Comments on: Sarah Palin Lied About F-22

By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:28:22 +0000

Being a retired 20 year AF Veteran I can say for a fact that the AF truly wanted (and still does) the superior F-22 jet fighter. As to your knowledge of the subject, do any of you nay-sayers have any idea of what the competitor to the F-22 was?

And as a side note, I have absolutley no respect for anyone that cannot make a sensible argument without getting vulgar or disrespectful to others. If that is all you have for a response, please keep it to yourself.

By: Carbondale

Carbondale — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:06:39 +0000

How can the US defend its skies against Taliban flying carpets, unless we have swarms of F-22s and F-35s at $XXX million apiece? How will congressmen finance their next election campaings without “donations” from PACs funded by weapons industry execs and shells? What will we do with all the pilots that don’t die in test flights or high risk missions over hostile populations? How will the AF justify its headcounts, bases, and budgets if we rely more on drones and cruise missiles?

By: jrfunkenstein

jrfunkenstein — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:50:15 +0000

‘Funkster, I’ll bet you Maria cheered when Gingrich’s mother called Hillary Clinton a “bitch” on national TV.’

I wonder what it’s like to have to admit you’re the one that brought Gingrich’s lying, fatuous, sorry ass into this world?

By: Indeed

Indeed — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:17:44 +0000

Actually, Ollie, the Air Force wanted the F-22, big time.

You may be conflating “Air Force” with “Outlandishly Bloated and Inconceivably Corrupt Military Industrial Complex.”

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:08:52 +0000

Actually, Ollie, the Air Force wanted the F-22, big time.

I think you have the Air Force confused with Michael Bay.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Well, unless “Despite the Air Force saying it would increase future risk” is untrue, she is stating opinion.

Unless “the Air Force” is someone besides the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of the Air Force, she’s making stuff up. All of the above said discontinuing the F-22 program does NOT increase future risk. They all agree that continuing to spend money on the F-22 wastes money that would be better spent elsewhere.

By: Buzz Killington

Buzz Killington — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:12:59 +0000

Well, unless “Despite the Air Force saying it would increase future risk” is untrue, she is stating opinion.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:05:32 +0000

What’s the lie?

Click the link, Buzz.

By: Buzz Killington

Buzz Killington — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:20:02 +0000

What’s the lie here?

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:15:16 +0000

Funkster, I’ll bet you Maria cheered when Gingrich’s mother called Hillary Clinton a “bitch” on national TV.

By: jrfunkenstein

jrfunkenstein — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:55:42 +0000

‘P.S. Can you liberals go one day without calling her names like “bitch?”…Makes you all look like assholes.’

Sure; as soon as she stops being a brainless, lying bitch.

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:50:14 +0000

Maria, whenever I see a bitch I call it. AND SARAH PALIN IS A BITCH.

The truth hurts, sometimes. Don’t like it? Too damn bad.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:15:03 +0000

We still fly almost 200 of them by the way. But they’re incredibly expensive to maintain and not worth the trouble. You’ve got existing planes that can’t be touched by anyone elses that are much cheaper.

But I know Republicans aren’t very good at keeping spending down.

By: Indeed

Indeed — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:03:56 +0000

President Obama, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Air Force Chief of Staff, the Secretary of the Air Force and even Sen. John McCain believe Sarah Palin is wrong.

vs.

…Palin is right about F-22

Gosh, whom should I believe with regards to the F-22? The president, secdef, chair and vice chair of the JCS, AF chief of staff, Sec of AF and esteemed Senator and war hero John McCain or some anonymous wingnut blog commenter and the stupidest fucking person on the face of the earth (Sarah Palin)? Now there’s a dilemma. Thinking…thinking…

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:42:19 +0000

Right on Section 9. I was just going to ask Mr. Willis to at least argue his case, as he did not in this article. Section 9 , I believe made the case against Mr. Willis…

P.S. Can you liberals go one day without calling her names like “bitch?”…Makes you all look like assholes.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:21:03 +0000

Cutting the F-22 was a good thing.

http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/07/f-22-still-clings-tenaciously-to-life.html

By: section9

section9 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:54:03 +0000

Actually, Ollie, the Air Force wanted the F-22, big time. Obama wanted to cut it. The Air Force has always been somewhat uncertain as to the capabilities of the follow-on fighter, the F-35. The F-22 was always a much better air superiority fighter than F-35, and everyone in the USAF knows this.

Gates wanted it cut for budgetary reasons to fund the Afghan War, which Obama is apparently about to bugger out of. Obama wanted to kill it so he could fund his pet Democratic constituencies. McCain has a burr under his saddle against LockMart about the F-22 because of the development costs. The plane should have been built back in the late nineties, but both the Clinton AND Bush Administrations delayed development and turned a pure fighter into a fighter bomber. That increased cost per unit. Unfortunately, Obama has forced the USAF to put all its chips in a substandard fighter bomber, the F-35, which would be eaten for lunch by the new Sukhoi product.

Not that Obama cares. He’s a bean counter, and he’s not really good at that, either.

Palin is right about F-22, and it just happens to be the only fighter that makes sense for the USAF in the vast distances of the Asia Pacific theater. The Japanese wanted it badly, and the Israelis want it real bad. Just because Obama got the uniformed military to salute doesn’t mean that he made the right decision. He didn’t. Someday, you’ll figure out that just because a Democrat is doing it, doesn’t mean it’s always right.

But I don’t expect you to figure that out anytime soon.

By: merl

merl — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:57:55 +0000

she’s not lying, just stupid. she probably believes this crap.

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:52:13 +0000

When does the bitch ever NOT lie?

By: jr

jr — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:10:15 +0000

Cons live in a pre-youtube world thinking they’ll never get caught