Sarah Palin Supported the Bridge to Nowhere

[DeathStroke13]

assuming they did vote for it twice, Guess what---they dont lie about it! lol

thats the whole point, way to miss it.

[A550RGY]

Let's at least be fair here:

CNN:"Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for her onetime support of the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," Biden and his running mate [Obama] voted to keep the project alive twice."

Oh, snap.

[thenewhope]

A55orgy,

can you please point me in the direction to where I can find that Obama and Biden voted on that measure twice?

[A550RGY]

No problem, just Google search for the first 4 words in my quoted paragraph ("CNN:"Although Democratic vice") and it'll be the first hit.

[TooFase]

what a stupid bitch.

She wanted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a fricken bridge for like 50 people.

McCain was smart to have her as vp candidate because she gets so much media attention. Lets be real here. She has no experience, no foreign policy, and she cant fucking run her own family! Her 17 daughter is pregnant and her son is in the army for being a drug addict. Obama is going to lose because Joe Biden just doesnt get the same media attention Palin does.

[zocurtis]

Every time USA economy begins to falter, a Repubican is President!

Herbert Hoover - Great Depression

Dwight Eisenhower - 1957 Recession

Richard Nixon - 1971 Recession

Gerald Ford - stagflation in 1973

Ronald Reagan - "Black Monday," Oct. 19, 1987

George H. W. Bush - 1991 Recession

George W. Bush - right now!

USA deserve a change.

Americans Vote for Barack Obama EUROPE SUPPORT YOU!!!

[pworam68]

Recessions are cyclical, not political, but your dumb socialist ass probably isn't willing or able to admit that. Politicians are rarely the cause of recession. BTW

Carter, not Ford, owned stagflation in the late 70's and lost in a landslide to Reagan because of it. The stock market sell-off on Black Monday had nothing to do with Reagan; ensuing recession lasted the duration of Bush I's term, and recovery started in 1992/93. + Bush II inherited a recession from Clinton during his 1st term.

[richardruhe]

"isn't lying a sin"?

Don't you see-those who think there's a prayer you say to become 'saved' have to lie, as they see their imperfect life and deny it by the overarching belief in their sanctification. They belive Palin as to doubt would obviate their own suppositions.

[Swayingpines]

Sarah Palin rediculed Barack Obama's years of work as a community organizer during the convention speech!

Little does she know that we owe the very existence of our country to a dedicated group of community organizers, more commonly known as our Founding Fathers!

[janellerules]

Why is it that Obama can do and say so many wrong things and have so much media support? We know why. Everyone knows the media is liberal and want OB to win. Is that what the media is for? What about Obama asking the leader of Iraq to hold off on letting the soldiers go home, until after the elections. He's not even being prosecuted for his illegal interference. Acting as Commander-in-Chief, negotiating with foreign leaders as a nominee would be terms for him to be taken out. On no, not Obama.

[TheVegetarianZombie]

"everybody knows that the media is liberal?" I'll grant that MSNBC is slanted to the left, but Fox is just as slanted to the right and CNN and ABC tend to fall right around the middle.

Janelle, I say this following with respect. I promise to seriously assess the honesty of Borack Obama over the next six weeks; please do the same about your champions. Do some research and ask yourself, with an open mind, if John McCain are honest, and if they actually understand the economy.

-VG

[TheVegetarianZombie]

D'oh. minor update to the above: "if John McCain and Sarah Palin are honest, and if they actually understand the economy."

I left out Governor Palin. My mistake.

[zocurtis]

Every time USA economy begins to falter, a Repubican is President!

Herbert Hoover - Great Depression

Dwight Eisenhower - 1957 Recession

Richard Nixon - 1971 Recession

Gerald Ford - stagflation in 1973

Ronald Reagan - "Black Monday," Oct. 19, 1987

George H. W. Bush - 1991 Recession

George W. Bush - right now!

USA deserve a change.

Americans Vote for Barack Obama EUROPE SUPPORT YOU!!!

[janellerules]

If she wanted the bridge, she would have had the bridge. Let her answer why she changed her support of it. She did get money and turn it into helping to built Alaska's infrastructure, where needed.

[MickeyMouseFreedom]

LIES FIRST! COUNTRY NEXT!

[FzSBLACKMAGICK]

Has anybody seen the bridge?

I can't find the bridge?

I ain't seen the bridge.

Where's I can findsa bridge?

[TACaMAC]

Is this all the Dems can come up with? Chuckle....

[FzSBLACKMAGICK]

Have you ever seen so much media coverage about a friggin bridge???

The Mainly Liberal Media has really let their asses hang out on this one.

[justd26]

MY ONLY Problem is that SARAH PALIN is a right wing LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR! Anyone with a damn brain can look up what she says and know that she is a LIAR. Think for yourselves right wingers. How can you believe this swill that they sell?

[legendy2j]

wow whats wrong with creationlist not that i support this gay party but god dam are you that stupid you believe there is a god. open ur eyes

[blackdragon767]

Sarah Palin is a backwards-thinking hick who has no business being VP, the same goes for McCain. He has experience alright; experience at being an old Washington croney!

[todddoom]

Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Nobama. Nobama is qualified to win a stuttering contest!

[djdark04]

typical hick

[jaymoore299]

Sarah Palin should be at home making meat loaf instead of possible president of America.

[etbitmydog]

Unfortunatly the stutering is probably why Obama didn't debate in the town hall meetings Mccain called for. Now Mccain is using that as a bad excuse to spread lies and misleading halftruths.

[AhTrini4U]

LIES, LIES, LIES, how you like it, how you like - LIES, LIES, LIES!

[ly83421]

For those that keep pointing out that Obama and Biden were for the Bridge to Nowhere... You should understand that the only reason why the truth is coming out on Sarah Lies is because she keeps using the bridge to no where line in every speech she's given. Had she not brought it up, it wouldn't be an issue. But since she did, she shouldn't lie about it.

[SnowHeart1]

Great video. Well paced and timed with an important message. Let's get out the truth about her and McCain.

[mitchwall52]

While Barack Obama attacks Sarah Palin, we still have not heard him disavow his 2005 vote in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere and admit his mistake, said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. Sarah Palin deserves credit for recognizing how harmful and corrupt the pork process has become. Barack Obama has had three years to come to the same realization, and were still waiting. We call on Senator Obama to disavow his 2005 vote in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere.

[stewgotts5]

Where dod you come up with this? Sarah Palin loves pork!!! As mayor she hired a lobbying firm to get money for her city and recieved $27million, and this is for a population of 7,000. She also took the $200million that was originally planned for the bridge to nowhere, which she is on record supporting. She also also as governor recently asked for another $195million for special projects. It is sad how on informed and misguided you are on the issuses and the TRUTH.

[fieroyates]

This women can't deal with the truth which make her the perfect Republican.

[66barry]

Fact is Obama and Biden voted FOR the Bridge to Nowhere!

[Silberdachs]

66barry: McCain troll much?

(you worthless used ass-wipe)

[66barry]

Why dont you worry about the shit you have for food or your dental hygiene you British Fagot...OBAMA AND BIDEN VOTED FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!

[stewgotts5]

The fact is you fucking idiot that Obama and Biden would have no reason to vote for the bridge to nowhere. If you understood what and earmark was you would know that its is a request for special project money mixed in with a piece of larger legislation. So they vote for the larger piece of legislation, but in no way supported earmarks for Alaska. What your saying make no sense. Why would to Senators support an earmark for another state? You need to better eduacate yourself. Jack-ass

[Silberdachs]

Joe Biden is going to destroy this lying Bush Barbie-doll shill in the debates.

I can't wait!

[wingatei]

You are so right!

[barvenbenley]

She's an empty up-do

[TheNextTurn]

Source that shows Palin was for the bridge to no where.

adn(.)com/sarahpalin/story/511­471(.)html

[ignoranceisbliss4u]

scenario: once mccain dies... this lying bitch would be president....oh no!

[RockawayRiotSquad]

this is the ONLY thing this woman is pushing...THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE...all i hear in her speeches are smears, the damn bridge to nowhere, and her family...NO SUBSTANCE...oh yea...and she wants young kids to PRAY FOR AN OIL PIPELINE...she is clearly a smart woman but NOT SOMEONE I WANT A HEART BEAR AWAY FROM PRESIDENCY.

[gpt500]

Obama you don't remember You and Joe biden voted for the Bridge to nowheretoo. Sarah Palin changed her mind and vo itted against. But Obama and Biden continued to support the Bridge to Nowhere even when they had the opportunity to switch the funds to Katrina victims.

Sarah a REFORMER Obama the same as before

[wackpdot]

She still took the federal moneny, so what really changed?

[123bigr]

I am an independent. This info about her cannot be true. Why would she be selected with so much baggage and why is the media so quiet? I think this info may be false. I will research for myself. I do not think it is bad to be in the NRA. That should not be linked with her anti-abortion stance

[66barry]

Fact is Senator Obama has 113 Earmarks totaling $399,766,475.00....Senator Mccain has authored ZERO DOLLARS IN EARMARKS

[myeshadjones]

Fact is that in the case old ass McCain kills over, Sarah Palin would be president of the United States... scary!!

[Catbubba]

Been proven she lie too, like McCain. Attemped to get her ex-brother inlaw fired, like McCain lie about an affair with Cindy before his divorce. Mainly put HER Young Daughter in a position to be force to marry her unborn BABY DADDY. Give me a break, No Mother of the Year for that move!

[Fair9]

She seems to be just another politician - but more in the Sean Hannity-Ann Coulter world-BTW why can't she talk to the press for God's sake. Isn't she ready on day one?

She sure was smug in front of a teleprompter where Bush's speech writer gave her the words.

What is it with Republicans?

[playfyte]

In all fairness to the Gov., she never specifically said anything about that bridge in any of those comment

[TheNextTurn]

But if you look at the initial construction of the bridge and the Bill that introduced it ...she supported because it brought employment to alaska. Then when it came to be a public disgrace then she was against it.

[playfyte]

You are correct about that. But wouldn't you want your representatives in washington (where it all started) to bring as much funding to your state as is reasonably possible? In light of all the oil revenues available from Alaska,they can probably build that bridge on their own. What I was refering to was that the chosen clips were somewhat obscure on the topic. Know what I mean?

[TheNextTurn]

Yea I would want a rep to bring prosperty to my state but ones that are not needed are just not needed. Also McCain is suppose to declaring war on those earmark and pork barrel spending, this is why our Govt's debt is so large. State reps worried about thier careers over the country.

[TheNextTurn]

The vid is vague. Butin print she is on record on support for the bridge.

"I think we're going to make a good team as we progress the bridge project."

adn(.)com/sarahpalin/story/511­471(.)html

[petermichaelw]

it's comments like yours lily that reinforce Winston Churchill's statement that the greatest argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

[petermichaelw]

i don't consider her to have put down the job of community service, although some seem to have taken it that way. the bigger point i got out of it was that she had been questioned all week as to her experience and she was saying hey, community organizer is not as valid as a resume bullet as a mayorship is. i do think she should have first made a statement of the certain importance of a volunteer in any community, and then made her point.

[littledogs1]

Sarah Palin is a hypocrite and a liar, how dare she put down community service, is that not what we want our young people to do? to give back, serve the community. She makes me sick, she is so far right she can't see center. She is just more of the same, and I hope the women of America don't fall for the pritty face, and the soccer mom bs. She will work w mccain to take away the right to choose, and distroy what is left of the middle class.

[SarahPalinChannel]

I'm proud to be a liar...it's gotten me where I am today.

[behonest47]

sorry as soon as I saw Overbite amd madcow I knew the real truth, let's just type in words

they could't find any video. It was probely thrown under the bus with wright,resko,ayers,and larry sinclair and poor grandmom

[budrick2005]

The "Bridge to Nowhere," in Alaska would have connected the town of Ketchikan with its airport on Gravina at a cost to federal taxpayers of $320 million. However it was highly criticized and became an embarassment to Alaskans. Palin listening to the citizens of Alaska, changed her mind when "she saw that Alaska was being perceived as taking from the country and not giving" However the money meant to be used for the bridge was still used for other projects in Alaska.

[petermichaelw]

OK, she said she wanted infrastructure projects done, yes. But I am still searching for her actually saying she wanted congressional money for the bridge in question, not money to get the alaskan natural gas pipeline accomplished, which is a little different.

This is another hoax from the haters. Come on now, there is plenty to complain about today without inventing some bs, and then taking quotes out of context.

[alvizza25]

Dude,

She lied about it. It seems she had every intention to buid that bridge until the cost started to rise and ironically McCain and others in DC started to talk about it. She even took federal money to build the roads that were supposed to connect to the bridge. Read this article, her intentions are very clear in the last 2 paragraphs.

The link is too long...Go to the reuters website and type in:

Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans

[oksurya]

Search no more. I was nice enough to find it for you on CNN:

"But while running for governor she supported the bridge, saying it was essential for local prosperity. Once she became governor, she spiked it, citing rising costs and the needs of other projects."

So not only did she lie about the issue but she also KEPT THE MONEY FOR THE BRIDGE AND DIDN'T GIVE IT BACK.

She should have said "Thanks, but no thanks now that everyone has heard about this, but thanks anyway"

[petermichaelw]

if someone asks for proof, quoting cnn, fox news, or any other "news" source is questionable at best.

as far as whether she took money or not, A GOVERNOR'S ROLE IS TO GET MONEY FOR HER STATE!

i live in new jersey, and my governor takes money from the fed, from my income, from my purchases, from my property, from my highways, and apparently he wants to raise taxes again.

i can not fault her for using federal money on roads and other things instead of "the bridge"

[123bigr]

petemichaelw-I think that it is good to get earmarks for roads and other things. The problem is that Palin said she is against earmarks. She can not have it both ways. Some earmarks are valid. Earmarks take very little from the budget. If you really want to fight something, find out why the Dept. of Defense has lost 2trillion dollars. They claim that it is because their computers do not communicate properly.

[66barry]

Roads and other things good? Do you even know what earmarks are about? Lets have an example.Obama voted to give the hospital where his wife works ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

[stewgotts5]

You don't vote on earmarks you fucking idiot!!!! You vote on the legislation that they are attached to. If your gonna talk at least know what the fuck your saying. You sound like a fucking moron. For example when a spending bill fro Iraq comes up a Senator attaches an earmark fro his state. Everyone still votes for the spending bill to help the troops and that senator gets his earmark, That is how they work, and I would think that 1million for a hospital is better than 200million for a bridge.

[66barry]

Fact is you DO vote on earmarks when you vote on bills and we all really know that except those idiots like you who try to word the truth differently and FACT IS Mccain has NEVER NEVER authored AN EARMARK AND fact is THE DEMOCRATES ARE THE ONES WHO BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP IN THE FIRST PLACE and FACT IS PALIN CUT HER STATES EARMARKS IN HALF SINCE BECOMING GOVERNOR.

[snipsnapsnappy]

well as an employee of the dept of defense, i have to ask where you get such a statement as "the dod has lost 2 trillion dollars"

where does this info come from?

[twistandcrawl]

Over the last 8 years you've done so well. 10 trillion dollar debt 800 billion trade deficit with China Income level of average Am decreased 2000.00 Devalution of the dollar 4.00 gas prices. Iraq War 10 bill a week (we already threw 2 trillion away in that money pit) No Bin Laden Al Qaeda now in 60 countries before Iraq invasion less than 5. Stand up and pat yourself on the back. You deserve it for your utter incompetence.

[petermichaelw]

hey what do you pay in tax over there mate?

and next time al qaeda attacks you or me, run your mouth.

you can have obama, he would do great things over there in switzerland.

[cousinmccain]

She lied? No way! She's a good protestant. lol. She's gonna burn in hell now. I think she underestimated how cruel politics can be and "ALL" the dirt is coming out now. Your 650K people in Alaska ain't shit time to play with the big boys. She's gonna be in for a rude awakening when Biden debates her or should I say grills her. Maybe she'll have a hidden earpiece like Bush did against Kerry.

[missamerica1974]

Typical Republican! A holier than thou hypocrite!

[bobd007]

As soon as she saw what was going on she KILLED the bridge to nowhere.  She killed ALL corruption and wasteful spending wherever she found it.

Spin all you want.

[rpoolguy]

thats bull she went with the political winds, when the people got wind she acted like she was against it the whole time.  what a phony

[uberwolf420]

The initial cost of the bridge were pretty high even without the unexpected expenses, and she supported it then. I suspect rpoolguy is correct. She changed her mind under the pressure of ridicule, not over the cost. I can't really fault her for keeping the money for the state though, since it went into other Alaska projects.

[KSFALLGUY]

how many times are the republicans going to play the soap opra diversion? this puppet has been thrown to the press, as a barking droling dog, to go set the talking points the party wants said, mcbushes campaign is tanking, so the party has taken over in an overtlly dramatic way to bring the message home this is our puppet 2 do with as we please, so vote party once again not person, thats how they get cabbage heads like bush in office! when will people wake up and c the lies and liers,rtheleaders

[digitalshark]

As shown clearly here, she is a complete and utter liar. This bridge to nowhere bullshit was repeated over and over by every right wing pundit and every Republican asked about Palin because this story is ALL THEY HAD to paint her as a "maverick," a word which the republicans have effectively stripped of any and all meaning.

[Isnogood1]

whats meant by "the bridge to nowhere"?

[Ocker3]

Gravina Island Bridge $398 million for a bridge to an island with 50 people living on it (2000 census)

[ourearthhome]

By the way the bridge to nowhere is a misnomer. It was going to go to Gravina island with only 50 current residents where the Ketchikan airport is located only accessible by ferry. It was a nice thought to make it easier to access the airport but it turns out that former Gov. Frank Murkowski and family owned part of the island. There are other large landowners as well. The value of land served by public projects is always increased thus enriching landowners. Gravina was set to become somewhere.

[ourearthhome]

Palin is reported to have cancelled the bridge when changes to federal funding levels more than doubled Alaska's portion of the cost. Unless there is further data to indicate otherwise this means she did not cancel the bridge out of any high minded principle but for the very reason that Alaska was not going to receive as much pork as originally planned. This is hardly an argument in her favor as a reformer, a maverick or opponent of waste in government. Damage control will be interesting to see.

[unlucky552002]

Did any see how she bloodied that beautiful caribou?

[NHMntnHIGH]

Olbermann is a tool. but then MSNBC is so bias in it's rporting. they should have a disclaimer. "MSNBC we are tools for the Dumbocratic party

[iam28]

Yea, nothing's more biased then reporting two sides of every issue and giving a voice to both campaigns at any given time. Turn on Fox News and suck in more republican propaganda dumb ass!

[BloggerXYZZ]

NH-You've been watching for too long, now haven't you?! lol What's wrong in reporting her story? She needs to be vetted by the press!

[missoulaman500]

ahhh,

the liberal press.

why dont they bring up ALL of obama's fallacies?

-cause then they'd be racists then right?

[BloggerXYZZ]

Missou-In case you missed it, the press, especalli Fox, has been digging every hole Obama has and still does. Duh! You're just intimidated by a very intelligence Harvard graduate lawyer who lived the American dream! lol

[TheTark]

What disturbs me the most about all this is that McCain tauts her as some spunky, aggressive woman who will fight to cut spending in Washington. How many people know that after Congress (not Palin) removed the bridge from the list because of a national uproar, but left funding in for Alaska, she was eager (greedy?) to take the money and run anyways? I am sure she is all for cutting spending in areas that are not in her own interest. But are they the same interests as ours? I doubt it....

[BloggerXYZZ]

McBush is a compulsive and senile relic of the Cold War. What else do you expect? He was trashed by the Bush campaign in 2000, and he still shakes Bush's hand. I think he suffers from the Stockholm syndrome.

[meowomon]

She has dubious character. The rethuglicans will say or do anything to get the white house. They have even had peace activists arrested in St.Paul for no reason. A van load of people was stopped, searched and released for no reason other than they belonged to a peace group.

[AtomicDoggNRG]

Sara made a good call:

"Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said Saturday that as projected costs for the Ketchikan bridge rose to nearly $400 million, administration officials were telling Ketchikan that the project looked less likely. Local leaders shouldn't have been surprised when Palin announced she was turning to less-costly alternatives, Leighow said. Indeed, Leighow produced a report quoting Palin, late in the governor's race, indicating she would also consider alternatives to a bridge."

[jackiegran]

Sarah was all for the bridge and kept the money.

[straightofdahood]

Mccain/Palin is the ticket to nowhere else but hell

OBAMA 08

[VanadiusRex]

Sarah Palin is the VP to Nowhere.

[Redblood797]

@VanadiusRex Ha i see what you did there....

[AtomicDoggNRG]

If car car you were planning on buying went up another $20K and you could not afford it, would you buy it anyway, or would you change your mind. Sara Palin made a logical decision. Sometimes flexibility and looking for more logical solutions is better than sticking to original plans.

[straightofdahood]

thank you, this is going to people

OBAMA/BIDEN 08