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.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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Palin’s quotes about the project this week seem to suggest she opposed the project.
“I’ve championed reform to end the abuses of earmarked spending by Congress,” Palin said at a joint appearance with McCain in Washington, Pa., on Aug. 30. “And I did tell Congress, thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted to build a bridge, we were going to build it ourselves.”
McCain said Palin has “stopped government from wasting taxpayers’ money on things they don’t want or need. And when we in Congress decided to build a bridge in Alaska to nowhere for $233-million of yours, she said, we don’t want it. If we need it, we’ll build our own in Alaska. She’s the one that stood up to them.”
Nevermind that Alaska didn't give the money back. It spent the money on other transportation projects.
The context of Palin’s and McCain’s recent statements suggest Palin flagged the so-called Bridge to Nowhere project as wasteful spending. But that’s not the tune she was singing when she was running for governor, particularly not when she was standing before the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce asking for their vote. And so, we rate Palin’s position a Full Flop.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/680/
Edited 9/14/2008 9:28 pm ET by sistah_w
This one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzBxFaio1I
<<Anyone who has even a small understanding about how the government works already understands these things.>>
Well I don't really understand the whole earmark thing because that's not how things are done here. I've been learning about it but I'm still not entirely sure how they work (or whey they even exist in the first place).
So....as I understand things then....if a particular
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“She is truth-encumbered, or as we say here in Maryland, "a liar."”
I don’t see a bridge.
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