BREAKING: McCain Worker Fabricated Attack Story; Race Over?

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Friday, October 24, 2008 at 2:00 pm

KDKA of Pittsburgh reports that according to local police, the McCain worker who claimed to have been attacked for her political convictions just confessed to making up the story.

Yesterday, FOX News Vice President John Moody wrote: “If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Sen. McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.”

I guess the race is over.

UPDATE: My TWI colleague Matt DeLong smartly ties this story to the case of Charles Stuart, who in 1989 murdered his pregnant wife and heightened racial tension by blaming a nonexistent black man. Obviously, the scale is very different here, but the comparison is still apt.

Also, KDKA reports that according to a Pittsburgh police commander, Ashley Todd will be facing charges.

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12 Comments

S.J. Feliz
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 11:27 am

The minute I red this story in Drudge Report, I knew it is race baiting. If a white man can kill his pregnant wife and blame a nonexistent black man, carving “B” on a face is, put it mildly, is just a small booboo. What is scary, both “stories” were believed to be credible. God remove all sense of injuries from our hearts.


D
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 11:30 am

as a black man this S**T has got to stop. We are not responsible for all the ills of this country. not even close.


virgett
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

John McCain is trying to obtain the Gun-Toting Church Going White Guys of America votes, and he is using all the game plans to do it. The sad part about this event of blaming a
Barack Obama voter to attack a John McCain White female Campaign Worker.
I would have believe it, ft the John McCain worker had been a Black female Campaign Worker.
The John Campaign people should have done their homework better on race-baiting for votes.
African -Americans would have believe an attack on a Black Women working for John MCCain.
America have a High popualtion of real understanding human being White women that are not like the
Horror story of a Stephen King Movie. Barack Obama will make a better President for America to
provide the needs of Dignity and Respect based on Facts, Truths, and Reality concerning all Races, all Cultures, and all Religions.


virgett
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

John MCCain is trying to obtain the Gun-Toting Church Going White Guys of America votes, and he is using all the game plans to do it. The sad part about this event of blaming a
Barack Obama voter to attack a John McCain White female Campaign Worker.
I would have believe it, if the John McCain worker had been a Black female Campaign Worker.
The John Campaign people should have done their homework better on race-baiting for votes.
African -Americans would have believe an attack on a Black Women working for John MCCain.
America have a High population of real understanding human being White women that are not like the Horror story of a Stephen King Movie. Barack Obama will make a better President for America to heal, to aid, to help provide the needs of Dignity and Respect based on Facts, Truths, and Reality concerning all Races, all Cultures, and all Religions. for a secure better
stronger United States of America.


mpatl
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 12:55 pm

As a life long democrat I have to say this is great….this is just great. A 2008 “Willy Horton” if you will for John McCain and Ms. Palin who called this little lier last night to “wish her well” and acknowledge her “sacrafice” to the campaign. OMG…how crazy is this? I'm surprised she didn't try to say it was Osama Bin Ladin at the ATM machine! This is beyond sick, beyond racist, beyond stupid. The people behind this should be run out of town on a rail!


mpatl
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

Hey McCain…your “Birth of a Nation” tactics aren't going to work here….sicko.


virgett
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

The White Man did it : George Bush Junior : He fooled Americans
The White Man John MCain will continue the Job of making Fools of Americans.
The Royal Nobility Aristocrat Republicans know how to obtain and secure votes for Power over our
lives. Sarah Palin, a fine set of ovaries, beautiful female figure will make any real man 's hormone
jump , even an old man of age 72 can get rid of his Viagra with Sarah Palin around, go Girl !
Get those Votes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


aw
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

I know it's a free country and all – but if she pulled a stunt like this – can we take her out of the voting… and out of the gene pool?


jp
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

Can anyone say Al Sharpton and Tawana Brawley


Northwestwoods
Comment posted October 24, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

This entire Republican program is crashing and burning. When a party overreaches this much, the only possible result can only be massive blowback.

The HATE AM talkers are so eager for a break they'll jump on anything that moves.
In this case they jumped too soon. This cheap stunt has blown upright in their porky face.


Ty
Comment posted October 26, 2008 @ 11:46 am

Wow!, The Vice President of Fox News has essentially stated that McCain's race is over, finished .

Very funny though WHY he states this. Because McCain would be “forever linked to race baiting”. I'm sure he totally believed this too. But he is forgetting that the rest of the world does not think like Faux News. Notice how there is no one saying that it was race baiting. Now if things were switched around, you KNOW that Fox News would have been 24 and 7 saying that it was race baiting.


Ty
Comment posted October 26, 2008 @ 6:46 pm

Wow!, The Vice President of Fox News has essentially stated that McCain's race is over, finished .

Very funny though WHY he states this. Because McCain would be “forever linked to race baiting”. I'm sure he totally believed this too. But he is forgetting that the rest of the world does not think like Faux News. Notice how there is no one saying that it was race baiting. Now if things were switched around, you KNOW that Fox News would have been 24 and 7 saying that it was race baiting.


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