Palin lied about the "bridge to nowhere' again today, that is twice now

[Motown_Johnny]

Just watched the rally in PA and she did it again. These are prepared speeches, not questions that are catching her off guard. She does not need to mention that bridge at all, instead she lies about it for no apparent reason.


She has already been called out on it by Rachel Maddow and still she is spewing this shit. WTF does she think she is doing and how the hell can the McGaffe team let her continue to do it?????


Straight talk express is now the bull shit express



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

*snip*

5. Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?

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.



We need to bury this woman, for the good of our country.

[elocs]

1. Democrats must continually hold her feet to the fire on flat out lies. n/t

[book_worm]

2. Dems can't give her a pass on this. She's in the big leauges now.

[TwilightZone]

3. The last thing I want to do is defend her, but wasn't this a state vs. Fed issue?

Her statement in her 'acceptance speech' seemed to indicate that she declined Federal funding and said that Alaska "would build it ourselves."

In that context, she was against Federal funding, not the bridge itself.

Has she changed her position on this?

[Motown_Johnny]

7. another snip from that link

another snip





Maybe I've missed something, but it sure looks like she was fine with the bridge in principle, never had a problem with the earmarks, bristled at all the mockery, and only gave up on the project when it was clear that federal support wasn't forthcoming. Now, Charles Homans, who knows Alaska well, says Palin's anti-corruption instincts are fairly solid (she sold off the gubenatorial jet upon taking office, for one), and a casual Nexis search suggests that she's fiscally conservative (insofar as that term makes sense in a quasi-socialist state like Alaska), but this hardly looks like the "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" moment everyone's making it out to be.

P.S. Here's a piece that Palin's special counsel, John Katz, wrote in March of this year for the Juneau Empire, assuring the Alaskan public that Palin was still very much in favor of earmarks, but sadly needed to scale back her requests somewhat (to "only" 31 earmarks this year—down from 54 last year) in response to "unwanted attention" from Congress and the press

[TwilightZone]

8. I'm not sure how that contradicts "we'll build it ourselves."

Has she, at some point, claimed that she opposed the bridge itself, as opposed to opposing the federal funding of it?

If she has, then she's obviously lying. If not, then she's playing word games.

[sandnsea]

4. "we'll build it ourselves"

Did she also say that? Because that's a classic anti-government type line and it's just garbage because every state gets federal highway money.

[qanda]

5. The media won't call her on it

[Canuckistanian]

6. It was the "Bullshit Express" a LONG time ago

This is just the latest episode.