Just once, I’d love to hear you say that you talked with your experts about something but decided that they were wrong. That people may disagree with you, but that you’re going to trust your instincts and the power of your amazing intellect, employ some LOGIC, and strap on a set of balls.
That’s what Presidents of the United States are supposed to do.
The part I don’t get is that this is a win-win political issue for you. It’s one of those magical things that both Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann agree on. You could easily gain favor from all sides for this, buy yourself millions of independent voters in 2012.
It’s not like the people out there who don’t think the scanners are bad are going to care if they go away. There’s no movement to keep our airports more inconvenient and invasive.
But I guess the interests of rich businessmen really do trump everything, including Red and Blue.
If one of your daughters, Mr. President, were being photographed naked and subjected to X-rays every time she flew, you’d change this procedure today. But that’s never going to happen to them, is it? So I guess you really don’t care. That’s the only conclusion I can make, since I know you are far too smart to think that these procedures are “effective” against any sort of threat.
