I had another Letter To The Editor published in local paper today

[Oilwellian]

GOP has had its role in cutting defense


"After completing 20 planes for which we have begun procurement, we will shut down further production of the B-2 bomber. We will cancel the small ICBM program. We will cease production of new warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles. We will stop all new production of the Peacekeeper (MX) missile. And we will not purchase any more advanced cruise missiles. The reductions I have approved will save us an additional $50 billion over the next five years. By 1997, we will have cut defense by 30 percent since I took office."

The speaker was President George H.W. Bush, the current president's father, in his State of the Union address on Jan. 28, 1992.

Who followed these comments three days later with these words:

"Congress has let me cancel a few programs. But you've squabbled and sometimes bickered and horse-traded and ended up forcing me to spend money on weapons that don't fill a vital need in these times of tight budgets and new requirements. You've directed me to buy more M-1s, F-14s and F-16s - all great systems, but we have enough of them."

Dick Cheney, the first President Bush's secretary of defense (and now vice president), boasted of similar slashings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

I hope the general public will remember this when they view Bush campaign ads attacking John Kerry's past votes on defense.

[NewJeffCT]

1. good find, good letter

Thanks - keep up the good work.

[redqueen]

2. Don't just hope!

Print up flyers and get to work passing them out... but not now.

Wait till Aug/Sep/Oct timeframe.

:evilgrin:

[Oilwellian]

3. I love exposing their hypocrisy

:evilgrin:

[sandnsea]

4. Good for you!

Excellent, those are the exact points we need to make.