# McCain Supporter Attacked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 23, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272 "2008-10-23T23:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/121 "2008-10-24T18:58:35Z")
> [@stolichnaya](#): > > Imagine googling this woman’s name in ten years when she tries to interview for a job. Ugh. People who are sick cut themselves and act out in all kinds of ways and eventually get treatment and go on to normal lives. This girl can’t because her acting out focused on a social group that was also a public entity. In ten years, few will remember this chick. But think back ten years to Monica Lewinsky. She didn’t seek the limelight, but to the day she dies, she’ll be the woman who sucked Clinton’s dick. Not that Ken Starr and his minions cared at all about protecting _her_ good name. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/122 "2008-10-24T19:01:06Z")
Your maverick was not a maverick. Your plumber was not a plumber. Your victim was not a victim. Your hockey mom burned through $150 grand in two months on clothes. But the reason I’m not voting for you is because your policies are a proven economic disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/123 "2008-10-24T19:01:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This incident actually sums up the McCain campaign: > > - try to slime an opponent > - use scary tactics (unknown black man) > - do it ineptly > > I think she’s the poster girl for the strategists in the McCain campaign. Re: the unknown black man. Susan Smith much? (on downers, but still…) ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/124 "2008-10-24T19:03:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think she’s the poster girl for the strategists in the McCain campaign. Well, it is a bit reminiscent of Karl Rove calling in the authorities because he found that listening device in his office. The one that didn’t have enough power to transmit outside of his office. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/125 "2008-10-24T19:04:37Z")
> [@stolichnaya](#): > > Imagine googling this woman’s name in ten years when she tries to interview for a job. I hadn’t thought of that. That’s hilarious! I just Pitted her and I’m glad I used her name. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/126 "2008-10-24T19:15:47Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I hadn’t thought of that. That’s hilarious! I just Pitted her and I’m glad I used her name. Perhaps someone might tell her it would be a good idea to change her name and move to another state. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/127 "2008-10-24T19:16:51Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Interesting [blog post](http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/jmoody_1023/), made last night, from the Executive Vice President of FOX News: > > > [@](#): > > > > 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. That’s absurd. If it were true, it doesn’t tell me anything about Obama other than that some of his supporters are assholes. Well, duh. And it being false doesn’t tell me anything about McCain, other than that some of his supporters are assholes. Well, duh. This allegedly happened at a random ATM, not at a campaign event. I judge the candidates by their reactions (or lack thereof) to what people do AT THEIR RALLIES. This woman’s actions are completely unrelated to the campaign, and don’t reflect on it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/128 "2008-10-24T19:26:18Z")
I doubt it would have had much effect if true, but who knows? I certainly don’t see why it should hurt McCain, except to add an especially good blow to the electorate’s outrage fatigue, thus making the next ineffective distraction even less effective. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/129 "2008-10-24T19:28:36Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I doubt it would have had much effect if true, but who knows? I certainly don’t see why it should hurt McCain, except to add an especially good blow to the electorate’s outrage fatigue, thus making the next ineffective distraction even less effective. No real harm, but it does add to the air of desperation surrounding the McCain campaign. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/130 "2008-10-24T19:30:21Z")
I hope she’s fired and promptly hired by the Bachmann campaign, where she can claim she was assaulted by an avuncular white-haired gentleman with a funny name. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/131 "2008-10-24T19:30:29Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Naaah…that’s going to be completely gone in 6 months, I bet. It’ll be an interesting 6 months for her, then… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/132 "2008-10-24T19:32:57Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > It’ll be an interesting 6 months for her, then… She’ll be insulated from the tongue-wagging and scorn over there at the booby hatch. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/133 "2008-10-24T20:01:21Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > That’s absurd. If it were true, it doesn’t tell me anything about Obama other than that some of his supporters are assholes. Well, duh. And it being false doesn’t tell me anything about McCain, other than that some of his supporters are assholes. Well, duh.. Yeah, that was my thought too. I was initially focused on the second paragraph, because i was surprised to hear a Fox News VP say that a hoax would kill McCain’s campaign. But the first paragraph is just retarded. Anyone who felt that this incident (had it proved to be true, and not a fabrication) told them anything about Obama or whether to vote for him would be a complete idiot. Unfortunately, there’s no shortage of those among the voting population. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/134 "2008-10-24T20:06:22Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Anyone who felt that this incident (had it proved to be true, and not a fabrication) told them anything about Obama or whether to vote for him would be a complete idiot. Unfortunately, there’s no shortage of those among the voting population. Nor, it appears, among the part of the population that runs FOX News. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/135 "2008-10-24T20:15:43Z")
Well, that’s some sorry shit she did there, you bet. Thanks to those who (correctly, as it turned out) identified her shiner as a fake. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/136 "2008-10-24T20:47:45Z")
McCain should repudiate her. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/137 "2008-10-24T21:12:09Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I doubt it would have had much effect if true, but who knows? I certainly don’t see why it should hurt McCain, except to add an especially good blow to the electorate’s outrage fatigue, thus making the next ineffective distraction even less effective. I don’t think that it’ll have _lasting_ effects. But it’ll chew up media cycles during a time when McCain has precious few days left to get his message out and _could_ have had the stage to himself while Obama was in Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/138 "2008-10-24T21:23:48Z")
McCain doesn’t have a message. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/139 "2008-10-24T21:27:36Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > McCain doesn’t have a message. In fact, Ashley Todd was on-message for the McCain campaign: Obama is a dark stranger who will terrorize you and take your money. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272/140 "2008-10-24T21:31:21Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > McCain should repudiate her. Nah, turns out it was all just a _joke_. Where’s your sense uf humor, man? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-supporter-attacked/469272.md?page=8)