When in doubt, blame the media!

Ashley Todd is one screwed up chick. She has learned well from her Republican idols.

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, is charged with filing a false police report. She told investigators she has had psychological issues in the past and Bryant said detectives are working with the Allegheny County District Attorney's office to determine whether Todd should be released on the misdemeanor charge or taken to a hospital for evaluation.

"She just opened up and said she wanted to tell the truth," Bryant said. "She was upset with the media for blowing this into a political firestorm."

She told Detectives J.R. Smith and Scott Evans varying stories about how she ended up with two black eyes and a backward letter "B" etched onto her right cheek late Wednesday. She said she remembers being in her car, driving around the city, and seeing the letter on her cheek when she looked into the rearview mirror. She said she immediately thought of Barack Obama when she saw the "B," Bryant said.

"She said she doesn't remember doing it but knows it must have been her who did it," Bryant said.

Minutes later, she told detectives, she was driving around and "came up with a plan" to manufacture a story about being attacked at a Bloomfield ATM by a black man who was enranged by her John McCain bumper sticker.

"Her story changed a lot," Bryant said.

So, little Ashley cooked up her numbskulled little plot to hurt Obama's electoral chances - which in itself connotes that she'd be looking for media attention - and she's upset with the media?

My God. By current republican standards, she could run for vice-president some day.