Did y’all see that story that caused Matt Drudge’s latest scandalgasm? The one where the white campaign worker in Pittsburgh claimed she was attacked by a black man who became enraged when he saw a McCain sticker on her car, and pounced on her, beat the crap out of her, then carved a B into her cheek? Yeah. That story, didja see it?
Well, guess what. She made it up!
HT: Sully, who also calls our attention to what John Moody, the executive VP of Fox News, said regarding the alleged incident:
If Ms. Todd’s allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee.
As Andrew points out, this is a hugely racist statement in itself, and YES, it would absolutely be racist if people reconsidered their support for Obama specifically over this incident. Oy.
Update: Oh, lol:
HT: Wage
Wait, even if the story had proven to be true, why the hell should that make people think they “don’t know enough” about Obama?
By that same logic, the people calling out “Kill him!” and “Terrorist” or the people trashing people’s houses who have Obama signs in their yard should revisit their support for McCain. Right?
And it doesn’t help that in the last debate, when asked what he thought about what the people were yelling about Obama at his rallies, McCain responded that he was proud of the people who attend those rallies.
You stay classy, Republicans.
Sorry, that second paragraph should read:
By that same logic, the people calling out “Kill him!” and “Terrorist” or the people trashing people’s houses who have Obama signs in their yard should make the McCain supporters revisit their support for him. Right?