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Barack Obama: When it came to the bridge to nowhere, she was for it until everybody started raising a fuss about it and she started…

On the recordSeptember 7, 2008
When it came to the bridge to nowhere, she was for it until everybody started raising a fuss about it and she started running for governor and then suddenly she was against it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama mocks Palin's changing stance on the 'bridge to nowhere' issue.

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