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: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:01pm
I think you have a good point. I am curious about how that will shake out in this election.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:03pm
She was giving a speech. Saying "I told congress thanks but no thanks" sounds snappier than going into seven paragraphs explaining all the ins and outs of the situation. That speech would be pretty long and boring. She gives her snappy TRUTHFUL line.. The public sees it for what it is.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:04pm
Why not put lipstick on it?
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-30-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:05pm
Yep - I DO see it for what it is - a STORY not the truth. I don't have to be entertained every second of a speech so I would just prefer the truth - not truthiness.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:07pm

That's the problem with snappy lines. I've long had issues with this tendency to

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:09pm
John McCain scares me to no end. With his bomb bomb statement, I am very scared of him.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:10pm

I never said that "any negative thing" that was said about Sarah Palin was motivated by blind partisan hatred. I do believe, however, most of the lies and slander that is thrown her way is motivated by blind partisan hatred.

You and I disagree about what is, or is not - rational.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:11pm

So you're admitting that Palin deliberately spun certain

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:12pm
No. She was giving a speech.
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:16pm

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OK....If that's what you want to believe (ditto in labeling some of the negative commentary as lies and slander).


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I can see that.


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