[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 20:45:50 EDT 2008

Hey, Cara Elle,

        Almeno ho una cura!

Christofero, come' Colombo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

> Chris,
> I think the networks will leave that comparison alone...no news
value...and probably also AS...he really ate dirt on this and partially
because he never admitted, as you say, his refusal to apologize and to
expose the truth  when he knew the TB business was a set-up.
>
> Unless I've been missing  it, AS has lain low....Obama doesn't need him
around while he tries to continue to crawl out from under the Rev Wright's
shadow..
>
> Chris, we'll come up with something to stuff that hole in your teeny
bleeding heart...
>
> ;^)
>
> elle
>
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:15 PM
> > Elle,
> >     Hey there is no comparison...well may be a bit...well
> > maybe it is the
> > same...well I guess that Rev. Sharpton is an egomaniac
> > racist.  He gives us
> > commies a bad name.  I was really surprised no one I heard
> > on any of the
> > channels including "fixed news channel" make the
> > connection.  That whole
> > incident harmed both races, and Sharpton never apologized
> > for what he said
> > about the police.  We would do well without Sharpton.
> >
> > A bleeding heart liberal
> > Chris G
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up
> > robbery story
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone say 'Tawanna Brawley?"
> > >
> > > elle
> > >
> > > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> > can adjust our sails.
> > >
> > > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
> >   (Lady in Red)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu>
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up
> > robbery story
> > > > To: "Rhodes List"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:52 PM
> > > > How bizarre. - rob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > October 24, 2008
> > > >
> > > > Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> > > >
> > > > By JOE MANDAK   Associated Press Writer
> > > >
> > > > A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of
> > being
> > > > robbed, pinned to
> > > > the ground and having the letter "B"
> > scratched on
> > > > her face in what she
> > > > had said was a politically inspired attack,
> > police said
> > > > Friday.
> > > >
> > > > Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from
> > College
> > > > Station, Texas,
> > > > admitted Friday that the story was false, said
> > Maurita
> > > > Bryant, the
> > > > assistant chief of the police department's
> > > > investigations division. Todd
> > > > was charged with making a false report to police,
> > and
> > > > Bryant said police
> > > > doubted her story from the start.
> > > >
> > > > Dressed in an orange hooded sweat shirt, Todd
> > left police
> > > > headquarters
> > > > in handcuffs late Friday and did not respond to
> > questions
> > > > from
> > > > reporters. The mark on her face was faded and her
> > left eye
> > > > was slightly
> > > > blackened when she arrived in district court.
> > > >
> > > > Todd was awaiting arraignment Friday on the
> > misdemeanor
> > > > false-report
> > > > charge, which is punishable by up to two years in
> > prison.
> > > > She will be
> > > > housed in a mental health unit at the county jail
> > for her
> > > > safety and
> > > > because of "her not insignificant mental
> > health
> > > > issues," prosecutor Mark
> > > > Tranquilli said.
> > > >
> > > > Todd initially told investigators she was
> > attempting to use
> > > > a bank
> > > > branch ATM on Wednesday night when a 6-foot-4
> > black man
> > > > approached her
> > > > from behind, put a knife blade to her throat and
> > demanded
> > > > money. She
> > > > told police she handed the assailant $60 and
> > walked away.
> > > >
> > > > Todd, who is white, told investigators she
> > suspected the
> > > > man then
> > > > noticed a John McCain sticker on her car. She
> > said the man
> > > > punched her
> > > > in the back of the head, knocked her to the
> > ground and
> > > > scratched a
> > > > backward letter "B" into her face with
> > a dull
> > > > knife.
> > > >
> > > > Police said Todd claimed the man told her that he
> > was going
> > > > to "teach
> > > > her a lesson" for supporting the Republican
> > > > presidential candidate, and
> > > > that she was going to become a supporter of
> > Democratic
> > > > candidate Barack
> > > > Obama.
> > > >
> > > > Todd told police she didn't seek medical
> > attention, but
> > > > instead went to
> > > > a friend's apartment nearby and called police
> > about 45
> > > > minutes later.
> > > >
> > > > Todd could provide no explanation for why she
> > invented the
> > > > story, police
> > > > said. The woman told investigators she believes
> > she cut the
> > > > "B" onto her
> > > > own cheek, but did not provide an explanation of
> > how or why
> > > > and said she
> > > > doesn't remember doing so, police said.
> > > >
> > > > Police said the woman reported suffering from
> > "mental
> > > > problems" in the
> > > > past, and that they do not believe anyone put her
> > up to the
> > > > act.
> > > >
> > > > Tranquilli said Todd will remain jailed over the
> > weekend
> > > > pending a
> > > > psychiatric evaluation, which won't happen
> > until Monday
> > > > at the earliest.
> > > >
> > > > The Associated Press could not immediately locate
> > > > Todd's family.
> > > >
> > > > Bryant said somebody charged with making a false
> > report
> > > > would typically
> > > > be cited and sent a summons. But because police
> > have
> > > > concerns about
> > > > Todd's mental health, they are consulting
> > with the
> > > > Allegheny County
> > > > District Attorney.
> > > >
> > > > Todd worked in New York for the College
> > Republican National
> > > > Committee
> > > > before moving two weeks ago to Pennsylvania,
> > where her
> > > > duties included
> > > > recruiting college students, the committee's
> > executive
> > > > director, Ethan
> > > > Eilon, has said.
> > > >
> > > > "We are as upset as anyone to learn of her
> > deceit,
> > > > Ashley must take full
> > > > responsibility for her actions," College
> > Republican
> > > > National Committee
> > > > spokeswoman Ashley Barbera said in a statement.
> > > >
> > > > Police reported Todd's claims Thursday, as a
> > photo of
> > > > her injuries made
> > > > it onto numerous blogs and news sites. By Friday,
> > police
> > > > said they had
> > > > found inconsistencies in Todd's story. They
> > gave her a
> > > > lie-detector
> > > > test, but wouldn't release the polygraph
> > results.
> > > >
> > > > Police interviewed Todd after she contacted
> > police
> > > > Wednesday night and
> > > > again on Thursday, Bryant said. They asked her to
> > come back
> > > > Friday,
> > > > ostensibly to help police put together a sketch
> > of the man.
> > > > Instead,
> > > > detectives began interviewing her.
> > > >
> > > > "They just started talking to her and she
> > just opened
> > > > up and said she
> > > > wanted to tell the truth," Bryant said.
> > > >
> > > > Police suspected all along that Todd might not be
> > telling
> > > > the truth,
> > > > starting with the fact that the "B" was
> > backward,
> > > > Bryant said.
> > > >
> > > > "We have robbers here in Pittsburgh, but
> > they
> > > > don't generally mutilate
> > > > someone's face like that," Bryant said.
> > "They
> > > > just take the money and
> > > > run."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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