Date:   9/10/2008 12:53:26 AM ( 16 y ago)
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Wow, you are seriously in need of some head straightening.
First off, that email had been verified to be a true item. There is no debating this. It was investigated by the local newspaper. Check it out on Snopes.com.
Obviously, you would rather sling mud and actual fabrications and insults instead of seeking the truth. That is sad.
As far as the internet slimes, you may be right about the special needs funding issue. I think it looks like someone got confused with the numbers, and the budget....although the jury is still out.
The book banning is somewhat true. While Palin never actually ordered any books banned, she did consult a librarian about the possibility of it. How do we know this? That story is told by Anne Killkenny, in the same letter that has been verified without question as being legitimate. The librarian was going to be fired when townspeople rallied to her defense and Palin backed down. However, there was no actual "list".
Your message leaves out the fact that Palin's husband is a member of the Alaskan Independence Party. Personally, i don't have a problem with that, but it does look bad when she stands under that silly "Country First" sign on the campaign.

Yes, there appear to be some unfounded rumours here and there, but no more so than the ridiculous and hateful obama rumours. I wish there weren't any out there for either party and that the truth could be seen.

However, it's hard for that to happen when Palin and Mccain are continously lying. They keep talking about the Bridge to Nowhere that Palin supposedly said thanks but no thanks too. Well, again, this is a comlete falsehhood. This has been verified through newspaper reports, and there is also videos of Palin suppporting the Bridge.
Fact is, Congress pulled the earmark before Palin ever had a chance to say no thanks. Here's the story:
So a lot of you have written in to ask: Okay, she says she said 'Thanks. But no thanks' to the Bridge to Nowhere. But how exactly did it all come out? What's the order of events? Well, briefly, it went like this.

Actually, Congress put the kibosh on the Bridge to Nowhere back in November 2005. Since Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was then head of the Senate Appropriations Committee he was able to force a compromise in which the earmark for the bridge was killed but Alaska got to hold on to the money -- some $442 million of federal tax dollars.

Fast forward to November 2006. That's when Sarah Palin was running as a staunch supporter of the Bridge to Nowhere -- that is, after the feds had themselves already said 'No Thanks.'

In 2006, the Democrats took over both houses of Congress. So by the time Palin got into office it was clear that not only was the first Bridge earmark killed but that Congress was not going to be ponying up any more money. That meant that Alaska was going to have to pick up the tab all on its own. So since she couldn't pay for it with the federal pork barrel, in September 2007, Palin officially halted the project which was then a state project since Congress had said 'Thanks. But no thanks' two years earlier.

She couldn't say 'No Thanks' because Congress had already said 'Forget It'.

Still with me?

So the money Palin sent back to Washington? Well, she didn't. She kept the money for other bridges and roads in Alaska.

So, to boil it all down, Congress pulled the plug on the Bridge to Nowhere in 2005. Palin was still for it in 2006. And when she finally ended the project because Congress had cut off funding, instead of saying 'No Thanks' she actually said 'Thanks!' because instead of sending the money back to Washington she kept it all in Juneau

So, there are some problems here.


 

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