If this is true, it is bad. If it is a hoax, it is also very bad. It does seem a little too perfect and I smell a fish, but I'm willing to hold on until we get more information.

I read that she was admitted to the hospital this morning, with possible head injuries (maybe internal bleeding?). Like I said, I sure hope this is a hoax, but if it is a hoax, it is a very well-made hoax. I just don't know. Considering all the violence this cycle, nothing is impossible. Here is the update...

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Possibly it is a hoax, but remember that she could have taken this picture of herself in the mirror, which would explain the backwards B.

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Obama Low Effort Wealth Spread. I can't believe it's not earned!

It would be difficult for you to correct me again as you have yet to correct me the first time. If you want to take a selected part of a poorly worded definition and point to that as evidence that the words related and relevant do not carry very different connotations, fine you can think what you want, I don't really have any urge to argue with you about it.

If you want to suggest that this story is something that should be an important piece of news with regard to the election, I would have to take issue with that.

Looking at the picture - how did anyone call that "carved" into her face? It's a scratch. It's also backwards.


Funny thing about people trying to manipulate the system with false claims (if this is) - they're often REALLY stupid. Like not understanding that shoving a mouse into a can of beer will leave scrape marks along the sides of the body of the mouse.

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Must have been done by an Obaaaamatron then.

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Great Quotes from Great Americans:

"With regard to the words 'general welfare', I have always regarded them as qualified by the details of the powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphisis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."James Madison, Father of the Constitution

Yup. Too many inconsistencies from the get-go. All the faux-outrage of the usual loons can now be put back in their boxes.

kdka.com - McCain Campaign Worker Confessed To Making Up Story Of Attack

Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.

Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.

Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.

Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test.

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and "the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction."

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.

According to police, investigators working on the interview process detected several inconsistencies in Todd's story that differed from statements made in the original police report.

Pittsburgh Police Public Information Officer Diane Richard released a statement earlier today, saying: "Because of the inconsistencies in her statements, Ms. Todd was asked to submit to a polygraph examination which she agreed to do."

No photos of Todd are being released by Pittsburgh Police at this time.

The investigation is continuing as officials determine what charges will be filed.

Why am I totally not surprised?

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threads merged.

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what a friggin loon.

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Greetings and Felicitations,

Indeed. Its still sad.
Is there any proof that there was an attacker at all? If not, then she is guilty to trying to start racial problems, too.

As I said. I hoped that the attack had really happened. The fact that it was faked shows just how far some people will go.

Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely

PS. If your ever arrested and they ask you to take a polygraph test then just say no. They aren't accurate, they aren't reliable and they aren't admissable in court.

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Are you capable of doing anything but trolling?

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Whoops.

Where's all the right wing hacks now?

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I wondered if anyone had noticed that. I saw it right away, before the story was known to be a hoax, but thought it would be in bad taste to mention it.

It looks as if Ashley used a semi-sharp object to create a "B"-shaped flesh wound on her face while she looked into a mirror. To her eye, looking at the mirror image, it was a perfect "B" for Barack.

It's a good thing that nothing she did to herself caused her to die... because she was definitely flirting with a Darwin Award.

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Confirmation that folks don't really read the thread - post #53.

Wow. Not much to say, except some people are fucking ridiculous. It's kind of disgusting, really.

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