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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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:13pm
So lies of omission don't bother you at all?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:14pm

Please prove the allegation that she was "caught on tape" asking a church to pray for the Bridge to Nowhere.

There have been several threads on this. Both sides have produced facts, links, etc. At this point the argument is tired and old.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:15pm

Rational?

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:17pm
They weren't lies of omission. You are trying to spin it. It isn't working.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:19pm

Like I said, lies of omission.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:21pm
The PUBLIC? You mean the Conservative public, the ones who gave us Bush for 8 years. No thanks, i'm not listening, I've had more than my fill of anyone like this Administration. You can dress up an elephant, give it some peanuts, and it's still an elephant.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:22pm

Ah, there's the real problem... to hardcore McCain/Palin supporters, the documented

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:23pm
Yep, the same who believed everything that came out of Bush and Cheneys pieholes.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-30-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:23pm
Or you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig - LOL

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Registered: 03-30-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 4:26pm
You do realize that those polls are not accurate, right?

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