September 30, 2008

Alaska Democrats ask Palin to Correct Her Statement about "Bridge to Nowhere"

The Alaska Democratic Party today called on Gov. Sarah Palin to correct her statement that the Alaska Democratic Party removed information from its web site about her position on the "Bridge to Nowhere."

Palin answered questions via email from the Mat-Su Frontiersman, which published their questions and her responses today. Palin stated incorrectly that the Alaska Democratic Party removed information from its web site about her actions on the controversial bridge.

"The 'Bridge to Nowhere' information is still up and has not changed," said Alaska Democratic spokeswoman Kay Brown.

Here's the link: http://www.retireted.com/real-estate/gravina-bridge/gravina-island-bridge/

"The McCain-Palin campaign claimed several weeks ago that the web page, part of RetireTed.com, was taken down in an attempt to 'rewrite history.' At the time we notified the McCain/Palin campaign as well as the media that their information was wrong, and that the site was still up. Palin apparently didn't get the word that those claims were wrong," Brown said.

See press release below issued by the Alaska Democratic Party on Sept. 8.

Here's the excerpt from Palin's response to the Frontiersman, published today:

"5. Since your campaign began, you've stated you opposed the "Bridge to Nowhere" and have called it that. What caused you to change your stance on building the bridge? Also, do you still support construction of the Knik Arm bridge? Why or why not?

After taking office and examining the project closely, realizing the Feds were not going to fund it as Alaskans had assumed was the case, I cancelled the project. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credited me, or blamed me, with killing the bridge to nowhere until I became the vice presidential nominee and they removed this reference from their website. Alaskans will have to prioritize for the Knik Arm Crossing if it is truly a top state priority because Congress won't fund it either. John and I believe there will be earmark reform in Congress because it's a corrupted system." [FRONTIERSMAN EXCLUSIVE: Palin responds to questions, http://frontiersman.com/]

From a Alaska Democratic Party press release