the College Republican national commitee, her boss in that organizatin is Ethan Eilon… his email and also his AIM is crnation@gmail.com we should all write him an email saying hello..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pmshoeless Says:
Pitiful, sick, racist Republican girl.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
No wonder I was instantly suspicious. :D
October 24th, 2008 at 2:21 pmmargerine Says:
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… but this woman has essentially ruined her life. Jobs, people, schools will judge her on this for a long time.
Yeah, her only option now is to get a job with the RNC.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:21 pm> Oh my, how GOP hate rallies bring out
> the creative side in some folks.
I wouldnt call this creative. One of the few achilles heels of these goosestepping monsters is thier utter lack of creativity…I dont even mention some of the possibilities that concern me because I dont want to give these idiots any ideas..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
…College Station.
A bunch of backward ass, hillbilly white trash cousinf#cking biblehumpers..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
No wonder my nephew wants to go there. Yeesh…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pmYesterday, 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.”
Hey! Ya’ll McCain supporters still shaken up by this sick and disgusting act?
And, she wasn’t even original. Morton Downey Jr tried this same tactic years ago, saying he was attacked in a mens room by a bunch of skin heads who cut his hair, beat him, and carved (or wrote in ink) swastikas on his head.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:24 pmThe coup de grace for proof of his made up story? The swastikas were backwards!
I was over at rhe ABC blog last night on the Obama’s
October 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pmsick grandmother thread and the were a bunch of wingnuts
using this story to “try” to say that Obama supporters
were like this and then saying that Obama had thrown his
grandmother “under the bus” (in his book) and that was
how she broke her hip. Talk about sick puppies.
She has maybe reduced the acedemic standing of Texas A&M by 50 points; Ms. Todd, when you look in the mirror, things are backwards to the viewer, K?
You can always tell a Texan, just can’t tell them much.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pmno one in the US of A would believe what the fox newsperson said, maybe 6 years ago. But in one swoop, Fux has tied itself to dead false reporting, claiming that a random mugging is going to make everyone wonder who Obama is?
the rest of the BS is typical fox crap, but using a phony tragedy to justify a statement like that is repulsive in the extreme.
This is a new low, on top of thousands of old lows for fox. it rises up and nearly sloshes over the gutter.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pmDrudge has made mention that the story was made up.. without mentioning, of course, that it was his website that was prominent in promoting the story in the first place.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pm>No wonder I was instantly suspicious. :D
If you’d seen the pictures of the alleged victim you’d have been even more suspicious…whoever had done this to her was not trying to hurt her, only to create the appearance of injury. no way in heck a giant angry black man with a 5 inch knife gracefully scratches a perfectly formed “B” into your cheek without even breaking the skin..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pmI knew it was a hoax the minute I read it.
Drudge, Fux Propaganda can suck on it.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pmThe alleged perpetrator was a tall black man like Barack Obama. And I’m still waiting for an apology from the McCain campaign.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm>You can always tell a Texan, just can’t tell them much.
I’m born, raised, and currently residing in texas, and im embarassed to say you’re totally and completely correct…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm#Perry logan Says:
How ironic that the Republicans have created an atmosphere where virtually anything bad we hear about a Democrat must be discounted.
We hear bad things about Democrats and bad things about Republicans. Unfortunately for the Republicans most of the bad things we hear about them are true. Not many heard about Democrats are true.
The Republicans are intentionally creating a divisive and hate filled atmosphere in an attempt to interfere with Obama’s effectiveness as President. What’s good for us is that they underestimate Obama’s ability to heal and bring people together. I also don’t get why they are doing it. The Republican party is pretty much marginalized now. Imagine what is going to happen if racial incidents increase and skinheads start attacking people. The Republicans are going to be blamed. There is no upside to what they are doing.
I am very sad that some good people may end up getting hurt because of the hate and divisiveness they Republicans are causing.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
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A member of the College Republican national commitee, her boss in that organizatin is Ethan Eilon… his email and also his AIM is crnation@gmail.com we should all write him an email saying hello..
What do you know! She already is a member of the RNC. This incident will surely turn out to be an excellent career move for Miss Ashley, the new rising star of the RNC!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:27 pmCoincidentally, “sick and disgusting” is pretty much descriptive of the entire McPalin campaign.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:28 pmand she’s an aggie to boot!
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does anyone here have
the link to drudge’s
apology to the obama
campaign and to the city
of pittsburgh?
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thank you.
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October 24th, 2008 at 2:28 pmI’ll take the high road and move on with this one: I sincerely hope she gets the help she needs. GOP tactics and impressionable youth doesn’t mix well.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:30 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
>No wonder I was instantly suspicious. :D
If you’d seen the pictures of the alleged victim you’d have been even more suspicious…whoever had done this to her was not trying to hurt her, only to create the appearance of injury. no way in heck a giant angry black man with a 5 inch knife gracefully scratches a perfectly formed “B” into your cheek without even breaking the skin..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
That was what I thought, CJ. I was shocked when I saw her picture — and the backwards B. No one stays still while someone is trying to hold them down and carve their face — she would have had more severe injuries, and no perfect B. And if a guy is angry or crazy enough to do something like that, he’s going to do a “good” job of it.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:30 pmheres a better pic:
http://collegeotr.s3.amazonaws.com/images/blogs/4d7d240352aadec62f28435865593b28.jpg
neither eye is very damaged AT ALL, and the “B” is a light scratch and perfectly formed..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pmbackwards “B”!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pmincredible! these stoopid, fukcing repugs just can’t get anything right!
McCain’s campaign is over anyway. This is just another nail in the coffin.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pmWhoops, there go the false equivalences waiting to happen. See, McCain supporters don’t go around attacking Obama supporters. Obama supporters are thugs and domestic terrorists.
Nice to see it all flushed down the drain…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pmWhy didn’t she use an “O”, it would not be backwards, no matter how she did it?
More fodder for those Aggie jokes!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pmThe whole thing is disgusting. I can’t believe someone would do that to themselves. Not only does it look stupid for everyone that supported it… but this woman has essentially ruined her life. Jobs, people, schools will judge her on this for a long time.
The Republicans are the ones always pushing “personal responsibility.” I would hope that they recognize that she belongs in prison for such a stunt to ruminate on her lack of ethics.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pmThe dumbass base of the Republican party will continue to believe that she was attacked by a big black scary Obama supporter.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pmSo this means one of two things: that this hoax was directed by someone in the McCain campaign, or that the McCain campaign has so little control over its volunteers that one of them would somehow believe that filing a politically-motivated false police report was a good idea.
If this is the way McCain runs his campaign, can you imagine what a McCain government would be like?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pmOr maybe her attacker was a Baylor alum. They hate getting wupperd on by those A&M Meanies from College Station.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pmupside99 Says:
Why didn’t she use an “O”, it would not be backwards, no matter how she did it?
More fodder for those Aggie jokes!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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Dude, she’s from Texas. Do you really think she learned that much of the alphabet?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pmlistening to ed… he announced this latest a while ago…
October 24th, 2008 at 2:40 pmlaughing about “slant-head hannity” and how he was going to cover this… guess it was his main story yesterday when the story first broke… i would watch a youtube of hannity choking on his gruff…
At the very least, she’ll be cited for filing a false report, right?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:40 pmSounds to me as if the authorities should investigate Ethan Eilon of the College Republican National Commitee.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:41 pmMaybe she will get a job offer to join Rove’s campaign consulting company. After all, she has the tactics down cold!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
I hope she rots in jail after gets charged with a hate crime and intent to incite a riot.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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Seriously. If Amy Goodman can be charged with “felony riot” for trying to ask a cop a few questions, this sleazebag should at least be charged with incitement.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pmCan repubs stoop any lower?
Fck yes they can and will.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm> That’s cause she did it herself in
> front of the motel bathroom mirror.
brilliant, i never thought of that…scary some lone wolf thought she could be the next “joey the plumber”…
man, I REALLY hope when he gets into office he purges the secret service of anyone vaugely sympathethic to the bush regime..
October 24th, 2008 at 2:43 pmCareful, men..you don’t buy this girl jewelry, champagne, lobster and cavier..she’ll start yelling RAPE…!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pmI find it bizarre that McCain and Palin actually called the young woman before her story could hold. I don’t know the motive of the calls, but since this campaign has been licking crumbs off the counter I have to suspect they were looking for another Obama attack point. How could I rule it out? This campaign has been in the gutter for weeks.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:47 pmLet’s psycho-an*lyze (heh) this topic.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:48 pmA big black scary man (i.e. supporter of Obama) attacks a young white women, and takes the time to “torture” her by beating her and carving her. All in front of an ATM (with cameras).
This digs deep into the fears of bigoted white America. And of course, the media runs wild with it.
Hello! Remember Susan Smith???
Maybe. Just maybe we should get the whole facts before reporting on basically a non story.
I guaran-fcking-tee that about 23% of America was eating this story up yesterday, boasting about how they told us Obama was bad for the country.
McWars Says:
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I find it bizarre that McCain and Palin actually called the young woman before her story could hold.
See: Joe The Plumber
October 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pmchabuka Says:
Careful, men..you don’t buy this girl jewelry, champagne, lobster and cavier..she’ll start yelling RAPE…!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
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I don’t think anyone would buy her that to begin with. She seems more the “Boone’s and scrapple” type.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
> That’s cause she did it herself in
> front of the motel bathroom mirror.
brilliant, i never thought of that…scary some lone wolf thought she could be the next “joey the plumber”…
I’m trying to imagine how she got the black eyes… fell down the stairs drunk Wednesday night? Smack herself in the face with a McCain yard sign?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:50 pmDRxJ Says:
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I guaran-fcking-tee that about 23% of America was eating this story up yesterday, boasting about how they told us Obama was bad for the country.
And they will continue to do so.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pmShe used a “B” for Obama because her only thought on Obama is “B”lack man.
Every single media outlet who trumpeted this crap on a whim should be required to issue retraction, explanation, and apology for the same amount of time/space that they used to promote it, or be shut down (yeah, of course not, but that’s what I’d like to see).
Ms. Todd should not be treated leniently or with deference of any kind. She willfully and knowingly attempted to incite, on a national level (and knowingly so) racial hatred. This was also an attempt to unlawfully influence a presidental election (by influencing voters through racial fears and hatred). How can I say it was political as well as racial? well, it was a big, scary black man that did it, and “when he saw the McCain sticker” on her car…. that is why it is racial and political, and that she worked for the McCAin campaign says that the campaign should also be investigated: did she act on her own, was she encouraged, and what is the McCain campaign’s response NOW? Give the maximum sentence for all the crimes involved here (not just filing a false report — this is MORE than that). She can get psychiatric help once she is incarcerated.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pmMy God, it feels almost “biblical”, watching the unraveling of the GOP campaign. I’m in awe. Republicans, it really is time to leave the stage and figure out what you can offer Americans other than lies, greed, and race-hatred.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pmSick and Disgusting.
A fitting epitaph for the McRocky & BullTwinkle campaign.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pmOn a lighter note:
McIIIrd spokesperson may have claimed Obama was quoted yesterday wondering ~ Where all da white wimmen?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pmMcWars Says:
“I’ll take the high road and move on with this one: I sincerely hope she gets the help she needs.”
Yeah. I suggest she start with Palin’s hotshot makeup artist.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
The dimwit reich-wingers on hotair are claiming that she is actually liberal. ROFL!!
October 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Where are you seeing that, Dr Matt?
October 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
So this means one of two things: that this hoax was directed by someone in the McCain campaign, or that the McCain campaign has so little control over its volunteers that one of them would somehow believe that filing a politically-motivated false police report was a good idea.
Great point, toaster!
What we have is someone who will be scarred for life. Now the question remains, was this an individual effort for recognition and attention (i.e. Trajan), or was this planned by many?
Either way, I hope she gets medical and mental therapeutic help. I truly do.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pmIt is, Dr. Matt:
The McCain-Palin campaign also released a statement saying, “The McCain campaign is aware of the incident involving one of its volunteers. Out of respect, the campaign won’t be commenting. The campaign also confirms that Senator McCain and Governor Palin have both spoken to the woman.”
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17789356/detail.html
October 24th, 2008 at 2:57 pmDRxJ Says:
Either way, I hope she gets medical and mental therapeutic help. I truly do.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
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Me too, but it’s unlikely. To date, there is no known cure for conservative delusion syndrome.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:58 pmIf she is not penalized by our law for this in a serious way, it is saying to the public that these kinds of lying tactics are o.k. — espescially if you get away with them. This has got to be the dirtiest of politics, and she should be given the maximum for as many offenses as she committed here. No kid gloves, or we will see more of this in every election.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:59 pmWhen Michele Malkin refused to stand behind her on this story, I knew it had to be a hoax.
I hope that the Pittsburgh police charge her with filing a false police report. She also owes a huge apology to the Obama campaign and to all of us who support Sen. Obama.
Shame, shame, shame. I hope that she gets what is coming to her.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:59 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Zooey, read my post at number 83.
That’s just one of many….
October 24th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Ugh, I had to stop reading those earlier. I was feeling queasy. :P
October 24th, 2008 at 3:00 pmI was surprised to just learn (at lunch) that people actually believe all the sht floating around and that Obama is anti-American. It’s hard enough to argue against false logic and jumps in conclusion, but eight against one was too draining. I was actually having to defend that Barack wasn’t sworn in on the Koran.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:00 pmAnd, hey, you want to lunge into the national spotlight, join Joe the Plumber and let’s vet her history. If the repug response is that she was a mole, then vet her — her history will show it (unless they are going to claim that she was indoctinated at birth and trained all her life for this one moment… and then screwed it up). If she’s a secret democrat but acting all crazy to bring down the (losing) republican party — prove it. Vet her. Let’s see the proof: it will be there if they’re right (and of course they are wrong, and the truth is that this was probably suggested by someone in the McCain campaign, though she is probably just enough of a sheeple that she will take the fall, whatever that might be).
October 24th, 2008 at 3:04 pmYep, yep, yep.
Very old southern tactic.
Kill a little boy because white people claimed he whistled at a white woman. Kill all Blacks.
Let a white woman cry anything they please about a Black person and the little thing use to sick. She has to do better than Morton Downey, Jr” show. racist idiot
Hoaxes similar to this, against people of color, occur all the time.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:05 pmAnyone could have seen her “injuries” were fake. That’s no black eye for a start- and she refused medical help (which would have exposed her pathtic injuries for the lies they were).
What it goes to show though is how completely removed McCain is from the concept of pre-vetting anyone or anything. Palin. Joe the Plumber. Miss Todd of the dark grey eye shadow.
So – when can we expect McCain and Palin to gracefully withdraw and concede – and thereby bypass the Republican attempts to disenfranchise half of America. (I won’t hold my breath ..)
October 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pmWhat this young girl did is reprehensible, and also illegal (filing a false report). She probably will be punished appropriately for it, unless they plead mental illness of something. But really…for Moody at Fox to say it would either end Obama’s or McCain’s bid for the presidency is plain stupid. Yes…it’s true that the RNC and the McCain campaign really pushed this alleged incident as though it were true. But I doubt if it would change any minds…only reinforce the minds of those who wouldn’t vote for a black guy in the first place. It won’t hurt McCain directly either, except as one more example of dirty politics…the same we’ve been seeing from the Republicans for years now.
My bottom line read on this is this kid’s lame attempt to get her own “15 minutes of fame,” and join Joe the Plumber in the news cycle.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:08 pmher boss, Ethan Eilon probably told her to do it…amazing how the mccain campaign got ahold of her so quick to give their condolence…SHE WORKED FOR THEM!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=202982313&albumID=0&imageID=12344460
October 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pmFox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain’s campaign is ‘over, forever linked to race-baiting.’»
- – McCain’s campaign has Nuked the Shark.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Maybe Daryll was right after all. God did this so that McCain would have to withdraw and Huckabee would become the Republican nominee. Of course, God would have to come up with a real doozy to help Huckabee beat Obama.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:12 pmDid she punch herself in her eyes?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pmChocolate Jesus Says:
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her boss, Ethan Eilon probably told her to do it…
The guy even looks like a real prick.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:14 pmFunny, the McCain campaign was swift to issue a comment: “We’re shaken up by this. It’s sick and disgusting.” But now that she confessed the campaign refuses to issue any sort of comment? Very telling indeed.
“Black man attacked a white woman? Appalling — we a sick and disgusted.”
October 24th, 2008 at 3:14 pmbut
“That white woman lied? We have no comment. Move along, politics to do here….”
The republican party has been desperate for a while now…
October 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pmAshley the Plumber!
October 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pmMy local NBC station (phoenix) just had the story on
October 24th, 2008 at 3:16 pmsaying that they didn’t have the details yet, but are
still spewing the original story.
Game of Life Says:
Did she punch herself in her eyes?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Ever had a black eye? Swelling, blood in your eye, etc…
That’s makeup. No wonder she refused medical help.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:17 pmShe does look like she’s been smacked around some. Is that the work of a really good, and expensive makeup artist?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:17 pmGame of Life Says:
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Did she punch herself in her eyes?
Probably had a friend do it, or it was makeup. This is not a hospital or police photo: she refused ANY treatment, and the police reported that they took no photos. It was noted, because in less than 24 hours this photo was all over the internet… how convenient. But, again, she refused ALL medical help and the police did not take photos. That is NOT a police or hospital photo: it was taken by a friend of hers, or by herself.
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Despicable, Loathesome, Bigots one and all.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:19 pmDemand of any news organization you have seen this on to issue clear and specific retraction of this lie whose only real goal is to incite racial hatred.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:20 pmTypical behavior, from “those people“.
10 days to go, so still plenty of time for more of this “pro-american” stuff – but it’s not hateful or anything like that…
October 24th, 2008 at 3:20 pmI hope the backward “B” doesn’t go away.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:21 pmOnly a repuke would stage a race bashing story as this with such stupidity.
This story rates high on the idiot list.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:22 pmReminds me of something I read somewhere or maybe saw in a movie, where the shape-shifting demon is caught by the neck and pinned to the ground. So he shifts his form; wolf, serpent, dragon, giant bat, spider, scorpion, etc. But every shape remains pinned and helpless in the fight. Having failed in every respect other than making rich people more rich at the expense of everyone else, the repubs shape shift vis a vis Obama on a daily basis now: “terrorist”, “elitist”, “corrupt”, “not a citizen”, “scary black man”, “secret socialist” etc. etc. etc. But they’re pinned, having placed the nation on the slippery slope to the greatest crash in it’s history. Repubs, everyone can see the smoking rubble.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:24 pmMcCain and Palin were quick to call her when it was big scary black man attacking her.
Now there mum when it wasn’t.
Ironic, ain’t it???
Of course, in a world where gentlemen (and women) respect others of different political beliefs, the McCain campaign would have issued this statement:
“The McCain campaign is shocked and disgusted by Ms. Todd’s recent actions. We want to let the citizens of this country know that we do not condone or support this type of behavior. Playing the victim of a hate crime will not be tolerated by any of us. It is no laughing matter. After the proper evaluation of Ms. Todd’s mental condition, we fully support her being reprimanded to the fullest extent of the law.
We realize that we are locked into a major battle for the highest office in the free world. We respect our opponents campaign, and would like to reiterate that this type of behavior is not acceptable. Not now. Not never.”
I, of course, won’t hold my breath
October 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pmher boss at the National College Republicans..send him your love..
founds a better email for him..
eeilon@crnc.org
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ethan_Eilon/20205997
http://twitter.com/eeilon
http://lifeinthefield.com/blogs/ethan-eilon
http://brightkite.com/people/eeilon
October 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pmZooey Says:
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Game of Life Says:
Did she punch herself in her eyes?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Ever had a black eye? Swelling, blood in your eye, etc…
That’s makeup. No wonder she refused medical help.
She may have got hit on the right side of the bridge of her nose. That would cause the bruise under her left eye, with just a little bit under the right eye.
I wonder if Ethan Eilon is a southpaw?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pmCageyCretin Says:
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Demand of any news organization you have seen this on to issue clear and specific retraction of this lie whose only real goal is to incite racial hatred.
It won’t matter. People still believe that Joe The Plumber is a plumber and that his name is Joe.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:30 pmLushInterior,
Couldn’t wait to come on and post you b.s, eh?
Unless, of course, you were snarkin’.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:31 pmWere you?
They used to brand adulterers with an ‘A’ on their face. What does the backward ‘B’ stand for? Bassackward B!TCH?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:31 pmHow long before the Right claims that she was a Democratic plant?
5….4….3…
October 24th, 2008 at 3:33 pmAnd as for the young woman, from what I read, she apparently has some mental health issues, so, please go easy on the venom towards the woman. We already have enough of that all around.
Mental health treatment is severely strained in this country, we don’t need to compound it with personal attacks.
IMO, of course.
October 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pmLushInterior Says:
“…I know all this but what are my choices? etc….”
The long uphill slog out of the mess created by Bush/Cheney will take longer than the plunge down into it. Are you willing to knuckle down, get to work, and be part of the solution? Or are you going to sit around in sackcloth and ashes, lamenting the dessication of your innards?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:42 pmSomeone claimed that it was obviously fake, given the “B” was backwards (as if written with a mirror).
Just to be accurate, it might not have been mirror-inverted, but rather just written upside-down (try it!)
But seeing as she’s confessed, I guess we can just say that these people ought not consider a career in crime … or in anything, for that matter.
Cheers,
October 24th, 2008 at 3:44 pmMcCain’s Crusade is over? He still can win. Don’t be fooled. I’ll believe Obama is President when he’s sworn in at his Inaugural. He should just be well and safe and do good for the People. He should follow the best inclinations of his heart and stay miles away from the Monica Lewinskys…because you’d better believe they’ll be around.
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October 24th, 2008 at 3:49 pmA rogue’s gallery of McLame supporters:
Gayle Quinnell – the “He’s an Arab” woman
Sam Wurzelbacher – the fake “Joe the Plumber”
Ashley Todd – the hoax “campaign violence” victim
Michelle Bachmann – the rabid McCartyite
Todd Palin – the Alaskan secessionist
and the list goes on….
October 24th, 2008 at 3:58 pmLushInterior Says: “I have decided to start drinking more and watching much more TV. It will be interesting to see this all unfold. We are WAY overdue for world changing events.”
I hope you’ve saved your money in a secure place, as opposed to the stock market or a bank.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pmEnjoy your couch and flat screen.
Look for me on the evening news, I’m the guy with the soot stained face and calloused hands.
Cheerio!
Oh lawd, the repugs are also stating, if the “B” is turned upside down, it looks like a regular “B.” Can you imagine the stretch one has to make to make this story believable. These fools are taking pride in posting the upside down picture.
You’re right Zooey, the punched eye needs to be red.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pmThat’s my favorite one from Hot Air…
PROJECTION AT ITS FINEST.
IT IS MCCAIN SUPPORTERS WHO ARE BURNING AND STEALING OBAMA/BIDEN SIGNS.
How to know when Republicans are doing something: When they accuse Democrats of doing it.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pmMcCain-a Brawley?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:03 pmis it just me or, does this chick look like Divine in the role of Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray”?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:04 pmNot much treatment for the mentally ill is available since Ronald Reagan closed all the mental hospitals and health insurance, for the few who have it, pays a max of $25K and only 50% if cost for a lifetime.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:08 pmThe rogue’s gallery cont.:
Brad Blakeman – GOP anti-grandma scumbag
Please add more candidates to the list.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pmMiss Todd, get thyself to a therapist – STAT!
October 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pmNettles Says that he is an idiot.
Good job, fool, you brownshirt, jackboot, scum sucking, neanderturd, moron, go suck an egg.
McSame is 8-(
October 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pmAwwww Com’on. Just because a Fox News guy says something you don’t really expect him to stand behind his words.
Do you actually think Fox News got where they are by being honest and reliable?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pmNettles Says:
I’ve forgotten more about politics and American history than you’ll ever know or attempt to learn, you conformist hack.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
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It’s amazing to me how conservatives can take such pride in ignorance. This one’s bragging about forgetting politics and history.
Hey, that’s great, Nettles! Congratulations on your long-term memory loss! :)
October 24th, 2008 at 4:34 pmNettles,
October 24th, 2008 at 4:36 pmIs it just me or do you have sort of an angry false sense of superiority thing going on? What’s up with that or am I just reading you wrong?
Assuming the black eye isn’t makeup, it’s a day or so old. The “b”, on the other hand, looks minutes old. I’m guessing she got smacked by her girlfriend and made up the story to hide her sexual preference from her family.
And…
When is Flippy McSpin going to repudiate her? Bachmann? “Joe” the “plumber”? His brother Joe? The racist pricks in his crowds? Any of the multitude of creeps making idiotic, dishonest, dishonorable, statements on his behalf?
Will Flippy McSpin ever repudiate anybody?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:40 pmMy only hope is that the republican party is over and done with for the rest of my, and my children’s lives. The damage they have done to this country is immeasurable.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:42 pmHey Pete,
October 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pmOT but pipit, lapland longspur, and horned lark all showed up here this week. Seems a bit early but they’re here
Bozo The Neoclown Says:
“is it just me or, does this chick look like Divine in the role of Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray”?”
i’m thinking more like Divine in “Pink Flamingos”.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:50 pmOh boy…my Aggie fiancee (who supports Obama) is really going to be disgusted by this. As a liberal Texan, I find myself outnumbered by LIVs, but nevertheless I keep trying to educate them. I wonder how the McCain supporters I know will defend the McCain camp’s fake outrage, followed quickly by their desire not to comment?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:54 pmdbadass,
October 24th, 2008 at 4:56 pmI had a flock of Cedar Waxwings in the crab apple tree this morning. Looks like a killing frost is imminent as well. I hope we get safe early season ice this year. I can’t wait for a mess of fresh panfish.
Dr. Hussein Matt,
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tp, isn’t the only place -
all the progressive blogs
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October 24th, 2008 at 5:02 pmIt’s hard for me to believe that Obama would personally direct his supporters to beat up anyone whose car sported a McCain sticker, much less carve backwards letters into their faces. There is absolutely NOTHING to be gained from this (I doubt any victim would change their vote), so I doubt any staffers would condone such behavior, either.
It’s also difficult for me to believe that McCain would personally ask his supporters to fake physical abuse and blame it on black Obama supporters. McCain himself isn’t really into race-baiting (he still remembers being on the receiving end of that in 2000), but I suppose it’s possible that some of his staffers might think that manufacturing a race incident could work in their favor, sick as that is.
It sounds to me like the incident was the idea of Ashley Todd — or possibly a local organizer. As long as the McCain campaign deals with it swiftly, I don’t see a backlash for McCain. And there’s no reason at all why anyone should change their opinion of Obama over this. Most of the bigots who would buy this story are already in the “nobama” camp anyway.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:06 pmWell I, for one, would not find it at all inappropriate if hundreds of thousands of voters went to the polls wearing a backwards B on their faces…
I think it’s a symbol that sums up this whole vicious, ugly campaign.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:10 pm#147: Dr. Hussein Matt:
Yeah, the Left should just resort to craving “M”s in our faces and make-up induced black-eyes.
Yeah. At least that way, we won’t get tripped up using the mirror image…. ;-)
Cheers,
October 24th, 2008 at 5:22 pmDamn that is very strange. And very coincidental.
Obama/Biden
October 24th, 2008 at 5:26 pm>she apparently has some mental health issues
she supports Plane Crash and Trailer Trash 08, id say “mental health issues” are par for the course..
the lady was trying to stir up a lynch mob, I have no sympathy for her whatsoever. i hope shes prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for filing a false police report..
October 24th, 2008 at 5:35 pmNettles,
I tend to chime in when I find some of the comments lacking in either fact or accountability, which I believe have picked up as we’ve inched closer to Nov 4.
You are fake and are only concerned with facts when it comes the the dem party. You’re a walking contradiction.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:42 pmNettles Says:
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Nettles Says:
Good job, fool, you brownshirt, jackboot, scum sucking, neanderturd, moron, go suck an egg
Absolutely classless remark that’s unfortunately par for the course from the vitriolic inconsequential fringe reich-wing
Those are not my words, Dr. H.M. Those are your friend Bucky Boy’s words directed at me. I would never insinuate that anyone here were a Nazi, not even a moo-cow lemming conformist like you.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:39 pm Recommend (0)
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Dr Dufus has class? He wishes the death of posters spouses.
This incident is not going to change this election. The November Obama suprise that’s coming, will however. Prepare!
October 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pmpbg Says:
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Well I, for one, would not find it at all inappropriate if hundreds of thousands of voters went to the polls wearing a backwards B on their faces…
I think it’s a symbol that sums up this whole vicious, ugly campaign.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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If they do, they will look as stupid as she does. I hope they do. I also hope some wear black face. Now that’s support!
October 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pmWhat does it say about Fox News’ VP that he would think that (now confirmed phony) attack would actually change the election? McCain’s campaign has been over for weeks now. This incident, even if it was real, was not going to change the way people vote.
These guys really do think we’re a bunch of idiots. Yeah, I’ve followed the news, watched all the debates, etc., and made my decision to vote Obama…..wait, what? Some chick got a black eye and a backwards B scratched on her face? By a BLACK man no less???? That’s it, I’m 100% in support of McCain now!!! (end sarcasm) Yeah, that was going to happen. In the Fox News fantasy-distraction-land maybe.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:02 pmNILAPSTICK Says:
Odd and sort of juvenile things…
October 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pmNo one can look as stupid as this woman. Remember how long it took Tania Harding to live it down? And she didn’t even involve race or politics.
This is Tania Harding Politics. This is the John Mccain Campaign 2008 in a nutshell.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:55 pmThe is a Rove supported tactic to only hope to scare white voters to not vote for Obama. How stupid that girl is. I mean, she carved the B backwards in her cheek. WOW!!
October 24th, 2008 at 7:09 pmUPDATE:
October 24th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Here is a real race crime, reported in this week’s Amsterdam News, NY, NY: Heinous dragging death in Texas.
A 24 year old man was run down and run over to the point his body was dismembered and pieces were still be retrieved when the police were rushing to coverup the story. http://www.amsterdamnews.com – this week’s edition.
As for that woman – “a black man did it” – she should have the book thrown at her.
October 24th, 2008 at 7:51 pmIf the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.
Only now they realise the McCain crowd has engaged in race-baiting?
What about all the times they spread the smear that Obama is Arab, not American, and or Muslim? Or the times they called Obama “uppity”?
As far as I am concerned, the McCain campaign were already linked to race-baiting.
October 25th, 2008 at 4:12 amOkay, now that this has been blown apart as a complete fabrication, I really think that the way we collectively address the issue needs to be tempered. Be clear that I am in no way, shape or form condoning what has happened with this girl, nor am I advocating for anything less than full punishment as the law allows. But, as someone who has spent my life fighting mental illness in and out of psych wards, I would urge caution to everyone who is going after Ashley Todd on a personal basis.
None can argue that what she did was anything less than a reprehensible, toxic act designed to vilify Obama supporters as a whole, through the specter of the “large, scary black man.” However, there needs to be a distinction between the vile manifestation of Todd’s personal issues and the uproar that those issues generated, and a moment lent to consider the context in which this has played out.
Regardless of her reasoning, Todd’s story was breathlessly spoon fed to various media outlets by McCain staffers who repeated the unfounded allegations (which were regarded with skepticism by the authorities from the start), where they quickly found their way to the front pages and chyrons of top right wing media outlets. The story was used to fan the fires of animosity already smoldering and justify the noxious vitriol flowing from the gullets of the Republican machine.
The focus on Ashley Todd, in the sense of the overall narrative, is misplaced. The 24 hour networks, the Republican network, the McCain/Palin campaign all stood to gain from this story were it true-and even if it really wasn’t.
We do ourselves a disservice when we “shoot the messenger,” as Todd did little more than attempt to make real the hatred that has, for the most part, existed only in frantic shouts at rallies and hushed-tone insinuations from soulless operatives.
We are better than that.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:42 amAre we?
It’s unfortunate what people will believe/follow. These two links are PRICELESS and lend itself to questionable thinking of many Americans. That being said, I’m no big fan of Bush as of late, but THIS is awesome:
Go Chris Matthews!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o
And Fox News:
October 25th, 2008 at 12:10 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0
I would really like to believe that we are.
If not, that what the hell can we claim to be?
We stand at a dangerous precipice, with too many voices raised in incoherent shrieks. When one is pushed, the natural inclination is to push back, until one is left as the champion of ideals that would seem ludicrous in clearer moments of thought. That is where we seem to be at present, and it is terrifying. “An eye for an eye” may seem cliche, but it is true none the less. I question whether, given our present state, we can ever revert to a state of consideration and reasoned discourse. Though we may never have achieved purity on this end, but there was a point where at least the illusion existed over the exultation of willful ignorance and bitter derision that we now claim as our cultural masthead.
I am personally at a loss as to the solution to the problem, a route to our collective salvation. I, like everyone else that has ever lived, have a personal agenda-beliefs, thoughts and feelings that inform my existence and motivate my actions-but above all else I hold nuance in the highest regard. There is always another side, one that feels as strongly and believes as fervently in the righteousness of their cause as I. The only way that I can justify my opinion is to assert it as just that-my opinion-and allow the other side the opportunity to do the same.
I suggest that we argue not on conjecture, which is subjective, but on fact, which is not. Wherever we end up then, we must be willing to agree to disagree. You will never sway someone with fact who steadfastly refuses that fact’s veracity, and you are cheapened if you allow yourself to be enveloped in an unnecessary battle of triviality.
But, that’s just my opinion.
October 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm182. codedblue
Be carefull what games you play!!
It’s unfortunate what people will believe/follow. These two links are PRICELESS and lend itself to questionable thinking of many Americans.
Go Wolf Blitzer!!!!
ROMNEY CANNOT NAME MCCAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
And MSNBC!!!!
Another McCain Advisor Can’t Name One Energy Accomplishment
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