The Church of the Painful Truth

I was reading with disgust the news story about the young lady that was allegedly assaulted, robbed and had a “B” carved into her face, apparently for the simple reason that she supports the McCain-Palin ticket.

Police spokeswoman Diane Richard said the robber took $60 from Todd, 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.

This is wholly contemptible, unacceptable, and without justification. Words cannot describe my feelings on this issue.

But this incident also made me consider some of the previous incidents of violence perpetrated against conservatives simply because of a difference in political ideology.

• Unprovoked assault on McCain supporter by Obama supporter in Manhattan
• Car with McCain bumper sticker vandalized
• Home Shot Up Over McCain Signs

And the list goes on.

To be fair, Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign did make a sympathetic statement concerning the young lady that was attacked in Pittsburgh and hoped for the apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrator.

I’m not trying to insinuate that the Obama campaign supports or encourages this violence, but I would opine that the campaign could do much more to tone down the “race-baiting” and other nonsensical rhetoric that fans the flames of this kind of hate by weak-minded and rabid thugs.

Unlike the alleged “threat” against Obama that even the Secret Service cannot find any evidence of, the evidence of violence against conservatives is real, documented, and all too frequent.

I encourage the thinking, rational person to examine the evidence of violence against conservatives as well as other historical socialist organizations that used violence to further their political agenda and then to draw their own conclusions.

Update 10/24/08

It turns out that the lady that claimed to have been attacked made up the story.

A McCain-Palin campaign volunteer who claimed she was robbed and cut by a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama has confessed to making up the story, Pittsburgh police Assistant Chief Maurita Bryant said this afternoon.

This is exactly the kind of nonsense that we DO NOT NEED. Tensions are high enough already due to the overbearing rhetoric — no more games are needed from either side. This kind of stuff is disgusting. I can understand wanting to support your preferred candidate, but this is way over-the-top.

This type of nonsense just serves to further marginalize the other documented violence against conservative supporters. Furthermore, it does the McCain campaign that she supports no good at all.