Comments on: Babies Being Stopped In Airports? http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Koenecke http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Mike Koenecke Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:26:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/#comment-1351 Regarding George H.W. Bush and the supermarket scanner: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.htm Snopes isn't known for having a conservative bias, either. Some people claim Snopes tilts left, but I haven't been convinced of that. Regarding George H.W. Bush and the supermarket scanner:

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.htm

Snopes isn’t known for having a conservative bias, either. Some people claim Snopes tilts left, but I haven’t been convinced of that.

]]> By: Icepick http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Icepick Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:11:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/#comment-1349 Paul, over the coarse of four or five years a pretty large percentage of people in the country do fly, although probably not a majority. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if almost 50% of actual voters do fly. The reason I think airport security hassles will become an issue is because it <i>is</i> so trivial, in some sense. But it will be easy to run against an incumbent Congress by saying, "You've had five years since 9/11/2001 to secure the nation, and what have you done? Illegal aliens are STILL coming across the border by the hundreds of thousands, the ports aren't protected, bin Laden is still free, we're in a mess in Iraq, and all you've accomplished is to TAKE AWAY MY NAIL CLIPPERS AT THE AIRPORT?!" Nail clippers, taking shoes off, banning babies, etc. It will be an easy to relate to stupidity to highlight a general lack of accomplishment. Remember GHWBush not recognizing the supermarket scanner? It highlighted other concerns about his being "out of touch". Paul, over the coarse of four or five years a pretty large percentage of people in the country do fly, although probably not a majority. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if almost 50% of actual voters do fly.

The reason I think airport security hassles will become an issue is because it is so trivial, in some sense. But it will be easy to run against an incumbent Congress by saying, “You’ve had five years since 9/11/2001 to secure the nation, and what have you done? Illegal aliens are STILL coming across the border by the hundreds of thousands, the ports aren’t protected, bin Laden is still free, we’re in a mess in Iraq, and all you’ve accomplished is to TAKE AWAY MY NAIL CLIPPERS AT THE AIRPORT?!”

Nail clippers, taking shoes off, banning babies, etc. It will be an easy to relate to stupidity to highlight a general lack of accomplishment. Remember GHWBush not recognizing the supermarket scanner? It highlighted other concerns about his being “out of touch”.

]]> By: Paul Brinkley http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Paul Brinkley Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:18:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/#comment-1344 Security as a whole may be a swing issue, but not airports per se. And even so, security in general will play a minor role to the usual suspects: jobs, civil rights, and national defense - of which security is one facet - so yeah, security's just one part of a bigger issue, but the airport thing is minor head-assery in comparison. Most Americans don't fly. Security as a whole may be a swing issue, but not airports per se. And even so, security in general will play a minor role to the usual suspects: jobs, civil rights, and national defense – of which security is one facet – so yeah, security’s just one part of a bigger issue, but the airport thing is minor head-assery in comparison. Most Americans don’t fly.

]]> By: Icepick http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Icepick Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:02:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/08/16/babies-being-stopped-in-airports/#comment-1341 I said it before, and I'll say it again. Airport security BS is going to be a swing issue next election. More and more people are aware of this kind of nonsense, and it's making their veins pop. (I saw that phrase in the "Related Posts" at the bottom. It's apt for this post as well.) The vast majority of people are okay with security checks, but it has gotten to be way out of control. This will be the pivot around which other security issues will swing.... I said it before, and I’ll say it again. Airport security BS is going to be a swing issue next election. More and more people are aware of this kind of nonsense, and it’s making their veins pop. (I saw that phrase in the “Related Posts” at the bottom. It’s apt for this post as well.) The vast majority of people are okay with security checks, but it has gotten to be way out of control. This will be the pivot around which other security issues will swing….

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