Thursday, September 11, 2008

More bridge

if you can stand it. Pretty straightforward timeline that shows that Palin did in fact "stop" the bridge.
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Stephanie said...

This timeline confirms that the bridge had become a national laughing stock before Palin said no to building the bridge. She didn't say "Thanks, but no thanks" to Congress as she's been saying. She killed the project after it was a laughing stock and when state money was going to be required to get it done. When it was free to Alaska and hadn't been ridiculed, she was all in favor of the bridge and of the Alaskan delegation seeking federal funding for it. I'm not saying that what she did regarding the bridge was horrible or different than she ought to have done. I'm just saying she can't take credit for "telling Congress Thanks but no Thanks."

September 11, 2008 at 12:37:00 PM CDT
Michael said...

I read that the federal funding was left in place by the previous governor and it was assumed she would go along. She didn't. She said no. "Thanks, but no thanks" is not a false description of what she did.

September 11, 2008 at 12:46:00 PM CDT
Stephanie said...

Her line is "I told Congress, thanks but no thanks"

September 11, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM CDT
Michael said...

Fine. Let's say it's an exageration to address it to Congress. Question: Was it really worth all the lather and outrage? Has Omessiah never made a slight exageration? Sheesh, you guys acted like she had committed the worst sin ever on any campaign trail.

September 11, 2008 at 4:51:00 PM CDT
Michael said...

Let's start with, He's a guy in my neighborhood. Slight exageration or flat out distortion of the relationship to hide what is going to be some really ugly facts?

September 11, 2008 at 4:53:00 PM CDT
Michael said...

Paul nails it:

It's true that when Palin uses her "thanks, but no thanks" line she omits certain information -- her initial support for the project, the fact that Congress revoked the earmark, and the fact that Bridge had become an embarrassment by the time Palin nixed it. But the fact remains that nothing Congress did would have prevented Alaska from using federal money to build the bridge. It was Palin who stopped this from happening.

Thus, while Palin's statement might cause an audience to overrate her when it comes to the bridge (as some of Obama's statements would cause an audience to overrate significantly his legislative achievements), her statement is not inaccurate, and certainly is not a lie.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/09/021483.php

September 11, 2008 at 6:26:00 PM CDT
Stephanie said...

The only thing the majority of people who love her think they know about her is 1) how honest and upright she is for say to Congress Thanks but no thanks for the bridge; and 2) she sold the jet on EBAY. She doesn't deserve as much credit as people give her for these two things, these two main applause lines in her speech about what she's done. Her myth has been built. The damage is done. Won't matter that she's now taken the line about bridge/congress out of her stump speech.

September 11, 2008 at 6:30:00 PM CDT
Michael said...

Damn those stupid voters! Damn them all to hell! No wonder the Democrats can never win an election.

September 11, 2008 at 6:35:00 PM CDT

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