Yes, Palin did stop that bridge

The website for the Alaska Democrat Party had a page specifically giving Palin credit for stopping the bridge. That page "mysteriously" disappeared just a few days ago -about the same time that fact came to public attention. It included Palin's comment upon cancelling the project that "the state has higher priorities".
Alaska Democrats pull web page crediting Palin for killing Bridge to Nowhere Senate Conservatives Fund

Apparently they didn't do a thorough enough job of scrubbing the credit the Alaska Democrat Party gave Palin for that though. Link to a separate page that says "Gov. Palin recently cancelled the Gravina Island Bridge that would have connected the Alaska mainland with Gravina Island." No doubt this oversight will soon be corrected and this page will soon disappear as well. LOL Retire Ted Stevens Earmarks

Was she FOR IT BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST IT?

Regardless, SHE TOOK THE MONEY, was NOT AGAINST THE PORK OR EARMARK......Alaska GOT THE EARMARKED MONEY for the two bridges to use as they pleased?

She SUPPORTS EARMARKS AND PORK, PERIOD! This is NOT what they are implying, they are implying that she was against pork, taxes taken from us and given to them, as mccain IS AGAINST pork and has always spoken out about earmarks, Alaska got the money that was suppose to be for the two bridges....this is NOT what her little "story" tells us, so it is a lie.

The money -- championed by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the powerful head of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- was earmarked to help construct a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island in the Alaskan Inland Passage in the southeastern corner of the state. A ferry boat now provides transportation between the two points.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate decided to drop the project after it was derided by critics as "pork-barrel spending" on "the bridge to nowhere."

They also decided to ax $229 million for a bridge between Anchorage and the sparsely populated Knik area of Alaska. That span has been named "Don Young's Way" after Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who, as chairman of the House Transportation Committee, has helped send federal dollars to the bridge.

Under a compromise transportation spending bill, Alaska would still get the federal dollars -- but the money would not be specifically designated for the two bridges. As a result, Alaskan lawmakers and other officials would decide where to spend the money -- and they could opt to fund other transportation projects.

 
Without have the complete list of earmarks, it is pointless to debate a per capita? How much have earmarks went to colleges? How much to infrastructure? How much to small businesses?

What will happen to the North Dakota if you limit earmarks on a per capita basis? There is a bunch of wind up there and how will North Dakota do if earmarks for wind energy get handed out on a per capita basis?
Her office stated it went to the tranporation budget! I am just stating people say Obama got more earmarks for his state but less money if you went by per capita. Wassila got more earmarks then Boise Idaho did which is also a state capital and about 200 times the size of Wassila.
 
She's lying.

Palin was clearly for the bridge before she was against it.

From the Gubernatorial debate:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fZPJtjNjvw]YouTube - Sarah Palin says Yae for Bridge to Nowhere[/ame]

Congress killed the bridge ... Palin merely read it it's last rights.
 
OWNED!

Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge - WSJ.com

Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.

Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation's budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.

When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys' club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.

There is already a post for this. She was against it after congress denied it, it was not a proactive choice by her and she kept the federal funding for it. This subject is beat, she's busted.
 
There is already a post for this. She was against it after congress denied it, it was not a proactive choice by her and she kept the federal funding for it. This subject is beat, she's busted.

She lied in her acceptance speech about turning down the money for the "bridge to nowhere." She took the money.

She lied about her staff talking to public safety about her ex son in law.

She lied about her talking to public safety about her ex son in law.

She is a big time liar, just like John McCain.
 
She got Caught making a fiscally-intelligent decision. Sue her. I hope she claimed Per Diem the day she drove in to kill that project.

alaska took the earmarke money for the bridge to nowhere, can't you read cp? your link is a blog, and doesn't tell the full story intentionally....i have linked you to where it says the state took ALL THE MONEY from washington.

OMB shows alaska getting $750 MILLION in earmarks from washington dc, that one year alone....

palin has requested $450 MILLION in earmarks from washington dc since she has been governor...cp????

Fact Check: McCain earmark claims examined - CNN.com
 

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