Comments on: Obama says he’ll veto defense bill if F-22 spending increased

By: JAD

JAD — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:08:35 +0000

The Airforce submitted that they DID NOT WANT THIS. If the planners at the Af say they can do without and need to redirect spending towards the current threats, why do a bunch of people sitting in DC think they know better?

By: The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar

The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:10:51 +0000

Looks like Obama is pulling the teat out of Cobb County’s ungrateful mouths.

By: F22 Guy

F22 Guy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:52:52 +0000

all Saxby cares about is the lobbyist money, he probably doesn’t know the F22 is a fighter jet.

By: dmac

dmac — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:57:54 +0000

Saxby warns that thousands of jobs will be lost. What a lie.

The F-35, just like the F-22 will be built (in part) in Marietta.

By: SHAMELESS

SHAMELESS — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:44:18 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. lawmakers on Monday vowed to overturn a Senate Armed Services Committee plan to build more F-22 fighter jets, calling the spending unworkable amid the Pentagon’s belt-tightening effort.

Carl Levin and John McCain, the top Democrat and Republican, respectively, on the committee, said they will offer an amendment to overturn the committee’s decision to spend $1.75 billion (1.08 billion pounds) for seven more planes made by Lockheed Martin Corp.

The additional F-22 jets were included in the committee’s legislation setting overall defence spending priorities, which is expected to be debated by the Senate most of this week.

Levin and McCain opened debate on the defence authorization bill with a broadside against plans to keep building the F-22 Raptor model beyond the 187 aircraft already in the budget pipeline.

The new planes are opposed by the Obama administration, which has threatened to veto funding.

“I hope that my colleagues understand that a veto is likely if the Congress does not act to end the F-22,” McCain said.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates wants to cut back many of the military’s weapons programs and transition from the F-22 to three models of Lockheed’s Joint Strike Fighter F-35, co-developed with eight countries and built for export.

House and Senate lawmakers in committee have also voted to put extra money towards an alternate engine for the F-35 to be built by a team from General Electric and Rolls-Royce Group. Obama opposes the second engine.

By: Dawg80

Dawg80 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Morons like Saxby, Tom Price and Phil Gingrey spend the day talking rhetoric about Obama’s spending, then try to wrangle pork spending and hope that it slips under the proverbial radar. As a Mariettan, I would like the F-22 to continue production for as long as possible, but I don’t fault Obama for putting his foot down these hypocrites. I blame Georgia’s rhetoric-spouting GOP officials in Washington for their lack of cooperation with the man holding the veto pen.

What did Saxby, Price and Gingrey expect? Well, they probably did expect this, but would rather take this route and fail the F-22 program and Cobb County than be seen working sensibly with the Obama administration on anything. Again, Obama is the one holding the marbles, so it would’ve helped to play nice. We’re all in trouble with these mindless, GOP, talking-point idiots representing us in DC.

By: will jones and the pillar of con

will jones and the pillar of con — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:41 +0000

chambliss a conservative? no more so than obamma, or JI. Get real, just looking for $$$$ for his district.

By: Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST

Bo Chambliss LOBBYIST — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:57:21 +0000

With Saxby it’s LOBBYIST first and country last. Look at how he served on the UGA baseball team during Viet Nam. Daddy is in this for the money.