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Palin Bridge to Nowhere

Lipstick on Doggerel

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Evan Eisenberg

I wrote this bit of doggerel a while ago but only just got around to making it hyperdoggerel by equipping the stanza numbers with links. (Warning: VI...

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It's the Democracy, Stupid: Campaigns of McCain and Palin Show How They Would Govern

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The disconnect between McCain's words and his actions, all in an effort to distort his record, is the central approach to his campaign. And it smells a lot like the last eight years of Bush.

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Jason Linkins

Palin's 'Bridge To Nowhere,' Forever And Ever (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Hey, you know that speech Sarah Palin gave at the Republican National Convention? That she kept on giving, over and over again, every time a camera a...

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Palin Backed Dead-End $26 Million "Road To Nowhere"

ProPublica | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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When Lois Epstein approached Gov. Sarah Palin during a July 2007 meeting, she says she had a simple request: pull the plug on the construction of a $2...

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Sinclair Lewis and Sarah Palin

Norman Horowitz | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Norman Horowitz

McCain's people moved seamlessly against many legitimate questions posed about Palin's record and experience, and ignored or denied them.

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Seth Colter Walls

'Bridge To Nowhere' Project Moving Forward, With Palin's Consent

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Campaign fact-checkers were back to work on Monday, criticizing Gov. Sarah Palin for restating a false claim about the notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" t...

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Palin Administration Still Working On "Bridge To Nowhere"

ProPublica | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has portrayed herself as a foe of pork-barrel spending, pointing in particular to her role in killing the $398 million "Bridge...

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Palin Brings Back Debunked Bridge, Ebay Lines She Dropped In Alaska

Fox News | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times reported last week that when Sarah Palin went back to Alaska, she dropped some dubious claims from her oft-repeated stump speech. ...

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Palin ABC Interview: Excerpts From Tonight's Portion

ABC | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin on 'Bridge to Nowhere': CHARLES GIBSON: You have said continually, since he chose you as his vice-presidential nominee, that I said to Co...

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Sam Stein

Palin Defends Bridge To Nowhere Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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ABC News has just sent out the next crop of excerpts from its interview with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. These things can be tricky to judge just fro...

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Exclusive "Not Seen On TV" Video Of Sarah Palin's First Interview

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

We all thought that first interview was going to be with ABC's Charles Gibson. Little did we know how wrong we were.

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Palin Drops Reference To "Bridge To Nowhere" In Speech

NY Times | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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In speech after speech to crowds in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia in recent days, Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president, has...

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Palin And McCain Denounce Earmarks, Ignoring Palin's $200 Million Worth Requested This Year

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, equated lawmakers' requests for fundin...

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Sarah Palin 'Bridge To Nowhere' Video Montage

Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin's stump speeches have largely stuck to the same script (what the AP describes as "a greatest hits of her convention speech). However, one...

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Close Presidential Race? Don't Blame the Media, Blame the Voters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Voters have (or could have) all the information they need to make a choice this year. They're just making a choice that those on the left would consider a bad one.

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Seth Colter Walls

Palin Repeats "Bridge To Nowhere" Falsehood Again Despite Intense Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Speaking in Lebanon, Ohio today, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin repeated her frequently debunked lie on the "bridge to nowhere," which originated in her spee...

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Sam Stein

Obama Response Ad: WHOA, McCain Ain't No Maverick

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Adhering to the 'hit-back' policy that dictates his campaign strategy, Barack Obama released a response ad Monday evening, declaring the Republican ti...

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Fact Check: Palin And The Bridge To Nowhere

AP | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A new ad from John McCain's presidential campaign contends his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, "stopped the Bridge to Nowher...

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Sam Stein

Rendell: If I Was Palin You'd Be Calling For My Impeachment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Gov. Ed Rendell decried a double standard in the treatment of Sarah Palin on Monday, saying that if it was he who was at the center of the "troopergat...

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Of Cabbages and Kings and Good Ol' American Corn Flakes

Alice Singleton | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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Alice Singleton

For the past eight years it has been as if Connie Corleone, acting as Bush surrogate, slipped a tainted canoli to each of us daily, rendering us too weak to reason with or fight against the poisonous regime.

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Sam Stein

New McCain-Palin Ad: "Original Mavericks" Working For "Real Change"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign is already out with its second Sarah Palin-related campaign ad, a 30-second spot designed to grab the mantle of change from Barack...

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Sam Stein

Palin In '06: I Won't Let "Spinmeisters" Turn Bridge To Nowhere Into "Something Negative"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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On the campaign trail Saturday, Gov. Sarah Palin defended her record on earmarks and spending claiming - per ABC's Jake Tapper - that she "championed ...

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Sam Stein

Palin Also Supported The "Road To Nowhere" (And May Still)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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While a debate rages over how honest Sarah Palin has been in stating her opposition to the infamous Bridge To Nowhere, another massive, widely-critici...

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Rove "Wrong" About Palin, Steve Schmidt Says

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric last night, John McCain chief strategist Steve Schmidt takes Karl Rove to task: COURIC: I want to get your rea...

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The Real Sarah Palin Scandal

Robert Silvers | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

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Robert Silvers

The real scandal for John McCain's V.P.-to-be is that Palin has exhibited a voracious appetite for the very congressional earmarks and pork barrel spending that John McCain has made a signature issue of trying to stamp out.

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