the “fake but accurate” meme.

I’m glad it isn’t true; I would hate to think things have gone that far.

What in God’s name was she thinking?

You should really run a correction on
this one

Since Democratic and republican, christian and muslim Congresspeople were all targeted by the same attack, making it extremely unlikely that it had anything to do with partisanship, or specifically the Franken campaign, as was implied by your story. See the Star Tribune article.

I appreciate that. My views on violence against women mirror your own. My fiance means everything to me, and I would simply obliterate anyone who would harm her.

As I posted here, I had my doubts about the woman’s story and apologize for not coming out stronger against her story. However, as Moe wrote, it is shocking to hear of something like that happening to a woman and our first instincts are to support her.

That says something good about our humanity.

will apologize for calling me a psychopath for questioning the story? (I won’t hold my breath)

Crazy what people will do in the heat of the fight. Pretty disgusting that she tried to push all the racial and sexual buttons here to inflame people – I hope she gets help.

Thank you for front paging this.

He has some experience in this sort of thing.

What sets us apart from our Leftie archenemies (to our detriment in the short term) is that we value truth over politics. I’m glad to see Drudge and Fox update the story. Glad to see Redstate do the same.

Let’s set the example for Kos and other bottom-dwellers.

For this woman to pull this stunt is pitiful, but I’m glad that it got resolved immediately, in direct contrast to the Duke lacrosse travesty by a Democrat DA running for office. She needs to be criminally prosecuted and then the appropriate punishment and assistance.

I guess the tip off for many of us was the backwards “B.”

I also notice she is from College Station, Texas. I don’t know if she is a student at Texas A&M, but if she is I am very embarrased. Every Aggie used to know the Aggie Code of Honor:

“An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do.”

If she is an Aggie, she should know this. She not only filed a false report, but by her actions, she was trying to influence the election–stealing people’s votes. This is just as bad as voting twice and worthy of lengthy jail time.

It’s pretty remarkable how civilized the American people are during an election year. On both sides they exercise an amazing amount of self restraint, though tempers run high.

America is awesome.

October 23rd, 2008 18:55/CDT we are sure this one will get a full anal-probe type investigation by the MSM.
…
HOWEVER, if the ATM tapes do show fraud on her part, and therefore filing a false-report, I’ll WANT HER PROSECUTED ALSO (not EXCUSED like Democrats do on their side – excuse away Criminality). – ME

Was worthy of repeat, and again, and again, THIS WOMAN MUST BE MADE EXAMPLE OF! but also reminds me of excuses that keep being made, and now the woman has a book coming out, for the false accuser of the Duke team in that rape case (of much more serious and direct accusations of identified persons).

The MSM will indeed attempt to provide the “Guilt by association” angle they dismiss if implied with Obambam to Ayers, Wright, Rezco, etc… and stretch the concept to imply/suggest (if not out-right state) that since this event was fictional that somehow that means ALL “accusations” against Lefties should be dismissed as “false.”

There is still a McCain bus with a bullet hole in it (did someone need to be killed for that to matter?)… The persons home that could’ve caught fire when signs were fire-bombed has not been dismissed as incorrect (and actually still ignored by MSM), McCain/Palin supporters in NY where still verbally/physically assaulted during a march, phrases calling Palin a C* (IN PRINT ON SHIRTS) still go unreported as hate, etc… and on… and on… and on…

Or more accurately, I love Drudge and I sometimes fear him. He’s a great guy and his news is always fresh and current or funny, but there’s one big problem that he has, and always will have, because he’s self-edited:

When he makes mistakes, they’re usually mistakes that happen because he was trying to “get there first” on a really big story without Editors, as he likes it.

There are special rules that apply to Drudge’s big splashy headline stories as a result, especially where politics is concerned. In general, the bigger and splashier the headline on Drudge, the longer I give myself just looking at it in my chair, wondering: “what if this isn’t true?” before I click on it.

It’s happened before, and there should be a rule:

On anything that seems almost too big to be true on Drudge, wait 24 hours or at least disclaim it if the story has a lot of very nebulous qualities, as this one did.

Finally, one thing should be made clear: Matt Drudge is not a reporter. He’s not an essayist, he’s not an analyst, and he’s not a commentator. He’s not a blogger, either. He’s not a professional for anyone other than Matt Drudge, Inc.

He’s an aggregator of news and a reporter of other people’s reporting. That means that anything you see on Drudge is at best a secondhand story. The bigger and more important a secondhand story seems to be, the more important it is to verify it.

BTW I’ll leave the psychoanalysis of this woman to another, less-qualified individual. The McCain campaign did the correct thing by being cautious, and they should be applauded for that.

and proven to be so.

But i wonder. What if this had been some 50 years ago. Could we have seen lynch mobs in the streets.

And we wonder why not all black people have yet gotten over slavery and Jim Crowism?

At the time, I too, like Mr. Lane, wanted heads on a stick, especially one belonging to the Capo de Marxistas, Barack Hussein Obama for inciting the entire thing with his “get in their faces” line.

Seeing this as a hoax gives me only slight pause to the fact this scenario is indeed possible with extreme moonbats, but the story should have been vetted much more before anyone went to press.

Kudos to those who saw right through this girl’s disregard of many things, including the possibly of inciting the beginnings of an actual race war.

My request: Mentally deficient, criminal intent, looking for the proverbial 15 minutes, or a combination of all three, this girl should first be charged with whatever the maximum can be under Pennsylvania law and then undergo a battery of psychological tests to ensure competence to stand trial.

[Such a pity. - Moe Lane]

…but it’s clear you don’t apologize for them. How about retracting that “douchebag” remark?

or is moe lane kind of an assh[*]le?

[Translation: Victory! - Moe Lane]

…all of which seem to want to be able to tapdance back to DKos and sing about getting banned from Redstate.

She has done this sort of thing before.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Dispatch

In March, Ms. Todd was asked to leave a grass-roots group of Ron Paul supporters in Brazos County, Texas, group leader Dustan Costine said. He said Ms. Todd posed as a supporter of former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and called the local Republican committee seeking information about its campaign strategies.

“She would call the opposing campaign and pretend she was on their campaign to get information,” Mr. Costine said last night. “We had to remove her because of the tactics she displayed. After that we had nothing to do with her.”

About a month earlier, he said, Ms. Todd sent an e-mail to the Ron Paul group saying her tires were slashed and that campaign paraphernalia had been stolen from her car because she supported Mr. Paul.

“She’s the type of person who wants to be recognized,” Mr. Costine said.