Posted on 09/24/2008 5:08:17 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Joe Biden has blasted Palin on the Bridge to Nowhere. But what he fails to mention is that he actually voted to let Alaska have it. We'll explain that ahead. "Keeping Them Honest" tonight, we examine Joe Biden's record on earmarks and some bridges of his own.
Biden has some other bridges of his own that he has to account for, however. Special investigations unit correspondent Drew Griffin is also Keeping Them Honest.
GRIFFIN: But hold on, Senator Biden. Keeping him honest, we decided to check on 116 reasons in Delaware that one Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska may not be such a good Democratic talking point. Because 116 is this number of earmarks Senator Biden asked for this year alone. The total bill to taxpayers, more than $342 million.
He told our "AMERICAN MORNING" they're all justified. BIDEN: Every one has seen them. And we have no Walter -- you know, we have no Lawrence Welk Museum. We have no bridges to nowhere in Delaware. It's all straight up.
GRIFFIN: Straight up? We went to Delaware to see for ourselves. True, there is no Lawrence Welk museum. But Biden does want a million dollars for a children's museum. Another million dollars for opera- house renovations. Hundreds of thousands for this tiny waterfront park.
(on camera) and believe it or not, there is also a bridge, maybe not to nowhere.
GRIFFIN (on camera): Now the real twist in this story. Senator Biden must really like bridges, because not only does he want you to help pay to replace this bridge here in Delaware, despite what he's been saying on the campaign trail, he actually voted for Alaska's Bridge to Nowhere, twice.
(Excerpt) Read more at transcripts.cnn.com ...
I wonder if CNN is wanting Joe out - - for Hillary?
in my dream Donald Trump convinces them “hey you know what? If Obama wins you will really get screwed. Everything you own...poof! So what are you trying to do?”
“(voice-over) That’s right. He and Senator Barack Obama were among the 93 senators who voted for the massive 2005 transportation bill funding the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere and thousands of other projects across the country.
And when another senator tried to divert the Bridge to Nowhere money to fix a bridge to New Orleans damaged by Katrina, senators Biden and Obama and 80 other senators present voted against the amendment.”
Anytime any lib invokes the Bridge to Nowhere...tell them this.
I no longer doubt Jeff Greenfield's intelligence. There's none to doubt.
I wonder if CNN is wanting Joe out - - for Hillary?
Just won’t happen....absentee ballotts are out already and some filtering in. We don’t want any disenfranchised voters now do we?....
Even CNN can smell the Biden blood in the political waters...
The question everyone is asking...will Obama dump Biden before or after the vp debate?
And who will the replacement be?
“And who will the replacement be?”
I say ben Affleck or matt Damon. They are both SOOOOOOOOOO smart about everything!
It’s safe to bash Biden. It gives CNN some (tiny) bit of credibility.
No one cares about Biden and by concentrating on him they get to ignore the really sleazy Obama.
This is too funny, you think this is sort of the anti-Palin ‘stratergy’, the BO Campaign is trying to get inside the loop on the Pilot? Or are they letting the SloJOE dogs out? Maybe it’s the Under the Bus Joe or Joe-BO’s Flak Jacket? CNN, newz we don’t need!
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