[Ilya Mourometz]

I did also want to emphasize that the idea she kept the $236M is not correct; the total is $36M and that was FHWA general funds, NOT EARMARKS.

[nralife]

And this is also worth reading!

Obama ad: “No Maverick”(Guess who voted for the Bridge to No Where?)

Don't miss it!

[paudio]

She has the answers and believe me, she will deliver them at the time of her choosing, not Zero's.

I agree with you. The fact that the campaign mentions it in their ad today shows they're comfortable with the issue. Surely they're aware that people have been talking about it since Wednesday. They may put it as a bait... for what, I have no idea.

[tx_eggman]

McCain voted against it, Lbama® and Biden voted for it

Once again -

[igoramus08]

Obama and Biden voted for the bridge it 2 times. On the 2nd time, the funds would have been diverted to Katrina relief aid instead but they both still voted for the bridge.

[DJ MacWoW]

ping

[voxitar]

How about this from Ted Stevens himself? From the Washington Post:

Stevens: No Action for ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ by Palin
By Paul Kane
Count Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) as a defender of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s position on the controversial “Bridge to Nowhere” project.

Stevens, who once threatened to resign his Senate seat in 2005 if $223 million for the bridge project was defeated, told reporters today that Palin was never a supporter of the project, which has quickly become a bone of contention in defining the GOP vice-presidential nominee’s self proclaimed image as a maverick reformer who took on “the good ol’ boys network” of Alaska Republicans.

“I don’t remember her ever campaigning for it. As a matter of fact, she was very critical of it at the time. And she took the money and did not use it for the bridge, so you’re wrong, as far as I’m concerned,” Stevens said today.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/08/stevens_no_action_for_bridge_t.html

It is the WAPO, so of course the author feels the need to suggest Stevens might not want to say anything to piss off Sarah, since he’s both recently indicted AND running for re-election, but he seems pretty adamant that she was supportive of the bridge project.

[voxitar]

I have to say, it is frustrating to me that McCain/Palin is not AGGRESSIVELY refuting the MSM’s “bridge to nowhere” mischaracterizations that keep popping up everywhere, almost hourly, claiming she lied about the bridge...the latest one in the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122090791901411709.html?mod=fpa_editors_picks

They keep saying “she kept the money” without mentioning that the monies kept were general revenue funds, not earmarks, and certainly not the original amount of federal money set aside for the bridge.

The MSM is desperately trying to create a “I was for the 87 billion dollars before I was against it” Kerry-type of gaffe and apply it to Palin, despite the ample evidence she was talking about state funding and the fact that Ted Stevens himself has said she opposed federal funding for the bridge....Obama and the lefty blogs are already running with it like their hair’s on fire.

We’ve come too far to backslide even an inch because of moonbat smears....Palin needs to address this NOW, firmly and substantively, and not wait for the ABC interview tomorrow night.

My 2 cents.