Prediction: Obama Gets TSA to Back Down, Terror Event Occurs, Congress Attempt Impeachment

[NoodleyAppendage]

Take your pick.

This whole TSA bruhaha is:

1.) being promulgated by the conservative media types...ask yourself why?
2.) being motivated by money and need to "union bust," not civil rights.
3.) a test case to see if Obama will back down on national security, thereby demonstrating his weakness in "keeping America safe."
4.) a trojan horse to get Obama to back down and then hopes for a domestic bombing as a result, which then provides the basis for impeachment.

J

[dennis4868]

1. And DUers

are playing into the hands of the right wing....

[TheIdiot]

2. by doing what...?

TALKING about it?

[katandmoon]

10. My guess is, by not obediently bending over for the TSA goons who boss reports to Obama.

[TheIdiot]

12. OK... then I'd say we're in good company...

Just heard Hillary say this morning that SHE wouldn't put up with it if she could avoid it. Methinks she needs to talk to her boss.

[katandmoon]

20. *If* she could avoid it? LOLOLOL Puh-leeze, Hillary.

[dennis4868]

25. Overblowing the issue

Fox News and the repubs live fake controversies and alot of people are helping them out kn this one, including DUers....

[TheIdiot]

39. Oh... right... and I guess you ride a bicycle to work? n/t

[hlthe2b]

3. This policy is poorly thought out and implemented...

While I do not and never will doubt the outrageous deviousness and unethical tactics of the RW, what is our recourse? Would you have progressives acquiesce to what we know to be BAD and ineffective (not to mention likely unconstitutional) policy to try to preempt this kind of strategy?

No, I would argue that the Obama administration has to wake up, stop fearing criticism by the RW, but build consensus around those measures that are EVIDENCE-BASED to prevent these kind of attacks. Doing what no other democratic country in the world is doing, including those who face terrorist threats continually-- as a first line of defense against terrorism and in the absence of evidence supporting it-- is just plain stupid.

I worry about the ability of the RW to bastardize any decision made or to even promulgate or stage an event. I would put nothing past them. All the more reason for us to be smarter and to educate the American people as to what we are doing (and not doing) and why.

[TheIdiot]

7. Yup... the world's #1 target

is Israel, and they don't do this shit. Ya think maybe they do something right every now and then?

[arcane1]

4. I've had #1 on my mind for days now

I don't know to what end, but I get uneasy when a topic likes this gets so popular with the media all of a sudden.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

22. The START treaty needs to be passed, that's important,

where is all the outrage here on DU about Republican obstruction of nuclear weapons control? Not important enough, any thoughts?

[Radical Activist]

32. Who gives a shit about nuclear annihilation when

someone might see a fuzzy outline of my body! ZOMG!!!

[treestar]

35. And those conservatives would have not the slightest problem

with any pat-down of any type under President Bush/McCain.

They would call it whining and ask if you'd rather be dead.

They would claim it was wimpy to be afraid of the pat down.

[Parker CA]

5. I thought the same thing, although I hadn't considered impeachment as a result, rather just GOP

hollering and protesting about Obama being weak on security.

I don't put anything past these bastards.

[TheIdiot]

18. Why in hell would they impeach him...

when he's so much fun to have around?

[Hawkeye-X]

6. Well, look at it this way... the airport cargo screening process is getting better

look at the Nambia situation for an airliner heading to Germany. And that was an US test. They caught it.

Albeit a bit late, but still caught it before its final destination, was the two packages from Yemen.

And the airlines are pretty secure since 9/11. They've had lots of unruly passengers, but nothing that a few intelligent passengers and an air marshal can't handle.

Take a look at www.avherald.com for some of those news. That you never see in the US based media. Unless it's hot news or hijacking or a crash or something.

You don't hear about crashes in Indonesia from the US based media - you had to go out on a difference sources elsewhere.

[katandmoon]

8. Obama -- back down on a civil rights trashing policy like this one?

Surely you jest.

[Autumn]

9. I don't believe any of that for one

second. So I guess my pick is #5.

[LisaL]

11. You really think these searches will prevent any possible

"terror event?" Just what happens if TSA continues (and so far they don't show any indication they will not) with pat downs, screens, and "terror event" still happens? After all a shoe bomber and an underwear bomber were able to get on planes no problems. What will TSA implement next? Full cavity searches? Internal X-ray scans?

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

13. He was doomed when he was elected. I knew he would be

blamed for everything.

[TheIdiot]

17. The Presidency... otherwise known as Hardball. n/t

[Little Star]

14. Obama backs TSA and there is another terror event.......

whats next for us peons? Cavity searches (maybe even for children)????? How many rights are we willing to give up?

[JVS]

15. They're going to impeah Obama anyway, because that's how they roll.

[laughingliberal]

16. BS nt

[Laelth]

19. I will not allow my children to be fondled to protect the President's popularity.

Your argument is weak, and I could care less about the President's popularity when my family is at stake.

-Laelth

[treestar]

36. OK so long as they can die in a terrorist bomb attack on a plane

And you do not blame the government or Obama.

[TheKentuckian]

21. It is about the people and the nation, not Obama.

Maybe you could think a lot more rationally and clearly if your thoughts did not have to go through an Obama filter.

People don't like virtual strip searches and aggressive groping and the only possible reason is a tin foil plot to take down Obama?

I'd think it is because people aren't hip with the nonsense.

[AsahinaKimi]

31. +1

eom.

[madinmaryland]

23. Issa will find some reason to impeach him. There is no reason for

Obama to continue a policy that violates civil rights so blatantly.

Any impeachment is also doomed to fail, like it did with Clinton.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. You remember your history

They will also close down the government.

[walldude]

24. Impeach? Over a terrorist attack?

After Bush received a briefing stating that Osama wanted to use planes to attack the US and ignored it to the cost of 3000 american lives and countless war casualties? They can try.

[vi5]

27. I for one, welcome our new cavity searching overlords....

As far as I'm concerned as long as there is a democrat in office I will bend over and provide access to as many of my body parts as it will take to prevent Republicans from saying mean things about our elected Democrats.

[Radical Activist]

28. 5) A red herring to keep people distracted during the lame duck session of Congress.

We wouldn't want Obama to mobilize the public to pressure Congress on things like repealing DADT and passing climate change laws. The Republicans need a distraction and fast!

[doc03]

29. Glenn Beck said something similar the other day, only the

opposite. His take on it is Obama is pushing this stuff in order to get the public to demand it be stopped. Then when an attack occurs he will put the blame on the public because they demanded the lax security.

[Lost-in-FL]

33. He distorts everything.

No wonder why so many teabaggers are so confused.

[Radical Activist]

30. 6) Something that gets coverage because it impacts the social class of professional pundits

as opposed to many other issues which are ignored because they only impact the large majority of Americans who can't afford to fly.

[katnapped]

34. When the stories get out

About children being molested, he'll be impeached anyway for enacting (and furthering) the policy.

[Greyhound]

37. Once again, the multi-dimensional chess master has painted himself into a corner.

You are right, there is no win in this for him.

[LisaL]

38. He actually has no plans whatsoever to get TSA to back down.

He sat these measures were necessary. So OP can rest easy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. I smell a dial down now SOS Clinton

That said Issa will impeach regardless...don't matter, that's what they do.