[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Mon Oct 27 21:56:08 EDT 2008

Herb,

A few years ago I was staying at the hotel in downtown Oakland where
Auntie Cousin Mary and her friends were holding their convention.  I
actually got hit on in the bar and that hasn't happened in years.
Fortunately, I'd only had one beer and didn't have the courage to ask
what gender I might be getting involved with.

Brad

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> Hey now, don't talk about my mamma, and I won't talk about your Auntie
> Cousin Mary who is a Transgendered lesbian.
>
> Chris Geankoplis wrote:
>> 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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