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Sarah Palin supported Ketchikan ‘bridge to nowhere’ during 2006 race for Alaska Gov.

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newsminer.com • Sarah Palin supported Ketchikan ‘bridge to nowhere’ during 2006 race for Alaska governor

“I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress,” Palin said at her first campaign appearance. “In fact, I told Congress — I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves.”

That is not how Palin described her position on the Gravina Island bridge when she ran for governor in 2006.

On Oct. 22, 2006, the Anchorage Daily News asked Palin and the other candidates, “Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?”

Her response: “Yes. I would like to see Alaska’s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now — while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.”

Palin’s support of the earmark for the bridge was applauded by the late Lew Williams Jr., the retired Ketchikan Daily News publisher who wrote columns on the topic.

Williams wrote on Oct. 29, 2006, that Palin was the only gubernatorial candidate that year who consistently supported the Gravina Island Bridge, the Knik Arm Bridge and improvements to the Parks Highway.

Is this an issue?
 
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Is this an issue?

Not one that hasn't already been discussed to death and for which there aren't existing threads.
 
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Not one that hasn't already been discussed to death and for which there aren't existing threads.

...could you point them out? I just found this out. I took her word on that bridge thing considering her 'long' history of fighting earmarks.
 
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Is this an issue?

Obama suports killing born infants. Sorry, but Sara is still the lesser evil here.
 
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Obama suports killing born infants. Sorry, but Sara is still the lesser evil here.

Why are you trolling Jerry?
 
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Why are you trolling Jerry?

Why are you accusing me of trolling?

If you don't like opinions on political candidates running for office, don't have one.
 
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Why are you accusing me of trolling?

Because the thread isn't about Obama. Keep up.

If you don't like opinions on political candidates running for office, don't have one.

Let me explain what trolling is through the wonders of Wikipedia :

Troll (Internet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.[2]

Describes you right now.
 
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Because the thread isn't about Obama. Keep up.

Let me explain what trolling is through the wonders of Wikipedia :

Troll (Internet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Describes you right now.

Every single thread regarding candidates for president, regardless of flavor or the micro issue it intends to focus on, serves the ultimate purpose making that candidate look better or worse than his/her political opponent.

This thread is no different.

You could go on at length about Sara's alleged support for the bridge to nowhere, paint her as either mis-quoted or a hypocrite as you desire, and my 2 cents on this micro issue would not change: It doesn't matter. Her support for the bridge to nowhere doesn't matter.

She could be in full support of fully funding the bridge to nowhere, and she would still be the better choice, because the other choice supports something far worse than wasting millions of tax dollars.

It seems that your feelings are simply hurt because I didn't jump on and validate your interest on the issue. All I'm saying is I don't care about this issue, and I suggest that no one else should either, so if you think that's trolling then you can just report away.
 
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Every single thread regarding canidates for president, regardless of flavor or the micro issue it intends to focus on, serves the ultimat purpose making that candidate look better or worse than his/her political oponant.

This thread is no diferent.

You could go on at length about Sara's alegid support for the bridge to nowhere, paint her as either mis quoted or a hypocrit as you desire, and my 2 cents on this micro issue would change: It doesn't matter. Her support for the bridge to nowhere doesn't matter.

She could be in full support of fully funding the bridge to nowhere, and she would still be the better choice, because the other choice supports something far wors than waisting millions of tax dollars.

It seems that your feelings are simply hurt because I didn't jump on and validate your interest on the issue. All I'm saying is I don't care about this issue, and I suggest that no one else should either, so if you think that's trolling then you can just report away.

In other words you don't like the fact that I called out your recent trolling on threads that have nothing to do with Obama? Or is it that you're trying to act like you're in the right about trolling? Either way I seriously couldn't care. If you're too chicken sh!t to act like an adult about an issue which you seem to forget has nothing to do with Obama then that's not my fault. Act like a little child and cry about not being allowed to troll. If you don't care about the issue hey listen there is an [X] at the top of your gas powered screen. You can click it any time and leave the site if you aren't interested about discussing some issues.
 
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In other words you don't like the fact that I called out your recent trolling on threads that have nothing to do with Obama? Or is it that you're trying to act like you're in the right about trolling? Either way I seriously couldn't care. If you're too chicken sh!t to act like an adult about an issue which you seem to forget has nothing to do with Obama then that's not my fault. Act like a little child and cry about not being allowed to troll. If you don't care about the issue hey listen there is an [X] at the top of your gas powered screen. You can click it any time and leave the site if you aren't interested about discussing some issues.

Thank you for proving my point.

Carry on.
 
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Why are you accusing me of trolling?

If you don't like opinions on political candidates running for office, don't have one.
I was accused today of attacking someone because they had an opinion. Are you being attacked because you have an opinion?
 
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Every single thread regarding candidates for president, regardless of flavor or the micro issue it intends to focus on, serves the ultimate purpose making that candidate look better or worse than his/her political opponent.

This thread is no different.

You could go on at length about Sara's alleged support for the bridge to nowhere, paint her as either mis-quoted or a hypocrite as you desire, and my 2 cents on this micro issue would not change: It doesn't matter. Her support for the bridge to nowhere doesn't matter.

She could be in full support of fully funding the bridge to nowhere, and she would still be the better choice, because the other choice supports something far worse than wasting millions of tax dollars.

It seems that your feelings are simply hurt because I didn't jump on and validate your interest on the issue. All I'm saying is I don't care about this issue, and I suggest that no one else should either, so if you think that's trolling then you can just report away.

If you are such a one issue voter, and that one issue obviously outweighs any other, then what is the point of debating anything?

If you think that Obama supports murdering infants, which is unbelievably offensive to any parent that disagrees with you, then obviously you are not going to vote for him no matter what, nor vote against McCain / Palin no matter what. So why offer anything up in this threads?
 
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Obama suports killing born infants. Sorry, but Sara is still the lesser evil here.
And McCain supports suspending habeus corpus for American citizens.

Hijack much?

On Oct. 22, 2006, the Anchorage Daily News asked Palin and the other candidates, “Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?”

Her response: “Yes. I would like to see Alaska’s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now — while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.”
Maybe I'm off the mark here, but isn't "state funding" like when the state funds the project, instead of the fed, which is exactly in line with her original statement: "If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves."? And isn't she talking about the Alaskan congressional delegation?
 
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And McCain supports suspending habeus corpus for American citizens.

Hijack much?

Maybe I'm off the mark here, but isn't "state funding" like when the state funds the project, instead of the fed, which is exactly in line with her original statement: "If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves."? And isn't she talking about the Alaskan congressional delegation?

Yes, but you left out the part where she finishes the statement with "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to exist". That is the part where she is looking for their federal delegation to send in the pork. Which of course is typical of the welfare queen "individualist" Alaskans. They probably would not even have flush toilets up there if it were not for wealthy blue staters paying taxes just so the Alaskan congressional delegation could funnel it up to a state with just 700,000 people in it.
 
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Yes, but you left out the part where she finishes the statement with "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to exist". That is the part where she is looking for their federal delegation to send in the pork.
Yes, I saw that after I posted and edited in this statement:

And isn't she talking about the Alaskan congressional delegation?
 
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None of that matters, SD told me the polls have spoken.
 
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Yes, but you left out the part where she finishes the statement with "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to exist". That is the part where she is looking for their federal delegation to send in the pork. Which of course is typical of the welfare queen "individualist" Alaskans. They probably would not even have flush toilets up there if it were not for wealthy blue staters paying taxes just so the Alaskan congressional delegation could funnel it up to a state with just 700,000 people in it.
Sorry, let me clarify. Alaska has its own congress that is separate from the US Congress, right? I think most states do, but I'm assuming that. So when she said, "our congressional delegation", I'm wondering if she meant the US Congress or the Alaskan congress.
 
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If you are such a one issue voter, and that one issue obviously outweighs any other, then what is the point of debating anything?

To be fair, I didn't come to this thread to debate the issue, but only to share my opinion of the issue.

If you think that Obama supports murdering infants, which is unbelievably offensive to any parent that disagrees with you, then obviously you are not going to vote for him no matter what, nor vote against McCain / Palin no matter what. So why offer anything up in this threads?

Why don't I shut the hell up unless I want to indulge in the minutia a given thread proffers? Well that's a simple answer: Every DP member has an open invitation to contribute to any thread in any way, so long as they are civil.

Simply stating my opinion that this issue could in no way lower Sara below Obama is hardly trolling. I'm not stopping you or anyone else from discussing the issue. You are the one who chose to change the subject from the bridge to nowhere to a member, no me.
 
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To be fair, I didn't come to this thread to debate the issue, but only to share my opinion of the issue.



Why don't I shut the hell up unless I want to indulge in the minutia a given thread proffers? Well that's a simple answer: Every DP member has an open invitation to contribute to any thread in any way, so long as they are civil.

Simply stating my opinion that this issue could in no way lower Sara below Obama is hardly trolling. I'm not stopping you or anyone else from discussing the issue. You are the one who chose to change the subject from the bridge to nowhere to a member, no me.
Sorry, but jumping into a thread and arbitrarily claiming "abortion is worse!!1!1" is not voicing an opinion. It's trolling.
 
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To be fair, I didn't come to this thread to debate the issue, but only to share my opinion of the issue.

Bull****. What does Obama have to do Sarah Palin's support for the bridge to nowhere? Nothing. Thanks for playing.

Why don't I shut the hell up unless I want to indulge in the minutia a given thread proffers? Well that's a simple answer: Every DP member has an open invitation to contribute to any thread in any way, so long as they are civil.

4. Don't be a jerk - This simply means what it sounds like.

Trolling/Derailing falls under that.

Simply stating my opinion that this issue could in no way lower Sara below Obama is hardly trolling.

But that's not what you did. You tried to derail the thread.

I'm not stopping you or anyone else from discussing the issue.

4. Don't be a jerk - This simply means what it sounds like.

Trolling and derailing fall under that.

You are the one who chose to change the subject from the bridge to nowhere to a member, no me.

Can you explain what Obama has to do with the bridge to nowhere?
 
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And McCain supports suspending habeus corpus for American citizens.

That's an evil, but that's a lesser evil then killing born infants.

Ether one of those issues, however, make the bridge-to-nowhere a non issue.

Sarah Palin supported Ketchikan bridge to nowhere

Is this an issue?

When compared to other issues such as suspending habeus corpus for American citizens or murdering born infants, no, this is not an issue.

Hijack much?
Not even once.
 
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Alaska has its own congress that is separate from the US Congress, right? I think most states do, but I'm assuming that. So when she said, "our congressional delegation", I'm wondering if she meant the US Congress or the Alaskan congress. That would say whether or not she flip-flopped.
 
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Sorry, but jumping into a thread and arbitrarily claiming "abortion is worse!!1!1" is not voicing an opinion. It's trolling.

My opinion was not "abortion is worse".

My opinion regarded *born* infants.
 
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Bull****. What does Obama have to do Sarah Palin's support for the bridge to nowhere? Nothing. Thanks for playing.

Trolling/Derailing falls under that.

But that's not what you did. You tried to derail the thread.

Trolling and derailing fall under that.

Can you explain what Obama has to do with the bridge to nowhere?

All I did was answer your OP's question:

..with an answer more articulate then simply "this is not an issue", or "no".
If you wish to debate it even though I don’t think it’s an issue, there’s nothing wrong with that; but accusing me of trolling and being a jerk is quite out of line.
 
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My opinion was not "abortion is worse".

My opinion regarded *born* infants.

Great, start all the threads you want on those two opinions, but don't just throw them out when you have nothing to contribute to a thread that has nothing to do with abortion. That is by definition trolling.
 
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