Ashley Todd: breaking news on MSNBC

[StopTheNeoCons]

She HAS taken a polygraph test, inconsistencies in her stories, never talked about being unconscious in her first interview, mixed stories on whether she handed money over or not,

Polygraph results have not yet been released.

[fed_up_mother]

1. Well, that doesn't turn out to be surprising

I hope the poor girl gets help, and I'm so relieved that this didn't fester for days before the truth came out.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. You now know who Parlock is...

See why I was skeptical?:hi:

[yardwork]

35. I doubt the "poor girl" came up with this idea on her own.

The National Committee of College Republicans need investigating. She's their employee. She was in Pittsburgh working for them. What did they know about this?

[fed_up_mother]

46. This was so badly done, I think she did it on her own

[malaise]

2. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

down she goes. :rofl:

[DS1]

3. Yo! Wrap it up, B!

[peace frog]

4. Busted!

And we're disgusted, sooooo... arrest that lying wingnut NOW.

[TornadoTN]

6. Think Johnny and Sarah will call her again today and express their "sympathy"?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Their own supporters do more to derail their campaign than anyone else, then Senile Old Man and Trollop walk right into it because they can't pass up an opportunity to exploit hatred and fear - then it turns out to be a hoax!!!!!!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. "Senile Old Man and Trollop"

:rofl:

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Palin's in Pittsburgh as we speak...

I'd LOVE to know if she's visited Ashley.;)

[marshall]

15. I'd love to know if Palin is going to visit an ATM in Pittsburgh

[lpbk2713]

9. Who knew?

"Backwards B girl Busted."

:eyes:

[luvspeas]

10. holy cheezus-I'm phycic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7582382

[Blue Diadem]

11. Being unconscious and not giving the money were new variations to me.

I wonder how many more variations she'll tell.

[stillcool]

13. there was another bit..

in an article that said she was sexually assaulted. I hadn't seen that one either.

[Blue Diadem]

27. Holy Crap, I'd not heard that one.

The story just keeps getting more bizarre.

[norepubsin08]

12. Move along folks

there's nothing to see here now!!

[Spritz57]

14. You don't suppose she's Palin's dress size?

A donation is a donation. . . In all serious though I hope the story is false for I would hate to blame a potential victim.

[radfringe]

16. sounds like she **gasp** made it all up... LOOK OUT ASHLEY

mccain-palin will be throwing you under the bus!

I can smell the mccain spin from here --- Ashley Todd is some how in the 'tank' for Obama and this is one of those reverse dirty tricks to embarass mccain-palin campaign. ashley fakes the attack on herself to make it look like it was Obama supporter attacking her, then when mccain-palin jumps to her rescue/defense, she fakes a confession that she made it all up and her "fake" confession then makes mccain-palin look stupid.

[lpbk2713]

17. "Josephine" the Plumber??

They threw him under the bus after he was busted. And they were
the ones who put him in the national spotlight in the first place.

:eyes:

[Marr]

18. Half this story is the racism it describes.

Racism and Conservative politics really go hand in hand. It's bubbled to the surface in recent weeks, after they realized they're going to lose-- and it's the reason they were so willing to believe this phony story.

Really-- a "dark-skinned, 6'4" black man"? How obvious could it be?

[yardwork]

36. Don't forget he was dressed all in black from head to toe - even his socks were black.

That was one black m-fer.

[Javaman]

19. yet another moron in search of her 15 minutes of fame all in a hope of

supporting a campaign that is direct violation of her own best interests.

she is a dull tool.

[ogneopasno]

20. Drop her like a hot bag of crap. She's done.

Seriously, there's no point in crowing over her. She's got problems, she was stupid; don't bother tying her to the McCain campaign, because she's not worth it.

[yardwork]

38. She's employed by the National Committee of College Republicans.

What did they know and when did they know it?

I doubt she came up with this idea all on her own. Other people are involved.

[ogneopasno]

43. Yeah, maybe a couple other drunk college republicans came up with it while watching porn.

If you're implying it went any higher than someone who was older than 24, I think you're wrong, and that's why I think it's not worth it.

[yardwork]

44. I don't care how old they are if they are over eighteen.

[sohndrsmith]

21. report from Pittsburgh on msnbc just now: new questionable info -

Either the reporter misspoke, or Ms. Todd has another inconsistency, because the reporter said that she was driving around looking for a Citizens' Bank, when her twitter comments clearly show she was looking for a Bank of America.

The reporter also said that Ms. Todd said that her assailant mentioned Barack Obama specifically - and, as far as I'm concerned, this ups the level of seriousness if this does indeed turn out to be a fake. In my view, it goes from profound, felonious stupidity to profound, felonious stupidity with an odd variety of hate crime mixed in. That may not be a legal interpretation, but I am now very nearly convinced that this was faked with the specific agenda of demonizing the "black" assailant and connecting him to Obama, leading to speculation that "real" (white) McCain Americans are all potential victims of frightening black people - IF Obama is elected...

This is disgusting. For her sake, I hope she got mugged by some delusional person and the worst of it is over for her (though she'd be severely shaken for quite a long time as a victim of a violent crime) but I don't believe this to be the case. It's too cute by half, and I'm NOT trying to be humorous in any way. I believe that this woman was trying to create a racist/political event to spark more ugliness, fear and doubt.

Good grief.

I just hope I'm wrong but I see no glimmer of hope for that right now...

[alfredo]

22. If your candidate is losing, crap like this doesn't help.

[radfringe]

41. as more info comes out, the more it stinks

Police say inconsistencies in McCain staffer's story
Friday, October 24, 2008
By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08298/922564-100.stm

Police say there are inconsistencies in the story of a McCain campaign staffer who told them she was mugged in Bloomfield on Wednesday night by a man who etched a "B" on her cheek when he saw a McCain sticker on her car.

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, spent five hours with robbery detectives last night at police headquarters, where she took a polygraph test. She told police that a man robbed her as she tried to take money from an ATM machine at Pearl Street and Liberty Avenue around 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Ms. Todd told police she then began walking to her car, which had McCain stickers on it. She told police that although the robber had moved away from her, he became agitated when he saw her car, punched her in the back of the head, pushed her to the ground and carved the letter into her face. Yesterday, she said the man sexually assaulted her, a detail that police said she didn't mention in the initial report.

Police today said that security camera footage from the Citizens Bank doesn't show the incident, but it could have happened outside the camera's range. Police also said they have found no witnesses to the attack. Ms. Todd has said she will return for further interviewing today and will help police create a composite sketch of her attacker.

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seems to be confusion over ATM - anyone care to find out what ATM(s) are at Pearl Street and Liberty Avenue ?

she's also confused whether it was her mccain button or bumper sticker. about the button - in the inital "attack" he came up behind her, so he couldn't see the button at that time. then she moved away, was she backing up? if so, then the mugger could have seen the button, but then why would he punch her in the back of the head? if he punched her in the back of the head, she must have had her back to him - then how could he have seen the button?

[serrano2008]

23. I've seen MANY inconsistencies in reading all the articles on this

Every one of them seems to contradict another one I read.

In one, she said she had just left a campaign event and in another they interviewed the College Repube's guy and he said she was "going to" a campaign event.

She said she never got medical attention, then one said she did get medical attention, then one said she didn't get medical attention but her friends MADE her get medical attention.

She was looking for Bank of America but this happened at citizens bank.

Apparently she told the police that the mugger put the backwards B on her face, so she knew it was backward when she reported it?

This chick is whack. You got to get up pretty early in the morning to fool us Dems!

[edbermac]

24. Even screaming neocon nutcase Michelle Malkin doubts her.

Why that McCain volunteer’s “mutilation” story smells awfully weird; Update: Police to administer polygraph; conflicting evidence at scene

Police planned to administer a polygraph test to Ashley Todd, 20, because her statements about the attack conflict with evidence from the Citizens Bank ATM where she claims the incident occurred, police said”…and more below on following her MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook trails…10/24…more fishiness

Throughout my career, I’ve covered dozens of fake hate crimes — campus hate crime hoaxes, Muslim hate crime hoaxes, fake noose hangings, etc., etc., etc. Most were perpetrated by liberals, but there have been some shameful ones on our side of the aisle as well.

I’ve reported on the great lengths that warped attention-seekers have gone to in perpetrating fake hate crimes, including beating themselves up, carving swastikas on their dorm room doors and walls, locking themselves in bathroom stalls, and burning down their own houses.

Which is why I’m not jumping up and down with outrage over Drudge-promoted story of a McCain volunteer claiming to have been attacked by a black man whom she accused of carving a “B” in her face after spotting her McCain bumper sticker.

She refused medical treatment after reporting the incident to police. Why on earth would she do that?

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

Now I'm totally convinced it's a hoax!

[shadowknows69]

25. How about the ATM footage?

Shouldn't that tell the police all they need to know about her story?

[dorkulon]

30. Nothing on the ATM footage.

But that doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't have happened off-camera. I don't believe it, but it's not conclusive.

[Joanne98]

42. It doesn't look like there is any.

[Beetwasher]

26. DU's BULLSHIT DETECTOR RIGHT AGAIN!!!

What else is new.

Now, where are all those "You people are horrible!" posters?

[dorkulon]

28. Also said she amended her story to say she was sexually assaulted.

I guess she forgot to mention that before.

[deutsey]

29. And, oh, yeah, he turned her into a newt.

But she got better. :eyes:

[dorkulon]

31. lol /nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. Giant Black Mandingo ALWAYS sexually assaults!!!

I can't believe this cretin is doubling-down on this. She's gonna be cleaning the PA highways behind this bullshit.

[Buzz Clik]

32. This is being handled so badly. It should go like this:

"We deeply regret that anyone would suffer a violent attack. It reflects badly on everyone when such a thing happens. Please be assured that Senator Obama, his campaign, and his supporters find this totally unacceptable: a person should NEVER, EVER be attacked in any way for exercising their Constitutional right of expression. We wish Ms Todd a speedy recovery."

Now, let it go.

[yardwork]

40. That's pretty much what Obama's campaign said. The rest of us are picking up the slack.

I don't want to let this go, because it appears to have been a very serious attempt to stir up racist fears and scare people into voting for McCain. This woman is an employee of the National Committee of College Republicans and was in Pittsburgh working for the McCain campaign.

[bridgit]

33. Meet the lying harpy, same as the old lying harpy ho hum...

[dorkulon]

37. Maybe she can borrow Susan Smith's police sketch.

[Marr]

39. I certainly hope she's going to be prosecuted-- and we need an investigation into

whether or not this was in any way coordinated by the McCain campaign or it's local office.

You can go to jail for this sort of thing.

[snake in the grass]

45. Hang her high!!!