This is by far is the strangest campaign attack I’ve ever heard of. I feel sorry for this poor young woman. This happened less than 3 miles from where I campaign nearly every day! This hasn’t even made national news yet! The Drudge Report broke the story and scooped the mainstream media once again.
McCain worker says man scratched ‘B’ into her face
By Jill King Greenwood
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, October 24, 2008
PITTSBURGH–A knife-wielding man robbed a McCain-Palin campaign volunteer and etched a “B” into her face after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car, the woman told Pittsburgh police.
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.
Todd, of College Station, Texas, told police she was using an ATM at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street in Bloomfield just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her, put a knife to her throat and demanded money.
Todd told police she handed the man $60 she had in her pocket and stepped away from him. The man then noticed the bumper sticker on her car, which was parked in front of the ATM, and became angry, she told police.
He made comments to Todd about Republican presidential candidate John McCain and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, police said Todd told them.
“He continued to kick and punch her repeatedly and said he would teach her a lesson for supporting John McCain,” said police Chief Nate Harper.
The man scratched a backward “B” onto Todd’s right cheek, she told police. Todd, who isn’t familiar with the area, drove to a friend’s house nearby. She told her friend she wasn’t sure of the exact location the robbery happened but remembered a green sign above the ATM.
The friend called police and an officer met them at his house. They drove along Liberty Avenue until Todd saw a Citizens Bank ATM that looked familiar, police said.
Police said Todd declined medical treatment at the scene. Her friend, a law student at University of Pittsburgh, said he took her to UPMC Shadyside for treatment.
“Initially when the police came and took the report she didn’t want to go, but we convinced her, ” he said.
Todd declined to comment. Her friend said she is a student at Texas A&M University.
“She is a volunteer for the McCain-Palin campaign,” said campaign spokesman Peter Feldman. “Sen. McCain has reached out to her via telephone and has spoken to her and her family,” as has McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Feldman said. “Out of respect for her privacy we’re not going to comment further.”
Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign released a statement saying: “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.”
Police said she described the attacker as black, about 6-foot-4, and said he was wearing dark-colored jeans and a black tank top. She said he had a knife with a 5-inch blade and ran from the scene on foot, Harper said.
“We are treating this as a credible report,” he said.
The ATM has a security camera, and investigators were trying to watch the video.
and the other blogs are already saying its a staged event how much do you want to bet that is how the drive bys will report it?
This is unbelievable! That poor woman — I don’t care who you are pulling for, that doesn’t give an excuse for abuse like this. I really hope her face doesn’t scare like that. Some people are just plain crazy!
Why is the B inverted? Because she did it herself. She forgot to write it the right way if someone else had done it. Why a B and not an O for Obama? Sounds like a woman hungry for some attention that grew out of hand. Snowballed to the media.
Need to say, that that woman deserves to be punished to the extreme! False police reports keep our men in blue from doing real work! I am so angry about this!
Woman admits making up McCain sticker attack, police say
I think the fact it was a backward letter B should have tipped everyone off right away, as it was obvious she used a mirror to do it. This story is sad on so many levels. It’s sad because this woman obviously has problems. It’s also sad because some right wingers jumped on this as some sort of hate crime against McCain supporters and used her for political reasons.
You know this has now been uncovered as a hoax, right?