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	<title>Comments on: McCain Volunteer Ashley Todd Made Up Her Story Of Attack</title>
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		<title>By: mark</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123613</link>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s just three of the images I made concerning the ashley Todd FRAUD


 http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/Bigot.jpg
and
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/HughHewiitBIGOT.jpg
and
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/BachmanTIRED.jpg

Republicans shouldn&#039;t MESS with talented people, they are Way &quot;OUT&quot; of their league</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s just three of the images I made concerning the ashley Todd FRAUD</p>
<p> <a href="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/Bigot.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/Bigot.jpg</a><br />
and<br />
  <a href="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/HughHewiitBIGOT.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/HughHewiitBIGOT.jpg</a><br />
and<br />
  <a href="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/BachmanTIRED.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/BachmanTIRED.jpg</a></p>
<p>Republicans shouldn&#8217;t MESS with talented people, they are Way &#8220;OUT&#8221; of their league</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Mercer</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123530</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mercer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I!!! KNEW!!!!  IT!!!!

When I first heard this story, before I had even seen a picture of this sociopath, I smelled a rat.  When I heard about the letter &quot;B&quot; on her face, I said, &quot;Gee, how much you wanna bet it&#039;s backwards on her face, because she drew it herself while looking in a mirror?&quot;

Same stupid hoax when Morton Downey Jr. drew the swastika backwards on his face and claimed he was attacked by neo Nazis in an airport bathroom.

Okay, that was over 15 years ago, so, kids, if you don&#039;t remember who Morton Downey Jr. was, or you were in kindygarden at that time, please Google him or search for some of his clips on You Tube.  You&#039;ll be glad you did.

Anyway, I have no pity for this turd.  Prosecute her fully.  And I personally intend to keep clubbing Republithugs over the head with this shameful episode from now until Doomsday.  When they get exasperated at being called Racists, just bring up this piece of vermin...stoking a potential lynch mob for the sake of few votes.  These are the type of people that vote Republican.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I!!! KNEW!!!!  IT!!!!</p>
<p>When I first heard this story, before I had even seen a picture of this sociopath, I smelled a rat.  When I heard about the letter &#8220;B&#8221; on her face, I said, &#8220;Gee, how much you wanna bet it&#8217;s backwards on her face, because she drew it herself while looking in a mirror?&#8221;</p>
<p>Same stupid hoax when Morton Downey Jr. drew the swastika backwards on his face and claimed he was attacked by neo Nazis in an airport bathroom.</p>
<p>Okay, that was over 15 years ago, so, kids, if you don&#8217;t remember who Morton Downey Jr. was, or you were in kindygarden at that time, please Google him or search for some of his clips on You Tube.  You&#8217;ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>Anyway, I have no pity for this turd.  Prosecute her fully.  And I personally intend to keep clubbing Republithugs over the head with this shameful episode from now until Doomsday.  When they get exasperated at being called Racists, just bring up this piece of vermin&#8230;stoking a potential lynch mob for the sake of few votes.  These are the type of people that vote Republican.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaim</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123518</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Republicans have no shame.  But plenty of desperation these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republicans have no shame.  But plenty of desperation these days.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros Hussein 62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123468</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros Hussein 62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Water Tiger pointed out that the bruises do not appear to be fresh. I&#039;m thinking she made this whole thing up to cover for something or someone else, and like most lies, it spiraled out of control.

But I share your suspicion, bewilderness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Water Tiger pointed out that the bruises do not appear to be fresh. I&#8217;m thinking she made this whole thing up to cover for something or someone else, and like most lies, it spiraled out of control.</p>
<p>But I share your suspicion, bewilderness.</p>
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		<title>By: thebewilderness</title>
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		<dc:creator>thebewilderness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would be interested to know who beat her up or if her injuries were self inflicted.
The reason I wonder is that she seems to be saying she does not know how the mark was made on her face.
I suspect the possibility of an abusive boyfriend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would be interested to know who beat her up or if her injuries were self inflicted.<br />
The reason I wonder is that she seems to be saying she does not know how the mark was made on her face.<br />
I suspect the possibility of an abusive boyfriend.</p>
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		<title>By: fafaroo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123444</link>
		<dc:creator>fafaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus. I missed this from your post yesterday, Mccann: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;I happen to believe this young woman, because very few 20-somethings risk scarring their faces just to smear a political opponent. Especially women.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I wish they had video of you typing this.

That would be pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus. I missed this from your post yesterday, Mccann: </p>
<blockquote><p>I happen to believe this young woman, because very few 20-somethings risk scarring their faces just to smear a political opponent. Especially women.</p></blockquote>
<p>I wish they had video of you typing this.</p>
<p>That would be pathetic.</p>
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		<title>By: PG</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123441</link>
		<dc:creator>PG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The NewsBusters coverage, which faulted the AP story for not mentioning that the phantom attacker was a big dark black guy, will be my favorite artifact of this sad episode.

I wish I could believe it was just happenstance and not racism that makes white women who want to completely fabricate stories about crime always invoke the BIG BLACK criminal. Susan Smith had one killing her kids; now Todd has one inflicting her injuries.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The NewsBusters coverage, which faulted the AP story for not mentioning that the phantom attacker was a big dark black guy, will be my favorite artifact of this sad episode.</p>
<p>I wish I could believe it was just happenstance and not racism that makes white women who want to completely fabricate stories about crime always invoke the BIG BLACK criminal. Susan Smith had one killing her kids; now Todd has one inflicting her injuries.</p>
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		<title>By: fafaroo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123440</link>
		<dc:creator>fafaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;That would be funny.&quot;

yeah. Hilarious. It&#039;s also really funny coming from someone who posted this on her blog: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;My gut tells me she&#039;s not making it up,&lt;/b&gt; but I could be wrong.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Never has a more Colbertian line been written. Yes, J., you could be wrong, as wrong as the guy you linked in the same post. You wrote: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;Jimmie at Sundries Shack counters the skeptics on the likelihood that this assault (&lt;b&gt;beyond the mugging, which does not seem to be in question&lt;/b&gt;) occurred.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And Jimmie wrote: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;I’m going to provide the counterbalance here. They’re skeptical. I’m not. Quite frankly, I’m tired of giving the left the benefit of the doubt when it comes to political violence. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Awesome, J. Just awesome. 

You also wrote yesterday: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;The Anchoress is right: real or fake—neither bodes well for our country&#039;s political future.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Okay. So now that we know a mentally unbalanced McCain campaign volunteer made up an explosive story about being attacked by a black Obama supporter, please tell us what this bodes for our political future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;That would be funny.&#8221;</p>
<p>yeah. Hilarious. It&#8217;s also really funny coming from someone who posted this on her blog: </p>
<blockquote><p><b>My gut tells me she&#8217;s not making it up,</b> but I could be wrong.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Never has a more Colbertian line been written. Yes, J., you could be wrong, as wrong as the guy you linked in the same post. You wrote: </p>
<blockquote><p>Jimmie at Sundries Shack counters the skeptics on the likelihood that this assault (<b>beyond the mugging, which does not seem to be in question</b>) occurred.</p></blockquote>
<p>And Jimmie wrote: </p>
<blockquote><p>I’m going to provide the counterbalance here. They’re skeptical. I’m not. Quite frankly, I’m tired of giving the left the benefit of the doubt when it comes to political violence. </p></blockquote>
<p>Awesome, J. Just awesome. </p>
<p>You also wrote yesterday: </p>
<blockquote><p>The Anchoress is right: real or fake—neither bodes well for our country&#8217;s political future.</p></blockquote>
<p>Okay. So now that we know a mentally unbalanced McCain campaign volunteer made up an explosive story about being attacked by a black Obama supporter, please tell us what this bodes for our political future.</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.Strowbridge</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123435</link>
		<dc:creator>C.S.Strowbridge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;We can surely expect to see some truly silly (and probably fairly repugnant) hail maries over the next two weeks.&quot;

It&#039;s going to get ugly. I just hope it doesn&#039;t get violent. ... Or at least the next attack isn&#039;t self-inflicted. I have no time to feel sorry for someone who beats themself up and tries to blame a black man for political gain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We can surely expect to see some truly silly (and probably fairly repugnant) hail maries over the next two weeks.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s going to get ugly. I just hope it doesn&#8217;t get violent. &#8230; Or at least the next attack isn&#8217;t self-inflicted. I have no time to feel sorry for someone who beats themself up and tries to blame a black man for political gain.</p>
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		<title>By: j mccann</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123429</link>
		<dc:creator>j mccann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish they had video of her punching herself. 

That would be funny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish they had video of her punching herself. </p>
<p>That would be funny.</p>
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		<title>By: Nimrod Gently</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123427</link>
		<dc:creator>Nimrod Gently</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This has actually shocked me. She beat herself up and &lt;i&gt;carved the letter B into her own face&lt;/i&gt; to get John McCain elected?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This has actually shocked me. She beat herself up and <i>carved the letter B into her own face</i> to get John McCain elected?</p>
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		<title>By: Duros Hussein 62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123424</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros Hussein 62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;In JT’s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday, and so you may see a delay before he joins us with his commentary.&quot;

Well, ok then. Happy Birthday, ya big jerk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;In JT’s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday, and so you may see a delay before he joins us with his commentary.&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, ok then. Happy Birthday, ya big jerk.</p>
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		<title>By: fafaroo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123421</link>
		<dc:creator>fafaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;In JT’s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday ...&quot;

No cake for Jay Tea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;In JT’s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>No cake for Jay Tea.</p>
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		<title>By: fafaroo</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123420</link>
		<dc:creator>fafaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;And Faf, regarding the conservative reaction, they’re down and they’re getting desperate.&quot;

Quite frankly, my real beef here is just with Jay Tea and the wizbang idiots. Where normally unhinged conservatives like Michelle Malkin managed to hold it together, Jay tea and his wizbang cohorts were off and running with the Obama smears as soon as the story came out. 

Jay Tea, however, went a step further to predict how the left would react -- smearing Todd&#039;s character and digging into her private life -- while his own freaking blog was busily engaged in the worst sort of race baiting. 

Of course it was also Malkin, along Wonketter and some others, who started linking to Todd&#039;s tweeter feed, her facebook and myspace accounts and those of her young republican friends. Not &quot;the left&quot;. 

I don&#039;t think most of us needed any more evidence that Jay tea was a spectacular hack but this instance just really drove the point home. The guy is a disgrace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And Faf, regarding the conservative reaction, they’re down and they’re getting desperate.&#8221;</p>
<p>Quite frankly, my real beef here is just with Jay Tea and the wizbang idiots. Where normally unhinged conservatives like Michelle Malkin managed to hold it together, Jay tea and his wizbang cohorts were off and running with the Obama smears as soon as the story came out. </p>
<p>Jay Tea, however, went a step further to predict how the left would react &#8212; smearing Todd&#8217;s character and digging into her private life &#8212; while his own freaking blog was busily engaged in the worst sort of race baiting. </p>
<p>Of course it was also Malkin, along Wonketter and some others, who started linking to Todd&#8217;s tweeter feed, her facebook and myspace accounts and those of her young republican friends. Not &#8220;the left&#8221;. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think most of us needed any more evidence that Jay tea was a spectacular hack but this instance just really drove the point home. The guy is a disgrace.</p>
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		<title>By: Parthenon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Parthenon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In JT&#039;s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday, and so you may see a delay before he joins us with his commentary. And Faf, regarding the conservative reaction, they&#039;re down and they&#039;re getting desperate. There could have been a sense or hope that this was the &#039;tear in the eye&#039; moment that got Sen. Clinton back into it during the primaries. Just a guess. We can surely expect to see some truly silly (and probably fairly repugnant) hail maries over the next two weeks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In JT&#8217;s defense, I believe I read at his site that today is his birthday, and so you may see a delay before he joins us with his commentary. And Faf, regarding the conservative reaction, they&#8217;re down and they&#8217;re getting desperate. There could have been a sense or hope that this was the &#8216;tear in the eye&#8217; moment that got Sen. Clinton back into it during the primaries. Just a guess. We can surely expect to see some truly silly (and probably fairly repugnant) hail maries over the next two weeks.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros Hussein 62</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123417</link>
		<dc:creator>Duros Hussein 62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. T, where are you?

We eagerly await your &quot;dialing it down.&quot;

BTW, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2008/10/your-turn-o-u-n-t-r-m-a-v-e-r-i-c-k.html#comments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;, this is what they&#039;ve reduced themselves to.&lt;/a&gt;

Sad, really sad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. T, where are you?</p>
<p>We eagerly await your &#8220;dialing it down.&#8221;</p>
<p>BTW, <a href="http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2008/10/your-turn-o-u-n-t-r-m-a-v-e-r-i-c-k.html#comments" rel="nofollow">, this is what they&#8217;ve reduced themselves to.</a></p>
<p>Sad, really sad.</p>
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		<title>By: fafaroo</title>
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		<dc:creator>fafaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’m sure we all agree that as the fake crime would not have reflected badly on the Obama campaign, this nutter doesn’t reflect badly on the McCain campaign. It’s not as if the GOP needs the help.&quot;

Of course, when you say WE you must not be including jackasses such as Jay Tea and his colleagues in stupidity over at Wizbang. 

Jay Tea wrote here yesterday: 

&lt;blockquote&gt;I can think of two elements here that make me suspicious of the story right off the bat, but I’m going to withhold casting any doubt on it publicly until I see how things play out. &lt;i&gt;I’m more interested in seeing how the Obama supporters and the campaign handle it at this point.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It didn&#039;t really matter to Jay Tea whether the story was real or fake. He was more interested in how Obama supporters and the campaign would handle it. So how did theyhandle it? 

The Obama campaign immediately issued a statement condemning the attack and wishing the victim a speedy recovery. Taking the response of Obama supporters at OW, including OW himself, as an example, I saw a lot of responses showing support for the alleged victim measured with a degree of respectful skepticism until more evidence was revealed. 

How did Jay Tea and his colleagues at wizbang fare int their reactions? 

Their immediate response was to blame the Obama campaign and its supporters before most people even knew anything about the story. 

Jay Tea demanded that Obama apologize for his &quot;get in their faces&quot; remark while Kim and Lorie at wizbang described it as the beginning of an orchestrated campaign of political terror in which blacks, with the media as their willing accomplices would &quot;riot, mutilate people and destroy property&quot; to get Obama elected. 

I don&#039;t think Todd&#039;s decision to pull this hoax reflects on the McCain campaign, but the right wing blogosphere&#039;s general response to it says a lot about who they are and what they believe. 

I&#039;m sure Jay Tea will be along to explain exactly what it says shortly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’m sure we all agree that as the fake crime would not have reflected badly on the Obama campaign, this nutter doesn’t reflect badly on the McCain campaign. It’s not as if the GOP needs the help.&#8221;</p>
<p>Of course, when you say WE you must not be including jackasses such as Jay Tea and his colleagues in stupidity over at Wizbang. </p>
<p>Jay Tea wrote here yesterday: </p>
<blockquote><p>I can think of two elements here that make me suspicious of the story right off the bat, but I’m going to withhold casting any doubt on it publicly until I see how things play out. <i>I’m more interested in seeing how the Obama supporters and the campaign handle it at this point.</i></p></blockquote>
<p>It didn&#8217;t really matter to Jay Tea whether the story was real or fake. He was more interested in how Obama supporters and the campaign would handle it. So how did theyhandle it? </p>
<p>The Obama campaign immediately issued a statement condemning the attack and wishing the victim a speedy recovery. Taking the response of Obama supporters at OW, including OW himself, as an example, I saw a lot of responses showing support for the alleged victim measured with a degree of respectful skepticism until more evidence was revealed. </p>
<p>How did Jay Tea and his colleagues at wizbang fare int their reactions? </p>
<p>Their immediate response was to blame the Obama campaign and its supporters before most people even knew anything about the story. </p>
<p>Jay Tea demanded that Obama apologize for his &#8220;get in their faces&#8221; remark while Kim and Lorie at wizbang described it as the beginning of an orchestrated campaign of political terror in which blacks, with the media as their willing accomplices would &#8220;riot, mutilate people and destroy property&#8221; to get Obama elected. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think Todd&#8217;s decision to pull this hoax reflects on the McCain campaign, but the right wing blogosphere&#8217;s general response to it says a lot about who they are and what they believe. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure Jay Tea will be along to explain exactly what it says shortly.</p>
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		<title>By: I'm a Hick</title>
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		<dc:creator>I'm a Hick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“…of Texas…

Sigh”

Of College Station, TX.

Triple Sigh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“…of Texas…</p>
<p>Sigh”</p>
<p>Of College Station, TX.</p>
<p>Triple Sigh</p>
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		<title>By: I'm a Hick@uth.tmc.edu</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/24/mccain-volunteer-ashley-todd-made-up-her-story-of-attack/#comment-123413</link>
		<dc:creator>I'm a Hick@uth.tmc.edu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;…of Texas…

Sigh&quot;

Of College Station, TX.

Triple Sigh</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;…of Texas…</p>
<p>Sigh&#8221;</p>
<p>Of College Station, TX.</p>
<p>Triple Sigh</p>
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		<title>By: Grumpymann</title>
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		<dc:creator>Grumpymann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is fucked up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is fucked up.</p>
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