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.>>>


Incorrigible

Sopal


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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:51pm
When all the details are known, they are FAVORABLE to her. She has no reason to leave them out. That's why the "lie of omission" line is nothing but spin.
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Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:56pm

LOL!

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:58pm

She was SUPPOSED to take the money, she was the Governor of Alaska - that was her job. She spent it RESPONSIBLY, not on a wasteful bridge. That is a good thing.

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Registered: 05-28-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 5:59pm

>>> 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. <<<


That's funny--she reminds me of someone I used to know, as well.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:00pm

So it's favorable to her that she alledged said no to the bridge but yes to the money for it?

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:03pm

What's not working?

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:09pm

The whole story is VERY flattering to her. Do you have ANY idea how expensive it is to have a private jet? Fuel alone is EXTREMELY expensive even for ONE trip! The governor before her was using it for ALL of his travel. Not to mention upkeep - VERY EXPENSIVE! Just having a jet is a HUGE UNNECESSARY tax payer drain. Even if she did sell it for a loss, she SAVED the state of Alaska a LOT of money. THAT IS A GOOD THING.

Again, she is the Governor of Alaska. It is her JOB to take the federal money given to her state. The fact that she spent it RESPONSIBLY instead of wastefully IS A GOOD THING.

ALL of the facts shake out to be FAVORABLE to her. She has no motive to omit anything.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:11pm
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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:12pm

Thanks for

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 6:13pm
What would be the details that are favorable to her?

Sopal

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