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Ashley Todd

Y'all know the story by now. White, female McCain phonebanker, Ashley Todd, leaves Texas to venture North to support her candidate. After a stint in New York, she ends up in Pittsburgh until Thursday, when she lost her effing mind and became Susan Smith Part Deux.

The McCain campaign can hardly be blamed for this girl's actions. However, they need to be questioned on their response. Within hours of the incendiary allegations, two things happened.
  1. McCain and Palin called Ashley Todd.
  2. A press flack from McCain's Pennsylvania operation started pushing the story and adding salacious details.
Consider what was at stake here. In a campaign environment already marked with strained racial tensions, Todd's story was potenitally explosive. It would have made a lot more sense to issue a generic statement (like Obama's campaign did). Instead, McCain and Palin lent legitimacy to the allegations (at least for a few hours) by calling her. They vetted Todd's story about as thoroughly as they vetted Palin.

Worse than that, McCain's PA communications director, Peter Feldman, added fuel to the fire. According the local station that broke the story, Feldman added details that WERE NOT INITIALLY REPORTED.

To wit, that the mugger imaginary assailant, who carved lightly scratched the letter "B" onto the cheek of the victim attention-seeking kook was marking her with name of McCain's political opponent.

Yes, they were tricked by a deranged nutjob, but the backward "B" picture was released WITH THE STORY. If Michelle Malkin had the foresight to be cautious, one hopes that the potential President had A SINGLE PERSON on staff to advise restraint.

Sadly, that person shopping for some new "six packish" Palin wear at Wal-Mart and McCain's campaign became linked with this despicable display of race-baiting.

P.S. It's comforting creepy to learn that McCain's increasingly apparent crochetiness is genetic. The campaign bids an overdue farewell to Joe McCain. What the heck is it with McCain and his Joes???

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