Told Them Thanks But No Thanks

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Told Them Thanks But No Thanks
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Sun, 09-14-2008 - 1:18am

Well, Palin is on her own on the campaign trail.  And...she's telling the same old, same old about the bridge to nowhere:


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/13/1394679.aspx


Palin's 'Bridge to Nowhere' line returns



Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008 


Mark Murray
From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- In her first solo campaign rally outside of Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin drew an enthusiastic crowd at the Pony Express Pavilion Saturday and returned to a familiar refrain about the ��Bridge to Nowhere.”

Palin has come under fire in recent days for misleadingly saying she told Congress “thanks but no thanks,” refusing an earmark for a bridge to a sparsely inhabited island in her home state. Independent groups and media fact-checkers have said Palin advocated for the federal earmark before opposing it, only ended after Congress had essentially killed it, and kept the $223 million for the appropriation after the project was killed.


Palin had cut the refrain from her speech during her three-day visit to Alaska. But she came back to it today, citing it as an example of earmark reform she and McCain would push for in the White House.


“I told Congress thanks but no thanks to that Bridge to Nowhere -- that if our state wanted to build that bridge, we would build it ourselves," she said.
 
Palin did not deviate much from the speech she had given the last two weeks on the road with McCain. She reiterated a line that she put the governor’s luxury jet on eBay. While accurate, the jet wasn’t sold on eBay.


Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki said on stage that 10,000 people were in the crowd, but parks officials said the pavilion held only 3,500 people. The audience consisted of significantly more women than McCain-Palin joint rallies over the last two weeks, and Palin addressed her historic candidacy head on.


“The women of America aren’t finished yet, this November, with your help, we’re gonna shatter one glass ceiling once and for all,” she said.


Palin also acknowledged the presence of Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier.>>>


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Registered: 09-09-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:08am

*** Incorrigible

But true. ; )

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Registered: 09-30-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 7:35am
I knew someone in high school who was a pathological liar - she thought that if she said something often enough people would believe it - sad because eventually she did believe her own lies. Seems like McCain/Palin need a new motto - say anything to get elected.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:34pm

She repeats it over and over because it's true. And...if she had, in fact, been caught in a lie, she would have stopped saying it, especially by now. Your side's lies and distortions do not frighten her. She is strong.

Go Sarah Go!

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Registered: 09-06-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:37pm
Naw. Less than 1/4 true....and she's increasingly getting called on it - both her AND "Gramps" McCain.

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:39pm

One more thing... She didn't have to tell the people of Alaska about it while she was there, because THEY ALREADY KNOW!

And, in Alaska, her approval ratings are back up around 80%

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Registered: 09-06-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:40pm

No, it is false. There is a tiny grain of truth in it - that she eventually, long after it had become a political liability - decided to "turn against it," but she a) kept all the money, b) campaigned on it vigorously and over an extended period of time while she was a gubernatorial candidate, and c) is now trying to suggest that it was she (not congress) who originally killed the bill (by not mentioning that congress pulled the plug first).

And both she and Old Man McCain are increasingly getting called on it. I know that irritates the HECK out of most GoOPers....but them's da breaks.

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:42pm
Sadly (for you) the only people who you are successful in selling this story to are the people who weren't going to vote for her anyway.
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Registered: 03-25-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:44pm

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:54pm
Your "facts" are all incorrect and the public has already discovered this. Look at the polls.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 2:56pm

Knew a guy once. Got all hot and bothered about

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