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Palin as VP Pick: McCain’s Flip-Flop on Earmarks?
Angry Bear —
Steve Benen has been doing some great blogging on the McCain’s VP pick starting with her speech: And I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, "Thanks, but no thanks," on that bridge to nowhere. (APPLAUSE) If our state wanted a bridge, I said we'd build it ourselves. Diana Marrero featured Palin’s picture with this caption: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's state may lead the country in per-capita pork barrel spending ...
Palin and the bridge to nowhere
Political Animal —
... carefully, and I hope you do, notice that in order to tell the audience his running mate's name, he had to carefully read it from a script. That's really not a good sign. Palin's speech was rather routine, but there was a paragraph that stood out for me: "...I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we'd build it ourselves." The McCain campaign has been flagging this pretty aggressively this afternoon. It's a ...
McCain, Palin and Hill GOP Unite on Earmarks Issue
Capitol Briefing —
... ." In announcing his choice of Palin Friday in Dayton, Ohio, McCain said that he'd chosen "someone who's stopped government from wasting taxpayers' money on things they don't want or need and put it back to work for the people." And Palin followed by bragging, "I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere." Why is this message so attractive to congressional Republicans? Because many of them think that the party lost control of the House and Senate in the ...
To Serve For The Wrong Reasons
Crooks and Liars —
... What does it say about Sarah Palin that in her first big appearance before a national audience - her introduction as McCain’s running mate - she decided to flat out lie about her accomplishments? ...
Her Lips Were Moving
The Great Plains Observer —
So the Governor Palin choice surprised the country. A Washington outsider to prove that John McCain wasn’t for business as usual. Then something strange happened, Sarah Palin opened her mouth and it was politics as usual again. I told Congress – I told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks,” on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves. Well, it’s always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn’t get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but ...
Lies To Nowhere: The McCain Campaign’s Inaccuracies On Palin’s Bridge To Nowhere Support
Think Progress —
... From the day he named Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) to be his vice presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been citing Palin’s opposition to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere as the prime example of her ability to stand up to lobbyists and wasteful spending. ...
Looking For the Light
The Reaction —
... From the day he named Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) to be his vice presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been citing Palin’s opposition to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere as the prime example of her ability to stand up to lobbyists and wasteful spending. ...
