McCain Supporter Attacked, Maimed

[Scandia]

That is so horrible.

It is hard when you support a candidate from the party opposite of that most of your colleagues favor.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

^^^ It's a hoax. I don't believe any of it for a second.

Yeah, I didn't want to seem heartless when this first went up, but I don't really buy it either.

[DaemonSeid]

Welll you have that...and then there has been vandalism that has escalated in MD for the past few weeks as people have had thier campaign banners either destroyed or filled with racial slurs and I am sure that it's just not going on here...some places have had them replaced for the opposite party.

[Kevlar281]

My gut is telling me hoax. But when you have a candidate who has said...

"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face," he said.

It wouldn't surprise me if some whack job resorted to violence.

/edit: wouldn't

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by sugar and spice

When I first read this story this afternoon, I thought something seemed kind of fishy about it. Things that struck me as really questionable:. . .

So what do you guys think? Hoax or legitimate?

If it's true, it's beyond despicable. There's no doubt that the crazies are out on both sides.

But I have to admit that when I put my lawyer hat on, the story just doesn't ring right.

[ThetaDancer]

Honeychile,
I'm not sure if it was initially that way when it was posted, but now the second link (the one from fox news) in your op takes us right to a story about all of the inconsistencies in Ms. Todd's story.

According to the story, she is no longer sure of the motives for the attack. In fact, she is no longer even sure that the attacker took $60.

[Munchkin03]

I call hoax.

[honeychile]

Actually, the original broadcasts were written as if there was no room for anything but what she said happened. Now, though, there does seem to be a definite maybe to the whole incident. She has taken a polygraph test.

I keep coming back to who on earth would willingly allow their face to be disfigured like that? Cutters don't usually go for their faces. I can see the wife beater (yes, for some reason, lots of men wear those or other t-shirts in this weather - I think they're nuts), the area (which I didn't know last night), and speaking as a former crime victim, some inconsistencies, but not the cutting. Most people who've been mugged knows that there are times when you're just not sure what happened - and Ms. Todd isn't familiar with the area.

If it really happened, I hope the assailant is caught quickly. If not, I hope Ms. Todd gets the psychiatric help that she so obviously needs.

[Munchkin03]

Even Michelle Malkin is calling hoax on this one:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/23...awfully-weird/

This is why one cannot get too hysterical about news reports, since so many of them turn out not to be true.

I knew it was for shit when I read the allegation that it was a black man wearing a wifebeater in 45 degree weather. No black man, sane or insane, would do that.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

^^^ Agreed. I live in Florida and when it dips past 75 degrees I'm looking for a hat and some gloves, and I am a female.

This didn't seem right from the moment I read it. I hope the truth is unleashed on her.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Please - some of us aren't trashy.


The B is for Barak, according to the news stations.

And take a look at all of the threads about how much Sarah Palin's wardrobe cost, her daughter, McCain's age, etc, etc. Obama supporters have lost the right to be civil about this one!

Frankly, I hope they apprehend the guy, and if he has anything to do with the Obama campaign, I hope Ms. Todd sues for the rest of the campaign funds. Nobody deserves that!

B-A-R-A-C-K. I know the campaign has only been going on for 2 years, but soon you'll get it!

Originally Posted by honeychile

He was walking away from her - with her ATM money - when he saw the McCain bumper sticker, then attacked her.

FYI, Pittsburgh has a very low crime rate compared to most "major" cities. This would have been big news without the political angle. That angle only enhances the whole "Bitter Pennsylvanians rely on their guns and Bibles" and "Pennsylvanians are all racists" remarks. Many, many people are terribly unhappy about those interpretations.

We know. You would have liked Obama but for those comments, right?

And Pittsburgh's crime rate seems to outpace the rest of the U.S. (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07156/791606-53.stm) which is interesting. Also, this TV station is doing a special on crime in Pittsburgh (http://newpittsburghcourieronline.co...nce/Page1.html) because it's on the rise and the city is on pace to have their highest murder rate ever (http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_10666736) which is also sort of interesting given the very low crime.

Originally Posted by honeychile

Actually, the original broadcasts were written as if there was no room for anything but what she said happened. Now, though, there does seem to be a definite maybe to the whole incident. She has taken a polygraph test.

I keep coming back to who on earth would willingly allow their face to be disfigured like that? Cutters don't usually go for their faces. I can see the wife beater (yes, for some reason, lots of men wear those or other t-shirts in this weather - I think they're nuts), the area (which I didn't know last night), and speaking as a former crime victim, some inconsistencies, but not the cutting. Most people who've been mugged knows that there are times when you're just not sure what happened - and Ms. Todd isn't familiar with the area.

If it really happened, I hope the assailant is caught quickly. If not, I hope Ms. Todd gets the psychiatric help that she so obviously needs.

A crazy College Republican desperate for attention and wanting to help the campaign by making it more about race and less about issues? If Ms. Todd was so familiar with the area, why was she Twittering away instead of not being on the phone so she could be aware of her surroundings?

Shame on her for lying.

[GeekyPenguin]

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.....2.847628.html

Pittsburgh's Fox affiliate has nothing about this on their website at this time. It appears that's because it doesn't have a news program. Odd.

However, national Fox News even has an article:

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10...b-carved-face/

Fox is very suspicious of her and it calls the face wound "superficial." Maybe Cindy McCain can sell her ridiculously expensive earrings to get this girl mental care.

[KSigkid]

A Lyndon Larouche supporter once beat me up in an alley, and when I woke up I had one of Larouche's pamphlets stapled to my shirt.

True story.

[RedefinedDiva]

The broad is a liar and confessed that she made the whole thing up:

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.....2.847628.html

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I am horrified that the following happened in Pittsburgh - this could have been me at 20 years old. A college student and McCain volunteer from Texas (UT?) was attacked and maimed by an Obama supporter:


Don't bother checking CNN - they obviously don't care.

Hmmmm...did you stop to think that maybe they didn't care because it was "obviously" a hoax?

According to Fox News, she was a student at Blinn College. Fox News's own VP, a Pittsburgh native, says, "If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting."

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/20...3/jmoody_1023/

Telling the truth is the way of the cougar.