Friday, October 24, 2008

Forget Joe the Plumber…

…let's talk about Ashley the Liar.

Police: Campaign Volunteer Lied, Injured Self

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say a campaign volunteer 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.

At a news conference this afternoon, officials said they believe that Ashley Todd's injuries were self-inflicted.

Todd, 20, of Texas, is now facing charges for filing a false report to police.

The Huffington Post has a couple of roundups on the story, and The Smoking Gun has a screenshot of her ever-so-convenient twitter entries, but the story is simple: A McCain volunteer from Texas claimed that, while she was working in Pittsburgh, Pa., a giant black man viciously mutilated her specifically because of her politics.

But, that's not what happened. Instead, this girl apparently blackened her own eyes and carefully carved a backwards letter B into her own face, then began spreading a story that panders to the worst fears of racists everywhere: giant, lawless, black men lurk in the shadows, wanting only to leap out and hurt helpless little Southern belles at the earliest opportunity.

This is what fear-mongering robo-calls and a campaign hinging on the politics of otherness has brought you, John McCain. This is the face of the people you're courting: scared, confused and willing to batter and mutilate themselves because you've terrified them with your boogey-man stories and outright lies.

This is your poster child, Mr. McCain. Are you going to embrace her the way you've embraced Joe the Plumber?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

the Mayor of Crazy Town. Right there.

Anonymous said...

Wow I didnt see it before this is part of his campaign! Thanks for pointing that out there.