Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans
Mon Sep 1, 2008 10:44am EDT

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - It garnered big
applause in her first speech as Republican John
McCain's vice presidential pick, but Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin's assertion that she rejected
Congressional funds for the so-called "bridge to
nowhere" has upset many Alaskans.

During her first speech after being named as
McCain's surprise pick as a running mate, Palin
said she had told Congress "'thanks but no
thanks' on that bridge to nowhere."

In the city Ketchikan, the planned site of the
so-called "Bridge to Nowhere," political leaders
of both parties said the claim was false and a
betrayal of their community, because she had
supported the bridge and the earmark for it
secured by Alaska's Congressional delegation
during her run for governor.

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When she was running for governor in 2006, Palin
said she was insulted by the term "bridge to
nowhere," according to Ketchikan Mayor Bob
Weinstein, a Democrat, and Mike Elerding, a
Republican who was Palin's campaign coordinator
in the southeast Alaska city.

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