Palin Drops Reference To "Bridge To Nowhere" In Speech

NY Times:

In speech after speech to crowds in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia in recent days, Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president, has made sure to mention the so-called Bridge to Nowhere, the Alaska project that has become the symbol of earmarks, and what she portrays as her "thanks but no thanks" position on it.

When she landed in Fairbanks in her home state on Wednesday night, though, the bridge was notably absent from an (otherwise mostly similar) speech she made inside an airplane hangar before her homestate crowd.

Ever since she first said it, two weeks ago, critics have questioned her claim that she "told Congress, 'thanks but no thanks on that Bridge to Nowhere.'"

Read the whole story: NY Times

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[edwarvir]

Thank you

[powriter]

See, she's not actually lying. Her response to congress was,

"Thanks!"...
(Insert backlash)...
"But no thanks!"

~PO

[tel8034]

ALASKANS KNOW THE TRUTH ..........­..........­........

Palin and McCain are hoping that they an DUPE the lower 48, but they know better than to FLOAT THAT LIE in Alaska.

THAT ONE OMISSION TELLS THE ENTIRE STORY.

[tellusthetruth]

You need to know the Alaska electorate to understand her rise...ver­y high high-school dropout rate, very extreme in religious views, high alcohol and drug issues prevalent, etc.....
This is home to America's "blackshee­p"...The missionaries came to convert the natives Alaskans to Jesus and strip them of their culture...­.
Throw in tomorrow a check for $1200 added to the yearly dividend..­.of course they love this woman...Th­e question is if the rest of mainstream America will be fooled...
I plan to attend some of these rallies in Alaska as an Obama supporter with a big, fat sign...

[tellusthetruth]

...also
Her Lt. governor looks to have lost the primary to the corrupt Don Young by about 250 votes. Seems to me if republican Alaskans were so smitten with the Palin administration, he would have won by a landslide, not lost.
The clean water bill also lost by 15% in our state...a big loss, however Palin publicly was against this bill and had large ads in the Anchorage daily news for a week before the primary, with her big head in them of course. It did not lose by more...why not?
I think there is hope and I think opponents of Palin will get more press in the days ahead.

[AlwaysFairDem]

How about the per diem Money you charged TAX PAYERS to stay at your home as if you had stayed at a hotel?. Ms. Palin - that is not a reformist stance...y­ou are just as bad as your predecessor and most of all you LIE about it openly and that is DANGEROUS as we have ripped the result of LIES in this Whitehouse and ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[nellie]

Why drop it? It's such a good l.ie, just keep repeating it, to kinda, catapult the pr.opagand­a.

[JR49]

Of course she dropped BRIDGE TO NOWHERE because people in Alaska know she was FOR the bridge and campaigned for the bridge....­I am sure they had to laugh if she was still talking about it and local newspapers would go after her.

[smark]

EXACTLY!!!

[AnnieinOR]

she can't lie in her home state, she's saving it for her joined at the hip appearances with macncheese

[mommadona]

Did you notice how she kept repeating
"the people of the United States think.....­.."

Like, she's from a different country...­.
Shade of "A Little Dictator" pops into the brainpan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJOuoyoMhj8

[tellusthetruth]

She can and does lie in this state...th­e problem is seriously and strongly a high social issues dricen electorate­...as long as she stands against reproductive rights and against the gay community, she is the "perfect American candidate"

[abigail1]

what does she have left to talk about?

[progressivelady]

Well who didn't see this one coming ,let's let the dust settle on this whack job ,hopefully woman will come to there sense's , if they Value any type of Human Right's they WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE PARTY THAT TAKE"S RIGHT"S AWAY, wooo! I feel better now

[JadedAggie]

Once she leaves Alaska she will go back to stating the lie.

[OverIt]

She knows the Alaskans would be on to her. She'll bring it back once she's on the trail again.

[ggirl00]

She can't repeat that foolishness in Alaska.

[DefendOurConstitution]

Unbelievable, you liberals forced a true patriot with more experience than any presidential candidate EVER to drop her most important accomplishment. Liberal media will stop at nothing to destroy this woman! What's wrong with her repeating this great line? (even if it is a lie)

[Fabienne]

This is a joke, right?

[Daly]

the one with all the experience that she trused the GOP and did not read the report that lead her to vote for the war?

[Charmed]

But I wonder if Ms. Liar is going to repeat the lie again when she returned to the "lower 48".

[Azmom]

That's too bad, Kieth O was going to donate a $100 for everytime she repeats the proven lies in her speech .

(And Lord, can she say ANYTHING new?)

[Cooper1608]

And cans of Moose chunk Stew. What ever the heck that is. lol