Democrats Say Palin Initially Backed Bridge (to Nowhere)

[sabra]

Source: WP

ANCHORAGE, Aug. 31 -- Democrats accused Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Sunday of misrepresenting her role in scuttling a controversial bridge project to a remote island in southeast Alaska.

On Friday, the day she was introduced as Sen. John McCain's running mate, Palin touted her opposition to a bridge originally championed by Alaska's most prominent officials as an example of her fiscal conservatism and reformist credentials.

"I told Congress, 'Thanks but no thanks on that Bridge to Nowhere,' " Palin told a crowd in Dayton, Ohio.

But prominent Alaska Democrats said Palin supported the bridge while campaigning for governor and reversed course only after vocal opposition from fiscal conservatives in Washington, including McCain.

"She was the only candidate who was saying, 'We're going to build that bridge,' " said former governor Tony Knowles (D), who lost to Palin in the 2006 general election. "She's taking a position now which certainly wasn't what it was when she was campaigning."


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[stray cat]

1. Didn't the AP state her flip flopping as fact?

[Fearless]

11. You know, I've never understood why they called it flip-flopping as that...

infers both a flip of one's belief AND a flop back to it. ...Could it be that after all this time we find out that Kkkarl Rove and the neo-cons, who pushed vehemently to change ESL to ELL and ban the teaching in alternative languages in schools, are actually weak in English comprehension skills themselves?

[Curtland1015]

2. So wait, are you saying she... LIED!?

Shocking!

Wait, no, I forgot she's a regular old repulbican asshat. Never mind.

[CANDO]

3. So she was "for it before she was against it"!

Damn, that sort of rings a bell or two for me....

[Bozita]

4. What bothers me most is her thinking that nobody would ever find out.

Like she doesn't know about the Googles.

[NWHarkness]

5. Democrats say?

Either she did or she didn't, whether Democrats say so or not.

Journalism is truly dead in America.

[high density]

16. But to leave off the "Democrats say" part and expect

the WaPo to do their own research would simply be unthinkable!

[Robbien]

6. What's this Democrats say? Palin herself said it, over and over

Of course that was before she was punt kicked out onto the VP stage.

[Frank Cannon]

15. Precisely. What kind of bullshit headline is that?

Her attitudes about the bridge are a matter of public record. It's not like she was behind closed doors with a bunch of Democrats when she said them.

Don't you just love our American Pravda media?

[jeff30997]

7. Bridge to Nowhere...

Sounds like a good slogan for their campaign.

[kikiek]

8. The part to highlight is AK took the money. And they should mention the road

they built to nowhere cause they would have lost the 52 million in federal funding if they didn't. Without the bridge it serves no purpose. Rip off. And while we're at it mention how she had a lobbyist working in Washington to get funds for her city of only 5000 at the time, and the millionsof federal money she spent then.

[KittyWampus]

9. Democrats say? How about REALITY says

[trthnd4jstc]

10. It is obvious that Gov. Palin does not hold Honesty as a virtue. n/t

[Doug.Goodall]

13. To Republicans, lack of Honesty is a virtue

Being able to craft a good lie is one of the prerequisites for a Republican running for higher office.

[Doug.Goodall]

12. The people of Alaska should call for Palin to resign when she runs for Vice President

Once Obama is elected President, it would give them an opportunity to not reelect her and be done with another piece of Republican trash.

[Solly Mack]

14. Actually - the facts say that

Good thing the media likes to boast about helping to preserve America's democracy. Otherwise we'd never know what their purpose is...

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