Politics from the Palouse to Puget Sound

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

New Muri Ad: Smith Wrong on Spending, Wrong on Defense

A new ad from the Dick Muri for Congress campaign goes after Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA09)  for his support of the alternate engine for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter, even over the objections of the Pentagon, President Obama, and leading Republicans:



So why is Smith supporting the alternate engine project? Just follow the money, as I did.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Here is a great editorial from Ronald Regan’s former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman (also a member of the National Defense Commission and served on the Sept 11th Commission). It lays out the real story that the engine would save tax payer dollars and in his own words, “the power of competition has been shown again and again to drive innovation, lower costs and spur contractor responsiveness.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080506404_pf.html