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That sh!t was backwards and her black eye wasn't even swollen.
Looked fake from the get go...Always suspicious when the usually dull-witted corporate media beast stumbles, in near unison, on a new, exciting action verb like "carve"...Suggests fax prompting but the candidate phone calls were the ultimate give away.
I kept expecting Contessa Sewer to say the backwards "B" stood for "bama"...
Its a low ploy to try the "pretty girl in trouble" sympathy card too.
I don't really wish jail on her or almost anyone else save some really violent types but some community service might do her some good.
Black guy attacks innocent white girl and mutilates her.
Considering you believe she deserves jail time for this stupid stunt, why haven't you been blogging and bringing to your readers attention ANY of the actions by the Republican party to deny folks their right to vote.... or mention the actual vote stealing / flipping that is currently happening in many parts of the country in early voting???
Also I am not sure that political affiliation is a hate crime under statute.
The 1st and last points you made alas really aren't all that relevant. The second well, thats another matter.
Now if true she certainly is guilty of making a false police report but she is a likely a 1st offender (and last) is all of what 20.. Most importantly no person was directly hurt by the action so
Honestly when we get the lock em up fever like that and resort to authoritarianism and anger we sound exactly like the Right.
Were it up to me I'd see it this way male or female -- It was a
Dumb trick, quick backfire, kid gets some community service and probation maybe with an expunged record, everybody wins-- we look compassionate and get cred as victims
Win Win.
She accused a "fictitious" BLACK MAN of robbery, assault with a weapon, and sexual assault.
Black men were hung by vigilante mobs based on the same kind of racist accusations in the not so distant past.
No one got hurt this time? Well tell that to any young black man who is constantly harassed by the cops for doing nothing more than being black, and then ask them if they think her making false statements against some "black guy" doesn't hurt them.
Worst of all, she tried to connect this to the campaign of the first African American running for the office of President.
Community service?
It's time for you to watch "To kill a mockingbird" again so you can see what a false accusation has the power to do.
She deserves to go to jail.
My guess is nothing. I hope she's prosecuted and humiliated.
I think it's important that her fake "dark-skinned black man" is included in this story whenever possible since many of today's report are not reporting it and it really shows the intent of what she was trying to do!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pPAdN6XQG0
Yes what she did was dumb but kid the little twerp some slack. This is slap on the wrist territory not "Time for Super Max." The fact that she may or may not have been working for the other side is irrelevant as is the fact she invoked "fear of a black man" -- 1st offense, minor crime, deserves slack.
She's only a wayward child :(
Nice talking points Francis.
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/jm...
Moment of Truth
It had to happen.
Less than two weeks before we vote for a new president, a white woman says a black man attacked her, then scarred her face, and says there was a political motive for it.
Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old white volunteer for John McCain’s presidential campaign, says she was mugged at an ATM machine in Pittsburgh (my hometown) by a big black man. She further says he threw her down, then disfigured her by carving the letter “B” into her face with a sharp implement when he saw that she supported McCain, not Barack Obama.
Part of the appeal of, and the unspoken tension behind, Senator Obama’s campaign is his transformational status as the first African-American to win a major party’s presidential nomination.
That does not mean that he has erased the mutual distrust between black and white Americans, and 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.
The person who was/is vindictive in all of this is this girl and she really does deserve to be severely punished... at least as severely as the poor guy they might have picked up for this
Now, turn the other cheek so she can slice that one up too.
If ever there was a time to make a very clear example of her, her incitement of race crimes/war, her obvious attempt to throw an election, that time is NOW.
If for no other reason than as a warning to others.
Better ask Monica or Fawn...
I still hold the most offensive (on many levels) and disgusting Sarah Palin joke if anyone wants to read it.
But I think I know of a costume for Halloween now.
I'm not sure if I can handle the onslaught of drag queens with fake backwards "B" scars on their faces that will be roaming the Castro this Halloween.
Hahaha.
this one's so easy! much easier than palin. i can't find fake bangs anywhere, and i sure as hell am not cutting my own.
Well, we know who's gonna top World's Worst tonight on Olbermann.
This is the post from John Moody Executive VP of FOX NEWS!
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/jm...
Moment of Truth
It had to happen.
Less than two weeks before we vote for a new president, a white woman says a black man attacked her, then scarred her face, and says there was a political motive for it.
Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old white volunteer for John McCain’s presidential campaign, says she was mugged at an ATM machine in Pittsburgh (my hometown) by a big black man. She further says he threw her down, then disfigured her by carving the letter “B” into her face with a sharp implement when he saw that she supported McCain, not Barack Obama.
Part of the appeal of, and the unspoken tension behind, Senator Obama’s campaign is his transformational status as the first African-American to win a major party’s presidential nomination.
That does not mean that he has erased the mutual distrust between black and white Americans, and 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.
Wow. Back to the ranch, cowboy.
Imagine, a country so racist even its news outlets want the story to be true...
PS-Plenty 'o rabid dogs around here, tho'
Morton.
Downey.
Ah-Joo-niah!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey_Jr.#...
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/23/why-that-m...
Who's raising these kids?
Who the hello would carve a backwards B?
"how do u make backards b?"
"That does not mean that he has erased the mutual distrust between black and white Americans, and this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election.
... some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists ..., but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee."
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/jm...
To me, Gothic would have driven home the point better...
small m
small a
small o
A fresh bruise wouldn't be black like that... you'd start off with redness and swelling, then yellowing, turning to green/blue and finally black over a several day period...
A black eye is NEVER black immediately after being punched... and NO SWELLING???? Really???
If she has parents, said parents should step in and get the girl some help before she totally self-destructs.
And she's going to go through life with a "B" scar on her face.
Governor Sarah Palin reportedly spoke with the victim by phone.
Meanwhile, late this afternoon, the Obama-Biden campaign released a statement, saying: "This is a horrendous act of violence. Our thoughts and prayers are with the young woman for her to make a speedy recovery, and we hope that the person who perpetrated this crime is swiftly apprehended and brought to justice."
http://kdka.com/politics/McCain.Campaign.Worker...
AND
she may be a stupid, troubled woman, but I don't think she is a "freaking witch". I think she is mentally ill.
Listen, I am a white woman with two black sons and a black daughter.........and I will not answer hatred with hatred. I will not stoop to their level, nor will I teach my children to hate. compassion can co-exist with disapproval, disappointment and even disdain.
McCain should address this directly and apologize to the nation for his, and his supports, hate inciting rhetoric.
Now that she is a young republican who did such a vile thing...What will be the response "Oh, the poor girl is disturbed and we will pray for her ?"
I do not see any redemption for her. Her actions could have put into motion a series of events that could have had catastrophic consequences.
Times are dangerous enough without her ilk throwing themselves, and their hate, into the mix.
A man was arrested Thursday after he verbally abused and then allegedly slashed the face of a Barack Obama campaigner in downtown San Francisco, police said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/...
the other thing that keeps haunting me is the susan smith story (from around 1995). she drowned her 2 children and blamed it on an imaginary black guy.
There's your Mayella Ewell.
What ever happed to that guy? I can't remember if he killed himself or went to prison.
I hope he went to prison and that all the blacks in there knew exactly who he was and what he had done.....
learning that Smith was screwed up before from sexual molestation did not
mitigate it. Someone who commits such a crime should never walk free.
how Susan couldn't just have relinquished custody of the boys to him, but
she might have feared that he would have raised them to hate her. Twisted.
Also, returning to the point of the story we're commenting on--that she
believed that claiming that an African-American was responsible for the
crime would be plausible--that tells a person as much about the values of
the society in which she lived at the time, as Newt Gingrich's demagoguery
did. And it goes deeper than what Newt said (and, I believe, Gingrich never
apologized for his bloviation on that occasion).
So, how will the Ashley Todd false accusation play out? Will she be held
accountable? And how about the way the McCain/Palin campaign worked so hard
at stirring up racial prejudices? This doesn't even address the usual
suspects in hate-talk radioland.
Maybe she can hire Palin's makeup artist next time this comes up for her.
The skin isn't even broken... no blood, just a red mark that will disappear in a day... that's it.
What she did isn't much different than what Tawana Brawley did, or Jennifer Wilbanks.
Who mutilated Meghan McCain's face????
Oh...wait.
Sorry...Eye makeup.
No matter what the outcome of the election, this will be McCain's legacy. He's dragged his own name through the mud and win or lose, he'll always be known as the dirty hate-mongering candidate.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/...
Now it does. her dumb ass (or someone's dumb ass) carved it while looking in the mirror.
what a whack job!! I guess she figured it worked for Tawana Brawley (memba her?) it would work for her.
This is different. This gal is stupid. I don't often use the B word, but she won this prize all by herself. That B scratched on her face stands for bitch.
Carving the "B" backwards??? LOL!!!
Meanwhile, I doubt Obama people really care about Texas. My homestate I pray one day will come to the light and go back to being a Democratic state. But not this year, unfortunately. It is not even a "swing" state!
BUT STILL...you are right, he was the first one to post it yesterday (in RED no less)....and you know he was about to wet his pants when he saw the story the first time...
Yes he did some damage control today, but he blew it, big time. He should had shown some restraint, given I saw right away a big red flag about this story when she refused medical assistance. If he had some restraint he would save hims some major headaches.
Uhm...NOT!
This lady is a fucking lying idiot.
Fork you!
:-)
being fat has nothing to do with it.
I wish this story would be the top on all the news outlets. I think it really reflects negatively on the McCain/Palin campaign..
The positive side of this report is that this sick little twerp will have the honor of having the first initial of the next President of the United States emblazoned on her fat face! (She, of course, could also take it to mean Biden, Black, or Bullsh*t.) What a loser...
and I smell the "worst" in Keith's "Worst Person's tonight
seriously! just when i think we are redeeming ourselves, some dumb twat like this comes along and shits on our reputation again.
as a texan i strongly disavow this fucktard.
now perhaps everyone understands exactly what type of wingnuts we have to deal with here. my god, she is just so typical! there's a little brownshit (typo but keeping it) just like her who run the college repubs on my campus, and this type of stupidity seems to run deep amongst the young 'pubs around here.
*bangs head against wall*
She should of picked the letter O. That way it wouldn't be easily detected, that it was carved by her own hand. I don't know which I find more offensive; that she is a criminal or that she should been a contestant on Jay Leno's Jay Walking.
It's bad enough that 1 in 7 US citizens can't find the USA on a globe, but her degree of stupidity is just embarassing.
What does that say about fair play in Texas... it doesn't exist!
What does that say about bigotry in Texas... its still alive and well!
What that say about the contempt for the truth in Texas... sad, need I say more?
What's that say about divisiveness here in Texas... a hell of lot, many down here are not able to spell it or pronounce it but many sure embrace it!
What does it say about the hypocrisy of Texas politics... nothing progressive Texans don't already know!
What does it say about hatred in Texas... much to much and its most likely fundamentalist, christian based!
What does it say about intolerance in Texas... that's that?
Next well find out that she's a social conservative, right wing, fundamentalist, christian, fascist woman, who's family sent her to a christian school to learn all of the above... and what does that say of Texas education... it but fear in to all Texas political progressives!
Will Texas ever get over "Bushism and it fascist leansings!
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mis/891957192....
I have made a screen capture in the event it is removed.