(I have seen this mentioned elsewhere, but it doesn't seem to have made it to the front page or the Rec list.)
One of the big Republican talking points we keep hearing about John McCain's VP pick is that she's some kind of reformer who took on the Cheney-Bush contingent in her own party... unlike McCain himself, who tried to get himself photographed hugging George W. Bush as often as possible back when Bush had OK poll numbers.
Palin -- and the Beltway Republican geniuses desperately trying to spin her these days --keep citing the fact that Palin allegedly turned down the Federal government when the big bad Beltway Republican meanies wanted to give Alaska its infamous, Ted Stevens-requested "Bridge to Nowhere."
Says Palin these days: "I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere"
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a flat-out LIE. Sarah Palin is lying through her teeth about the "Bridge to Nowhere."
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