So they got the money but without the designation for the bridge to nowhere.
The Bridge to Nowhere became such an embarrassing symbol of waste, Congress ultimately gave up earmarks.
Her opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere is different because it became a centerpiece of the Republican presidential campaign.
And in fact, John McCain had picked up on the Bridge to Nowhere more than a year before that.
The Bridge to Nowhere went from the drawing board to the dustbin.
And Sarah Palin accepted the money, she did not build the bridge to nowhere because it was at that point a national laughing stock.
And what happened is she never said no, but the money was eventually sent to Alaska but with the earmark for the bridge to nowhere taken out of it.
And the mainstream media is certainly doing this now as well, have pointed out over and over again for instance that the Sarah Palin did not say, you know, thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere.
And one night, had a couple beers in me, and I got a little more creative and I came up with the term Bridge to Nowhere.
But her claim to have opposed the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska has been called into question, and she faces an investigation into allegations that she abused her office by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the Alaska State Troopers.
Palin also shares McCain's opposition to earmarks, opposing the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere, " a pet project of two titans of Alaska politics, Rep. Don Young and Sen.
This was the guy, remember, who in 2005 offered an amendment to remove funds from a little thing he called the Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere" and to divert them to a vital bridge destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
She used some of the money to build another bridge to almost nowhere and used the rest of the money for other things, but she didn't return the money to the government.
Palin's claims to oppose the Bridge - I'm sorry - to Nowhere when the fact indicates she initially supported it.
The more people who point out that natural gas is a bridge fuel to nowhere, the closer we get to a clean energy future.
Mr Bush, who has yet to use the presidential veto even when presented with absurdities like a bridge to nowhere in Alaska, should not tolerate any more follies.
Senator JOHN MCCAIN (Republican, Arizona, Republican Presidential Candidate): I would rather build a bridge to nowhere and put it square in the middle of Sedona, Arizona than take money from teachers and farmers and small business owners to line the pockets of the Wall Street crowd that got us here in the first place.
Robinson argued that new money flows -- such as the "bridge loan" being contemplated by the G-7 through the multilateral Bank for International Settlements -- under current circumstances would represent "a bridge to nowhere" and end up costing Western taxpayers dearly.
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