Fighting a Different Alaska Republican, Alaska Dems Credit Palin with Killing Bridge to Nowhere

1st of all this bridge does not connecthe mainland to Gravina. The population of 50 is twice the actual population on that island! there is no roads that connect those people to a bridge if you built one.. This bridge is island to island only. Ted Stevens owns the land that the bridge was to be build on. He was going to make millions on the deal. Ever been to Ketchikan, Alaska? I thought not... Is Obama going to build us a bridge? NO he will not, so what is the big deal?

"If we “European” could vote Obama will win 98% of votes." - Zemra, we don't interfere in your elections, and who you would vote for dues not matter one bit. You are not US citizens, nor are most of us in America so addled, helpless, and dependent on the State that we need a mommy-state government like those found in the EU.

Barack Obama is the one accusing Palin of being soft on reform. Is he now somehow the authority on reform? He has never bucked his party and said as much on This Week. “When asked for examples of issues where he would consider breaking with his party, Obama offered three.
“I think that, on education, we do have to improve accountability. And I’ve not only supported charter schools, which the teachers’ unions have opposed, but I’ve also said that we should look at pay-for-performance,” he said. “That’s not something that’s popular in my party.”

Obama said he would also support increasing the size of the military and reducing health care litigation costs, moves he said would anger portions of his party.

Really? The Senate has passed three Defense Authorization Bills since Obama’s been a senator, and is currently considering a fourth. Where were his amendments to increase the size of the military? Considering he was running in a primary against a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that would have been the perfect amendment to demonstrate his defense bona fides. Oh wait, maybe that was when he was busy kowtowing to the anti-war left. Oops.

Tort Reform? Med-Mal caps? Where were those amendments? Republicans have been offering amendments on those issues for years. They would have loved the support of a Democratic Senator. In

Republican Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has an unusual ally backing up her claim to have killed the infamous "bridge to nowhere," a $398 million earmark pet project sponsored by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens (R). The bridge was slated to connect sparsely populated Gravina Island with the mainland of Alaska near Ketchikan. Palin has mentioned her rejection of the project at nearly every opportunity on the campaign trail, famously declaring that she told Congress, "thanks, but no thanks," on the bridge. The Obama campaign and its supporters have cried foul, claiming that Palin supported the project before she was governor and only killed it after taking office for political expediency.

But the Alaska Democratic Party disagrees, at least according to a web site that the party sponsors. The website is an anti-Stevens campaign site and it credits Governor Palin with "canceling" the project.

The bridge would have connected Ketchikan, Alaska with its local airport on nearby Gravina Island (population 50). Congress stripped the earmark after a national uproar about it but appropriated the money anyway for unspecified transportation uses. Former Gov. Frank Murkowski's administration set aside about $113 million of the appropriation for the Ketchikan bridge. However, Gov. Sarah Palin said the $398 million bridge was $329 million short of full funding, and only $36 million in federal funds were set aside for it. She said it was clear Congress had little interest in spending any more money for it and that the state had higher priorities.
Now, however, Alaska Democrats have moved the website to a more obscure location as national Democrats try to make the case that Palin is not the foe of wasteful federal spending that she claims to be. The Obama campaign went so far as to call Palin's claims on the bridge a "lie" earlier today. "Despite being discredited over and over again by numerous news organizations, the McCain campaign continues to repeat the lie that Sarah Palin stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. McCain and Palin will say or do anything to make people believe that they will change something besides the person sitting in the Oval Office. That's the kind of politics people are tired of, and it's anything but change."

The Obama campaign may have done better to have checked with the Alaska Democratic Party before making its claims. In all likelihood, Palin's role in killing the bridge is not exactly as she claims. All politicians embellish their records with respect to issues that voters care about. Sen. Obama himself has been found to have exaggerated his record as a Senator and certain aspects of his background. But "lie" is a strong accusation and requires certainty on the part of the accuser that his facts are marshaled. In this case, the Obama campaign's accusation is not even backed up by his own party.

Oh, I almost forgot. I am glad Palin kept the money. At least it went to a useful service for the Alaskan citizins.... It is not like it went to her personal account you fruit loops. The Seanate and Congress should have earmarked the funds for Katrina victims, oh, I almost forgot.... that too is Bush's fault even though he can only suggest and/ or sign legislation, no create it. So Palin, hoorah for doing something worth while with the money!

Oboma, your remark about the bridge being killed by Palin is no true. The State killed the bridge. They were $329million short on money to build the bridge.

What good decisions has Obama made?
To stupid to pick Hillary as Vice President (18 million votes)
To stupid to take public campaign financing
Tells Stephanopolis he's a Muslim
Goes to Germany to do a campaign speech

Here's to the team of Mavericks- McCain/Palin. No Obama, no way and no how. Yes, I am a former Hillary supporter and he thinks, the audacity of Obama, that he can win without Hillary. Good luck you arrogant ______!!! Thanks Obama, DNC and MSM for putting the Republicans back in the Whitehouse. Now I can see 2012- Hillary v. Palin. Two women to end the "good ole boy system", once and for all!! It's McCain/Palin for me this year. Bye, bye Barack!!!

How could any AMERICAN vote for Obama. His true history is amazing, I agree; however, it is also very very frightening!! He is without a dought anti-American. Slipping on many of his statements such as, "The American flag is a symbol of oppression for many people in the world and I dont want them to think I am taking sides!" WHAT..... The American president must take sides. THE AMERICAN SIDE! When I was young the far left were known as fruit loops. Unfortunantly, hollywood and media have increased their base through lies and wacked out conspiracy theories! It is very funny to see them turn like sharks on their own values when it comes to Palin, an plain American women who has gained much through hard work. Has the same problems as any ordinary American family unlike Indonesian schooled Obama. If he wins, which is unlikely, we may be at war in Darfur.... and they did not even support, fund or play any roll in attacking America as did Iraq and Afgan...... No lie s just straight truth!!!!

As an INDEPENDENT thinking person who was raised in a family of Republicans and married a Democrat whom somehow turned Republican... I have to agree with the post by J .."The DNC MUST be held accountable for the rampant sexism, racism, classism, voter disenfranchisement, and subversion of democracy"...

As I watched every night of both the DNC & RNC and desperately sought a candidate to believe in, at the end of the DNC when I heard McCain picked an unknown woman..I was like "whhhhhaatt the h___ is he thinking?!?"... Then I heard the stories of her pregnant daughter and was like well they are out. But then she took that stage and WON ME OVER! What is wrong with this country when a strong woman like Hillary or Palin are criticized for being ummm a woman? I think women are sometimes our own worst enemies. Gals, better go back and remember what our great grandmother's would have LOVED to see.. a woman a heart beat away from running this place! Or better yet a woman president! Why is this country so backward sometimes? Because we let the media sway our self esteem and our politics! Don't believe everything you read on the internet or see on TV folks. Today's media coverage is about ratings, not truth!

Obama voted for the bridge twice? That's surprising. I didn't know he knew how to make an affirmative or negative vote.

It makes my day to read the hysterical ravings of the unhinged left. Who could have known that a bulldog with lipstick and a boring old man could do so much damage?

Thank you for the silly, venomous, even preposterous attacks against Sarah Palin. This is giving the Republicans a fighting chance against the media-ordained "Messiah." Average americans need to see how petty, illogical and angry Obama's base is. Because Obama's supporters hate you -- that's right, you, Mr. and Mrs. average American. These elitists hate you just as much as they hate Sarah Palin and her "ordinary" life. So, left-wing hate-mongers, I implore you to PLEASE keep up the idiotic slander against this amazing VP candidate. The baseless attacks let us know what is really going on.

Obama and Biden voted TWICE for the Bridge to Nowhere - even after being given the chance to divert the funds to Katrina relief instead.

How soon before ol' Senator Joe has a "previously undiagnosed medical condition" that precludes his service as VP?

If he makes it to next Wed. I'll be amazed.
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Joe Biden needs a long long rest and 60 meetings in 60 days. AA meetings and I dont mean African American.

Obama and Biden voted for the bridge not once but twice. haha. what hipocrits.

I am writing this as a life long Democrat regarding the upcoming General Election for President of the United States. Unfortunately, my party’s candidate is not up for the job and here’s why.

Senator Obama’s word and stated values cannot be trusted evidenced by 1) his going back on his promise to the American people after winning his U.S. Senate seat not to run for President, 2) his flip flopping on countless issues including abortion, gun control, Iraw troop withdrawal, campaign financing, taxes, and FISA, while also embracing Bush’s faith based initiative, 3) being the only Senator who voted in favor of allowing babies born alive due to failed abortions to be left to die.

Senator Obama hasn’t got the experience necessary for this most awesome job of POTUS. His tenure in Congress has amounted to little more than one year. Even coupled with his term as an Illinois State Senator, he has no record of any legislative achievement. In addition, his voting record reveals two disturbing patterns: 1) Voting “present” an inordinate amount of times, revealing either an inability to make hard decisions or a desire to avoid making hard decisions, and 2) A pattern of digging in rather than finding common ground to move legislation forward.

Senator Obama has a history of affiliating himself with questionable characters, including convicted felons and terrorists. Once exposed, he either claims innocence or minimizes these relationships. But, he cannot rewrite history and no amount of words can erase the fact that he embraced as a father figure the very man who elevated Farrakhan to great heights by honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, that he associated himself with Bill Ayers (a terrorist who remains unrepentant to this day), as well as Rashid Khalidi (a former terrorist with the PLO). Senator Obama also befriended Tony Rezko, the slumlord of the run down public housing in his state senate district.

Senator Obama’s campaign also appears to have engaged in election fraud in all caucus states as evidence is mounting regarding voter intimidations, ballot tampering, and voter fraud. Dr. Lynette Long is compiling this evidence which can be found at http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud/ for those interested in learning more about this massive affront to democracy that has been ignored by the press.

Senator Obama has also expressed his willingness to sit down with leaders of enemy nations. In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to have an inexperienced President with no international experience and with a stated willingness to sit down with our enemies without precondition. The implications of what could happen with just one misstep, one misjudgment, one naïve, boneheaded choice are monumental and could be the end of us all.

In sum, Senator Obama has scant experience, a track record of going back on his word, a history of affiliations with dubious and sometimes violent characters, and a willingness to tolerate, if not actually nurture, a fraudulent campaign, along with an a ever-growing battery of excuses for all of it.

You all can't stand a real woman. Your Chicago styled, clear the playing field methods, will not work here. You rejected your Real woman for a fake man!

USA need a president with a healthy mind, with smart ideas, who will make changes as Obama is – NOT as McCain and old man that like to gossip along with Palin who lies.
If we “European” could vote Obama will win 98% of votes.

I don't usually respond to blogs like this but you people are all certifiable lunatics. You are great at lying even as you accuse Sarah of lying and you know nothing except what the liberal media tell you. Do some thinking for yourselves. Do some research for yourselves, and then see if you come up with the same stupid stuff you've been shouting.

How soon before ol' Senator Joe has a "previously undiagnosed medical condition" that precludes his service as VP?

If he makes it to next Wed. I'll be amazed.