The Daily Background
| White McCain volunteer mutilates self and blames it on non-existant black man
by Arlen Parsa
The AP reports:
A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.
Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, admitted Friday that the story was false and was being charged with making a false report to police, said Maurita Bryant, the assistant chief of the police department’s investigations division. Police doubted her story from the start, Bryant said.
Todd, who is white, told police she was attacked by a 6-foot-4 black man Wednesday night.
She now can’t explain why she invented the story, Bryant said. Todd also told police she believes she cut the backward “B” onto her own cheek, but did not provide an explanation of how or why, Bryant said.
[…]
Bryant said somebody charged with making a false report would typically be cited and sent a summons. But because police have concerns about Todd’s mental health, they are consulting with the Allegheny County District Attorney. She remained in custody and was awaiting arraignment.
No surprise here, but it’s still pretty atrocious.
As soon as I saw this story the other day when Drudge was blaring it at the top of his page I thought to myself “there’s no way that’s true” but obviously unbelievable stuff happens every day so I didn’t write about it. What really rubs me the wrong way about this is that it’s so reminiscent of the type of incidents that post-reconstruction southern history is littered with: white women blaming or faking assault on innocent black guys.
stupid girl
All you had you wasted
All you had you wasted
stupid girl
You stupid girl
Cant believe you fake it
Cant believe you fake it
(That should have been played during her perp walk)
“McCain campaign over as is Drudge’s career…”
“Forget the woman who made this up for a moment. The two bigger questions are:
# Was the McCain campaign behind the creation of this hoax? (because how could they have the details of the case, enough to create an even more incendiary version of the story, before all the facts were known?)
# If the McCain camp was not behind this attack, then why was their most immediate concern not for the victim, but instead, for how to best make a tragic (if true) situation that could split the nation over the issue of racism into a political score for themselves?
The McCain campaign is over. Period. I don’t care what the explanation is, a leader does not pour gasoline on a racial fire for any reason. A leader’s first concern would be how to best deal with the crisis and how to best help the victim, while minimizing the anger in both the white and black communities. A leader does not rape a nation for a score. John McCain is not a leader. He is an opportunist, at best.”
http://www.atlargely.com/2008/10/mccain-campaign.html