Gov. Sarah Palin, this year's version of Dan Quayle, has already contradicted her own record as a fiscal conservative.
The issue at stake is the infamous Bridge to Nowhere, a hugely expensive pork barrel project pushed by Alaska's famously greedy Sen. Ted Stevens. Gov. Palin said today she was against the project.
Too bad they keep records up there in Anchorage, where the daily newspaper has a nice quote from Ms. Palin saying exactly the opposite. Indeed, she is on record in favor of Alaska's infrastructure projects, including the Bridge to Nowhere.
So much for Republican consistency.
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All I can tell you is that when it came time to spend the money, she killed it:
Highlights of Palin's tenure as Governor include a successful push for an ethics bill, and also shelving pork-barrel projects supported by fellow Republicans. Though she initially expressed support for the Gravina Island Bridge project, once it had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending and federal funding was lost, Palin decided against filling the $320 million gap with state money. "Alaska needs to be self-sufficient, she says, instead of relying heavily on 'federal dollars,' as the state does today."[23
To my mind, that's where the rubber meets the road, and she did good enough to suit me.
You're just jealous because Republican women are cuter than Democrat women. :)
Well, I've got to admit that Palin is pretty cute. But it will not sway me! Nor is she likely to sway the swing voters.
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