Congressman (Hunter) weighs options to undo refueling tanker contract

GovExec ^ | 3/3/08 | Megan Scully

[SoCalPol]

You arn’t big on truth so have to get down to your level

[ravingnutter]

Right...then maybe you can explain why Hunter is full of crap on this issue. Maybe because Boeing is one of his biggest contributors? Sorry, but everything I posted was sourced and well documented, you provided nothing but name-calling, insults and rhetoric.

[CAluvdubya]

Hunter needs to back the hell off. He's WAY wrong on this issue. Sheese......give 'em a national road trip and they just can't help themselves. I can't believe I'm saying this but for once.....McCain was right and Hunter is wrong. On this issue.

THANK YOU!!! Hunter is way wrong on this. We are a Northrop family and there was nothing wrong with this deal!

[CAluvdubya]

What made the Air Force pick the contract they did? Was it bid pricing? Was it superior product? Was it better service? Or was there something nefarious?

It wasn't anything nefarious. There was no "messing" with the specs,as one poster claimed on another thread. This info is all out in the open. Boeing did not have the right combination of airframe, cost and lots of other factors...Northrop did. Read the analysis when it comes out. This was checked extensively. USAF knew this would be contentious and locked it down.

[CAluvdubya]

That being said...I am not surprised in the least that Hunter is doing this, as Boeing is one of his major contributors

This warrants a call to his local office here in San Diego. There are 4 Northrop plants in this area and if he gets this contract taken away from Northrop there will be a lot of his constituents out of work!

I'm so disappointed in Hunter over this.

[SoCalPol]

Our jobs have been outsourced to the tune of China now being our banker.
Might be nice for a change to see Americans back at work with contracts going to American Corps. rather than Europe, China, India, etc.

We have had it the other way and look how the economy is now.

[ravingnutter]

The point is...Hunter is still trying to undo this contract and give it back to Boeing, who is a major contributor of his, based on false premises (outsourcing). Once again, he sticks his nose in where it doesn’t belong to benefit himself. That is the reason I don’t like him, his actions reek of quid pro quo on military contracts on a consistent basis. His association with the criminals Cunningham, Wilkes and Lewis and other sleazy characters further damages his credibility. I believe I have now proven my case on that.

[egginanest]

THANK YOU!!! Hunter is way wrong on this. We are a Northrop family and there was nothing wrong with this deal!

You're welcome.....for your family & thousands of other American families! It was a good decision for all, especially the Air Force.