College Republicans quickly distance from hoax attack

This is so ridiculous, it's not even funny.

Ms Todd's actions are reminiscent of the Carol Stuart murder in Boston (19 years ago to the day) and Susan Smith's crime in South Carolina (14 years ago yesterday) in that these crimes were reported to have been committed by black men. If McCain's opponent were a white individual, would Ms Todd have gone to such lengths with her elaborate but rapidly unraveling hoax? Would her story have even hit the national media if the "attacker" had been a white male? Maybe but probably not as it's not as compelling as perpetuating the stereotype of the "savage" black man waiting to prey on white women. I think her actions, besides pointing out how deeply disturbed she is, also speak to her own racism. Her actions could have brought incredible harm to countless black men.

Wow,just when you thought they couldn't stoop any lower...WHAM! These people need to give it up.Their blatant acts of desperation are not helping as much as they are hurting.This one here just might have been the nail in the coffin.

How could she have actually thought that this sham would help her beloved John McCain? It simply makes everyone look stupid.

shes just as backwards as the "B" on her cheek.

McFraud....hah.

Where are all of the Obama haters who claim to be unbaist ? I would like to hear from some of the people who are disappointed that the story is not true.

What part did Ayers and Wright play in this ?

A lot of people really think this way. If that were not the case, she would have never tried it, and the McCain camp would have never anxiously awaited the newsroom for the comments from Pittsburg police.
This reminds me of the woman that killed her four little children in North Carolina years ago, and then blamed the murders on a Black man. She was not prosecuted. She was declared legally insane. Watch and see if the same thing does not happen here.
I did not feel sorry for her, and I surely do not feel sorry for this deviant bigot. She committed and age old crime against Black men. Thousands of Black men have been murdered and hung behind these accusations for hundreds of years. Prosecute this heifer, just like you would if she were a crack dealer. Her crime is far worse.

Does anybody know the story of Emmitt Till ?
He was a young Black boy from Chicago who was sent down south by his mother to meet his cousins for the first, in Mississippi, in the 50 s. He was accused of whistling at a White woman, and taken to jail for it. The White southerners were not satified with this, and broke him out of jail. They tied him to the black of a car, and drug him for so long that, his torso was torn from his limbs. His body could not be recognized from the beating and dragging that he went through. The White woman later admitted that she had lied, saying that her husband had made her tell the story to the police. No one was ever prosecuted.

The story of Emmit Till is a legend because it symbolizes an issue that Black men have suffered from since they were brought here in chains from the Mother continent.

I do not feel sorry for this lady at all.

Yes. Roseanne Barr is great!

another callous agenda pusher, i bet she didn't figure in the swift reaction of the Pittsburg PD in her dubious plan.

Hey, Slappy don't use a mirror next time have a friend carve that B for you.

wow, and she's collage edumacated too.

The B was backwards, what a retard.

Wow. That shiner sure disappeared quickly. She'll have to tell me her secret.

Damn, she's a fat one too!

;)

I bet she wont get a B but an A+ in jail.
I love when liers are caught.

Totally typical Republican behavior.

It's Karl Rove's goblin army.

As the Joker would say: Why so serious???

mccain talks about constantly cleaning camp versus obama not.. i'm pretty confidant it is because there is simply a lot more 'cleaning' that is necessary..

yeah I can see how the 'right' is so morally conscious.

My friend always pushes stuff brought up on Drudge Report in my face, telling me Obama is a word I can not repeat onto here.
That site sickens me, this story sickened me, because I knew for a fact this had to be a hoax.

It turns out that she is in a fragile mental state. Apparently she had claimed she had leukemia on her myspace page and said that she attended A&M, which were both lies.

This makes republicans look bad and really desperate.

The backlash here that centers on her looks and harshly condemn mental illness is more abhorred than this original hoax. Shame on all of you who make sympathetic Democrats like me look worse for being associated with such mudslinging.

dumb bitch gets what she deserves

go to hell . rot . hang yourself in desperate loneliness from having been a loser your whole life and your pathetic attempt at getting some attention failed .

I cannot help but to think that if this girl was hot, this would actually be a big deal...

" i dont remember all the awfull things he did to me , but i remember he was black and deffinitly an obama supporter!"
lol holy republican crap what a dumb woman

You know what is the saddest thing about the whole thing is? A innocent black man could of been imprisioned if the police didnt find out she was a hoax.

Man, not only is she dumb and racist, but she's also obese and pasty.

Way to go, making white folk look even MORE evil.

I LOVE IT. The absolute ignorance of it. White girl mugged by a black man, seeks justice. You dumb awful person. The stupidity and hatred of the Republican party is running rampant.

I just can't believe the repbulican bloggers and the rest of them actually believed this was real. I looked at the pic one time and my first thought - I wonder how long it will take for them to break the news that this was a hoax.

I'm just waiting for them to come out with the truth about the lady in Lufkin who was visited by Obama's secret service. Something is weird there too.

http://www.lufkindailynews.com/search/content/news/stories/2008/10/07/secret_ser...

Hang her high...

I wonder what Ashley thought to gain by doing this; had the hoax gone undetected? I suspect it was an act she'd hoped would garnish Republican support. If so, that was an adolescent conclusion. Even if true, the incident wouldn't have changed anyone's mind. The perpetrator would have had to been a nut case; and both parties have those. I see things a little differently.

The US is unique among the nations of the world. Somehow we've always managed to strike a balance that keeps us in business. I'm 60. I remember my Grandmother saying, "When the Democrats are in office they sink our ships, shoot down our planes, but the economy gets straightened out. When the Republicans are in office we go to war maintaining our dominate world position, but spend ourselves out & mainly just take care of big business."

My Grandmother was born in 1909. Seems to me like we're continuing to do the same thing.

To the Democrats and liberals among us, I point out that this world is not as we would have it. Tending our own knitting we can do. But it's better to stay involved and not expect rational behavior from irrational people. If we don't pay attention to all the rest of the folks in the world then one rises up and bites us in the butt. In all the years of our existence, the world has never run out of people like this.

To the Republicans and hawks I say we can't make the world over in our image. Our role is to present a good example and guide when we're able. VietNam, Afgan & Iraq have illustrated that strong arm tactics don't always work; and that's not our job anyway. I'll also say that while big business is essential to our nation, it can't be at the expense of the people that do the work.

In American politics we mainly line up on two sides, each party reflecting a different view on what's important. But when the president takes office, his oath isn't to the party and he can't act as if it was. The Democrats will probably win this election; but it's Mr. Obama we're electing.

Mr. Clinton brought us back from a serious deficit, but only fired off a couple of missles at Osama to let him know we weren't happy. 9-11 was the result of that. Mr. Bush retaliated in Afgan and then carried it even further with Iraq, both with mixed results. Some good has been done, but neither country is stable and our troops aren't going to make it so. But we've sure spent ourselves back in the hole again. Our last two "at bats" are little different from what we've always had. "We need Change" has been the rallying cry of every political campaign in our history.

I keep hoping for a president that's gifted in BOTH domestic AND international relations. It would be nice to have a balance for once. Maybe Obama? Leave us hope.

If McCain steals this election, I will have no choice but
to move to Canada.

But before I go, I will certainly join the protests, then
I'm sure I'll meet up with my own Army turned against me.

wonderful

The college republicans have long flown under the radar and have been guilty many times of committing hoaxes and voter fraud. There needs to be greater scrutiny on the organization as a whole as it has been proven time and again to be unable to manage itself with professionalism and honesty.

If that requires opening up the college Dem's to more scrutiny as well, i don't think they would have a problem with that.

I guess this makes her a 'McMasochist'.

About College Republicans

If you check Michelle Malkin's Hot Air blog website for the original story, you'll find all types of comments to try and defend her and demonize the Democratic party and Obama for this story. When a few members pointed out the story as later to be a hoax, none of them admitted they were wrong and we're snippy towards those who ended up calling the bluff.

When you're eating crow, the beak is always the hardest part to swallow.

I don't think this will damage the Republican party much. They've already thrown her to the wolves to save face, and their base has been locked in regardless of what happens to a few supporters. The real question is how many people will become fodder for collateral damage before people realize the conservatives don't really give a damn about them. They'd lock the whole lot of them in jail if it would win the election for them...

Geez, the length that people will go to misguide and fool the American people in this election is insane. Im glad that this election is almost over. I don't know how much crazier it will get!

How come we can all detect fraud from the picture but nobody could tell it was fake in person?

And the media...the who, what, when, where, why and how questions.

She's secured her place in history, I guess.

Just wait untill she goes to jail she will have to be in confinement the whole time just for her saftey. When you blame a African-American or anyone else about a rape or a murder or something the word gets out she better watch her black.Just like that lady who killed her 2 babys and blamed it on a black guy what was her name Susan Smith?

I would like to say that she in no way represents the political leanings, views on race, or intelligence level of the fine people of Pittsburgh. We're MUCH better than that.

jeez, c'mon..
the 'B' was backwards! it's obvious she used a mirror!

.. .. eyes wide shut ...

The pride of Tennessee...

I think this chick was clearly nuts, but I feel bad for her in a way. You must be really disturbed to falsify a (racist) police report and moreover, physically hurt yourself.

I mean, if her story is false, doesn't that mean SHE punched herself in the eye and cut a B into her own face? What state of mind leads to that type of behavior?

Americans can be soooo naive it hurts...the world over ;)

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

I think we can forgive the McCain campaign on this one.

The story seemed rock solid!

A white woman claimed she was robbed and raped by a a poor drug addicted commie Muslim Obama supporter.

Who among us wouldn't just assume that was totally true?

C'mon. You know how "those people" are. They're always doing drugs, engaging in welfare fraud and raping white women. This is why all our taxes are so high because of those damn commie welfare-loving African American sexual predators!

Or is it just white Conservative Republicans who view the world that way?

I read somewhere that she got a call from both McCain and Palin. But I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere. Did anyone else see that?

I think the 24 hour news/entertainment business is partly to blame for this. I'm sure this disturbed young woman saw all the attention Joe the Plumber was getting and wanted her 15 minutes of fame. Be careful what you wish for Ashley the Liar.

Aww. Poor baby.

Maybe this guy can help her:

"Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States..."

Maybe Phil and this witch can have a baby together and make the future evil dictator republican president .

Let her rot in jail.

is she going to jail? can she not vote now, was it worth it?

How much you wana bet this girl has self diagnosed assburgers.

_____This big Black man raped me. It was awful !______

"The historical context is simple. It is the blood libel against Black men concerning the defilement of the flower of Caucasian womanhood. It has been with us for hundreds of years, and apparently it is still with us".

"Ashley must take full responsibility for her actions."

What about the actions of the media and the campaign jumping on this sketchy story without even checking it out first? Seems to me that they ALL share in the responsibility for this lie becoming a public truism for some.

That's what they always do when they get caught out. I knew my intuition was right about that girl - self-inflicted and phony, the fake black-eye has been washed off, too.

Brutal lovechild of Rush Limbaugh and Roseanne Barr.