{"id":7961,"date":"2012-11-14T07:16:41","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T07:15:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T07:15:18","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7961","title":{"rendered":"HuffPo: “Should Republicans Blame The TSA For Their Loss? (VIDEO)”"},"content":{"rendered":"

HuffPo: Should Republicans Blame The TSA For Their Loss? (VIDEO)<\/a> by Christopher Eliott:<\/p>\n

When Susan Verbeeck attended a rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with her two daughters and a friend at the Virginia State Fairgrounds in Doswell, Va., earlier this month, she didn’t expect to be greeted by TSA agents.<\/p>\n

But that’s exactly what she found blocking the entrance to the fair: a row of metal-detectors staffed by uniformed TSA agents. <\/p>\n

“We’re accustomed to the TSA at airports when we travel,” she says. “But now it seems they are ubiquitous. I understand that the presidential candidates need security, but wasn’t the TSA originally formed for airport security?”<\/p>\n

Well, that was the idea. But a look at TSA’s mission statement<\/a>, which isn’t limited to air travel, means the agency could try to “protect” you anytime you set foot outside your home. <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

What would you do if you were assigned to screen supporters of a party that you knew presented a threat to your job security? If you answered: harass them, fail to properly screen them and indirectly allow the candidate to be heckled, then congratulations — here’s your tin foil hat and your very own copy of “The X-Files: The Complete Collector’s Edition.”<\/p>\n

Did the TSA cost the Republicans the presidency? In such a close presidential election, anything could have swayed the electorate. But I think it’s safe to say the agency didn’t exactly help.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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