[Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story

Thu Oct 30 01:55:39 EDT 2008

Damn, Herb you peeked!
----- 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 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] McCain volunteer made up robbery story


> 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."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>>> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing
> >>>>>> list go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>>>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go
to
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go
to
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> __________________________________________________
> >>> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
> >>>
> > http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >
> >>> __________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> __________________________________________________
> >> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
> >>
> > http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >
> >> __________________________________________________
> >>
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________