When she was introduced by John McCain, Sarah Palin proudly boasted that "I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere," unfortunately that's not quite factual.
Palin, a backer of Alasaka Senator Ted Stevens, was also a big supporter of the $398 million dollar bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island. She campaigned on the issue in her 2006 run for governor.
The earmark that specified that the bridge be built was removed by congress, but they gave the money to the state anyway.
Something Palin could have canceled was the road on Gravina Island that is still being built.
After all it's federal money, it's not like it comes out of my pocket.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1116208&srvc=2008campaign&position=12
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?...=74&jumival=2191&updaterx=2008-09-02+10:06:23
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/02/the-vice-president-to-nowhere/
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN3125537020080901
Palin, a backer of Alasaka Senator Ted Stevens, was also a big supporter of the $398 million dollar bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island. She campaigned on the issue in her 2006 run for governor.
The earmark that specified that the bridge be built was removed by congress, but they gave the money to the state anyway.
Something Palin could have canceled was the road on Gravina Island that is still being built.
Meanwhile, Weinstein noted, the state is continuing to build a road on Gravina Island to an empty beach where the bridge would have gone - because federal money for the access road, unlike the bridge money, would have otherwise been returned to the federal government.
After all it's federal money, it's not like it comes out of my pocket.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1116208&srvc=2008campaign&position=12
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?...=74&jumival=2191&updaterx=2008-09-02+10:06:23
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/02/the-vice-president-to-nowhere/
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN3125537020080901