The Pentagon announced yesterday that it will start the competition for a new U.S. Air Force refueling tanker over after the November election. The decision from Secretary of Defense Gates comes after the GAO found so many problems with the process used to award EADS-Grumman the contract earlier this year that the report said there was a substantial chance the contract would have gone to rival Boeing if a fair process had been used. Alabama Governor Bob Riley's reaction? He told WSFA yesterday:
"They put it off for one reason and one reason only...to hope that they get a new administration that will go in there and play politics with the decision."
OK, let me understand..."they"....that would be Secretary of Defense Gates, the one appointed by George Bush, the one who works in The Pentagon, home of the U.S. Military Armed Forces,.."they" hope to "get" a new administration....(as if this is some kind of appointment process as opposed to an actual American election!)...all of those hard-core General and Admiral military types want Democratic Senator Barack Obama to defeat Republican POW Senator McCain in November to allow the Democrats to "play politics" with the tanker deal and award it to those commie-libs in Seattle and Chicago over the hard-working folks in South Alabama (uh, and France).
OK, now I understand.
NOTE: There's no FTR tomorrow (and we'll be on at 9:30 next Friday...and at 9:00 on subsequent Fridays.)
The "they" he is referring to is Boeing and it's abundant influence on the Pentagon, whether it's run by Republicans or Democrats.
ReplyDeleteOh, so Boeing is bullying the Pentagon into supporting Obama so he'll be elected and they'll get the contract? And neither Mr. Gates nor Mr. Bush not the Joint Chiefs will call Boeing on it? Why so timid all of a sudden?
ReplyDeleteWith all due respsect, I don't think you know enough about this subject to be commenting on it.
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