Palindrone - A word that is a lie both forwards and backwards.
"I said thanks, but no thanks, to the Bridge to Nowhere" - Sarah Palin, today.
"We need to come to the defense of Southeast Alaska when proposals are on the table like the bridge and not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project or any other into something that's so negative." - Sarah Palin, 2006
"Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer. Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it's clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island. Much of the public's attitude toward Alaska bridges is based on inaccurate portrayals of the projects here. But we need to focus on what we can do, rather than fight over what has happened." - Sarah Palin, 2006
$223 million - amount earmarked for the Bridge to Nowhere by Congress as a result of Palin's lobbying.
$223 million - amount of money Palin's administration kept for Alaska after the earmark for the Bridge to Nowhere was nixed in a firestorm of controversy
$750 million - the amount, in earmarks, Palin has requested in her two years as Governer of Alaska.
0 - the number of governers who have requested more in earmarks, per capita, than Palin.
You have every right to fight for money for your state, Governer. But don't pretend you didn't do it.