Who Is Lying? -- The Earmark Thing

In the Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Holmes and Laura Meckler report that Sarah Palin is not telling the truth about the Bridge to Nowhere.

Link to the article:
Record Contradicts Palin's 'Bridge' Claims


John McCain and Sarah Palin are LYING about earmarks.
Here are some quotes from the article:
"Why is this one issue such a big deal? Sen. McCain's anti-earmarks stance has been paramount to his campaign. The Arizona senator has blamed everything from the Minneapolis bridge collapse to Hurricane Katrina on Congress's willingness to stuff bills full of pork barrel spending."

"As such, Gov. Palin's image as a "reformer" is part of the storyline the McCain campaign needs to complement the top of its ticket. Her quip about passing on the bridge and "building it ourselves" has been a staple of her stump."

"But she's drawn considerable fire as result. Sen. Obama's campaign released an advertisement pointing out her original support of the bridge. And on Monday, an Obama staffer emailed a photo of Gov. Palin holding up a T-shirt that was made shortly after the bridge caught national attention. It reads "NOWHERE ALASKA" and "99901," the zip code of Ketchikan."

"The McCain campaign jumped back with spokesman Brian Rogers calling the attacks "hysterical.""

""The only people 'lying' about spending are the Obama campaign. The only explanation for their hysterical attacks is that they're afraid that when John McCain and Sarah Palin are in the White House, Barack Obama's nearly $1 billion in earmark spending will stop dead in its tracks," Mr. Rogers said."

"At a rally today, Sen. McCain again asserted that Sen. Obama has requested nearly a billion in earmarks.In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year. In comparison, Gov. Palin has requested $750 million in her two years as governor -- which the AP says is the largest per-capita request in the nation."

Well,well. The article speaks for itself, and don't miss the fact that it's in the Wall Street Journal.

Here's a breakdown of how the earmarks paid out your tax dollars per capita:

As of 2006, Illinois population: 12831970 Alaska population: 670053.

$311 million divided by 12831970 people is $24 bucks apiece for the Obama earmarks over two years.

$750 million divided by 670053 people is $1119 for the Palin earmarks over ONE year.

For the math users among us, Sarah Palin used 46 times as much per person in EARMARKS as Barack Obama.

WHO'S LYING, McCain? WHO'S LYING MRS. PALIN?