Papers Did Palin Misrepresent Her Role in Killing the "Bridge to Nowhere?" (Politifact.com) At the Republican National Convention, Gov. Sarah Palin said that she told Congress "Thanks, but no thanks" on the "Bridge to Nowhere." However, "in the fall of 2005, Congress removed the language specifically directing the money to the bridge, but it kept the money in place and left it up to Alaska to decide which transportation projects the state would like to spend it on." "By the time Palin pulled the plug on the Gravina bridge project in September 2007, much of the federal funding for the bridge had already been diverted to other transportation projects. The bridge would cost $398-million, Palin said then, and Alaska was $329-million short." 09-08 Editorial: Fact Check on Palin's Speech (Washington Monthly - Hilzoy) "Palin: 'But listening to him [Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.' " Hilzoy contradicts Governor Sarah Palin's statement with a list of Obama's achievements and a statement: "I gave a rundown of Obama's accomplishments in the Senate here. They include the Lugar-Obama bill on nonproliferation, and an ethics reform package that the Washington Post called 'the strongest ethics legislation to emerge from Congress yet.' " 09-08

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