Today in Ohio, Sarah Palin repeated her “bridge to nowhere,” line which originated in her speech to the Republican National Convention last Wednesday. It has since been debunked several times and it has been proven false that she told Congress “thanks but no thanks” for the project that has become a symbol of wasteful government spending.

Palin did abandon her onetime support for the bridge after winning Alaska’s governorship, but only after federal dollars dried up. Moreover, she kept the federal funds already given to Alaska, reports the Huffington Post.

The Obama teams response?

 ”On the same day that dozens of news organizations have exposed Governor Palin’s phony Bridge to Nowhere claim as a ‘naked lie,’ she and John McCain continue to repeat the claim in their stump speeches. Maybe tomorrow she’ll tell us she sold it on eBay,” said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor

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