Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin

[UK]

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Blo ... 47628.html

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

She needs a name like Joe the plumber.

[Jocephus]

ashley the liar

[sighyoung]

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/new ... etail.html
Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face
Woman Robbed, Attacked With Knife At Bloomfield ATM

POSTED: 4:03 pm EDT October 23, 2008
UPDATED: 6:10 pm EDT October 23, 2008

PITTSBURGH -- A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said.

Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard tells Channel 4 Action News that the victim was robbed at knifepoint on Wednesday night outside of a Citizens Bank near Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street just before 9 p.m.

Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said.

Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras.

The robber is described as a dark-skinned black man, 6 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds with a medium build, short black hair and brown eyes. The man was wearing dark colored jeans, a black undershirt and black shoes.

The Obama-Biden campaign released a statement, commenting on the attack. The statement said "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."

How long before the right wing blogosphere and wingnuts spin this and say Obama was the attacker?

The woman now says that she was knocked out and doesn't know who attacked her. I bet she didn't expect the publicity that came along with her little lie.

Just read that. I can't believe the absurdity of some people trying to create an incident. For what? Publicity? Attention? I dunno. She deserves to be in deep [expletive] if she isn't already. Flat out lying about something like that, no matter what it is, whether it be in a political climate or in the year 2010 or 1998. That's dirty to accuse someone of that with a fake description is dangerous. What happens if they find a felon that lives in the area, 200 pounds, light skinned, matching her description? She ruins that mans life for attention. Sickening in a few different ways.

We can all agree on that.

Actually, I don't think she expected the publicity. Not to this extent. And I think she believed she'd tell her story and be done with it.

Oops.

And, in fairness, several in the right-wing blogosphere were immediately suspicious of this, too, including Michelle Malkin.

[BW23]

I can't even begin to delve into how stupid this woman is.

At least she'll have a nice scar.

[sighyoung]

She'd rather fight than switch.

[sighyoung]

Did you know Ashley Todd was a watershed moment in the election?

This ying-yang thought so:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240007

[fulldeck]

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Blo ... 47628.html

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

She needs a name like Joe the plumber.

That is very disturbing.

[jim]

http://kdka.com/local/attack.McCain.Blo ... 47628.html

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

She needs a name like Joe the plumber.

He's world famous now. I won't even need to translate... From LeMonde:

McCain s'appuie sur Joe le plombier pour faire campagne dans les Etats-clés
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Pour rattraper son retard, le sénateur de l'Arizona continue à attaquer son rival sur son programme fiscal et à l'accuser de "socialisme" en la matière.
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LES DÉCLINAISONS DE JOE LE PLOMBIER

Et pour illustrer ses propos, il utilise désormais systématiquement Joe le plombier, incarnation de l'Américain moyen et première victime des réformes fiscales démocrates. Son bus de campagne a été décoré d'une image à l'effigie de Joe le plombier, son équipe a diffusé un clip du même nom, et dans les meetings, les militants multiplient les pancartes
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Pas en reste, Barack Obama s'est également emparé du thème : il a opposé Joe le plombier, avec qui il affirme partager des valeurs, à "Joe le directeur de fonds de pension" ou "Joe le PDG", .....

Joe the Pension Fund Director, Joe the CEO. Hilarous. I didn't know Obama was doing that.

[heyzeus]

For the fake attacker girl: All I can say is, she's an Aggie. Nothing else needed.

I also hope that democrats don't try to use this unfortunate situation to try to make some cheap point about McCain. This has nothing to do with the election, and everything to do with a confused young woman who made a dumb decision.

[PujolJunkie]

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Oct08d-Politics.pdf