Ashley Todd Confesses to Lying about Attack

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Bobby Kennedy's speech on the death of Martin Luther King:

Ladies and Gentlemen - I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening. Because...

I have some very sad news for all of you, and I think sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.

Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in.

For those of you who are black - considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible - you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge.

We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.

For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.

But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond these rather difficult times.

My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He once wrote: "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."

What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.

(Interrupted by applause)

So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, yeah that's true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love - a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke. We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past. And we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.

But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.

(Interrupted by applause)

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people. Thank you very much. (Applause)

Robert F. Kennedy - April 4, 1968

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/rfk.htm

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What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.

some things never change.

i hope that if obama gets elected he doesn't end up getting shot.

[Peikko 1,575]

Come on guys, let's not get all OTT about this. There are always going to be whackjobs. We have no idea what Ms Todd's motivation was by suggesting that the McCain sticker inspired violence toward her. There is some suggestion that she was reporting vandalism or criminal damage. Perhaps she thought she would get more $'s this way?

Edited October 24, 2008 by Madame Cleo

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sounds like someone who was just out for attention.

[Ling Ling 22]

Come on guys, let's not get all OTT about this. There are always going to be whackjobs. We have no idea what Ms Todd's motivation was by suggesting that the McCain sticker inspired violence.

Ehhhh, I have to respectfully disagree. We DO have some ideas as to her motivation...just not exactly.

Her motivations were most likely a combination of SOME of the following...David Letterman style...

The top 10 possible reasons Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

10. Get attention

9. Be a whackjob

8. Meet McCain & Palin

7. Do harm to the Obama campaign

6. Increase number of friends on MySpace

5. Go on talk shows as an overnight celebrity (see #10)

4. Become a martyr and symbol of hope for the McCain campaign.

3. Just something really evil to do before Halloween.

2. Wanted to start a gang of people with backwards "B"s on their face.

And the number one possible reason Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

1. She was rejected as the replacement for Obama Girl.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Ling Ling

[Peikko 1,575]

Oh, just for the record, what was the significance of carving a 'B' on her face anyway? I am sure it's obvious and I am having a blond moment, but I am not seeing it yet.

[Ling Ling 22]

Oh, just for the record, what was the significance of carving a 'B' on her face anyway? I am sure it's obvious and I am having a blond moment, but I am not seeing it yet.

Her alleged attacker said he would "Make her a Barrack supporter".

[Peikko 1,575]

Come on guys, let's not get all OTT about this. There are always going to be whackjobs. We have no idea what Ms Todd's motivation was by suggesting that the McCain sticker inspired violence.

Ehhhh, I have to respectfully disagree. We DO have some ideas as to her motivation...just not exactly.

Her motivations were most likely a combination of SOME of the following...David Letterman style...

The top 10 possible reasons Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

10. Get attention

9. Be a whackjob

8. Meet McCain & Palin

7. Do harm to the Obama campaign

6. Increase number of friends on MySpace

5. Go on talk shows as an overnight celebrity (see #10)

4. Become a martyr and symbol of hope for the McCain campaign.

3. Just something really evil to do before Halloween.

2. Wanted to start a gang of people with backwards "B"s on their face.

And the number one possible reason Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

1. She was rejected as the replacement for Obama Girl.

I would put number 1

"Lend credibility to an otherwise extremely flimsy story about stolen cash."

That's just my opinion of course. I don't really believe most of the political agenda side though and it is definitely OTT to go all 'it's racially motivated'. That's just way down the the scale of possibities.

[mud 0]

Beat to the punch!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=158355

Wow! Lying comes soooo easily to these God-fearing Christians, doesn't it?

Actually with her obvious need to be a "victim"... I was surprised she was not on Team-Obama.

Where did you read about her religious affiliation?

Maybe she was a Jew, angling for a law suite?

(trying to match your stupidity)

nice typical right wing spin.. just like i said earlier. please give us examples of "victims" that support obama and go on an enormous media campaign.. in a negative light.. please. please answer with a real answer and examples rather than a spin.. please.... PLEASE>

cmon danno.

[Peikko 1,575]

No one uses Obama's first name when creating political slogans though, which rather dimishes the political angle yet again in my opion.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

With all this talk about the quality of news media content isn't it a little surprising that more fact checking isn't done before slapping a big headline on a story?

[Peikko 1,575]

I think that's the bottom line. The 'victim' was attempting to add an 'attack' angle to lend credibilty to a story about stolen cash that had very little merit to start with. The rest is spin from the media. Sad and stupid #### the lot of them.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think that's the bottom line. The 'victim' was attempting to add an 'attack' angle to lend credibilty to a story about stolen cash that had very little merit to start with. The rest is spin from the media. Sad and stupid #### the lot of them.

And you'll never see the media turn around and say "oops - we goofed. Sorry for wasting everyone's time". Now instead of a battered victim of a race-hate crime, they'll now make her out to be a cynical liar. All without any admission that they're taking the material a bit more seriously than is warranted (though doubtless - because of the public nature of the case the woman may receive a stiffer punishment than she would ordinary for wasting police time).

What a joke.

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Sounds like someone who was just out for attention.

her younger sister too, apparently.

http://www.myspace.com/rabbitrocker

http://www.myspace.com/lilrabbitrocker

did you look at the cache of her myspace page?

[Ling Ling 22]

Come on guys, let's not get all OTT about this. There are always going to be whackjobs. We have no idea what Ms Todd's motivation was by suggesting that the McCain sticker inspired violence.

Ehhhh, I have to respectfully disagree. We DO have some ideas as to her motivation...just not exactly.

Her motivations were most likely a combination of SOME of the following...David Letterman style...

The top 10 possible reasons Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

10. Get attention

9. Be a whackjob

8. Meet McCain & Palin

7. Do harm to the Obama campaign

6. Increase number of friends on MySpace

5. Go on talk shows as an overnight celebrity (see #10)

4. Become a martyr and symbol of hope for the McCain campaign.

3. Just something really evil to do before Halloween.

2. Wanted to start a gang of people with backwards "B"s on their face.

And the number one possible reason Ashley Todd Faked her Attack:

1. She was rejected as the replacement for Obama Girl.

I would put number 1

"Lend credibility to an otherwise extremely flimsy story about stolen cash."

That's just my opinion of course. I don't really believe most of the political agenda side though and it is definitely OTT to go all 'it's racially motivated'. That's just way down the the scale of possibities.

Well, I didn't put the race card on my list...but since you've brought it up again....

Let's not be naive, she didn't say she was assaulted by a white man or "possibly a Hispanic or African American".

She was very specific, and went to great lengths (self inflicted injury) to perpetrate being attacked by a Black Obama supporter with great eye vision.

If she'd said it was some dark attacker or someone she couldn't make out, who saw her Subaru and said "I'm going to make you suffer you yuppie scum" then perhaps we could say "racial motivation was way down". Given the nature of the evidence, I'd say we can't rule it out, and that it has it's place in speculation, substantially high on the scale.