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There was a lot more to the bill that Obama and Biden voted through regarding the Bridge to Nowhere, and there's a whole lot more to Obama's treatment of Katrina.
http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/when-the-cameras-are-off-barack-obamas-hurricane-katrina-record/
Please show us what McCain did to aid Katrina when he was in a position to do so, and maybe your information will be worth something to the educated public.
Hello Stephanie - I know that what you wrote is only a commentary, but I find it very interesting that you didn't even care to include any sources for your information.
It's simply irresponsible writing, when you make claims on a subject, without backing it up with any credible sources. How do we know you didn't get this information from your next door neighbor, or someone you spoke to at the bus stop, or it's something you thought of while sitting in the toilet?
Unless you prove otherwise, then laying claims on a topic without proof is simply nothing but gossip!
Andrew, Thanks for reminding me. Here (and now in the column) are sources:
This allows you to see the Senate votes on Oct. 20, 2005 on the national transportation plan that included rerouting the Gravina Island Bridge money to Hurricane Katrina recovery projects:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2005-264
And this tells you about the measure to use the money for Katrina. It's the Washington Post's coverage on Oct. 21, 2005 of the previous day's vote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102001931.html
Your column clearly points out that Palin took office well after Congress had already decided the funds could be spent on projects other than the bridge.
So it's the claim Palin keeps making, specifically that "I told the Congress thanks but no thanks on the bridge to nowhere" that is the problem with Palin.
Since she clearly didn't tell Congress anything about how to dispense with the funds. Congress had already given up on the bridge and wrote out of the money the mandated ties to the bridge.
Puffing herself up as a Congress bashing tough girl reformer of government over the bridge, when the relevant conversation and decisions had been made far in advance of her taking office - is the real problem with Palin.
Palin's real problem with the bridge - It's called "dishonesty".
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