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Showing posts with label Dick Muri. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dick Muri. Show all posts

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.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Is Adam Smith Building a New Bridge to Nowhere? You Betcha!

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington’s 9th Congressional District likes to portray himself as what the Seattle Times calls a “raging moderate.” Smith supported the Iraq surge in 2007 and he voted against the House’s original health care reform bill.


But Smith is the chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on Air and Land Forces. And in this role, Smith is showing that he can play the pork barrel polka with the best Big Government liberal. But unlike earmark champions Patty Murray and the late Robert Byrd, Smith’s effort do not benefit his district at all, but rather fat cat corporate donors to his campaign.