Wow. This is the first I've heard of this.

CheddarPants: Wow. This is the first I've heard of this.

You too?

/totally changing my vote based off this shocking, new development
/not really

Perhaps the Secret Service detail should start following around supporters at the height of campaign season. Or they could just call people and not get in their face, begging for a beat-down.

Legitimately beaten? You mean I can now beat Obama supporters.

Why does the MSM not cover these things. I have work to do!

I would assume it wasn't covered to the extent that this story was covered because nobody related to the Obama campaign pushed it to local and national media outlets.

It woulda been covered if she'd had a W carved in it.....

/nukular

bulldg4life: I would assume it wasn't covered to the extent that this story was covered because nobody related to the Obama campaign pushed it to local and national media outlets.

That was my thought.

QUICK! SUBMIT TO HUFFPO!!!

Wait, wouldn't that be a J?

Have not seen the Political Inclination Thermometric Analyzer go commie like that.
/thats sexy

Big Scary Black Man ROBS white female McCain campaign worker at knifepoint and MUTILATES her by carving the letter B (for Barack) into her face, sells advertising.

Crotchety old white man smacks white woman on head for being an Obama supporter, just doesn't have what it takes to be interesting.

I knew about it, because my daughter works for the Obama Campaign in Wisconsin, and some of her staff knew this woman. When the B word hit the news yesterday, I was on the phone with her in a heartbeat, and she was telling the staff what I was reading to her.

Their reply was "Where was all this media when Nancy got attacked!"

Today, when I called her again to say that Todd had just admitted the fraud, my daughter yelled it out in their office and i could hear applause and yelling in the background.

It's about time this got more press.

Headline: Last weekend an Obama supporter was legitimately beaten for being an Obama supporter. No one covered it because she didn't get a M carved onto her face Drudge did not put the news up in big red letters. Good job, media

FTFS(ubby)

And then there were the two guys at the McCain rally that were beaten up by the gang of old ladies. That got a little bit of coverage, but not that much. Of course what late 20 year old guy is going to admit he was beat up by a bunch of 60 year old women.

Sarah Palin, and to a lesser extent McCain himself have driven off all of the GOP old guard and now they are left with the Rush Limbaugh retard pseudocons. It's really going to be interesting to see what the party looks like in a year fromj now.

cretinbob: It's really going to be interesting to see what the party looks like in a year fromj now.

Do you really want to know? Hold on, let me fire up the FutureCam... there we go. Okay, here's a picture of the RNC staff meeting, October 2009:



...and there you have it.

My friends, today is a red-letter day...

Im waiting on a Bob Barr staffer to Have a B and M carved on thier face

Can we carve an F_ail on Nader's forehead now?

Objectesticle: Im waiting on a Bob Barr staffer to Have a B and M carved on thier face

That costs you $20 in Vegas alleyways.

race-baiting sells news.

Old people beating on each other doesn't, except on some fetish sites.


/still it should have been covered, or the "B" chick's story shouldn't have gotten ANY coverage.

This should get coverage given that it proves that the Republican rhetoric is causing violence. It also serves the McCain campaign right for running to the media with that BS story and getting burned by it.

GAT_00: This should get coverage given that it proves that the Republican rhetoric is causing violence. It also serves the McCain campaign right for running to the media with that BS story and getting burned by it.

It's funny, because practically everything McCain has done lately, he's been burned by it.

The Palin pick
Continual mentions of Ayers
Joe the Plumber
The "white girl gets attacked" hoax

I'm quite sure I'm missing a few, but that's just off the top of my head.

dj4aces: It's funny, because practically everything McCain has done lately, he's been burned by it.

The Palin pick
Continual mentions of Ayers
Joe the Plumber
The "white girl gets attacked" hoax

I'm quite sure I'm missing a few, but that's just off the top of my head.

Suspending his campaign
Nuking the bailout
His "buy bad mortgages plan"
Joe The Plumber 2: Attack of the Yard Signs
Whipping up the base
Tying the Bush albatross around his own neck

I'm trying to thing of something he's done right since the primary

At 245am, maybe I should consider previewing?

Stupid tags.

dj4aces: At 245am, maybe I should consider previewing?

Stupid tags.

You know who else had an excess of the letter B?

CanadianCommie: race-baiting sells news.

GAT_00: This should get coverage given that it proves that the Republican rhetoric is causing violence. It also serves the McCain campaign right for running to the media with that BS story and getting burned by it.

How many of you remember this cartoon, and the moral behind it? Yeah, it's easy to get those crazy brooms to do your dirty work for you. Getting them to stop isn't quite as easy as you think.

bulldg4life: I would assume it wasn't covered to the extent that this story was covered because nobody related to the Obama campaign pushed it to local and national media outlets.

Who in the McCain campaign pushed the Todd story to the local and national media outlets?

Aarontology: You know who else had an excess of the letter B?

?

Occam's Chainsaw: Aarontology: You know who else had an excess of the letter B?

?

Well played.

Alien Robot: bulldg4life: I would assume it wasn't covered to the extent that this story was covered because nobody related to the Obama campaign pushed it to local and national media outlets.

Who in the McCain campaign pushed the Todd story to the local and national media outlets?

Link

It's true. The only reason that bogus story got the coverage it did, is because the McCain Campaign SOLD IT.

sweigardc: It's true. The only reason that bogus story got the coverage it did, is because the McCain Campaign SOLD IT.

Your link doesn't back up your claims. It says: "The KDKA reporter had called McCain's campaign office for details after seeing the story -- sans details -- teased on Drudge." A reporter calls McCain's Pennsylvania communications spokesman, Peter Feldman, to ask for detals of the story. Feldman tells him what he heard from the police. He wasn't PUSHING it at all. He was simply responding to queries from the local press -- like he is paid to do. If he was "pushing" the story he would have been calling other reporters without them calling him first. He didn't. He responded to a query from a KDKA reporter.

sweigardc: The only reason that bogus story got the coverage it did, is because the McCain Campaign SOLD IT

No, it got coverage because Matt Drudge headlined it. The reporters who called the McCain campaign for information were responding to Drudge. They weren't called by the McCain people. They saw the story on Drudge.

Alien Robot: Feldman tells him what he heard from the police.

He repeated information like it came from a police report. The police, when asked, confirmed nothing. That's how a professional handles it.

Here's another link for you: Fox VP: Hate crime hoax means McCain's campaign is 'over, forever linked to race-baiting.'

Alien Robot: sweigardc: The only reason that bogus story got the coverage it did, is because the McCain Campaign SOLD IT

No, it got coverage because Matt Drudge headlined it. The reporters who called the McCain campaign for information were responding to Drudge. They weren't called by the McCain people. They saw the story on Drudge.

That's KDKA, a different organization in Pittsburgh. Drudge published a teaser story that was leaked to him, about 15 minutes before the detailed story was published on The Pittsburgh Channel.

TPM identifies Peter Feldman as the communications director pushing the story, but I recall the name Paul Lindsay being associated with an early version of the article. Unfortunately everything has been scrubbed from the original articles. A shame.

sweigardc: He repeated information like it came from a police report. The police, when asked, confirmed nothing. That's how a professional handles it.

That's still not "pushing the story." He responded with what he knew in respose to a query from a local reporter. That's his job. Later, it turned out that was based on false information he was given. Same as when Obama said his uncle liberated Auschwitz. He was just passing on what he was told, even though he was told incorrectly. A communications spokesman's job is to pass on information, a policeman's job is to withhold information until it can be investigated so as not to prejudice the investigation. When KDKA called Feldman back to clarify what he had earlier passed on which was looking increasingly suspect, he emphasized that what he said earlier was not verified and having gotten additional information that it might be incorrect, no longer stood by it. Again, that in no way can be construed as "pushing" the story in any way, shape, or form.

And note that both Drudge and Feldman probably got their information from the police off the record. Of course the police would not say anything on record if called about it and that's what a reporter would print, but who knows what they said off the record. Someone there at the police station had to have leaked the story to Drudge in the first place after all (unless Todd herself called him).

Alien Robot: sweigardc: He repeated information like it came from a police report. The police, when asked, confirmed nothing. That's how a professional handles it.

That's still not "pushing the story."...

You're arguing over semantics. Most reasonable people agree what happened here was wrong, and for the McCain Campaign to jump behind it was disastrous. But we've come to expect that from his campaign.

sweigardc: Most reasonable people agree what happened here was wrong, and for the McCain Campaign to jump behind it was disastrous.

The McCain Campaign didn't jump behind it. That's the part you are making up.

darkhorse23:
How many of you remember this cartoon, and the moral behind it?

Hats are evil.

I beat my meat like it owes me money

well, her attacker probably wasn't 6'4"....if you know what I mean.

sweigardc: But we've come to expect that from his campaign.

does seem to be another in a long line...if i could sum up the mccain campaign so far, it's been a perpetual cycle of 2 days worth of 'OOOooOH SHINY!' followed by 2 days of 'OOooOOOo look over there, it's SHINY TOO!', repeat as necessary

Probably drowned out by news of that GOP headquarters being shot up.

damn liberal media has deserted the democrats!

/this is bad news for
//Obama

Aarontology: You know who else had an excess of the letter B?

Good thing it wasn't backwards, eh? :)

Hey, how about this revelation: There will always be people on the fringes of any movement who will take things to the extreme.

Second of all, you have the story of a crazy old white guy man who smacked around a 58 year old women. No apparent injuries, and no spectacular pictures. On the other hand, you have the story of a young white woman, mutilated by a black man over politics; and there are pictures. What's going to get more play? Hint: the answer has nothing to do with politics, but EVERYTHING to do with what gets people to watch Fox News.

If a nut-job supporter commits violence this election cycle, on either side, that zealot does not represent the side that he or she supports.

Last weekend an Obama supporter was legitimately beaten for being an Obama supporter. No one covered it because she didn't get a M carved onto her face. Good job, media


Last month a McCain supporter was beaten by an Obama supporter. No one covered it because the media is in the tank for Obama. Good jorb, media.

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First time I've heard of this story. Crazy old bastard.

For your enjoyment, a much better story on the incident:

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