AP: Palin accused of using 'Bridge to Nowhere' issue to gain stature

[highplainsdem]

http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/30/palin-accused-using-bridge-nowhere-issue-gain-stat/

ANCHORAGE -- Before Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was tapped by Sen. John McCain to be his presidential running mate, she made a shrewd political move, using the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" issue to catapult herself onto the national political stage, critics say.

In her acceptance speech Friday, Palin described herself as a champion reformer who put a stop to the $400 million bridge project in Alaska in her effort to "end the abuses" of earmark spending in Congress.

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McCain, Washington's most outspoken critic of pork barrel spending, frequently uses the Alaska bridge project to illustrate what's wrong with out-of-control special interest spending in Washington.

Andrew Halcro, who ran as an independent and came in third to Palin in the 2006 gubernatorial election, said Palin sang a different tune on the campaign trail, an accusation backed up by news stories.

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Much more at the link.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

1. It just keeps getting better and better...WTF was McDouche thinking?

[WeDidIt]

2. Fuck man, I went to sleep and woke up in December

It's FRIGGIN CHRISTMAS!!!

Sarah Palin - the gift that just keeps on giving!

[akangel2008]

3. Well it is true to a point

as an Alaskan I know what happened and what didn't. Halcro is a complete and total hack who is upset that he lost to Palin in the Governor's race. She did say NO to the bridge; but it was unnecessary as it was already a done no deal.

[cliffordu]

4. And yet the news stories differ......

[johnnydrama]

6. it's very true

she said no to Alaska paying for it, because she wanted it to be paid by the entire US taxpayers.

[Bluebear]

8. Yet that's not what the news story says

[Sugarcoated]

5. So she

exaggerates. I wonder what else she "exaggerate" about?

[akangel2008]

7. now THAT

is a good question :-)