mudflats Best. Blog. Ever.

[adamuu]

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/palin-is-mccains-bridge-to-nowhere-thanks-but-no-thanks/

Wasn't "Thanks but no thanks" a line from the DNC? Who said that, anyway? Oh yeah, BILL CLINTON. What, are they stealing our good lines, now?

Anyway, plagiarism aside, the whole thing is a lie; Palin supported the bridge until the last minute after which point supporting it would be totally, not just mostly, pointless. Only a matter of time before MSM catches on to this one (Rachael Maddow already mentioned it on Friday http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/rachel-maddow-palin-supported.html). Getcha popcorn. Her first 5 seconds of national attention, and she's caught in a verifiable lie.

You all probably knew that already. But I did want to draw more attention to this mudflats blog. Isn't it fun to read?

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?

:rofl:

[whatchamacallit]

1. It just gets better and better... n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Yes - I actually read that site last night.

It was quite the blog and had good "sense of Alaska" info!

[RedEarth]

3. It is good and there are several links from that site that are also good

[ellenfl]

4. so . . . she was for the bridge before she was against it?

that has a familiar ring doesn't it? i hope dems are going to jump on this like the repugs jumped on kerry. tit-for-tat and all that. :patriot:

ellen fl

[adamuu]

5. Hehe yup. The AP finally picked it up, just now.

Palin flipped on Alaska’s ‘Bridge to Nowhere’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26486063/
This is the issue. We need no further material to sink her.

I just hope McCain hold on to her for more than a few weeks before making her resign... she will be the gift that keeps on giving.

[succubus.blues]

6. It was my understanding that she

also kept what money the feds gave her for the bridge for other projects.

here's the link that says she kept the $36M for other things

http://74.125.95.104/search?q=cache:RL3FJAhN1ksJ:gov.state.ak.us/archive.php%3Fid%3D623%26type%3D1+%22Ketchikan+desires+a+better+way+to+reach+the+airport,+but+the+%24398+million+bridge+is+not+the+answer&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a