Original KDKA report showing McCain camp pushing incendiary version of the "mugger" story

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Google news still has reference to original version:

http://news.google.com/news?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=%22According%20to%20a%20campaign%20spokesperson%2C%20after%20seeing%20her%20bumper%20sticker%20supporting%20McCain%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

Pittsburgh Police: McCain Worker Robbed, Attacked
CBS13.com, CA - Oct 23, 2008
According to a campaign spokesperson, after seeing her bumper sticker supporting McCain, the suspect said, 'Oh you're with McCain, you're with the McCain ...

Scrubbed version here: http://cbs4.com/campaign08/mccain.volunteer.mutilated.2.847448.html

RW blog grabbed the original version of report before being scrubbed:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/10/23/obama-supporter-maims-mccain-volunteer-will-media-care

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According to CBS4.com that's when things really got ugly (h/t NBer mattm, KDKA CBS TV News video report embedded below the fold):


Pittsburgh police are investigating after a volunteer for the Republican campaign says she was attacked by a mugger who became enraged after seeing a John McCain bumper sticker on her car last night.

According to police, the 20-year-old woman said she was robbed at an ATM at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street in the Bloomfield area around 9pm Wednesday after leaving a Republican phone bank.

The woman told police that the suspect, described only as a dark-skinned African-American man about 6'4", stole $60 from her and became enraged after seeing a bumper sticker supporting Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain on her car.

The woman said the suspect punched and kicked her before knocking her the ground.

The McCain camp tells CBS station KDKA-TV that the victim is a 20-year-old Republican from Texas.

According to a campaign spokesperson, after seeing her bumper sticker supporting McCain, the suspect said, 'Oh you're with McCain, you're with the McCain campaign? I'm going to teach you a lesson.'"


After repeatedly hitting, kicking and threatening the woman, the McCain camp says the suspect carved a "B" in her cheek for "Barack" Obama.

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1. Direct Google cache link to CBS4 site

http://64.233.169.104/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=vnD&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcbs13.com%2Fcampaign08%2Fmccain.volunteer.mutilated.2.847448.html&btnG=Search

[Old Codger]

2. yup

Not a lot of doubt as to what they wanted to happen, everyone is very fortunate nothing serious happened to anyone.....Of course just more business as usual for Mclame and co.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. This story has more legs and angles than just her story

In her videos she did, she impressed me as someone that would have
taken the Jonestown kool aide if asked.

She acted Robotic in her perp walk. Something clicked with me.

I've seen this behavior before, she is not a lone gunman.