By GottaLaff
UPDATE:
Joe The Mugger?
Drudge is hyping this story to the rafters (he must have run out of outlier polls), but Malkin is skeptical. So is TSG. And TMZ. And Wonkette. I have no idea, and hope the woman gets some medical attention for her wounds. Occasional acts of violence with political ramifications will occur on both sides, I'm afraid. It seems to me that we should try and calm this stuff down a little in coverage, rather than ratchet it up. A reader adds:
If you were being mugged and attacked by a big old angry man, would you be still enough for him to neatly scratch a "B" into the center of your cheek? Also, the "B" is backwards. It would look correct in the mirror if you were to scratch it into your own face. This is a sad story.
H/t: Eve
They just broke this story on MSNBC, too. Luckily, the woman is okay:
A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said. [...]The robber is described as a "dark skinned black man". Yeah, that won't add to the already out-of-control McCain supported racism.
Richard said the robber took $60 from the woman, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on the victim's car. The attacker then punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face, Richard said.
Richard said the woman refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras.
H/t: One of our Anonymi for the link.
UPDATE-- Paddy linked me to this, and it brings back memories, as well as suspicions. In Comments, we've all been expressing similar feelings.
Note from Paddy- If you click here you can click thru to see a pic of her face. I wont' link directly to it.
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