omg. This is an awful crime! to be robbed is bad enough but then to persecute further upon the victim's own CHOICE for president is outrageous. I hope the sicko is caught asap.

Minor point, but according to the Pittsburgh Channel account, it happened "outside" the view of security cameras.

I think we can all rest easy assuming that there will be more than enough uninformed speculation and hastily-drawn conclusions before this gets resolved. Brace yourselves for baseless race-baiting and accusations of racism from all sides. Might just be best to turn off the news for a while.

Not a minor point at all, and thank you for catching it. I've fixed it.

Are you kidding me! Liberal media will no cover this! If this crime had happened to an Obama supporter, you can bet the house that it would be all the news.

I hate to go here, but is it possible that this even happened? Were there witnesses? No? Could she have scratched the initial in her face herself? Do I smell Susan Smith? I'm sorry but just from the most basic kind of profiling, this seems more like a Republican stunt than an actual crime. I live in a black urban neighborhood, and although people here are excited about Obama, the likelihood of a simple mugging becoming a brutal assault because of political convention seems very slender indeed. Note the description of the man as well, so stereotypical.

Larkin - are you kidding? People on both sides of the political spectrum have been getting their signs stolen, cars keyed, etc. for showing their support. I am for McCain and we are too scared to put up a sign in our yard or a sticker in our car in fear of what ramifications we will face. To say that this is a "Republican stunt" is completely ridiculous.

No, Becs, I'm not kidding. It's a long way between stealing a yard sign and "scratching" a letter in another human's face. Not to mention the "B" is backwards, as if done while looking in a mirror. There is little to no swelling with her "black" eye. She refused medical treatment. There were no witnesses. She's 20 years old and a McCain staffer. Sorry, but this doesn't pass the sniff test. Go spread your hysteria elsewhere, please.

Because if this was a stunt, the "master conspirator Republicans" would never think of putting the 'B' facing the correct direction.

She also punched herself in the eye, and stole her sixty dollars, from herself.
Please, wake up, this country is in turmoil over this election, and the only ones that have gotten physically violent are the "tolerant" democrats. It's crazy, and I'm a more than a little frightened to see how ugly they get after the election, win or lose.

Uh,that "B" is backward - something that would happen if you used a mirror as reference when carving a letter on your face.

> Becs said:

> To say that this is a "Republican stunt" is completely ridiculous.

I wouldn't say *completely* ridiculous -- but needs to hinge on whatever the police report says, if it becomes public.

First, let me say that I hope the young lady recovers soon and the perpetrator is caught.

Let me explain the reason I say suspicion is not *completely* ridiculous -- note I am *not* saying I believe this is a setup.

There is a convergence of opportune items:

* location: PA, where McCain is currently basing his hopes
* time: Obama in/on route to HI; low point of McCain ratings w/very short time before end of campaign (enough time to incite w/out being disproven)
* circumstance: white female victim/black male assailant -- a trigger for the type of sentiment being roused at GOP rallies over the last month

The fact the B was *backwards* in the face shot also is a bit suspicious to me, although there are plausible explanations: the victim may have been lying down with the attacker leaning over her head; the attacker may in fact write his "B"s like that; etc.

There are also the lack of witnesses/lack of camera footage items noted previously -- although like a previous poster said, perhaps that's just the assailant being good at robbing folks outside ATMs.

Also suspicious: the mere fact that he would carve anything in the first place -- and, from what I can tell from the picture, the *cleanness* of the letter which implies the victim did not jerk her face away from the cut. Again, all that might just be the way it was -- the assailant might have been a nut case and the victim was too scared mor too dazed to move.

All that was just to say that you shouldn't dismiss people for being suspicious out of hand. It could be they're *wrong* about being suspicious, but they're not *crazy* for it either.

It'd take some dedication to get socked in the eye for a cause, though.

I pray that certain parties don't use the incident to incite further conflict.

Since he knocked her down to the ground he could have had her head between his legs when he scratched the B. The B could be upside down, not backwards.

not buying it

not buying it

I just call shenanigans.

First, if the guy hit her that hard, why not just CUT the B into her skin rather than scratch it in a way that is unlikely to even scar?

Secondly, why would a mugging/assault victim of a clearly political crime refuse medical attention? Any 20 year old girl with a cut to her face would be asking to see a doctor if only to find out if that thing was gonna scar.

Now, she may well have been mugged. The black eyes look legit enough. I just don't think the B was done by an assailant.

Remarkable that she has a black eye but no swelling. My guess would be makeup. There is no difference in the amount of puffiness of the two eyes. I would never suggest that this was a sanctioned Republican activity, but college age volunteers away from home? Sure. Here is another link. Read and compare with the reports given by other crime victims. He just came up and asked her for $60? How did she know he "noticed" the bumper sticker on her car. How likely is it that a mugger is going to be mugging people wearing only an undershirt and jeans? In Pittsburgh, at night, in late October. It's a bit chilly don't you think? In her dazed and confused state after the attack, she could find her way to her friend's house, but not back to the ATM? Why didn't she call her friend, or 911 from the site? (Instead of leaving and allowing the crime scene to become contaminated?) Every volunteer on these campaigns has two cell phones, their personal cell phone and a cell phone from the phone bank at the Field Organizer's office. It's a rare mugger that hangs around to talk politics. This is the same old Charles Stuart - Susan Smith (and every other white person who's blamed a crime on an anonymous black boogeyman) kind of BS.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_594853.html

Don't know if this is hers or not, but it's a Google cache of a MySpace for Ashley Todd, age 23, in College Station, TX.

http://tinyurl.com/6qset6

Check this out, from her page - "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her cloths off, but its better if you do."

This is a farce. First of all, you don't get a black eye without swelling beneath it! Secondly, this just HAPPENS to occur in Pennsylvania????? You know, the state that McCain has now based all of his remaining hopes on?? Give me a BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This woman works for the McCain campaign. Maybe she already had the black eye. Maybe they paid her a hefty handsome sum to allow them to put it there. These things aren't crazy when you know your political history.

With no witnesses, no camera footage and no suspects, and only the word of a McCain supporter, I am not just hesitant to believe this story, I in fact don't believe it at all.

I've never heard of a petty thief so politically charged that they'd take it out on a 20-year-old girl near a bank. If he's so worked up about the election, it seems he would've gone completely postal already.

It's also extra weird that this happened because Obama is winning handily in PA. Why the rage?

Absolutely nothing about this story adds up.

Happy! Great find! Especially as her MySpace page has now been made a private profile. She seems very proud of having no regrets, being "evil" and lying. It may the campaign for which she worked so hard that ends up with the real black eye.

I think that I tend to agree with Impqueen and several other folks that have left comments. I guess I am just real skeptical at this point.

I could be mistaken, but it looks like she practically twittered the drive to the scene of the "crime."

http://lifeinthefield.com/users/ashley-todd

I live on the street where this attack allegedly occured, and it definitely sounds like a hoax. Liberty Avenue is busy as hell at 9pm, not to mention that the atm is across the street from a cop bar. An atm robbery that just happened to be right outside of the view of all of the banks' surveillance cameras? Not to mention the unlikeliness of someone taking the time to carve a random letter into someone's face on a busy, well patrolled street in the middle of a city... backwards.

The description of the assailant is of interest. Bloomfield is by far a predominately white neighborhood. I wouldn't be surprised if this out of town McCain campaigner assumed that people would be more likely to buy her story if she said that an unusually large black man attacked her, a small defenseless innocent white girl.

Also, what is the likeliness that of all the people with McCain bumper stickers, the one who gets violently attacked just happens to be working on his campaign?

Chris, her Twitters appear utterly contrived. I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop now. Something really does smell here, I can't ignore it anymore.

Agreed. Totally contrived. It's shameful behavior that reflects badly on the campaign. The racial injection is the worst action at the worst possible time. She does not represent the whole of us (conservatives) or the campaign. Even conservative blogger Michelle Malkin doesn't buy it. http://tinyurl.com/5eygy8

I have to say, the refusal of medical attention, the story of how the robber was leaving, but THEN saw her bumpersticker and KNEW she was a McCain worker??? And it all happened outside of cameras? Sorry, she's lying. Doesn't mean that I don't think that some people can be utterly violent in their support of a candidate (who claims rioting if Obama doesn't win?) but I do think her story is just that...a story.

Backwards B carved from the front - I don't buy it...

Two things. I do not think this is a legitimate 'crime' report and I do not think for one moment this was staged by the Republicans with the knowledge of any campaign members. I think what we have here (based on info, evidence thus far and the internet postings of this young woman) is a hoax for attention staged by her for her own personal reasons. The story is disturbing but I think the reportee is even more so.
Waiting for a verdict...
Elaine

I can agree with this -- anyone who thinks the McCain campaign or anyone associated with low-level organizing for the campaign had anything to do with this crock of bull is just stupid. This girl, if she is indeed lying -- which most people are starting to conclude she is -- brought this entirely on herself. I know the conspiracy theories will come, but I'll say right now, that's ridiculous. This was most likely one troubled person desperately seeking attention.

Chris, my money's on someone hacking the twitter account.

But this doesn't add up. I think the biggest thing that bothers me about this is how more people find it so easy to believe that a big scary black man can mug a white woman than think that someone can have a foreign object break the skin on her face but she refuses medical treatment (I don't know about the rest of you but if some crazy dude mugged me, beat me up and cut my face, I'm going to the hospital to make sure I don't have a concussion, internal bleeding or staph.

Something definitely smells here.

I have to agree with you on tha, Steve. My first impression when this story ran on the evening news was that the backwards "B" on her face was put there by her own hand via a mirror. No other explanation for that. Besides the point that most muggers want to take the loot and get out of Dodge ASAP, not hang around and torture their victims.

Forgot point number three:
This big bad man only got $60 for his efforts and he did not take her purse, look for credit cards and did not take the keys to her car? A pumped up robber taking advantage of a young woman alone at an ATM would not put a surface scratch on her face or anywhere else. Yes, the letter "B" is backwards which indicates it was her own hand as she faced a mirror. But the most telling is the surface scratch. I will not even call it a wound. Also notice (take it to photo shop) the surface scratch bears 'hesitation marks'. This is where a person who is cutting themself hesitates, knowing it will hurt and then begins to cut again. This is common in disturbed prople whocut themselves repeatedly or commit suicide by cutting their wrist. I may be wrong. If so, I will be back here making an apology. But right now, It appears the yound lady will be or should be facing at least one charge of making a false report to a police officer.
Elaine.

Anyone here want to comment on the bruise? I don't know when the photo was taken but likely when officers got on the scene. If so, they know this 'shiner' did not just occur. Again look to photo shop. The color of the bruise and the lack of swelling is very important. Anyone?
Sorry, Didn't meant to spam the board. I am working and just keep thinking of things 'wrong' with this pic.
Elaine

Kayla said: "Please, wake up, this country is in turmoil over this election, and the only ones that have gotten physically violent are the "tolerant" democrats. It's crazy, and I'm a more than a little frightened to see how ugly they get after the election, win or lose."

Right, I forgot about all those reports of Democrats raping and pillaging villages. And remember how every time a Democrat gets elected the party goes all Road Warrior right after? I'm building a bunker.

Way to spread the paranoid, irrational nonsense.

Btw, maybe it's not faked. Maybe the mugger is dyslexic. It's the ultimate white fear - a scary invisible black man with poor writing skills. Run!

Some info on a black eye. Interesting. THis story raises my hinky meter off the charts!
"Bruises can last from days to months and usually occur in several stages. A bruise generally starts out as a pinkish-red area or as tiny red dots or blotches on the skin. The bruise may be very small and may blend in with the texture of the skin, or it may be large, swollen, and painful. Within days to a week or so, the bruise becomes more purple. As it heals, it becomes brownish-yellow. Generally, bruises heal and disappear within 2 to 3 weeks."

http://www.amazines.com/Health/article_detail.cfm/446558?articleid=446558

Elaine

Some info on a black eye. Interesting. THis story raises my hinky meter off the charts!
"Bruises can last from days to months and usually occur in several stages. A bruise generally starts out as a pinkish-red area or as tiny red dots or blotches on the skin. The bruise may be very small and may blend in with the texture of the skin, or it may be large, swollen, and painful. Within days to a week or so, the bruise becomes more purple. As it heals, it becomes brownish-yellow. Generally, bruises heal and disappear within 2 to 3 weeks."
Did ya catch that...withing days to weeks it becomes more purple?

http://www.amazines.com/Health/article_detail.cfm/446558?articleid=446558

Elaine

This is a shameful hoax. No doubt about it. It is a black eye on the McCain/Palin supporters in general.

I just want to clarify something I said earlier, when this story first broke. (See top of the page.) When I said "another Republican stunt" I was [b]not [/b] referring to the McCain machine, nor was I trying to suggest that anyone else working the campaign was involved with this. But this child is a Republican, she is working for the campaign, and I think [b] she [/b] made the most of this in an attempt to benefit the candidate she works for by promoting fear and racism.

Note the times on the Twitter account-- just before and after midnight. Didn't this supposedly happen around 9 p.m. Guess she went back and reconstructed the "stream of events." I hope they throw the book at her.

I think that not getting medical attention was an odd decision. It is not good to cover this story until more information is available. Not covering the story does no harm to the person who says she was robbed.

BTW, however...Malkin may promote herself as a conservative writer, but she is who have undermined McCain's campaign--not because he doesn't know enough, but because he knows too much. The more ambitious, malleable, and unsentimental Obama has been chosen to reinvigorate the corporate world order plans of HW Bush with the help of old hands such as Brzezinski, Powell, etc.

It would be interesting to see how long this person has been a volunteer, and exactly what she has done in that capacity. I wouldn't be surprised if this were a false-flag staged by GOPers who hope to win Congressional seats while ultimately discrediting McCain, or some other nonsense.

Polanyi, you can read her blog, at least some of it. I made a copy of a cached page. It's near the end of the blog post.

Elaine: THANK YOU. I have come up with very similar suspicions, and you did all my work for me. Adds up to a hoax. I suspected as much the second I saw the story, and I suspect in coming days, this young lady is going to have to eat some crow.

If she was assaulted last night, her eyes where blackened would be SUPER PUFFY. Also, if she was hit in the back of the head and hit the pavement, her nose would be broken before her eyes would be bruised! C'mon, common sense!

And what mugger in the history of mankind has gotten his/her money, then stopped to commit a politically-charged crime of assault? Come ON.

I hate it when I agree with Malkin the scary freak but in this case she actually showed some good judgment.

thank you for the reply--by the way, when I said it is not good to cover this story with so little information, I was referring to the initial blare-out from Drudge, etc., not to your own critical coverage of the coverage, which attempts to provide information and insight instead of just dropping a bomb.

At this point....my hunch is that the B stands for BS. I would think merely personal problems (Is this person really 20 years old? Do quasi-emos campaign for moderate GOP Vietnam Vets? Was she hoping to meet a young Newt Gingrich?). I dunno though... the twitter record flutters like a weak false-flag. As for the black-eye, she was working at the phone bank just before going to the ATM, so if she didn't have it at the phone bank, then it happened between the phone bank and the police report. Eh, who knows.

Maybe the robbery happened, she got punched, but she drew the "B." That's only slightly less crazy than someone else doing it, and refusing medical attention. At least all this gives people something to talk about while Obama is in Hawaii, until Biden guarantees ANOTHER generated crisis! ---p.i.

If this does some off to be true and someone in arrested, a lot of you will have crow to eat.

As for this as I said before, but Steve for some dumb reason hates my comments, how many crimes are politically motivated? Pittsburgh has its problems, but being a Pittsburgh native this would be a first.

I also want to pit out the fact that with all the diseases going around this so called assault victim denied medical treatment.

This 'crime' is just that a crime. It's a crime to give false information to police. Look at the photo. Not even a good try.Black eye but no swelling..how does that happen? The backwards 'B'...done looking in a mirror. What robber hangs around to even notice a bumper sticker? It's Bloomfield, who has ever driven through that area at any time of day and didn't see people somewhere. No witnesses?With all the Hospitals in that area there is always heavy foot and auto traffic. Which brings up the next question:You get mugged very near a hospital..what young woman who would naturally be scared to death at what just occurred, wouldn't race to the nearest hospital...after all someone just held you down and carved into your face???? All you folks who called this a Hoax hit the target head on. All will come out in the days ahead.

If this does some off to be true and someone in arrested, a lot of you will have crow to eat.

As for this as I said before, but Steve for some dumb reason hates my comments, how many crimes are politically motivated? Pittsburgh has its problems, but being a Pittsburgh native this would be a first.

I also want to pit out the fact that with all the diseases going around this so called assault victim denied medical treatment.

I think the black eye looks a lot like makeup. So does the "B" for that matter, if not a deep scratch or welt. Some fair skinned people will exhibit such a red wheal type reaction to a deep pressure or scratch, termed dermographia.

There is no way that this was "carved" into the skin. The skin of the face has certain lines of tension, known as Langerhans lines. Incisions made parallel to the lines can be easily closed, but perpendicular to the lines, the tension tends to pull the incision open. Consequently, no complex incision like a "B" would remain intact without portions of it pulling more open than others, especially without appropriate wound closure. I tried to find a free image of the Langerhans lines online to hotlink here, but couldn't.

I think her cached myspace profile is particularly troublesome, as well. I think the safest position is that I hope whomever is responsible for this is brought to justice.

DocBH

If real, tragic. If not, a lousy hoax. The attacker asks this girl to hold very still while he 'carves' a backwards B into her cheek with a butter knife? No blood drawn. No slash/gash. No indication of defensive moves. A black shiner takes a while to appear. No swelling around her eye? Her diary entries indicate possible forethought.

LIferants,
What would they arrest someone on? There are no witnesses, no forensic evidence (as she refused to be treated and could not be swabbed for DNA, epithelials under fingernails, etc) no crime scene evidence as she fled the scene and "couldn't find her way back" for some time... all the while many people are walking through the "scene."

I lived in Boston when Charles Stuart murdered his wife (after childbirth class) and told the police "a black man in a track suit" did it. That city was turned upside down looking for this mythical creature. All kinds of unlawful search, seizure and detainment before somebody figured out that the slimebag husband did it.

I am glad that the Pittsburgh police are proceeding with caution. On TMZ, ( www,tmz.com ) they had this statement :

"Pittsburgh law enforcement sources tell TMZ they have serious questions about the authenticity of the alleged victim who says she had her face cut by a politically-motivated attacker."

how could AP and CNN report this as fact? i just don't get what is WRONG with the media? the "liberal media" isn't politically liberal...it's LAZY!!

WHAT HAPPENED TO FACT-CHECKING? CHECKING OTHER SOURCES? CALLING FAMILY MEMBERS? TALKING TO THE OFFICERS?

how could CNN and AP be so inept????????????????????????????????

Hmm...so many questions

-This is a "Mutiliation"?
-It's 9 PM and dark, but the lights are bright enough on the street for the attacker to see a Bumper Sticker?
-She is punched from behind, but the B is scawled into her right cheek after he .. what ... moves around her to get on top of her?
-Her Black eyes have no green?
-She stays perfectly still for the nice round B loops? Wouldn't we see slashes?
-The camera does not pick up this "dark-skinned" man?

Yup. A Hoax - like Morton Downey.

Remember that college girl who disappeared for a few days, allowing everyone to think she'd been kidnapped?

I don't have any problem believing this to be a neurotic young woman with attention-seeking behaviors that are causing trouble. I wouldn't have any trouble believing that such a daft young person would drift into the McCainiac Corral and be fussed over and made much of and indoctrinated and used.

I can see this one making it into the top 10 phoniest police reports!

I want to give her the benefit of the doubt, because if this is real I would feel horrible but as someone who has had a black eye I'm quite skeptical. Mine was definitely dark blue/purple/red and my eye was almost swollen shut. Both of her eyes look wide open, and her "black eye" looks like smeared mascara.

oops. now the pittsburgh police say that the bank ATM records do not match her story and that they will administer a polygraph test in the morning...

A perfectly formed backwards "B" is very shallowly scratched into the face of a McCain staffer and she refuses medical attention, allegedly by a black man who looks a whole lot, what a surprise, like Obama-what an obvious Karl Rovian scam this is. This is an attempt to appeal to racial paranoia and hate-more disgusting lies from the MCPalin crowd.

The latest Giuliani robo call is almost recordbreaking in its sleaziness. It claimed, completely falsely, that Obama is against mandatory jail time for child molesters, rapists, and murders. It turns my stomach to see the despicable libel and slander to which the Republicans have turned.

Senator Goldwater's granddaughter and the rest of his descendants have endorsed Obama because they can't stomach the sleaziness of the Republican campaign or the philosophy of the 'new' Republicans-today's Republican party is nothing like the Republican party of Goldwater, Rockefeller, and Eisenhower. George W. Bush and Karl Rove have turned a fiscally conservative, socially moderate, small government party into a disgusting machine for the looting of the taxpayers by well connected big businesses like Halliburton and Bechtel. They favor intrusion into private matters such as whether or not a woman should get an abortion, and Palin favors the end of separation of Church and State. McCain clearly would give us more of the same as the current Administration. Their incompetence has given us huge budget deficits and a catastrophic failure of the banking and finance system. No wonder traditional Republicans like George Will and Secretary Powell are leaving the party in droves. The new Republican party's motto should be, "Not your father's Republican Party -Unfortunately!" Vote Obama for a return to sanity and responsibility.

a black man assaulting a white woman at 9pm on a busy street in pittsburgh's little italy.......and nobody sees anything, how does an assailant carve such a perfect backwards b.....did she not struggle at all, or move?? this is so much BS it's scary, clearly some on the right will do ANYTHING to try and swing this election, but it won't happen, and it will be rubbed in your face when mccain is defeated in a landslide despite your vote suppression.

now the attention should turn to just WHO is adminstering the polygraph and who will be analyzing the results.

Definitely a hoax.
One question...what the HELL would/does the "B" stand for?

All the Swift Boaters were from Texas.
Life Rule #14 Never trust a Texan
Life Rule # 4 The GOP will do anything to get publicity
when they are behind in the polls

the B stands for Bogus, of course.

Is this her??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronpaul2008/2312941086/in/pool-ronpaul2008

I really don't think that the Republican party put this young girl up to this hoax; to sway voters on over to the McCain camp. I think she has an agenda of her own. The sad thing about her lies; false police report, false story of the attacker getting angry with her because of her political views etc... Is that she is some how making the political parties become more hostile towards each other. There is enough tension and stress already which I can not seem to understand. If anything this should be about moving forward tring to get the country back on track, and if you can't see that the Republicans have made a mess with our United States in these last eight years, then I'm afaid to say my friends(Republicans) you are blind.

This chick is a liar and a fraud. That is not a black eye and the backwards B was obviously not carved with a knife blade. It looks more like she scraped her own face with her fingernails. The cops should've arrested the lil racist on the spot for filing a false report. The Repubs sure are getting desperate! Go Obama!

Maybe the "B" that she "maybe" scratched on herself "noones sure its all speculation coughCRAPcough" Is backwards because most media cameras flip pictures. If you rotate the picture the "B" is on her left cheek "our right for the genius' out there" hmmm lets be rational who would do this to themselve?

Also when Obama called his grandmother a "typical white person" how did the white folks out there feel? I'm thinkin if McCain had said anything remotely close to "typical black person" I would have been at his rally with the quickness.

Oops!

From her MySpace page: "A Conspiracy Of Tall Men" and "Scarlet Letter" ?!

And under the section "How Will You Die," her result is "By Political Assasination"!

Coincidence?

I think it's obviously a fake. She even twittered that she was looking for a Bank of America ATM, then goes to a Citizen's Deposit ATM? It's all a little BS imo.. Aside from that perfectly crafted B.. I remember "scratching" my name into my arm when I was younger and it was done with an alcohol soaked nail. (I was young and thought it would stay visible and scar) It looked oddly familiar to the B in that picture. Imagine if you will being knocked down, someone standing above your head and trying to card something into your face, wouldn't you at least struggle just a bit? Tiny bit?? yea.. the B stands for BS. I was robbed at knife point in NYC. I never remember anyone screaming out "Vote Bush and you die!!!" Criminals aren't worried about politics, they're worried about getting the hell out of there so you don't get anyone's attention.

Wow. I have seen it all now. I'm sorry but this screams HOAX.... was she trying for an October surprise? Well she failed miserably and will now spend time behind bars I hope! Maybe she can be charged with a hate crime!!!

THIS IS DEFINITELY A HOAX. This story will catch like wild fire in the next day or so. Fake black eye, perfect B cut, did not want medical attention (wouldn't you be concerned about a B scared on your face? I would have went straight to a doctor!), enraged tall black man because of bumper sticker, black man flipped her over to cut her perfectly, her myspace contains weird language like she will die by political assassination. This girl needs a doctor.

i have lived in the bloomfield part of town...it is billed as pittsburgh's little italy, and that is part true, it is also a predominately white albeit thouroughly middle class neighborhood. i am not trying to imply people there are more racially aware than most urban whites, but the perception is , they have to "hold the line" against becoming a slum...the upshot of it is...no black man mugs a white woman at 9 pm opn liberty and gets away with it...thats how it is...

Can only see her cached myspace page, but someone found her blog site:
http://pdfmenot.com/view/http://pdfmenot.com/store_local/46113e787207501c86d9f6b702c45bd6.pdf

Very politically active and actually ran as youngest candidate for Governor of Texas.

The rantings on her blog are those of a very strange girl desperate for attention.

Also here's her cached myspace page. Note the comment:
"Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her cloths off, but its better if you do."

http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:dNPAoAhExjwJ:profile.myspace.com/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser.viewprofile%26friendID%3D8513159+www.myspace.com/rabbitrocker

Sick sick girl

At some point in time, we are going to have to ditch the Republican/Democrat and black/white theory and just realize this is a woman screaming for attention. She obviously concluded that more attention would be given if she made this incident appear to be a politically motivated attack. We are giving her exactly what she was looking for- so whether direct or indirect, her mission was accomplished.

ummm... looks like me or my friends 'black eyes' after we are on a three day drinking bender with no sleep.

Click the link provided!

Does that "B" look like something an angry, vicious 6'4" mugger carved on someone's face last night with a knife? Why is the "B" backward? How did the mugger get Todd to remain still long enough to delicately scratch a nicely formed, well-curved "B" onto her face? Why aren't Todd's "black eyes" still red and swollen?

Why did Todd drive 12 miles into an unfamiliar section of a big city to find an ATM? Why was she conveniently twittering about looking for ATMs in her car right before the "attack"?

Why did Todd refuse treatment on the night of the "attack"? Why did she instead quickly forward news of the "attack" and a photo of her "injuries" to her right wing blogger pals?

Where are the other witnesses to the "attack"? Where is the security camera footage of the "attack"?

Why did the alleged attacker follow her back to her car after she gave him her money? If he wanted something from her car, why didn't he just demand her keys? If Todd's McCain bumper sticker enraged her attacker so much that he beat her and then somehow forced her sit still long enough to delicately and lightly scratch a well-formed "B" onto her face, why didn't he damage her car, take her car, take her keys, take her wallet, take her credit cards or even take her Blackberry? Why didn't he force her to get more money out of her ATM or give him her ATM code and card if he had enough time to continue assaulting her without any witnesses around and enough power over her to carefully mark her with his knife without her struggling?

Where is the police artist sketch of the at large suspect? If this "attack" were real, wouldn't the victim's primary focus be on locking up the dangerous, violent criminal who violated her before he viciously maims more innocent victims rather than spreading the news of the bizarre McCain/Obama angle of the "attack" as far and wide as possible?

Bottom line:

Todd is a College Republican volunteer for the McCain campaign who came all the way from "safe" Texas to try to turn the tide for McCain in swing PA.

If Todd's story is real, there is a bizarre, dangerous, violent, dyslexic 6'4" black Baracko with an Obama fetish and a small dull knife roaming the streets of Pittsburgh's Little Italy robbing innocent ATM customers and chomping at the bit to delicately trace the mark of Baracko onto the faces of poor unsuspecting McCain supporters.

If Todd's story is fake, she's an amateur hour Rove with the average freeper's stilted and racially fevered imagination.

Which is more likely?

Don't know if it's already been mentioned, but also on her MySpace page: on the right are the results of one of those stupid quizzes that give you results based on how you answer the questions. First one up, "How will you die?". Answer: "political assasination", with a picture of a hand holding a knife. Don't think a lot of thought went into this one...

Why didn't she...oops I mean "The Attacker" carve an "O".

(1) The attack occurred about 9:00 PM according to police reports. Her Twitter entries about LOOKING for an ATM are made near midnight.

(2) No swelling of the eye. I've been punched in the face by an assailant, and the swelling is immediate.

(3) She stated that the "assailant" sat on her chest while he carved the "B".

(4) If you were a Republican assailant and were attacking an Obama supporter, which letter would you likely carve on your victim: "J" for John or "M" for McCain? Conversely, why a "B" and not an "O"?

(4) Apparently, there is no record of her making a withdrawal at the ATM machine.

(5) Not many assailants carry a butter knife as a weapon. Most would carry a sharp knife. Ever tried to carve a curved letter with a sharp knife? You can't.

(6) A knife would have cut the skin and left blood or a scab, depending on how soon the picture was taken.

(7) How did she know the knife was dull? What did she do, run her finger across the blade before he carved her face up?

(8) How did her "assailant" know it was her car. She never said she went to her car, just that she stepped away from him. In a busy neighborhood, what is the chance she parked directly in front of an ATM?

(9) The backwards "B". She is too stupid (she is a McCain supporter, after all) to realize that the mirror image of a "B" looks like a backwards or upside down "B".

(10) A politically active mugger? WTF?

(11) The "B" looks to be very carefully carved. Must have taken several minutes, and she must have held exceptionally still.

(12) She was "attacked" on a busy street with restaurants and bars. Why didn't she scream?

(13) The whole story is just too convenient: in Pennsylvania, right before the election, white girl/black boy (a literal "lynching" offense), evil wicked black Democrat, nice white Republican girl, no medical attention requested (this would make a prosecution difficult, as there would be no medical evidence), poor McCain supporters being picked on by wicked, socialistic (read welfare for inner city blacks) Obama supporters, etc.

If the guy had carved the B, he had to have been sitting above her head as she lay on the ground. But from that position he COULD NOT RESTRAIN HER. He would not have been sitting ON her.

But worse, judging by the twitters, she's leaving a trail of breadcrumbs to this spot as if she knew in advance what would happen... good grief, she says 'looking for an atm, headed for bad part of pittsburgh", etc.

This is phony. NOT helpful if you're a Republican.

Nuts on the fringe in every group, but this really hacks me off.

"Vote4you said:

Maybe the "B" that she "maybe" scratched on herself "noones sure its all speculation coughCRAPcough" Is backwards because most media cameras flip pictures. If you rotate the picture the "B" is on her left cheek "our right for the genius' out there" hmmm lets be rational who would do this to themselve?"

The photo was not reversed. The black eye is obviously make-up. She keeps changing her story. She's an attention seeking fraud. Deal with it.

I am a McCain supporter and even I have to admit that this story reeks of suspicion. Too many things are not adding up and the story keeps changing. I'm sorry, but I call BS to this and I am so angry that this young woman pulled a stunt like this. We have REAL instances of McCain supporters being intimidated, but now they won't be taken seriously thanks to her.

Sorry, but she is no true McCain supporter. She is nothing more than a modern day Susan Davis/Tawana Bradley/Duke Stripper. McCain supporters should feel embarassed and outraged by this. I know I am!

As a Pittsburgher who is very familiar with the neighborhood in which the assault is alleged to occur, I can tell you that:

The street is always very busy night and day. There are restaurants, bars, coffee shops and a hospital all in close vicinity to the alleged assault. There are always people on the sidewalks.

This is the "Little Italy" section of town.

There are few blacks in this section of town. A 6'4" black man is going to stick out in this part of town.

Unlike many communities where people pretend to not notice things happening around them, this is Pittsburgh & this is the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh, the people in the community are very responsive and would immediately come to the aid of anyone who need help, especially a young white girl, being "attacked" by a black male.

Bloomfield is not a bad area of town.

No one who is familiar with this neighborhood would believe this young woman's story.

As a Pittsburgher who is very familiar with the neighborhood in which the assault is alleged to occur, I can tell you that:

The street is always very busy night and day. There are restaurants, bars, coffee shops and a hospital all in close vicinity to the alleged assault. There are always people on the sidewalks.

This is the "Little Italy" section of town.

There are few blacks in this section of town. A 6'4" black man is going to stick out in this part of town.

Unlike many communities where people pretend to not notice things happening around them, this is Pittsburgh & this is the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh, the people in the community are very responsive and would immediately come to the aid of anyone who need help, especially a young white girl, being "attacked" by a black male.

Bloomfield is not a bad area of town.

No one who is familiar with this neighborhood would believe this young woman's story.

violent liberal dyslexics on the rampage!!!!

The upside down thing is rediculous...an upside-down B is still a B!!!

Assault? Hoax? Whatever happened to this woman is horrendous, although the story is still developing and not all the facts are in. Pittsburgh police stated today that "we have learned that the victim's statement has a few inconsistencies in it and her statement has changed."

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17789356/detail.html

But a double standard is evident based on the amount of coverage this incident is getting.

Compare it with how little attention has been paid to a recent wave of politically-motivated, violent acts perpetrated by McCain-Palin supporters:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-ose/mccain-and-palin-inciting_b_137035.html

The crucial difference is that Obama and Biden are not traveling the country stirring up hatred among their supporters that would incite violence, while McCain and Palin clearly are.

Evan,

I understand where you're coming from and I agree that intimidation and attacks toward the McCain supporters go unreported (eg. the assault on that woman in NY). However, that does not mean that we should take a story with obvious holes as face value. As I said, there are too many things that do not add up. I hope that the story is not false because you can imagine how the MSM will spin it: Deranged McCain supporters desperate to win the election. You and I know how the MSM operates. Let's not give them more ammunition.

Evan,

I understand where you're coming from and I agree that intimidation and attacks toward the McCain supporters go unreported (eg. the assault on that woman in NY). However, that does not mean that we should take a story with obvious holes at face value. As I said, there are too many things that do not add up. I hope that the story is not false because you can imagine how the MSM will spin it: Deranged McCain supporters desperate to win the election. You and I know how the MSM operates. Let's not give them more ammunition.

Evan,

I understand where you're coming from and I agree that intimidation and attacks toward the McCain supporters go unreported (eg. the assault on that woman in NY). However, that does not mean that we should believe every story regardless of inconsistencies. As I said, there are too many things that do not add up. I hope that the story is not false because you can imagine how the MSM will spin it: Deranged McCain supporters desperate to win the election. You and I know how the MSM operates. Let's not give them more ammunition.

Looks like the robber was a product of the public school system in Pittsburg.
maybe he should have used a knife with 'carve check' on it.

Looks like the robber was a product of the public school system in Pittsburg.
maybe he should have used a knife with 'carve check' on it.

did the twitter update really say she was "headed for a bad part of pittsburgh"? to look for an ATM? really? who goes to a bad part of town to look for an ATM? there usually AREN'T any!!!

So she was attacked by a left-handed, dyslexic black man who is 6'4" and in what's just about the whitest, most Republican part of the state?

As others have mentioned, the report given to police said that the man was on her chest, so it's not upside-down. And the picture wasn't in a mirror. You can see the flash on her cheek, but not in the background.

The scratch isn't deep, the black eye looks odd, both because there's no swelling and because it's so dark (it usually gets that way *much* later).

There's a good reason they're giving her a polygraph test. My bet is that she knows that McCain has lost the election, badly, and wants to turn it around in any way possible. Otherwise, why did she drive 12 miles to an unfamiliar part of town so that she could Twitter about looking for an ATM?

This makes no sense. I might have the wrong conclusion, but this story is NOT what it seems.

CBS 13 isn't in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh CBS is kdka.com

This doesn't pass the sniff test. There have not been other incidents of violence in Pittsburgh related to the election.

Where she was WAS NOT a bad part of Pittsburgh. It's a primarily white lower to middle class neighborhood, but not a slum by any means. It's a nice neighborhood. The ATM is on a main, busy street.

Give me a break. We have enough nuts in Pittsburgh, we don't need imported ones from Texas causing problems. I hope she is charged with filing a false police report.

The fact that she claimed this happened in BLOOMFIELD (and with no witnesses!) is more than enough to make me suspicious. Pittsburgh definitely has some rough areas, but Bloomfield is NOT one of them! Excellent restaurants and quirky little shops stand along the sidewalk-lined streets, I've never had trouble finding a place to park, and the area is always packed with couples and college kids (but you'll see more smarty-pants than hot pants... Pittsburgh is home to CMU, Pitt, etc). If she'd said Wilkinsburg, I could believe her. If she'd said Oakland, I'd wonder why there were no witnesses but believe her. But Bloomfield? No frickin way.

NOW she says she was sexually assaulted and that she was unconscious for a period. She also doesn't know if the "assailant" saw her McCain bumper sticker or button on her coat. She said she went to the hospital by herself, but hasn't said what hospital.

PLEASE NOTE: she reported the incident to police as occurring at 9 PM, whereas her Twitter entries about LOOKING for an ATM were made hours LATER. This story is a queer as a three-dollar bill, and about as real.

This woman is toast. I hope she is completely and totally crucified in the media.

PLEASE NOTE: she reported the incident to police as occurring at 9 PM, whereas her Twitter entries about LOOKING for an ATM were made hours LATER.

I agree this is a hoax, but I need to correct this misconception running through this thread. If you look at her Twitter times, they read +0000, which means the times are GREENWICH MERIDIAN TIME, which is 4 hours ahead of EDT. So if it read 00.46, it was actually 20.46 EDT.

xx

"And the picture wasn't in a mirror. You can see the flash on her cheek, but not in the background."

You can also see in her Youtube vids that her hair is parted on the same side as in the "black eye" pic (and also her face is asymmetrical in the exact same way in the pic and the vids.) The B is definitely backwards.

@Chris Yarbrough:

I'm an Obama supporter but notwithstanding that fact I do NOT think this reflects badly on your (McCain) campaign. If you believe that either the McCain or Obama campaign in any way encourages this type of behavior I've got some desert real estate to sell you "reel cheep." There is no way a campaign can control the actions of all of its volunteers, as there are too many of them and also they aren't being paid. There is no indication that this is anything other than the act of a lone nutcase. It shouldn't even be an issue. Let the police deal with it.

Well, at least she was smart enough to get the times to correlate. Not as stupid as she first appeared.

This sad pathetic attention whore made his up and is a liar. the only people stupid enough to believe this are the ones who believe anything out of Palin and Mccains mouth.

Perp - if there was one- coulda been left-handed. That's how it would show up.

A 6'4" Black man mugs a White woman in a predominantly Italian American neigborhood at 9 PM, across the street from a bar that's popular with off-duty cops. It's a neighborhood where people walk around, not just drive around.

Criminals are stupid, but they're not that stupid.

This just isn't plausible. The young lady says there are not witnesses, although a Black guy that tall in an Italian American neighborhood is looked at all the time while he's walking around. That's what happens in Bensonhurst and Belmont and Glendale in NYC and in East Boston and in South Philly. Maybe Bloomfield in Pittsburgh is different from every other Little Italy in the USA, but I doubt it.

Where she claims to have been attacked is the heart of Pittsburgh's Little Italy.

When she posted "I'm in the wrong part of Pittsburgh" she was dead on, if she had in mind "a good place to stage a black-on-white politically incendiary street crime." Bloomfield is, believe me, the wrong part of Pittsburgh for that.

Maybe now the story will switch to the second-most-popular fictional perpetrator, the Bushy Haired Stranger. McCain's campaign has seen wilder narrative swerves. Why shouldn't his campaign volunteers follow suit?

I HOPE THE POLICE ARE DOING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE AND IF THIS LADY IS LYING TO GET HER 15 MINUTES OF FAME.SHE SHOULD RECEIVED HER FAME BEHIND BARS! JUST LIKE THE RUNAWAY BRIDE OUT OF GA! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THESE WHITE WOMEN! ARE THEY LONELY, OR LOOSING IT! STRONG BLACK WOMAN!

If someone did this to her, he needs to go to jail, period.
However there are some things that seem odd, the backwards B, the fact that the black eye, if it is one, is obviously days old since there is no swelling - of course the picture could be a couple days after the attack. People are going nuts in some quarters, repub and democrat alike. Play fair, lose graciously, win graciously. We're not supposed to be in the freaking third world where we kill each other over politics.

I would not jump to conclusions. I find it's extremely inflammatory to say things like "crazy Liberals or Crazy Conservatives" I agree there are good and bad examples in both parties. Let's all be better than that, condemn these actions and know that they are perpetrated by both.
I don't know if this story of the attack is true or false but the statement made earlier of, " if this had happened to an Obama Supporter we would all be hearing of it", can be answered. It has at been reported. In Wisconsin an Obama was reportedly attacked while canvassing. Read for your self below.
http://www.wisn.com/politics/17754232/detail.html

I just want to point out that if you look at the day and time she posted that she was searching for a Bank of America ATM to Twitter, they are AFTER the alleged attack (which she reported to have occurred around 9:00 pm on Wednesday).

This lady better be prosecuted! This is ridiculous and an absolute outraged.If she is lying! I want to see her penalized.
Police needs to see what time the event took place.
Check her cellphone! Check to see if she was on the phone and texting during that time.Check to see if her cell hit the power polls where she supposely drove around to find the atm.Her make up looks ridiculous.Wasn't even smart enough to put her make up on right!

she should have made an O.

-justathought

Also not buying this story. Did I read Palin already jumped to call her?

Total BS. She is needs help, alright, but not for her injuries.

The ATM camera has no evidence that she withdrew money. It doesn't matter if the camera witnessed the attack. She didn't wasn't there.

So where did the $60 come form?

She a lying twit caught up in her own sense of self importance.

Google Bill Gwatney

Gwatney is CLEARLY the worst case of campaign related violence this year because HE DIED!

You guys keep getting worked up over this obviously mirror made backwards "B" and use it as a possibility of bringing your awful GOP ticket back from the dead while totally ignoring the TRUTH.

Gwatney is DEAD!

There are not Bank of America ATM's anywhere in Pittsburgh but at the malls in the suburbs. How come she can use Twitter on her mobile, but not access the B of A web site and find out there are no ATM's within 10 miles of her?

If she really was looking for a B of A ATM, rather than driving through an unfamiliar area, she would have used Google Mobile or called B of A.

For this, and other reasons, this story is crap.

There are not Bank of America ATM's anywhere in Pittsburgh but at the malls in the suburbs. How come she can use Twitter on her mobile, but not access the B of A web site and find out there are no ATM's within 10 miles of her?

If she really was looking for a B of A ATM, rather than driving through an unfamiliar area, she would have used Google Mobile or called B of A.

For this, and other reasons, this story is crap.

*The 'black eye' is not swollen nor is the eye at all bloodshot
*The 'B' looks like it was carved with a day-old biscuit
*The 'victim' managed to Twitter (smokinggun.com) via cell phone around the time of the assault but did not call the police right away.
*The 'victim' report being repeatedly kicked and punched but refused medical treatment.

I call shenanigans

Foxnews reported the girl said the attacker was sitting on her chest when he scratched the B on her face. So why would he do it backwards. I can't wait to police release the polygraph test. That will bring the truth to the light. Even the police have stated they are skeptical.

I call shenangians too.

The "B" is backwards but one may argue that the assailant wrote it upside down. However this isn't the case.

"She told police the man then sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees and used what she believed was a dull knife with a roughly 5-inch blade to carve the B..."

http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=21533

So let me get this straight...someone takes a 5 inch blade and delicately (without any deep tissue damage; potentially no scarring) carves a BACKWARDS "B" despite knowing that he could get caught anytime?

Not to mention the entire "she works for mccain, she's in a battleground state, didn't call the police immediately, placed a twitter message (she wanted the world to know before the police), changed her story a couple times and she declined a medical examination.

She should've realized a lot of people watch CSI.

Backwards B said

"Is this her??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronpaul2008/2312941086/in/pool-ronpaul2008 "

The young woman I believe you're referring to in that photo is wearing one of the most obvious wigs I've ever seen. What's THAT all about?!

TO "BACKWARDS B" Poster -
After careful examination of photo I am 99.9% certain that photo on the link you posted is Todd. Do some enhanced lingting and increase image size and it is apparent she is wearing a wig in the photo. Thanks

God what a sweet ,nice,fine Robber was the robber that he has put the B scratch so fine in her face(SHE DID LOOK GOOD IN HER MIRROR).
Why isn`t the B scratch deeper?That was a very genle robber,
he even did not hit her hard in her face,what was the robber
a faggot?The robber is verry heavy but he hit like that?look at the face of the fake victicm,the only victicm in this
story is the fake black robber.
That woman TODD need help and fast,what a crazy woman.

From her myspace page I see a lot of strange and interesting stuff. She took a quiz called "How Will You Die?" The result was "Political Assassination" Here's the comment: "Your obsession with power will eventually be the end of you when you’re shot down by members of your own cabinet."

She also took an "How Evil Are You?" quiz and scored a 92%. This is the comment the quiz left: "You're the most evil person you know. The devil is even a little scared of you!"

Does this mean anything? I don't know, but it is fascinating nonetheless.

Anyone else notice that her Twitters about looking for the ATM (mirrored at http://lifeinthefield.com/users/ashley-todd) are from hours AFTER the attack was supposed to have happened?

AP has reported she failed the polygraph and is now claiming she was knocked unconscious and doesn't recall the attack at all. Police are looking at her closely.

*disclaimer* I'm a Mccain supporter and have donated to the campaign. This story seems false, and from pictures, I can see the "B" is backwards--meaning she probably did it to herself in a mirror.

In other news, Mccain is running a new attack ad against Obama. Nevermind the two adds (on Healthcare & Bush) that Barak has been running all week against Mccain. Shh, the media can't say Obama is more negative than Mccain.

Whatever you think about Malkin's politics, she is anything but stupid.

But she thinks you are.

This girl is lying, I live on that street, where she "supposedly" was mugged. Cops are everywhere, and if this happened someone would have seen it, just some dumbass who wants attention, cause she's not loved.

Folks, I understand that there's no way to discuss this story without discussing politics. However, please keep your comments confined to this particular story, whether they're political in nature or not. This blog as a whole is about crime and I usually try and keep it politically neutral -- something I realize I can't do in this case. People on both sides of the aisle are disgusted with this sad little tale, I think we can all agree. Also -- please note there are two new posts about Ms. Todd and her tall tale, and those posts contain new information. Thanks -- The Mgmt.

For that B scratch the robber must have take a long time to put it so fine in her face.
She is lying,and i hope the cop put that woman in jail.
Even the REP..... doubt this woman robber story and that must be saying enought.

For that B scratch the robber must have take a long time to put it so fine in her face.
She is lying,and i hope the cop put that woman in jail.
Even the REP..... doubt this woman robber story and that must be saying enought.

I don't know which is worse; somebody actually making their political leanings known by craving it into another person's face or the possibility that that this a propaganda stunt by a partisan looking to curry favor for their chosen candidate.

I have been an amateur boxer and fought in two golden gloves tournaments. I have been boxing for almost 15 years. I have had a few black eyes and seen many others. I can tell you with certainty that they take about 12 to 24 hours to appear. There is no way that she would look like this immediately after getting socked in the face. There would be quite a bit of swelling around the bridge of her nose and her left eye. There appears to be NO swelling whatsoever.

I would bet she was punched or had an accident a day earlier before she got the idea to pull this ruse.

Just my two cents.

I don't get why so many people think that the backwards B could be explained by the attacker's being left-handed. I am left-handed, and if I were to carve a B into someone's face, sure it'd be on their right cheek (my left), but it wouldn't be backwards!

And it also, as many have pointed out, be so neat.

I first heard this story on right-wing talk radio last night (I listen though I am VERY liberal) and was horrified that an Obama supporter would do something. I imagined a poor young woman being scarred for life with a messy-looking B on her face. NOTHING like the neat, superficial scratch she has.

SHE'S CONFESSED TO MAKING THE WHOLE THING UP. Just scroll to the top of any post on this blog about this case. She will face charges, too. - The Mgmt.

Ya gotta know the lier is from Texas. There is no such thing as a 20 year old McCain worker from PA. Our kids are too bright.

Ya gotta know the lier is from Texas. There is no such thing as a 20 year old McCain worker from PA. Our kids are too bright.

How easy is it to repeat the 'B' with nothing but a campaign pin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYi1A6eKojc

She did it all for a noble cause. I hope that once in office, McCain and Palin spring her and give her a very cozy Washington job. I mean, she carved Obama's initial in her own face, for the Republican Party's sake! She must not be forgotten.

Thank God she will be charged. I hope that she's asked to leave school, removed from the McCain campaign and that McCain and Palin (both of whom had already called her to express their concerns) will issue strong statements of condemnation so that the "flock" will get it-- this is not an acceptable way to further campaign efforts. Watched this video of hers on how to make a poster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxhshrCssc&NR=1 which speaks to her weird narcissism. Who makes a video of such a thing, especially when the results look like the work of a third grader? Ooof. Nice to see this wrapped up so quickly and kudos to the Pittsburgh police for not buying the story of this lying sack of sh.....

You fucking conservative fucks, the liberal media wouldn't cover it, of course they would, you fucking asshole religious dicks are the reason this country is so fucked up.

It's because of you that this poor girl probably did something like this in the first place. Fucking morons.

Here's my theory: this hoax was perpetrated by the Obama campaign knowing that it would blow up the next day and that this would give a black eye (heh, heh) to the McCain campaign.

Hey, don't laugh! My theory is just as plausible as Ms. Todd's statements...

-RW-

Leaving that misleading title up is deceptive. Sad when even Michelle Malkin has more integrity than you.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/23/why-that-mccain-volunteers-mutilation-story-smells-awfully-weird/

She's just a sad race-baiter...

I have read every comment made on this subject and I have to say there are some very expressive arguments made. But none of us know all the facts. We (none of us) were there.

True there are more then a few holes in her story. Her "B" is backwards, her black eye is black and not red and puffy, her assailant is a stereotypical but political black male and she was robbed, sexually assaulted and defaced in a well lit highly populated area with no witnesses.

But that is not to say that it did not happen!!! All of you who believe otherwise should just take a step back and remember that a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and I didn't see any of you say that you were lawyers. And He (the assailant, when caught) or she (the victim) will have their opportunity to explain themselves when the time comes.

Just kidding!!! I think she is full of it and this was her own pathetic way of seeking attention, which we are all giving her. It has little to nothing to do with who she supports in the election. That's what the big news. The best way to get her 15 minutes of fame was to exploit what is in the news.

This is sick. I hope to god the McCain campaign didn't put her up to this. That would be horrifying.

I am happy she is so smart to punch her self and carve a backwards B in her face. At least this woman knows that it is her own ass that needs to be kicked.

People are wasting too much time criminalizing race, religion, political affiliation rather than supporting their candidate. I hope this woman ends up with charges for deceiving the public.

What robber would steal $60 bucks then go back and carve a B (BACKWARDS)????

If you are a real supporter, then just vote.

Peace and blessings...

Wake up!! I love how everyone thinks that their party is ABOVE all of this fraud! BOTH parties have become corrupt!

That goes for you too "LC"!

Crow? Anyone, anyone want some crow?

The McCain-Palin camp has issued an official statement on this story:

"Just because the attacker is imaginary does not make him any less dangerous. He's still black. And he violently injured this white woman in the name of terrorist candidate Biraq Hussein Glory To Allah Death To America Hussein (again) Osama. Just imagine the damage the assailant could have done if he were real! We are the only party who has the power to protect you from mugger-carvers made angry by bumper stickers. We understand this issue because we recently had our teeth kicked in by a black man named Colin Powell. Don't let this happen to you! Vote McCain-Palin to protect yourself from black men both real and imaginary."

For more controversial comedy, do a YouTube search for "MAYBE GAY RAY."

I am just beside myself. I have never been against one side or the other in politics but I am firmly on the left and absolutely discusted with the tactics by the republican canidates, constituants, congress people, media and "volunteers" now.
Every right wing nut I've heard is always screaming over the other person who's trying to have an intelectual discussion about politics. I guess if you yell loud enough over the other person you're automatically right and they are without a doubt wrong.
I have something to say to Bill O'Riley, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Savage and Michelle Bauchman. "YOU ARE IGNORANT-HYPOCRITE-HATE-FILLED-UNINFORMED-ATTACK-MONGERS" and you need to wake up, grow up, and stop spreading blatent lies about that which scares you.

Embarrassed American

To the person that stated that she is a liar from Texas. If you check out the link to her myspace page. She is attending school in College Station, Texas. She is from New York.

turns out this story is FALSE.

Can't imagine the embarassment she will feel when she has to face TAMU, especially since most college students are Obama supporters.
She brought it to herself.

-Obama for president

Kayla, Becs and Lifesrants: Here is your plate of crow. Please take your craziness elsewhere.

BackwardsB: Wow. Nice find on the Ron Paul picture. Amazing that you can find this, and yet CNN "reporters" report this crap without any critical eye. Do they have access to computers at CNN.com?

I carried this story on one of my blogs after reading the first report and before seeing the picture of the 'victim.' When I saw her picture, my first thought is that she is not a McCain supporter in the first place, but an Obama plant.
This entire story was acted out and concocted by someone connected to the Obama campaign or an independent supporter who carefully timed it to stop any progress Sen. McCain was making in Pennsylvania and other swing states.

There is much to support this theory. She came forward only one day later to confess that it was a fraudulent story after going to lengths to propagate a lie. She made a point of naming an African-American assailant to increase the effectiveness of her ploy and she created some questionable social networking pages that are not convincing.

Liberals are well-known for using this method for gain; political or monetary. Tawana Brawley was captured on the security camera tearing her own clothes off. The Duke 'rape victim' was found to be contrived. (and now she is making a point to revive this fraud just before the election).

This incident is nothing more than a Democratic stunt to inject more racial tension into the election as an October surprise. It was well-timed and well-place to get maximum manipulation. Don't doubt it.

Truthteller, your idea of the girl being an Obama plant is utterly ridiculous. Have you seen her webpages? They are cached as they have been set to private. She has a Republican blog page and has many friends that are supporting her, even though she has faked this.

Your statements are absurd. This girl is a strong McCain supporter.

It disheartens me that people try to rationlize away something and place blame on others where there is none.

Truthteller, really you are a troll. An ugly, smarmy, mucus-covered little troll.

I wonder if there will be a connection between this hoax and the extraordinary amount of money which was not

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You know, - one what to look at this, is that she is an unstable person, who is not responsible for what she did……………….OR……………. this is just an exposed example of the republican bull-shit pulled in the last three elections.
Did the McCain people know about this, - probably not, their way too savvy for this pathetic shit.
But the fact remains, that republicans feel, that there is no reprehensible act that they continue to commit, that doesn’t justify the electing their prick candidates to office.
When will the middle class republicans wake up and realize that they not only are the pitiful pawns of the republican power brokers, who spin these poor UN-informed, overly enraged, middle class worker drones, to dance to their pied pipers, right wing, regular Joe, flute.
Leave these poor bastards to their NASCAR, Bowling and Entertainment Tonight schedule, of mind gelling techno sedatives and just be honest about being soulless, evil, millionaire pricks who use people like baby wipes and toss em when they are exposed or realize their predicament.
Its like were living in the MATRIX, the republican MATRIX.
Wake up you dumb bastards, and take back your lives, ……………..or turn on the TV, and grab some pringles, I hear wheel of fortune is on………………..

By the way, the black eye disappeared in the video footage of her being taken to jail in handcuffs, it washed right off.
voila…..

Why wouldn't she claim a young black male as the robber? 60% of the hundreds of thousands of armed robberies in the entire country are committed by African-Americans.

Nevertheless, the perpetrators of hoaxes should face the same charges that a suspect would face if the story was true. Ashley Todd, Tawana Brawley, Crystal Mangum, Madonna Constantine should face the punishment of the actual crimes they made up.

Why wouldn't she claim a young black male as the robber? 60% of the hundreds of thousands of armed robberies in the entire country are committed by African-Americans.

Nevertheless, the perpetrators of hoaxes should face the same charges that a suspect would face if the story was true. Ashley Todd, Tawana Brawley, Crystal Mangum, Madonna Constantine should face the punishment of the actual crimes they made up.

The story was contrived as has been proven and to say it was not politically motivated is beyond belief.Why did she not say it was a white person who attacked her and did this ,there are just as many of us out their as there are african americans. It was done to point out that African Americans are violent.I am here to tell you there are just as many white or any other race that are violent as there are african americans.I hoep this young Girl is charged so it is always there to remind her of how wrong it is to do what she tried to do.

Most white people are robbed by other whites.

On the reversed "B", maybe the attacker was dyslexic?? LOL