SARAH VINDICATED once again- Obama lies

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SARAH VINDICATED once again- Obama lies
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Sun, 09-14-2008 - 11:34pm

CCAGW: BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAP ON THE “BRIDGE TO NOWHERE”


(Washington, D.C.) - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today released a backgrounder on congressional funding for the bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island in Alaska, better known as the “Bridge to Nowhere.”  The material addresses some of the questions raised about the history of the bridge and its ultimate demise.


“There has been much debate and even more speculation about how funds for the Bridge to Nowhere were first provided, Congress’s role in changing the nature of the funding, and the various options the state of Alaska had to build the bridge,” said CCAGW President Tom Schatz.  “Many in the media and the public are providing an opinion when they should be providing the facts.  We intend to continually update this document on our website as additional verifiable information becomes available.”


The Bridge to Nowhere was first funded in August 2005 through the 2005 SAFETEA-LU Act through a $223 million earmark inserted by then-House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska).  In October, 2005, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) offered an amendment to the fiscal 2006 Transportation Appropriations Act to transfer $75 million in funding for the Bridge to Nowhere, along with money for the Knik Arm Bridge in Alaska, to support the rebuilding of the Twin Spans Bridge in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.  His amendment was defeated by a vote of 15-82.  Senators Biden (D-Del.) and Obama (D-Ill.) voted against the amendment; Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) was not present for the vote.


In November, 2005, Congress included language in the final version of the fiscal 2006 Transportation Appropriations Act that allowed the state of Alaska to either spend money on the two bridges or on other surface transportation projects.  In October, 2006, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski included $91 million for the Gravina Island Bridge in his budget submission for fiscal year 2007.  As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin expressed a mixture of support and doubt about the bridge, particularly about how the project would be funded.  As governor, she submitted her budget on January 17, 2007 without any money for the bridge.  On July 17, 2007, the Associated Press reported that “The state of Alaska on Friday officially abandoned the ‘bridge to nowhere’ project that became a nationwide symbol of federal pork-barrel spending.”  Governor Palin said in a statement that “Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer.”


“Media reports that Congress killed the Bridge to Nowhere are not accurate,” said Schatz.  “The 2006 transportation appropriations bill allowed Alaska to decide whether or not to move forward.  Governor Murkowski said yes; Governor Palin said no.  Any discussion about the project should begin with facts.”


The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.
http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/News2?abbr=CCAGW_&page=NewsArticle&id=11594


 


Sarah is vindicated once again by the non-partisan group Citizens Against Goverment Waste which states she killed the Bridge to Nowhere not Congress.

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Registered: 09-06-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 11:25am
Why sure:

On Oct. 22, 2006, the Anchorage Daily News asked Palin and the other candidates, “Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?”

Her response: “Yes. I would like to see Alaska’s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now — while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.”

Palin’s support of the earmark for the bridge was applauded by the late Lew Williams Jr., the retired Ketchikan Daily News publisher who wrote columns on the topic.

Williams wrote on Oct. 29, 2006, that Palin was the only gubernatorial candidate that year who consistently supported the Gravina Island Bridge, the Knik Arm Bridge and improvements to the Parks Highway.


Or, if you didn't like that one, how 'bout PolitiFact's take on it?

Or, for further amusement, you could just have a look at Palin, trolling for votes, in 2006:

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Mon, 09-15-2008 - 11:29am

Which does nothing to aid the fact that she has not once gone the distance and made those details clear while on the road campaigning, making speeches.

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Registered: 08-29-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 11:30am
I think the word "vigorous" is a bit overstated, but she has never claimed to have not supported the bridge in the beginning before the budget for it became so bloated. In fact, the directly affirms this.
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Registered: 09-06-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 11:57am
I think the word "vigorous" is a bit overstated


Then we disagree. However, you're right that she did indeed campaign for (and ON) it, over quite some time.

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Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging
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Registered: 02-27-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:01pm

>>And I said, thanks, but no thanks. We're not going to spend it on the bridge<<


But NO ONE wanted her to spend it on a bridge.

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Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:10pm

Per Capita Tax Burden and Return on Federal Tax Dollar: Fiscal 20051


http://www.nemw.org/taxburd.htm

 


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Registered: 02-27-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:19pm

>>Fiscal conservatives in Congress won a rare victory Wednesday when lawmakers scuttled plans to spend $230 million to help build "the bridge to nowhere," a span that would lead to an Alaskan island populated by about 50 people.<<


Sarah Palin was stumping for the bridge to nowhere when she ran for Governor in 2006, and you claim that she supported the project until the funding got too bloated (sometime after her run for Governor in 2006, right?)


Only that paragraph above comes from November 2005.

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Registered: 09-06-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:26pm
Ah. Much easier that way, LOL.

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Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling Begging
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Registered: 09-09-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:26pm
I find it rather humorous that the democrats keep bringing up the bridge to nowhere when both Obama and Biden voted for the bridge to nowhere twice. And one of those two votes was to fund the bridge to nowhere rather than giving some of those funds to New Orleans to rebuild bridges destroyed by Katrina, how funny.
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Registered: 08-29-2008
Mon, 09-15-2008 - 12:28pm
"over quite some time" ?

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