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Old 09-03-2008
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Re: Palin Speech

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Originally Posted by Alex View Post
Nice try Booger - she never said she was for the bridge. She said she was insulted by the term "bridge to nowhere". Did you even bother to read the links you provided?
Yeah, I read them, they say she supported the bridge, and even though congress killed the earmark for the bridge, she has started construction on the connector road, and Alaska kept the money for the bridge in the state transportation budget. So not a single penny was returned.
But now she's against it, because, you know, it's politically correct.
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