During her speech upon being introduced as John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin scored big points with the fiscal conservative crowd.
“I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere,” Palin told the cheering McCain crowd, referring to Ketchikan’s Gravina Island bridge.
Well, it seems that much like John Kerry on a certain infamous vote, she was for it before she was against it.
The Alaska governor campaigned in 2006 on a build-the-bridge platform, telling Ketchikan residents she felt their pain when politicians called them “nowhere.” They’re still feeling pain today in Ketchikan, over Palin’s subsequent decision to use the bridge funds for other projects — and over the timing of her announcement, which they say came in a pre-dawn press release that seemed aimed at national news deadlines.
You know, I’ve written quite a bit today – in fact all weekend – and a lot of it was about the wisdom of John McCain selecting Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential pick. I don’t know how long you may want to claim they spent vetting her, but whoever did it needs to be taken out behind a barn and buggy-whipped. Any more is just repetitive at this point, so I’ll leave this one for others to pick over.
Oh… never mind. If you read ANY blogs at all, you’ll see them feasting on this one for roughly 65 days. I’d also like to apologize to Tyrone for wearing out the “Sarah Palin” tag in the publication tool interface. I’ll buy you a new one this week.
In other news, the last of my sweet corn came in and I will soon be tearing up the plants to make festive Halloween decorations. That’s probably more shocking at this point.
UPDATE: My oh my! Some of you e-mailing readers are fast! So, let me just ask one more question based on a couple of responses. Was Palin just “refining her position” on this? In 18 months? Say… she’s pretty flexible. Hmmm… who else have I criticized for “refining their position” too quickly and too often?
I’d hate to think she was “just another Alaska politician.”