Palin Backs Off Bridge to Nowhere LIE

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Palin Backs Off Bridge To Nowhere Lie, Admits She Supported ‘Infrastructure Being Built In The State’

During her interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson tonight, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) seemed to admit that she has repeatedly lied to the American public. Palin has repeatedly claimed that she had said, “Thanks, but no thanks” to Congress for money to build the infamous Bridge to Nowhere.

Tonight, Palin did not object as Gibson explained that “it’s now pretty clearly documented that you supported that bridge before you opposed it.” She defended the earmarking process saying, “It’s not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor to…plug into the federal budget”:

    GIBSON: But it’s now pretty clearly documented. You supported that bridge before you opposed it. You were wearing a t-shirt in the 2006 campaign, showed your support for the bridge to nowhere.

    But you turned against it after Congress had basically pulled the plug on it. […]

    PALIN: I was for infrastructure being built in the state. And it’s not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor to request and to work with their Congress — their congressmen, their congresswomen, to plug into the federal budget along with every other state a share of the federal budget for infrastructure.

    What I supported was the link between a community and its airport. And we have found that link now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T25ctQMsJc

As ThinkProgress has documented, Palin was a strong backer of the project and expressed her desire to renew federal funding for the project on several occasions.

According a ThinkProgress count, Palin and the McCain campaign have repeated the Bridge to Nowhere lie 31 times since August 31, when McCain first announced his pick. Palin repeated the lie herself 8 times to both national audiences and at smaller campaign stops.

Will Palin apologize for having misled the public?

http://thinkprogress.org/

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So, which one is the REAL Sarah Palin?

The "maverick reformer" hell-bent on squashing spending at any and all costs EVEN the cost of raising the ire of her party or poor, little under-attack once-campaigning-governor out for just a little infrastructure for her dear, sweet voters going to the oh, so normal federal government to get that cash (everyone's doing it!)?

I'd vote for neither.

The real Sarah Palin is simply a liar.

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So, which one is the REAL Sarah Palin?

The "maverick reformer" hell-bent on squashing spending at any and all costs EVEN the cost of raising the ire of her party or poor, little under-attack once-campaigning-governor out for just a little infrastructure for her dear, sweet voters going to the oh, so normal federal government to get that cash (everyone's doing it!)?

I'd vote for neither.

The real Sarah Palin is simply a liar.

So if BHO is caught in a lie , who will you then vote for?

[Michael Tee]

These lies are going to sink her.  And McCain too.  It's up to Obama how to make sure that EVERYBODY (not just bloggers and newsgroups) knows about her lies.  He can't be diplomatic about it and he can't be "above it all."  He's gotta hammer this, Biden has to, Hillary has to.  When they say "Palin" they have to say "liar" in the same breath.  Every speech - - it ridicules the Republican candidate - - change?  all they changed was the lies they tell the American people.  It's not WMD any more, it's the Bridge to Nowhere.  What a fighter she was against it . . .  except when she was for it!

If they just say she's a liar, it sounds mean-spirited after awhile.  But change is a legitimate topic.  As long as they can relate her lying to McCain's theme of "change" it's a great way to contrast the real change promised by Obama with the phony change promised by McCain.  Why can't they bring change?  Look at  them - - they lied to the people for 8 years and now they've got a new team and they're already lying to you.

I said Palin was McCain's gift to Obama, and I said she's the gift that keeps on giving.  And it looks like both observations are being borne out.