How quickly McCain forgets

The Los Angeles Times ^ | August 2008 | Dan Turner

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Emphasis mine (LOL).

There was a picture of the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse, but it's AP, so yo no incluyo aquí.

(Relax, I'm probably going to have to relearn how to speak Invader sooner or later, anyhow)

[Mercat]

This was a Clinton talking point when he ran against Bush I. Fact is, there is always infrastructure in need of fixing. It’s concrete for crying out loud, out in the sun and the rain!!!

[ari-freedom]

why, without taxes, the world will simply self implode!

[Perdogg]

It was caused by an undersized gusset plates, not because troops were in Iraq.

[muawiyah]

Mostly the rain, plus hot and cold. The guys in LA have no idea what might put wear and tear on a bridge.

[muawiyah]

The Democrats designed and built that bridge too.

[mouse1]

I live in Southeastern Wisconsin
Our democratic governor chose to put in bike paths with highway funds and we still have pot holes from last winter

[TaMoDee]

See Post #4 and don’t forget that good old NaCl.

[mylife]

Dan Turner is a dolt. More money would have stopped that bridge collapse. They were spending money on the bridge when it collapsed, but they were spending it on the wrong things.

[TornadoAlley3]

There are museums that are being built with that money, bike paths, trails, repairing lighthouses....

[mylife]

More money would not have stopped that bridge collapse.

[Liberty 275]

One bridge collapsing is hardly a crumbling infrastructure. 100 bridges of America 160,000 collapsing isn’t even a sign of a crumbling infrastructure.

However, I would be willing to endorse dismantling ALL public transportation and spending all the money saved on roads.

[Scotswife]

well Mr. Turner, I noticed the democrats were quite willing to stiff the infrastructure fund in Colorado by siphoning tax-free gas from city pumps.

Funny - they’re not mentioned in the article.

[csmusaret]

Hasn’t Congress been diverting money from the Highway Fund for years?

[Political Junkie Too]

Regardless of the story, that headline is a psyop ageism attack on McCain.

-PJ

[Reaganesque]

Weird, but it seems like we've been here before; weren't people screaming that New Orleans needed more money for levee repair, just before a great American city was flushed away like yesterday's sanitary napkin?

Of course, Louisiana is a Gulf state and would benefit economically if the government would allow more off-shore drilling. So much for this author's concern for New Orleans and its recovery.

[hole_n_one]

The guys in LA have no idea what might put wear and tear on a bridge.

Fatigue over time is not a factor in L.A., what with the earthquakes and all.......

[Hawk1976]

Yep, amazing what ways a politician can be convinced to spend money meant for one thing on something else.

[coconutt2000]

presidential candidate can now propose eliminating the tax that pays for bridge repair, and few bat an eyelash.

Apparently the bridge collapsed because those tax dollars were appropriately appropriated and spent on bridge repairs./sarc

[KarinG1]

the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed... a major-party presidential candidate can now propose eliminating the tax that pays for bridge repair

The bridge collapsed anyway. YAY TAX!