CNN: Biden (and Obama) voted to keep the “Bridge to Nowhere” project alive…

It seems Obama and his mentor, Joe Biden worked to keep the “Bridge to Nowhere” project alive, this is the same project that Sarah Palin killed when she became the Governor.

What is even more amazing is that CNN itself reported on this piece of news. I mean, earlier this week, MSNBC called Biden out, today CNN calls Obama and Biden out, what on earth is happening?

Anyway, here are a few excerpts from the CNN story:

Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for her onetime support of the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” Biden and his running mate voted to keep the project alive twice.

and

Both Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voted to kill a Senate amendment that would have diverted federal funding for the bridge to repair a Louisiana span badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Senate records show.

An amendment offered by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, would have stripped the money appropriated to connect the Alaskan coastal city of Ketchikan to its airport on sparsely populated Gravina Island and diverted the money to Louisiana.

But Biden andObama and 80 of their colleagues rejected the measure, an amendment to a massive 2005 transportation bill that funded thousands of projects across the country.

and the coup de gras:

“That is probably the most disturbing element of this and the campaigning on the Bridge to Nowhere,” said Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation, a taxpayer watchdog group. “Because, yes, they had a chance to vote specifically against the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska to redirect the money to people, to bridges and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina going in to New Orleans, and they chose not to.”

For a video of hypocrisy in action, here is Joe Biden blasting Sarah Palin on the bridge to nowhere:

Never thought I’d say it in 2008, but kudos to CNN…

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Palin schools Obama on Senatorial privilege vs Executive responsibility

I like Sarah Palin, I really do, but to completely and totally school Obama like he were a schoolboy just increased my admiration for her tenfold…

While giving a campaign stump speech in Farifax, VA yesterday, Sarah Palin not only called Obama out on his hypocrisy, but his lack of experience…

For your viewing pleasure: Palin schools Obama

Just the other day, our opponent brought up earmarks, and frankly I was surprised that he did, considering his record on earmarks. I didn’t think he’d want to go there. In just three years, our opponent has requested nearly a billion dollars in earmarks, and that’s about a million dollars every working day.

We reformed the abuses of earmarks in our state, and it was while our opponent was requesting a billion dollars in earmarks as a Senatorial privilege. What I was doing was vetoing half a billion dollars as an executive responsibility.

Well, the DNC have no one to blame but themselves for the humiliation their chosen candidate is receiving. If they had allowed a free and fair process to prevail, Hillary would be the nominee, and it would be a different story today…

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Debunking another Palin rumor: The “Bridge to Nowhere”…

Yup, the one about the “Bridge to Nowhere” seems to be a popular example of how/why Palin is really for earmarks, although she is against them. This insinuation came from no other than Obama and stooge mentor, Joe Biden. It is however an untruth to say the least.

There is an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal about her opposition to that particular pesky bridge, here is the pertinent excerpt from the article:

Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation’s budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.

When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys’ club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.

So there you have it folks.

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