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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.â€
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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Edited 9/14/2008 6:58 pm ET by chillychillychilly
Every detail?
I watched the entire video. While it is an inspiring talk, no mention at all about the "Bridge to nowhere", which is what you first said, and what I asked you to prove.
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-elpoliticsto&msg=16618.44
She did mention the pipeline which she is still very much for - not against.
Thank you for posting this. I did enjoy listening to it.
Hey, according to you it's favorable to her.
That brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... precisely what infrastructure projects did the bridge money go to?
...because she is John McCain's running mate, and McCain rails on about the evils of the earmark process.
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Okay I couldn't resist.
Sopal
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Maybe I've missed something, but it sure looks like she was fine with the bridge in principle, never had a problem with the earmarks, bristled at all the mockery, and only gave up on the project when it was clear that federal support wasn't forthcoming. Now, Charles Homans, who knows Alaska well, says Palin's anti-corruption instincts are fairly solid (she sold off the gubenatorial jet upon taking office, for one), and a casual Nexis search suggests that she's fiscally conservative (insofar as that term makes sense in a quasi-socialist state like Alaska), but this hardly looks like the "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" moment everyone's making it out to be.
Palin's special counsel, John Katz, wrote in March of this year for the Juneau Empire, assuring the Alaskan public that Palin was still very much in favor of earmarks, but sadly needed to scale back her requests somewhat (to "only" 31 earmarks this year—down from 54 last year) in response to "unwanted attention" from Congress and the press.
I got mixed up with pipeline and church but I did find her supporting the bridge to nowhere for you... my bad here you go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ttqv_0y0R4
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