The “B” stood for “Bullshit”: McCain-Palin volunteer Ashley Todd admits she made up the attack story

From KDKA in Pittsburgh:

A Pittsburgh police commander says a volunteer for the McCain campaign who reported being robbed and attacked near a bank ATM in Bloomfield has confessed to making up the story. Police say charges will be filed. More details to follow.

Hang it around their necks. [via Wonkette]

UPDATE: KDKA has posted a story after their initial bulletin.

UDPATE: Now Pittsburgh’s WPXI is also reporting that she made it up.

UPDATE: Press conference!

Police have called a press conference this afternoon and are expected to say that the inconsistencies in the story of a McCain campaign volunteer who told them she was mugged by a man who cut a “B” on her cheek when he saw a McCain sticker on her car have led them to believe it is a hoax.

UPDATE: Looks like she did etch the “B” on her cheek while looking in a mirror…

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, is expected to be charged with filing a false police report and may face additional charges, investigators said. She told detectives she etched a backward letter “B” onto her right cheek and then manufactured a story about being attacked at a Bloomfield ATM by a black man who was enranged by her John McCain bumper sticker.

MORE: Here is a copy of the first police update (PDF file).

MORE: Face O’ Spuds is outraged, I tell ya ... outraged!

Assuming this is true—which I do—she really screwed us nicely. She put people like me in a difficult spot as I was forced to defend her on the small chance she was on the level.

Disgrace in spades!

I gotta tell ya, I’ve never done a political hoax myself but I have to think I’d be a little bit smarter about it than this Krazy Kretinous Kow.

That’s fucking precious coming from the guy who wrote this post.

But, can’t argue with this…

It’s not just that she’s corrupt and crazy. I mean—obviously.

It’s also that she’s not even minimally competent at it.

The Republican Party is supposed to be Evil. Not “incompetent.”

Exactly. The GOP has been corrupt, crazy and evil for a long time now, but this year you’re incompetent, too. And that’s why November 4th is going to be one of the best days ever.

Posted by Kevin K. on 10/24/08 at 12:39 PM • Permalink

I hope the fuckwits who hyped this bogus story will publicize the latest development as energetically as they screeched about the initial report. But that ain’t gonna happen…

I put on FOX News.  They rushed through it as quickly as possible.

And Drudge still hasn’t posted anything about it.

Holy Moses humping manatee ...

OK, so Rosa the Republican Riveter decided it would be a good idea to maim herself to prove that Obama and the Democrats are ... what?

What the fuck?

Maybe she had a part time job working as a stringer for African Press International.

MSNBC is covering it extensively. Woo hoo!  Around their necks!

And Drudge still hasn’t posted anything about it.

Gee, I wonder if Sean Hannity will have anything to say about it either.

Drudge has it up now. Hmmm, maybe I’ll have to listen to Hannity today.

BTW, Stephanie Cutter is on CNN now kicking Tucker Bounds’ ass.  God, I live her.

How stupid is she feeling right about now ? She gave herself a black eye , carved up her face , and now she’s about to face charges , and total public humiliation.  Talk about an EPIC FAIL !

I think your choice for Halloween costume is painfully clear, now, Kevin.

I think your choice for Halloween costume is painfully clear, now, Kevin.

LOL!

I think your choice for Halloween costume is painfully clear, now, Kevin.

Actually, my wife Chris claimed it last night if the story turned out to be a hoax.

Ya know what? Betty and I have a bet on the WS.

Betty, I am now offering to send 25 dollars to your choice of women’s shelter this minute. Fuck the bet. There are hundreds of thousands of real victims of despicable violence suffering real trauma and this half-wit decides that faking the sort of terror that millions of women and kids have endured at the hands of brutal husbands, boyfriends and fathers and strangers was a goddamned good idea.

Let me know where to send the money Betty, and I’ll add another 25 if the Rays win.

I’m having a hard time gloating over this one, I can’t get my gloat past the lump of anger building up in my throat.

"B” is for Brawley

its amazing to me there are people out there who think they make up shit like this and get away with it...thats the environment under which young Republicans are being incubated...on the bright side, looks like their Big Brother program is working after all.

"She’s actually an Obama plant trying to make McCain look bad!”

Lay your money here people: Who will be the first blogger to make the claim?

Double or nothing: Will that blogger claim it’s all an MSM diversion from “the real scandal”: Obama’s in Hawaiian rummaging for his birth certificate in grandma’s cedar chest.

God, I am going to get fat from dining on all this sweet, sweet Schadenfreude.

I resolve to join a gym and get back in shape just as soon as I finish gloating…

Almost my favorite part is that McCain and Failin couldn’t wait to call her on the phone and express solidarity.

The Republican Party is supposed to be Evil. Not “incompetent.”

The Republican Party is supposed to be Evil. Not just “incompetent.” Fixed.

Alternate bet: When some knuckledraggers jump an Obama supporter and put him in the hospital, the chronic bloggorhea victims will claim that since Todd’s story was made up, this story must also be made up.

She’s actually an Obama plant trying to make McCain look bad

Been done at the PUMA blogs. The heads are exploding over there, even DM has given up.

What a bunch of losers.