Palin's "Bridge to Nowhere" LIE

[Bread and Circus]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/30/palin-wanted-nowhere-bridges/

Palin Repeatedly Professed Desire To Renew Federal Funding For ‘Bridge To Nowhere’»

I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress — I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves.

It appears, however, that Palin is lying...

...At the time, federal funding for the bridge had been stripped by Congress. They asked if she was in favor of continuing state funding for the project. “Yes,” she responded, noting specifically her desire to renew Congressional support...

[Bread and Circus]

1. kick

[Quixote1818]

2. K and R

[justiceischeap]

3. K & R - There was some questions in another thread about this issue (eom)

[quakerboy]

4. Apparently this is too meaty for some

Now all we need to do is get this out in the general consciousness. That bridge may just turn out to be a larger windfall for democrats than anyone could have guessed.

KnR

[FrenchieCat]

5. Well you know, when there's real evidence, no one can speculate....

making it not as much fun? :shrug:

[Egnever]

6. not too meaty just not as sexy

also it has already been talked through and accepted as true.

[gemlake]

7. Someone in the media needs to confront her about this n/m

[krkaufman]

8. KnR ... plus some TNR ... another article discussing Palin's lie

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/08/29/did-palin-really-fight-the-bridge-to-nowhere.aspx

[Alexander]

9. K&R, let's destroy that "reformer" crap right now.

[quantass]

10. k

[quantass]

11. k

[quantass]

12. k