UPDATE: Police sources have said that Todd admitted to making up the story that a mugger attacked her due to a McCain bumper sticker on her car. After some inconsistencies in her story emerged, police administered a polygraph test, though the results have not been released. Todd will face some sort of charges thanks to these antics.

Ashley Todd, a student at Blinn College, claims that Wednesday night she was attacked at knifepoint in Pittsburgh, and that it somehow had to do with a McCain sticker on her car. The mugger, obviously an Obama supporter, robbed Todd and then carved a “B” in her face. I suppose we are to believe this “B” is for Barack? Or perhaps bullshit, much like the story itself.
 

Perhaps the 20-year-old from College Station, Texas (shout out to Texas A&M!), did suffer through a brutal attack, and maybe, just maybe, it was spurred on by her love of McCain. But, then again, there are some reasons to believe something is off about the whole tale. The AP reports:

Todd told police she was withdrawing money just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her from behind, put a knife to her neck and demanded money, police said. She said she gave him $60.

The robber then noticed the bumper sticker, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down and used the knife to carve a "B" on the right side of her face, the woman told police.

It turns out that “B” on her cheek is backwards. Hmm, how could that happen? I mean unless it was done in the mirror, not that I’m suggesting anything. Oh, and the woman declined medical treatment, so it must not have been a deep cut. Glad the mugger was so considerate as to keep the wound superficial and clean, while he was busy beating the shit out of the rest of her.
 

Then again, the story, as bizarre as it is, may be true, in which case Ashley Todd deserves sympathy and justice for this horrible crime. If it’s not true, though, you have to wonder what kind of person would maim herself all in the name of love for John McCain… well, except for Cindy McCain, but that’s just called plastic surgery.