[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 20:54:20 EDT 2008

Touche' and so's yo mama
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story


> You liberals are so funny. You're just jealous because half of something
> doesn't exist is still nothing.
>
> That's OK, though, you still suck, so you've at least got THAT part down.
>
> Chris Geankoplis wrote:
> > Elle,
> > Don't let that go to your head, you still have to have to have half your
> > brains sucked out and that's gotta hurt!
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story
> >
> >
> >
> >> Wow Elle, that's three or four things in a row that I could have almost
> >> written myself!!! That guy thing HAS kicked in!
> >>
> >> You know, rumor has it that. You keep it up, and the righties on are
> >> here are going to start saying you're hot.
> >>
> >>
> >> elle wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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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