Palin--Tries to Follow God by NYTPalin--She Did Refuse the Bridge by WSJ/Jim DeMint
Palin--Bridge to Nowhere by CAGW
Palin--Alaska Grows Up by CAGW
Palin--Where She Stood on Bridge by Anchorage Daily News
Palin--Flip-Flops on Bridge by Gather.com
Palin--Gravina Island Bridge by Wikipedia
Palin--AL Independence Party by RightPundits
Palin--NYT Retracts on AL Ind Pty by NYT
Palin--Pentecostalism Obscured by Christian Post
Palin--Two Different Offices by Albert Mohler
Palin--Gender Roles and the Bible Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Palin--Trig Is the Issue by Mona Charen
Palin--Success In Getting Pipeline Deal by CNSNews
Palin--Why She Isn't Constitutionally Qualified by John Dean
Obama--Far Left Abortion Position by Frank Pastore
Obama--Claims Too Flippant on "Pay Grade" Gaffe by Christian Post
Obama--Impoverished Half-Brother by Dinesh D'Souza
Obama--Sex Ed for Kindergarteners by ABC News Read the Bill Text
Biden--Scolded by Bishop for Abortion Comment by Christian Post
US Takes Over Fannie/Freddie by NYT
F/F Crisis and Few Options by NYT
Why the F/F Takeover by CS Monitor
F/F Bailout's Lessons by NYT
F/F Shows Danger of Government Guarantees by Fred Thompson
Sex-Ed Column by NYT
Two Weeks of News You Missed by William Faulk
Statement Issued on Jewis Evangelism by Christian Post
Creator of Basic Instinct/Showgirls Converts by Christian Post
New Research on Happiness by LA Times
Make Cars That Can't Speed by NYT
Lying Is Useful by CNN
Young Men Getting Preemptive Vasectomies by CNN
25 Affirmations About Forgiveness by Crosswalk
Ike Hits Cuba by AZ Republic
What's Wrong with Boredom? by CS Monitor
Arranged Marriages Surge by CS Monitor
VMA Host's Hostile Remarks by Christian Post
The VMA, Sex, and Purity by LA Times
Ministers Against Politics in Church by Christian Post
Phoenix Police Bust Gang Members by AZ Republic
Catholic Church Bars Use of "Yahweh" by Christianity Today
2 comments:
Factcheck.org on Bridge to Nowhere
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html
Bridge to Reality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEVV7KmsGc
Record on Earmarks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbn_AXlaeY
Local Alaskan reports on Palin:
Bridge to Nowhere, Thanks but No thanks?
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/palin-is-mccains-bridge-to-nowhere-thanks-but-no-thanks/
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Check out these entries from the Ketchikan Daily News:
“People across the nation struggle with the idea of building a bridge because they’ve been under these misperceptions about the bridge and the purpose,’ said Palin, who described the link as the Ketchikan area’s potential for expansion and growth.
Palin said Alaska’s congressional delegation worked hard to obtain funding for the bridge and that she ‘would not stand in the way of the progress toward that bridge’.
8-8-06
‘We need to come to the defense of Southeast Alaska when proposals are on the table like the bridge and not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project or any other into something that’s so negative,’ Palin said.”
Ketchikan Daily News 9-28-06
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (currently under indictment) and Representative Don Young (currently under investigation) were the bridge’s two biggest proponents. But they were unable to convince Congress to fund the infamous bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island at the levels it had hoped. Now, instead of Alaska paying $160 million, the cost to Alaska skyrocketed to $349 million.
After federal funding had been slashed, Palin was asked if she was still in support of funding the project. She said:
Yes. I would like to see Alaska’s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now–while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.
Well that assistance never materialized, and Alaska’s congressional powerhouse is tumbling like a house of cards. Senior Senator Ted Stevens is under indictment on seven felony counts. Representative Don Young is under investigation and has spent more than a million dollars of his campaign fund on legal fees…and he hasn’t even been indicted yet. And although Stevens just won his primary bid handily, Young is hanging on by his fingernails while a recount is performed to determine the winner of his contest. His challenger? Sean Parnell, Palin’s Lt. Governor and also the head of the Division of Elections that is in charge of recounting the votes for his own race. You can’t make this stuff up. The third member of the delegation, Lisa Murkowski, was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat by her own father, Senator Frank Murkowski who left the senate to become the governor that Sarah Palin defeated in the 2006 primary. (Are you keeping up with me?) I could keep going, but those are the highlights.
So, if Congress had gone along and coughed up what Stevens and Young had asked for, guess what….that bridge to nowhere would have become a reality during the Palin administration. She supported the bridge every step of the way…until the funding was cut. So we decided to say, “Thanks, but no thanks. If we want a bridge we’ll build it ourselves?!” Is that like the failed earmark version of “You can’t fire me….I quit!”
The fact that “Thanks, but no thanks” was the money line for her debut as Vice Presidential candidate, and yet is a total fabrication, makes the mind reel. Is there no fact checker on McCain’s staff?
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Some real strong cognitive dissonance here amongst Palin supporters to defend that blatantly dishonest claim - "Thanks, but no thanks" when if Congress had not cut funding there would not have been the flip-flop...
Just like with the administration in office - twist the facts to suit your favor...
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