So you proudly supported someone for president in 2008 that took kickbacks from an aerospace outfit, DuPont Aerospace, and used influence (along with Duke Cunningham) while he sat on the House Armed Services Committee to pressure the Department of Defense to continue funding a failed VTOL aircraft. Apparently your chosen candidates don't need to be as perfect as you demand of Sarah Palin.
Like I said, it is the DOD that lobbies Congress, not the other way around. They lobby for what programs they want and which ones they don't. They lobby for lots of things. Right now, they are lobbying Congress to repeal DADT. Hopefully, there will be enough Hunter-esque congresscritters to stop it. The type of men that can see through the political bullsh*t that comes through through the DOD (vis a vis the executive branch). You may not like the VTOL (which was a lightly funded R&D project) and the "Pentagon" may not have wanted it, but that's tough. The Russians are still pursuing it, we've dropped the ball.
SO next time you tell me the DOD reigns supreme, bring your justification for Bill Perry and Co. trying to kill star wars versus Hunter who force fed it to Clinton's DOD. Bring your justification for Bob Gates lobbying for new START and letting queers in. Bring your justification for killing the F-22. I know you respect the wishes of an Obama or Clinton led DOD over what conservatives think our military needs are, but you should try to hide it better on a conservative forum.