Comments on: McCain and Graham Repeat False Claim That Palin Opposed The ‘Bridge To Nowhere’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:26:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JT http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5208394 JT Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:20:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5208394 TP - you are parsing words here. She's supportive of overall infrastructure projects. You are parsing her words for specific support of a single bridge. C'mon... how desperate are you to smear someone?.... TP – you are parsing words here. She’s supportive of overall infrastructure projects. You are parsing her words for specific support of a single bridge. C’mon… how desperate are you to smear someone?….

]]> By: Kahoneez http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5199410 Kahoneez Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:42:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5199410 J McCain - " Ive been watching her " ohhhhh . Is that right Johnny , that's your EXCUSE for only meeting her one time before picking her or having her picked as VP . And since the <strong>News To No Where Media</strong> has been censoring her " ABUSE OF POWER " scandal in Alaska , an investigation authorized by both Reps & Dems and STEPHANOPOULOS seems to be the only one that challenged , all of her dirt is slow in coming out, in face of all the positive " news" about her moose conquest , PTA and other huge accomplishments . J McCain – ” Ive been watching her ” ohhhhh . Is that right Johnny , that’s your EXCUSE for only meeting her one time before picking her or having her picked as VP . And since the News To No Where Media has been censoring her ” ABUSE OF POWER ” scandal in Alaska , an investigation authorized by both Reps & Dems and STEPHANOPOULOS seems to be the only one that challenged , all of her dirt is slow in coming out, in face of all the positive ” news” about her moose conquest , PTA and other huge accomplishments .

]]> By: stjack http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198934 stjack Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:19:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198934 <blockquote>Wayne A. Schneider Says: Wasn’t the money for that bridge an “earmark”? I’m probably wrong, but I thought money like that could ONLY be spent on the project for which it was appropriated. Are governors allowed to keep money from Congress meant for one thing and use it for another? Wouldn’t that be an unautorized use of that money (our money)? (I also understand that this question is at the heart of the whole “Unitary Executive” theory.)</blockquote> In fairness: <blockquote>The project also raised bitter debate in Congress, and several attempts were made to yank the funding for the project. In the fall of 2005, Congress removed the language specifically directing the money to the bridge, but it kept the money in place and left it up to Alaska to decide which transportation projects the state would like to spend it on.</blockquote> From Paul68's <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/675/" rel="nofollow">link</a>.

Wayne A. Schneider Says:

Wasn’t the money for that bridge an “earmark”? I’m probably wrong, but I thought money like that could ONLY be spent on the project for which it was appropriated. Are governors allowed to keep money from Congress meant for one thing and use it for another? Wouldn’t that be an unautorized use of that money (our money)? (I also understand that this question is at the heart of the whole “Unitary Executive” theory.)

In fairness:

The project also raised bitter debate in Congress, and several attempts were made to yank the funding for the project. In the fall of 2005, Congress removed the language specifically directing the money to the bridge, but it kept the money in place and left it up to Alaska to decide which transportation projects the state would like to spend it on.

From Paul68’s link.

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198920 christopher wiwi Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:37:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198920 #37 ,Google Leo Strauss,The noble Lie and neoconservative, that will make you sick.That`s why I call`em re-pukes. #37 ,Google Leo Strauss,The noble Lie and neoconservative, that will make you sick.That`s why I call`em re-pukes.

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198916 christopher wiwi Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:34:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198916 Are these people, Mr and Mrs Mcwars and the rest of the Reich really this retarded????? I want whatever their smokin! Are these people, Mr and Mrs Mcwars and the rest of the Reich really this retarded????? I want whatever their smokin!

]]> By: nowickedwitch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198896 nowickedwitch Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:12:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198896 I think the Democrats will be on the road to ruin if they don't do what they should do and leave this alone, and let it play out. She was for the "Bridge to Nowhere" until the political tide turned, and then she changed her mind. Most politicains change their mind when the tide turns, they are (unfortunately), politicians. This is a big distraction, and the Democrats are getting distracted. Obama is their strength, and if they don't start exploiting that they (and by they I mean <strong>me</strong>, and I don't want that to happen again) will lose. I think the Democrats will be on the road to ruin if they don’t do what they should do and leave this alone, and let it play out.

She was for the “Bridge to Nowhere” until the political tide turned, and then she changed her mind. Most politicains change their mind when the tide turns, they are (unfortunately), politicians.

This is a big distraction, and the Democrats are getting distracted. Obama is their strength, and if they don’t start exploiting that they (and by they I mean me, and I don’t want that to happen again) will lose.

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198830 sectionop92 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:29:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198830 Shouldn't following McCain and GOP policies be called <strong>the road to ruin</strong>. Shouldn’t following McCain and GOP policies be called the road to ruin.

]]> By: dasm http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198756 dasm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:22:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198756 Nobody can lie like a Republican. They even convince themselves they are telling the truth by lying over & over & over. It's pretty sick. Nobody can lie like a Republican. They even convince themselves they are telling the truth by lying over & over & over. It’s pretty sick.

]]> By: konchster http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198742 konchster Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:07:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198742 Palin is governor of a state that the same population as Baltimore for Christ's sake the town she was mayor of had a population of 8400 This is just slightly more intense than being on a city counsel in Nowhweresville USA Palin is governor of a state that the same population as Baltimore for Christ’s sake
the town she was mayor of had a population of 8400 This is just slightly more intense than being on a city counsel in Nowhweresville USA

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198696 RUCerious Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:48:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198696 Yo desertflower, my Mom & Dad used to be snowbirds at Havasu! Yo desertflower, my Mom & Dad used to be snowbirds at Havasu!

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198688 desertflower1 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:28:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198688 Paul68...Yeah, funny how she kept the money though... Paul68…Yeah, funny how she kept the money though…

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198686 desertflower1 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198686 RuCerious...Arizona really is NOWHERE...as far as politicians go:) Great Gov, though! RuCerious…Arizona really is NOWHERE…as far as politicians go:) Great Gov, though!

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198684 desertflower1 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:24:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198684 RUCerious....Why yes! We actually DO have London Bridge here:) Leave it to an Arizona guy to dismantle the damn thing and haul it over here to beautiful Lake Havasu! Weird, huh? Real tourist draw, I guess...though why in God's name anyone would go there on purpose is beyond me....in the summer, it's like an oven. College kids go for spring break.. RUCerious….Why yes! We actually DO have London Bridge here:) Leave it to an Arizona guy to dismantle the damn thing and haul it over here to beautiful Lake Havasu! Weird, huh? Real tourist draw, I guess…though why in God’s name anyone would go there on purpose is beyond me….in the summer, it’s like an oven. College kids go for spring break..

]]> By: desertflower1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198682 desertflower1 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:18:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198682 Was just reading a little blurb on Newsvine, and I guess that MR PALIN, had his nose in the affairs of the state a little too much. He was even "cc" on memos to others holding govt office. Corruption?? This thing STINKS!What happens when you act on your guts and not with forethought and vetting?? Scandal! Mark my words, if the media starts doing the job they're paid to do and sniff this stuff out...she'll be back in AK BEGGING to be left alone to do whatever crazy things she does up there while nobody's looking... Was just reading a little blurb on Newsvine, and I guess that MR PALIN, had his nose in the affairs of the state a little too much. He was even “cc” on memos to others holding govt office. Corruption?? This thing STINKS!What happens when you act on your guts and not with forethought and vetting?? Scandal! Mark my words, if the media starts doing the job they’re paid to do and sniff this stuff out…she’ll be back in AK BEGGING to be left alone to do whatever crazy things she does up there while nobody’s looking…

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198626 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:20:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198626 Only in Alaska. I just read that the Mayor of Wasilla is a full time position and is paid $68,000 a year. And at the time that Sarah Palin was Mayor there was a population of around 5,000. Even with a current population of 8,000, how in the hell does this "burg" rate a full time well paid mayor? I live in Corvallis, Oregon, population 53,000 and our mayor is very part time and is paid a stipend, not a salary. I know this to be the truth because I know the mayor. Only in Alaska. I just read that the Mayor of Wasilla is a full time position and is paid $68,000 a year. And at the time that Sarah Palin was Mayor there was a population of around 5,000. Even with a current population of 8,000, how in the hell does this “burg” rate a full time well paid mayor?

I live in Corvallis, Oregon, population 53,000 and our mayor is very part time and is paid a stipend, not a salary. I know this to be the truth because I know the mayor.

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198620 alphainfinityomega Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:16:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198620 All this AND the baby (Trig) from Nowhere to boot. She'll be gone soon enough. <strong>¶ AIO</strong> All this AND the baby (Trig) from Nowhere to boot.
She’ll be gone soon enough.

¶ AIO

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198600 RUCerious Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:56:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198600 Isn't there a London Bridge in Arizona? Could be that's what she was referring to> as in Arizona really is 'nowhere'. Isn’t there a London Bridge in Arizona?
Could be that’s what she was referring to> as in Arizona really is ‘nowhere’.

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198586 sectionop92 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:52:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198586 Hey, I saw the bridge to Nowhere once... When Sideshow Bob was "elected" Mayor of Springfield on the Simpsons and Grandpa Simpson and his friend were above the Simpson's home in a halfway built overpass, that was still under construction, due to the Simpson home being in the way. The lesson here...McCain needs to get in a old Jalopy and wave his fist angrily with Palin by his side, recreate this scene as a viral video and go for the "maverick cool" look. Invoking the name of Grandpa Simpson may be the only way to look like a senile old fool and have some street cred with the young. Everyone likes a walking disaster...but I definitely know people would not want to see McCain's crotch. Hey, I saw the bridge to Nowhere once…

When Sideshow Bob was “elected” Mayor of Springfield on the Simpsons and Grandpa Simpson and his friend were above the Simpson’s home in a halfway built overpass, that was still under construction, due to the Simpson home being in the way.

The lesson here…McCain needs to get in a old Jalopy and wave his fist angrily with Palin by his side, recreate this scene as a viral video and go for the “maverick cool” look. Invoking the name of Grandpa Simpson may be the only way to look like a senile old fool and have some street cred with the young. Everyone likes a walking disaster…but I definitely know people would not want to see McCain’s crotch.

]]> By: kasinca http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198580 kasinca Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:46:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198580 They jut make stuff up and the morons eat it up. They jut make stuff up and the morons eat it up.

]]> By: Paul68 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-5198558 Paul68 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:22:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/mccain-bridge-nowhere/#comment-5198558 <blockquote>samsuncle Says: “Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere” Seriously, has there ever been a governor that said no to $400 million in Federal funds? I don’t think so.</blockquote> That is pretty funny, Sam. In fact she did not say no to the money, Alaska got that $398 million. By 2007 she had spent $329 million of that money on other things and could not afford to build the bridge. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/675/

samsuncle Says:

“Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere” Seriously, has there ever been a governor that said no to $400 million in Federal funds? I don’t think so.

That is pretty funny, Sam. In fact she did not say no to the money, Alaska got that $398 million. By 2007 she had spent $329 million of that money on other things and could not afford to build the bridge.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/675/

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