Posted on 03/08/2008 1:23:39 PM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
The deal he scuttled involved a corrupt air force official (and some Boeing officials) who went to jail for her deeds....the issue was Boeing’s fault, not McCain’s!
He saved the tax payers 6 billion dollars in overruns that would have occured if the tanker deal went through back in 2004.
If anything, the Air Force is very careful of dealing with Boeing because of this past discretion!
Now, the EADS/Northrop deal will give 2000 jobs in Alabama and an additional 25000 spin off jobs through out America, vs 9000 jobs lost thru the lost Boeing deal! Who is making out better in the end...a red state/and other states in the US or just a couple of blue ones?
I might not understand the issues, but it appears to me that Boeing assumed that it would get the contract because it would create jobs. In all deference to the Washington job scene, I pray and hope that the Air Force chose the best contract based on competition. Providing jobs shouldn’t be the prime driver for rewarding contracts.
You link to five year old article. What exactly does that have to do with today? I have never supported McCain.
And to think Northrop Grumman is in Pelosi’s home state. If I were NG, I’d tell her that we are picking up and moving out of CA if congress takes this contract away from us. Not to mention the european fallout over it. How about they pull out of the F-35, cancel their C-130, apache, E2-C hawkeye, C-17, F-18 and F-16 orders as well. Why not any word from Lockheed on this.
Head shaking......
How did we get to this point?
J....D....!
I don’t know, It just seems like he couldn’t do something like this unilaterally.
Boeing is a bunch of goons. Their tanker was much less capable than the Northrup tanker.
He has a superpower
He might as well get used to it. The dirt is just now starting. IMO the GOP has made a big mistake. He’s an insider and his enemies have had years to build a case. It takes time to prepare a smear. We needed a fresh candidate that they didn’t expect or know much about. Someone that could laugh and let this stuff roll right off.
Boeing lost.
As another poster pointed out, N-G is going to create more jobs due to this contract than Boeing would have.
Note that every complainer in the article has a “D” after their name.
I know. I’m not happy about having to defend him either. Darn Democrats.
You bet, Ma. Smooth convinced me about Fat Jack the other day.
And another thing: why the f*** did McCain steer a defense contract to a FOREIGN COMPANY???
I think Hillary has the best chance of pushing through her agenda. I don’t see how she’s less dangerous than Obama. I’m rooting for Obama on the Dem side. Plus I hate Hillary, she’s power hungry, she has a God-awful annoying voice.
Please don’t root for Hillary.
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