And Barack Obama Voted FOR the Bridge... Sarah Palin didn't have a Vote.
On Sep 9, 9:58 am, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Days after the collapse of the Minneapolis bridge, McCain specifically > linked the collapse to the funding of Sarah Palin's bridge-to-nowhere- > then-lobbyists pork-barrel gluttony. > > ----------- > “Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have > gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges around the country,” > McCain said at a campaign stop in Ankeny, Iowa on Aug. 4, 2007. “Maybe > the 200,000 people who cross that bridge every day would have been > safer than spending $233 million of your tax dollars on a bridge in > Alaska to an island with 50 people on it.” > ---------- > > (BEGIN > QUOTE)http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/8052/mccain-connected-35w-bridge-... > > Over 37 million people saw Sarah Palin declare in her acceptance > speech that she told Congress, “thanks but no thanks on that bridge to > nowhere.” That statement is demonstrably false, but the campaign of > Sen. John McCain continues to tout Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s > opposition to the so-called “Bridge to Nowhere” despite once linking > it to the collapse of the 35W bridge. > > During the 2006 gubernatorial campaign, Palin was a strong proponent > of the project, which aimed to connect the town of Ketchikan, Alaska, > to a nearby airport on Gravina Island. > > “I support these infrastructure projects,” Palin said during a > gubernatorial debate. “It will build Alaska, and it’s cheaper to do it > today than it is tomorrow.” > > Once governor, Palin killed the effort only after it became apparent > that the federal government wasn’t going to put any more money into > the bloated project beyond the $233 million in earmarks that Rep. Don > Young, R-Alaska, had already secured. Under pressure to cut wasteful > spending, Congress then stripped the stipulation that the money be > spent on a bridge but allowed the state of Alaska to keep the $233 > million for other transportation projects. Palin then directed her > transportation commissioner, Leo von Scheben, to review transportation > projects statewide to prepare a list of possible uses for the funds. > > Days after the 35W bridge collapse John McCain connected that $233 > million with the tragedy that claimed 13 lives in Minneapolis. > > “Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have > gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges around the country,” > McCain said at a campaign stop in Ankeny, Iowa on Aug. 4, 2007. “Maybe > the 200,000 people who cross that bridge every day would have been > safer than spending $233 million of your tax dollars on a bridge in > Alaska to an island with 50 people on it.” > > One month after McCain’s critical comments Palin changed her position > on the bridge, citing the project’s high cost to Alaskans, while > continuing to defend the project. > > “Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 > million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it’s clear > that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a > bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,” Palin stated in a > released statement dated Sept. 21, 2007. “Much of the public’s > attitude toward Alaska bridges is based on inaccurate portrayals of > the projects here. But we need to focus on what we can do, rather than > fight over what has happened.”...(END OF QUOTE) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
