U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is 'a toddler who found a pistol on the nightstand,' columnist WarOnDumb writes. 'And when the gun goes off, and somebody gets hurt, it’s not the kid that’s to blame.' On where the blame lands for botching Space Command:
FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, May 16, 2023. Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, “Alabamafication” examines the outsized influence of this very strange state, taking aim at corruption, cruelty, incompetence and hypocrisy while also seeking out those righteous folks making their state and country better places for all.Blame Kay Ivey.Don’t blame Tommy Tuberville for losing Space Command.
Fine. But what else did they expect? Of course, President Biden had every incentive to put Space Command in Colorado. As Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington once said after he was accused of giving business to his friends, “Who am I supposed to give it to? My enemies?”“This fight is far from over,” U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, tweeted.What’s remarkable about Biden’s decision is how long it took. He could have flipped this switch the moment Donald Trump.
And what Alabama needed was military brass to say, “No, Mr. President, Colorado is not the best place for this. We did a study and …” In the end, the Associated Press reported, it was General James Dickinson, the head of Space Command, who persuaded the president that Colorado was the best choice.
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