McCain blames I-35W bridge collapse on wasted money

StarTribune ^ | 4/30/08 | LIBBY QUAID/AP

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Republican John McCain said Wednesday that the bridge collapse in Minnesota that killed 13 people last year would not have happened if Congress had not wasted so much money on pork-barrel spending.

Federal investigators cite undersize steel plates as the "critical factor" in the collapse of the bridge. Heavy loads of construction materials on the bridge also contributed to the disaster that injured 145 people on Aug. 1, according to preliminary findings by the National Transportation Safety Board.

"The bridge in Minneapolis didn't collapse because there wasn't enough money," McCain told reporters while campaigning in Pennsylvania. "The bridge in Minneapolis collapsed because so much money was spent on wasteful, unnecessary pork-barrel projects."

[hsalaw]

Could be worse. He could have blamed it on Pres. Bush.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Inspect all you want....

The design was approved during a: Liberal Presidency..a liberal state of Minnesota Governor, a liberal state senate and congress.

And a liberal US congress.

[CedarDave]

Here is a picture of the elevation change for the RR. The existing line is just this side of the dry river bed in the far distance:

There was an environmental assessment performed but because no Federal funds were involved, it did not have to comply with NEPA. Most of the EA was devoted to skewing the numbers to show how badly the project was needed (NOT!). The EA was completed in August of 2007 and they just went ahead and started construction.

[Doe Eyes]

The design was approved during a: Liberal Presidency..a liberal state of Minnesota Governor, a liberal state senate and congress. And a liberal US congress.

No doubt it was designed by Liberal Civil Engineers.

[airborne]

Sorry. Only Republicans can get blamed for bridges collapsing.

And sadder still, they usually act like it IS their fault.