this is important:
yesterday the right-wing news media released a story wherein it was alleged that a white john mccain volunteer from texas
was attacked by a black obama supporter. the mccain volunteer claimed that she was beaten and robbed and that
he carved a ‘B’ into her face with a knife.
drudge report and fox and etc all ran with the story without actually checking it out(aka-doing research).
then today people noticed some things, like the “B” was backwards, and was more of a scratch.
the police investigated thoroughly and found that her story was completely fabricated.
the right wing media were quick to pounce on this without doing any investigating, the right wing and the gop
were quick to pounce on this because they thought it would incite people to racist fears about obama.
the right wing media screwed up and are now tucking their collective republican tail between their legs
and retreating.
it was a completely made up story and fox and matt drudge fell for it.
now the mccain volunteer who made up the story is facing police charges for making utterly false claims.
hey, republicans, if you want to win, why not try to win honestly?
can you republicans even conceive of trying to win a campaign based on the issues as opposed to lies, slander, and racism?
it’s disgusting how quick the republicans tried to latch onto a fabricated story about a fake racist attack.
utterly disgusting.
here’s the story:
Police: Campaign Volunteer Made Up Attack Story
A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― 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 test.
Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.
Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and “the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction.”
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.