Ashley Todd of College Station, Texas (her no longer publicly available Twitter page can be seen here) falsely claimed that she was mugged by a large black man while she used an ATM in Pittsburgh, and that the assailant carved the letter "B" into her face. According to Todd, the alleged attacker told her "You are going to be a Barack supporter."
John Moody, the executive vice president of FOX News, had this to say:
It had to happen. . . .
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.
If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.
Well, it was a lie and a hoax and Ms. Todd, who had received calls from both Senator McVain and Governor Palin, has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report. As for Moody's ridiculous statement, it is not only racial it is racist. What in his mind linked the alleged attacker to Senator Obama? One thing--Moody's racialization of Obama and all black men. And where is his follow up announcing the end of the McCain campaign? Keep waiting for it, I'm sure it's coming any day now.
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