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: Expressio UniusPalin and the Bridge to Nowhere
Gov. Sarah Palin ordered state transportation officials to abandon the ''bridge to nowhere'' project that became a nationwide symbol of federal pork-barrel spending.The $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island. "Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport," Ms. Palin, a Republican, said in a news release, "but the $398 million bridge is not the answer."
Obama and his supporters are claiming that it's a lie to say that Palin stopped the Bridge to Nowhere, since the money that came to Alaska was already no longer earmarked for the Bridge.
I think that's a bad argument. The money wasn't earmarked, but it still went to Alaska. Palin could have spent it on the Bridge, but chose not to. In Alaska, that was a huge deal.
She should get credit for it, even if she had to come around to that viewpoint.
Full post as published by Expressio Unius on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).
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