In an ongoing series, 23/6 takes a look at all the McCain allies, GOP bagmen, and far-right smear-meisters who are left hanging out to dry in the wake of the Obama win and we ask, "What's gonna happen to that guy?"

Thank goodness Ashley Todd came along to finally add a little drama to an otherwise ho-hum election. Worried that her man McCain might need a little bit of an edge in the final two weeks, Ashley did what any chemically imbalanced, race-baiting fantasist would do. She took a butter knife and drove it into her own face hard enough to cause some slight chafing.

Some slight chafing...in the shape of a backwards B.

After that, the whole plan seemed to come together on its own. Call the police, report an attack by a politically active and extremely loquacious mugger who enjoys vocalizing his internal monologue to explain to his victim exactly why he's mutilating her. "This B stands for Barack," one report had the mugger explaining to Todd.

She almost pulled it off too. If wasn't for those pesky physics of mirror imagery. Or those pesky video cameras that have existed at ATM terminals for the last several decades. Or that pesky ability for all humans, even partial ones like Michelle Malkin, to smell bullshit from a mile away.

It took Ashley about 18 hours to come clean and admit she made the whole thing up. (We maintain she could have milked it all weekend if she had just gone with a backwards "O.") Todd was charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor. She's presently released on the condition that she undergo psychiatric counseling (good idea!).

Counseling might help, but this wasn't her first hoax. It's just the first one that Matt Drudge decided to exploit (God did Drudge suck this election or what?). Back when Todd was a Ron Paul gal, she claimed her car tires were slashed and campaign materials stolen by a rival political supporter. That's just how scared people were of the political juggernaut that was Ron Paul!

All this carving and slashing, maybe she's not so much into politics as she is into knife-play. But now that she's free, we gotta ask: What's gonna happen to that girl?

Our prediction: We'd suggest that she get out of politics and put her talents to some good use, like insurance fraud. But something tells us she's going to keep her sites on Washington. As the tension surrounding Obama's cabinet appointments heats up, we're betting Ashley will report being mugged and mutilated by a guy who thinks Eric Holder will make a heck of an attorney general. Sadly, even though there's no possible way to carve an "H" backwards, she's gonna go with the "E." Oh Ashley will you never learn!

Posted by: Bob Powers      I’m a fan of Bob Powers