This is John McCain's campaign. When his v.p. pick lies, she is lying on behalf of John McCain. For the past few days on the campaign trail, McCain stood on the stage with her every time she repeated the lie about the "Bridge to Nowhere." McCain needs lies to win.
CBS has now dissected the Palin stump speech lines about the "Bridge to Nowhere." Like just about every other traditional media outlet, CBS says Palin's claims are not true. That means Palin is standing next to McCain and just lying:
Its one of those claims that gets so much applause.So, why does John McCain just stand by while his v.p. lies to the American people?
"I told Congress 'thanks but no thanks,' to that bridge to nowhere," Palin has said over and over on the campaign trail, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.
Gov. Sarah Palin just won't let it go. But the truth is the governor never rebuffed Congress. Here are the facts.
After a year of supporting the proposed bridge, near Ketchikan, Gov. Palin pulled state funds from the project, which killed the bridge for good, but she never said "no thanks" to the Federal funds promised by Congress -- $233 million.
In fact, here's the list of how Palin is spending those federal tax dollars - on other highway projects around Alaska. As a candidate for governor, she defended every dollar for roads and bridges the state could wrangle from Washington, according to the Congressional Record and the Alaska Department of Transportation.
McCain isn't in charge of his campaign. Karl Rove and his cronies are running the show. They're the people who lied about a war, which led to the deaths of over 4,000 Americans. Lying about the "Bridge to Nowhere" is kid's stuff for them. And, the Rove gang think (with good reason based on the Bush experience) that they can roll the traditional media and the pundits.
