Did the liberal democrats applaud McCain’s efforts to trim over $6 billion dollars of pork off a no-bid defense contract?  No!

Pelosi’s Reaction:  echoing the thoughts of many congressional Democrats, sees McCain’s role in a less positive light. She said the earlier tanker deal was “on course for Boeing” before McCain started railing against it.

Norm Dicks:  I hope the voters of this state remember what John McCain has done to them and their jobs.

Norm Dicks is known as “the congressman from Boeing.”

This guy and his counterparts in Washington and Kansas care nothing about the American taxpayer or the American military.  Their plan is to attack the tanker contract on multiple fronts, which will delay this much needed recapitalization of the Air Force for years.

Where were all these “liberals” while Boeing was wheeling and dealing all these no-bid contracts behind closed doors?  They were a part of the problem and immediately began blasting John McCain when he raised questions about the tanker leasing scheme.

What Happened Next:  The Boeing Company was fined $615 million, Boeing’s CEO resigned, and the Chief Financial Officer went to jail.  One more time, John McCain’s actions led to the U.S. Treasury saving $6.2 billion, and sent criminals to jail.

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Weeks before making a final decision, the U.S. Air Force changed criteria used to assess rival bids from Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for new refueling tankers, resulting in a lower score for Northrop, people familiar with the changes said on Thursday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2863030520080228?rpc=44

If you would bother to read the briefs on the Boeing Tanker deal that was shot down, you would see some of the most shady, corrupt dealings on the books!  The whole thing was put together as a sole-source contract that would have robbed the taxpayer of billions of dollars and delivered nothing!

If the Air Force wanted a larger tanker then Boeing and the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee were misled. The Air Force during the selection process continually expressed the need for a medium-sized tanker to replace the existing KC-135.

To surmise that fueling and maintaining a force of EADS KC-30 tankers is a better deal for the taxpayers is wrong. The KC-30 is 53% bigger and much less efficient than the Boeing KC-767 tankers.

Finally the Boeing tanker would be built by a single company, one U.S. security aware management team, under the roof of a facility that’s already built and manned by our own workers. A company with over 50 years experience building tanker aircraft.

His name says it all….lol

Well if Boeing did bring their “A” game on this one ...... I guess their plan B is to cry like a bunch of spoiled kids…....

From what I can gather Boeing is protesting on the basis that they put together their proposal based on the wrong plane.  Is that right?

If Boeing could not beat the competition using their existing 767, how in the world will they be able to build a larger tanker at a cost less than what has been presented by NG/EADS?

These proposals need to be very clearly outlined and presented to the American public.  No one on the Boeing side of this RFP has mentioned any facts about the two aircraft.  It is all about where the tanker will be built, Alabama vs. Washington and Kansas.

Norman DeValois “Norm” Dicks Democratic representing Washington state’s 6th congressional district; seen here playing for his home team. What Norm doesn’t know is he’s on hidden camera and we’ve secretly replaced his regular defense contractor with new improved defense contractor, lets see if he notices the difference….

It is all just hot air! They are trying their best to circumvent a fair and transparent process that put some competition back into the aeronautical industry!

There should be penalties for pulling this stunt!