| This is just awful. When the incredibly fishy from the get go story of a McCain volunteer being attacked by a black man in Pittsburgh, it was obvious that folks in the McCain campaign and RNC were actively pushing the story. Now the story is starting to become a bit more clear.
McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of "Carved B" Story Before Facts Were Known
John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters outright that the "B" carved into the victim's cheek stood for "Barack," according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
John Verrilli, the news director for KDKA in Pittsburgh, told TPM Election Central that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director gave one of his reporters a detailed version of the attack that included a claim that the alleged attacker said, "You're with the McCain campaign? I'm going to teach you a lesson."
Verrilli also told TPM that the McCain spokesperson had claimed that the "B" stood for Barack. According to Verrilli, the spokesperson also told KDKA that Sarah Palin had called the victim of the alleged attack, who has since admitted the story was a hoax.
The KDKA reporter had called McCain's campaign office for details after seeing the story -- sans details -- teased on Drudge.
It was just too good for them ignore I guess. A politically motivated attack by a black man against a young white woman in what was at one time a swing state. Too good to be actually true as it turns out.
But that didn't stop them from pushing the hell out of what was pretty suspect story from the beginning.
Sick, really. Country first, my ass. |
