BUSTED: She made it all up
Can I say I told you so?
I’ve covered hate crimes hoaxes long enough to know one when I smell one.
Those of you who trashed me in comments might want to think twice before doubting my instincts next time.
And those of you on the left who are now so interested in debunking despicable hate crimes might show a little more skepticism yourselves next time when similar narratives hit the news pages involving politically correct hoaxers who share your politics.
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; now she’s facing charges.
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.
Todd initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect began beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.
Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test.
Investigators asked Todd to return to the police station today for more questioning and to help them release a composite sketch of the suspect.
When she did, police say she admitted that she made the whole thing up and that it snowballed out of control.
Todd told investigators today that she “just wanted to tell the truth” – adding that she was neither robbed, nor attacked.
She said he believed she may have scratched the backward “B” on her own face because she was the only one in the car at the time. Todd told police that when saw was the “B” in her rearview mirror, she thought of Barack Obama.
Final lesson: Trust your instincts. Use your brains. Stop jumping every time Drudge hypes something in Armageddon-sized font.
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Never doubted you, Michelle.
As someone who supported you in the comments, I would like to say a hearty:
Well Done!!
I too was skeptical, and it’s nice to be proven right yet again.
Ashley Todd needs some help. Let’s hope she gets it.
You called it.
BZ.
Too bad the left has a new distraction to focus on.
Is the ‘campaign volunteer’ part made up also?
Normal conversation: Yeah, she needed to work on the black eye, too. Didn’t look authentic.
MSM version: Racist website says black guy Barack not authentically black!
Bring back Darwinism…
Good job, Michelle. Don’t get cocky.
Good instincts, Michelle.
This whole story had a strong “wait and see” feel to it, which makes me glad I didn’t say anything one way or the other on it when it first came out. Same thing with the Michelle Obama “lobster and caviar” or whatever story from a few days ago.
There’s much to be said for reserving immediate judgment. A lot fewer retractions and apologies to write that way.
Libs and MSM interpreting this as typifying GOP dirty tricks in 3, 2, 1..
This was a non story that should have never been pushed.
Right again. Thank you Michelle. And as I mentioned earlier, there is always the video of the McCain/Palin supporters marching along the Upper Left Side in Manhattan to get a good look at the hatred from the left. And those are mostly Well Paid, Ivy League Diploma, Affluent, White People.
I never believed this sicko in the first place.
I have to say I agree with this as well. Democrats will do just about anything to keep socialists of other stripes out.
Just like the Nazis.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
MM > MD
Good for you!
I think this hoax is just another example of how people are letting their crazy sides dominate! Do people just not know how to think things through anymore?
What was it? The backwards “B” or the halloween eye make up…
I knew it all along….
Well done, Michelle.
No. College Republicans confirmed she was with the campaign yesterday.
She just destroyed her own life. Sad.
Wha-wha-what???
I supported the girl till I saw the picture. The reason I did is because of a trend of Obama violence. This girl needs help.
I still wouldn’t be surprised to find that the Donks had planted her there and set this all up trying to make the Republicans look bad.
Not saying they did, but they certainly have the potential and the mentality for it.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
What do you wanna bet that this hoax will now suddenly be a HUGE story that will be flogged for days on end, and reviving the “ugly republican” line from last week.
Now that it’s fake, it’s going to be news. If it had been true, no one would care in the MSM. No one cared that woman with a McCain sign was assaulted in the face and injured by an Obama person. Nothing to see here move along.
Some one may or may not have yelled something that may or may not have been offensive in a crowd or 15,000 people!
The whole Republican Party are hatemongers! Film at 11.
You can’t be serious. She’s been with the College Republicans for years.
I knew the story was too good to be true!
At least we still have Santa and the Tooth Fairy.
I hope this girl gets the help she needs. Really is a shame the lengths some people will go to to get attention.
I believe it goes straight to the culture war and the general lack of gratitude that people indulge in these days.
I believe if it were not for this attitude, John McCain would be up by double digits instead of a dead heat in the polls today.
The left of course will use this to paint us all as wacko and the media will accommodate them.
Kudos to Michelle for using her “grain of salt” filter immediately!
Just like the Manchurian Candidate.. hmmmmm? Makes ya think, huh?
She isn’t a plant, she needs help.
What I want to know, and nobody seems to have addresed this at all, is what did G.W. Boosh know about this and when did he know it? Good job MM
Er, Hangfire, I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but . . .
I don’t see any good that could have come out of it. We would all just be sitting back in disbelief that the MSM reported (made a big deal out of) an event that didn’t happen (kill him) and not even mentioned the attacks.
If I believed that, I wouldn’t be serious.
Honestly, I really don’t care one way or the other. Something like this was going to happen at some point, whether brought on by someone on the Donk side or the Repub side.
It’s called blood sport, and it’s a huge part of what is wrong with both parties. Neither wants to tell the truth about ANYTHING.
Kind of like tax cuts. Do you really believe you’re going to get a significant tax cut from EITHER of these socialists??
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
On October 24th, 2008 at 4:01 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
What I want to know, and nobody seems to have addresed this at all, is what did G.W. Boosh know about this and when did he know it?
Exactly, Rogue. We all know Boosh is behind all evil, so he must have had something to do with this as well.
Sarc/
The backwards B was suspicious to me. I actually was hoping it was a hoax. We don’t need crap like this on either side. Good job Michelle!
Shame on her. Shame on me for believing her. It’s like Susan Smith lite. My apologies to the made-up dark-skinned black guy I wanted to get run over by a bus, too!
Looks someone is gonna strain a muscle patting themselves on the back.
“Neener, neener, neener!” could have worked in your headline just as well, Michelle.
She’s a plant. The press was getting closer and closer to discovering BO’s lack of citizenship and MO’s various “whitey” speeches. We were trying to wag the dog with this story. My gawd, I just can’t keep these secrets anymore. OHHHHHH, I’m SOOOO very sorry.
Ashley lied…McCain gets fried!
Michelle should be patting herself on the back. It was a ballsy thing to do and she got a lot of flack for it. Not to mention the flack she got earlier in the day for the Palin/Immigration post. I’ll take someone who sticks with their principles versus someone in an echo chamber any day.
I was following you until I got to the press part!
Excellent! Subtle yet biting. Getting better sambo.
Right-o, the hell with Acorn registration fraud, Obama belonging to the New Party, working in an office with Ayers for 3 years, or the Obama website donation fraud. Now THIS is something the MSM can take and run with.
Ra-a-a-a-a-cist Republican.
If it happened to a Demwitcrat worker, they’d be saying “It was fake but accurate.”
You know, if she’d even have just been bright enough to scratch an “O”…
Just sayin’
To those of you that are from Texas: typical Aggie to write a “B” backwards!
They don’t know they’re not Baggies?
I just hope the young woman gets the help she is in such need of.
I told you so.
So did I. Conservatives need to be constant in pointing out dishonesty on all sides.
I didn’t know what to think of it but I DO think that the reaction from those who thought it might be true is a product of frustration. There are assaults against McCain supporters from physcial to property damage that nobody in the MSM wants to talk about. It’s hard to feel helpless.
If she also listens to her Beatles albums backwards, then I think we’ll have a clear explanation…
Oh ffs.. HuffPo latest scandal – McCain mispronounced a word and instead of saying ‘cut’ followed by the word ‘in’, he says what sounds like ‘cu..nt’ and then corrects himself. Here it is on YouTube too. Clearly a mispronunciation is far more important to the future of this nation than election fraud, terrorist ties etc etc etc..
Damn. I thought Obama’s Nazis were on the loose.
Standing by for the six-part front page NYT expose…
I believe he is the last human who can pronounce nuclear. I can forgive other mispronunciations.
On October 24th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, Uncle Monkey said:
You know, if she’d even have just been bright enough to scratch an “O”…
Just sayin’
Also, if that “black eye” had looked a little less like black eye MAKEUP, or the now-infamous “backward ‘B’” had looked less like she did it with her own fingernail.
On October 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm, mistressjustice said:
She’s a plant. The press was getting closer and closer to discovering BO’s lack of citizenship and MO’s various “whitey” speeches. We were trying to wag the dog with this story. My gawd, I just can’t keep these secrets anymore. OHHHHHH, I’m SOOOO very sorry.
Fortunately, I think the “she was a plant” posters are in the minority. Although I suspect -nay, KNOW- that you and I have our differences politically, I’ll say again: Without credible evidence, no sale on the conspiracy theories.
I never had a doubt. I trust Michelle more than more folks.
I had the same initial reaction to this story…if an attacker were viscious enough to carve anything on someone’s face, they would cut a lot deeper than the “flesh wound” that appeared in that picture.
That said, there has only been one area where I can remember questioning your instincts…
You mocked the only candidate who had already pledged in writing to secure both borders with fences by July 1, 2010.
Why did you mock him, Michelle?
Michelle, that was a great call. I was just rereading your original post and you sure took a lot of heat for your initial thoughts. Where are all of the apologies?
Ahem! Pardon me Michelle, but I believe your hubris is showing.
I feel sorry for her, like I would anyone in her position, she’s sick. Unless you’re Tawana Brawley and keep it up for years. She has problems. It happens. People are hurting. That’s the way it goes. I hope she comes clean, and has people in her life who will help her.
And he also gave college grants to illegals.
What a fine setback that was (is?), thank you very much.
That made me smile.
Only jump if the Armageddon-sized font is preceded by a siren.
Who can I trust? Are my children really mine? Is my wife truly faithful?. Does fire really melt steel? Did Oswald act alone? God help me. I don’t know what truth is any more./sarc
Well, didn’t Obama issued a prayer to her and hoped that the mugger will get caught and be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law just hours after this was reported? I wonder what he’ll say next seeing that this whole thing was a hoax?
Hey, I didn’t say one word on this. All I saw was a nice clean “B” scratched (not cut) into cheek.
Also, DrudgeReport is now reporting with Armageddon-sized font on the main, top center page with her picture splashed all over it, “SHE MADE IT UP!”
A new Halloween costume anyone?
LOL. touche touche touche
A poet once said “All you of Earth are stupid!” Ashley Todd qualifies.
Who can I trust?
MJ
Are my children really mine?
YES
Is my wife truly faithful?.
YES
Does fire really melt steel?
Depends.
Did Oswald act alone?
NO
God help me. I don’t know what truth is any more.
Mistressjustice. LOL
You do claim to be a member of the vermin infested legal profession don’t you?
What is it that you don’t understand that Odumbo failed to present evidence to his citizenship in the lawsuit questioning whether he is even qualified for president? McCain had a similar suit against him and he gave full disclosure of all his records.
By your own admission of being an alleged lawyer, you must understand that the rule in the case against odumbo states if defendant doesn’t produce evidence, defendant concedes to the plantiff???
We already know where MO got her whitey is the devil, from your community leaders/mentors, Sharpton, Jackson, Wright, congressional black caucus and herself among the purveyors of race baiting in America.
mistressjustice;
Love ya sweetie. Some day we will find a common ground.
Iknew it all the way….. lol, first comment on the story though. I thought I would see what it felt like to wait like Obama would in a crisis when the Shite’s were hitting the fan then claim the fame when it was over after doing squat…. feels pretty Carppy actually, how do you libtards do it?
GET SMART’s Chief summed it up…
“That darn fool kid.”
You’re an idiot.
Anyway, Thank’s Michelle. Had you not posted the picture, I personally would probably not seen it. The picture was what made me cry foul, as I had mentioned, there was no way that could have been caused by a knife.
This erson did not think at all. She did something she thought would help, but ultimately it is going to hurt. McCain/Palin have enough trouble getting the Media to follow up legitimate issues concerning Capt. Big Ears and His Boy Blunder without having to contend with crap like this.
I just hope there aren’t any more idiots out there thinking they know how better to do something like this.
Case in point!
“McCain is a racist. Dis him, dis him, dis him…”
Her story had more holes in it than Obama’s resume.
What resume?
I feel like a big moron. Good eye on this one Michelle.
ok fam good point…. how bout…
Her story had more holes in it than Obama’s rezko loan application.
MM,
For the record.
I never attacked you because your instincts told you this was BS. I reserved judgment until the whole story was out. I did ,however, express reservations about posting the screencaps of her social pages with the names of her “friends” on them. I still hold those reservations and I don’t see how it advanced the story at all.
Like I said before. Ms. Todd did this nasty piece of work, not her friends. Got that Rick?
With that being said I hope Ms. Todd gets the help she needs and I also hope she enjoys jail.
Oh and BTW, Ms. Todd, quit trying to lay the blame for your asshattery on someone/something else. You did this crap, grow up and own it.
That sounds like sour grapes from a likely buyer of bridges in Brookyln, Kid. Unless you had the noseplug on, this stunk in a mighty way from the get-go.
ajmontana
Where is his college transcript and his complete medical records. Never mind his presentation of his birth certificate.
You know what, living in NYC & seeing all of the legitimate acts of hate being committed, (such as the woman who was beaten with her own campaign sign) I am not going to lose any sleep over having innately believed this…
I’ll have an insultfest with you sometime after the election. That is unless you remember your twice made declaration to ignore me. Today has been a good day, and my mood is great. If you want, we can waste threads tearing down each other down the road, on a future day after 11/4/08.
Maybe. We can shake hands and vote completely opposite of each other all of the time. I’m sure we have common ground on a few matters. Have a great weekend FamilyMan.
Actually, I think this has really little to do with politics. I think she needs help. It’s obvious she wanted attention, but I would say that she got more attention than she was bargaining for. There’s probably something more personal that led her to this.
I hate to say I told ya so too but….
I want you all to notice that everyone of us current or former LEO’s on here said from the get go this was a hoax.
Then when the picture was released there was no doubt. We deal with this type of thing everyday and know what injuries look like and certainly know that no one who has just strong armed someone is going to stick around the scene because of a bloody bumper sticker. They got what they came for, the cash, now all they probably want to do is go get high. Most crackheads really aren’t politically active, just sayin’.
http://www.americanarmed.blogspot.com
(someday I’ll figure out how to trackback)
Uhhh, initially believed this…
I checked the left wing handbook and it says that we are supposed to talk about how this “could have happened” and we should go on with our demonstrations regardless of the facts.
I accept no excuses for victimhood.
red, I initially believed it too. After the guy beating the woman in NY, nothing would have been out of the realm of possibility.
Michelle,
I find your skepticism refreshing. Too many people will believe any old negative story just because its about their rivals.
Devotion to truth is important.
We all must be careful of lies from all sides.
I’d say she’s more nuts than stupid. But stupid comes in a close second in this case.
By the way, F_O, it bugs me when people quote the classic writers and great ancient thinkers wrongly, so by way of a very short correction and atribution:
“Stupid minds” (YouTube).
FM, neither should anyone. I think it’s just a sad case and she should be prosecuted, just like anyone who pulled this kind of stunt. It’s just my belief that the reason behind it was not political.
Being the typical black liberal you are mistressjustice, I see you had no time fo a comment on miss Crystal. But on a much more serious case you felt your racial animosity too much to resist for the misguided young woman on this blog.
On October 24th, 2008 at 4:58 pm, flaming_o said:
Actually I think the exact quote is “You earth people are stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid!”
Plan 9 From Outerspace, written and directed by the incomparable Ed Wood.
Why does this election feel like something written and directed by him?
teachem2, well thank you… I feel no guilt at all. You can’t image the fear conservatives feel in NYC where anything less than blind obedience get you a pink slip.
red, I work for the public schools so I understand completely.