political : PALIN DEFENDS $200 MILLION IN EARMARKS FOR ALASKA! [+] serious ballot by Grapost ACTIVE Fri Sep 12, 08 - Sat Sep 12, 09 Palin Defends Nearly $200M in Earmarks By BETH FOUHY AP September 12, 2008 Sarah Palin, in the second part of her first major interview since she joined the GOP ticket, also defended the nearly $200 million in federal pet projects SHE SOUGHT AS ALASKA GOVERNOR THIS YEAR even as JOHN McCAIN TOLD A TELEVISION AUDIENCE SHE HAD NEVER REQUESTED THEM. Palin was confronted in the interview with two claims that have been a staple of her reputation since joining McCain: that she was opposed to federal earmarks, even though her request for such special spending projects for 2009 was the HIGHEST PER CAPITA IN THE NATION; and that she opposed the $398 million Bridge to Nowhere linking Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport. Palin actually turned against the bridge project ONLY AFTER IT BECAME A NATIONAL SYMBOL OF WASTEFUL SPENDING AND CONGRESS HAD PULLED MONEY FOR IT. Palin told ABC's Charles Gibson that since she took office, the state had "drastically" reduced its efforts to secure earmarks and would continue to do so while she was governor. "What I've been telling Alaskans for these years that I've been in office, is, no more," Palin said. When Gibson noted she had requested money to study the mating habits of crabs and harbor-seal genetic research — the kind of small-bore projects that draw McCain's ire — Palin said the specific requests had come through universities and other public entities and weren't worked out by lobbyists behind closed doors. On the Bridge to Nowhere, Palin said she had supported a link from the mainland to the airport but not necessarily the costly bridge project. FOR MORE OF THE SAME: VOTE McCAIN Just Like A Criminal: Deny, Deny, Deny Just Like A Woman: Can't Make Up Her Mind Just Like A Hypocritcal Rupublican Fiscal Conservative Just Like McCain: Flip Flop, Flip Flop They Improved Ferry Service to Airport Ballot #130368 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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