Palin then, Palin now:
Sarah Palin last night (03 Sept 2008):
“I told the Congress “thanks, but no thanks,” for that Bridge to Nowhere.” (via
Sarah Palin 12 months ago (21 Sept 2007):
“Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,” said Governor Palin. “Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it’s clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,” via
Sounds to me like she wanted that money from congress. But congress wouldn’t play ball. Fair enough, she wasn’t governor at the time, and her 527 group wasn’t quite strong enough to give Sen. Stevens any clout. All that is fair enough.
But Palin should stop lying about that bridge.
Why bother with the truth when a lie makes for a better sound bite?
I was chatting with a friend, an “independent” after the speech. He simply repeated the lies over and over again, challenging the veracity of anyone who pointed out those lies. It was _incredibly_ frustrating…
The truth about Sarah Palin.