bridge to nowhere

The infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” may never have been built, but the state of Alaska and Gov. Sarah Palin got to keep $233 million in ear marks anyways. Republican nominee John McCain connected that $233 million with the collapse of the 35W bridge on the campaign trail.

“Maybe the 200,000 people who cross that bridge every day would have been safer than spending $233 million of your tax dollars on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it,” McCain said at a campaign stop last year in Ankeny, Iowa.