[dr_who_2]

The defense industry is about defense. It’s not a jobs program. This is pretty cynical even for some Democrats.

[driftdiver]

“The defense industry is about defense. It’s not a jobs program”

And jobs are crucial to our economy which in turn helps us stay strong. Theres also the factor of depending on foreign nations for our national defense. France didn’t seem too concerned with our national security just a few years ago. Imagine depending on them for some crucial part during a war.

[Verginius Rufus]

Kansas has voted for the Democrat for President once since 1936 (in LBJ’s landslide of 1964). If McCain has to worry about Kansas, the ‘Rats are heading for a 50-state sweep.

[DugwayDuke]

“The defense industry is about defense. It’s not a jobs program. This is pretty cynical even for some Democrats.”

You give the democrats fare too much credit when you accuse them of treating this as a jobs program. Jobs aren’t the democrat issue. The democrats would care less except for the fact that the jobs in Alabama are not union while the jobs at Boeing are union.

[AFreeBird]

EADS/Airbus (at least their calling it right now, and have dropped the Grumman pretense) is openly courting business from our enemies. And you want to spend taxpayer money to prop them up and help them in that endevour?

Sorry, I have a real problem with that. And I don't care how many assembly plants they set up here in the US.