Zandar's Thought Of The Day

Unless President Obama gets a handle on the TSA this week, Republicans are going to make sure he gets blamed for their overreach, even though it was the Republicans who created this agency to begin with.

Joe Biden's response to this?

Vice President Joe Biden is defending the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) controversial new pat-down technique, calling it a "necessary policy."

Biden acknowledged people have concerns that the TSA's use of full-body scanners and pat-downs are frustrating and intrusive but argued they are crucial to prevent another incident like the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing. 

It's not necessary if you're A) a Washington politician, and B) if you openly choose never to fly again because of the policy.  Best part is when airline ticket sales plummet because of these horror stories, they will be the first to ask for a government handout.

And what does Obama do today?  Back up Joe Biden.

President Barack Obama on Saturday acknowledged some travelers' "frustrations" with having to go through full-body pat-downs and scans at airports, but he said the enhanced security measures are necessary to keep America safe. 

No, they're not.  Humiliating people to the point where they don't want to fly is in no way "necessary".  The next time you'll see a terrorist attempt (and all they have to do is attempt) to board a plane with some ridiculous getup, prosthetic, hidden container, or swallow a condom full of explosive and we'll be on to mandatory body cavity strip searches in six months, because the terrorists can count on us overreacting every time.

Sacrifice a few pawns in order to cause complete chaos and cause millions of Americans not to fly because they despise their government that much.

That's what I call a win for the bad guys.  The President is on the wrong side of this one, morally and practically, and it's going to cost him.