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Touch My Junk

November 23, 2010

Filed Under: BILL'S BLOG

Go, ahead, please – touch my junk!

Look, nobody’s been a bigger critic of TSA than I have. Long before 9/11, but especially after.

I fly a lot, I observe the rules, even though I think many of them are unnecessary and duplicative, if not stupid. But I refuse to buy into the media hysteria about new pat-downs.

This whole hullaballoo is a phony issue, invented by the Drudge Report, fueled by Fox and the right-wing blogs – and, shamefully, picked up by the mainstream media. Just like ACORN. Just like Obama’s birth certificate. Just like Sarah Palin.

Look. Passengers have a choice. The can go through the scanner, which is no more dangerous than a cell phone. Or they can opt for the full-body pat down. It’s their choice.

And if they choose the pat down? I’ve been there, literally, hundreds of times. Believe me, it’s no big deal. TSA agents do not grope anybody. And they use the backs of their hands when they get to sensitive areas.

If you’re still not happy, guess what? You have one other choice: take the train, drive your car, ride your bike, walk, or swim. Nobody’s forcing you to fly.

That’s my parting shot for today.

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Press is the author of seven books: Spin This! (Atria, 2002), Bush Must Go! (Dutton Books, 2004), How The Republicans Stole Christmas (Doubleday, 2005), Trainwreck (Wiley, 2008), Toxic Talk (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010), The Obama Hate Machine (Thomas Dunne Books, 2012), and his latest, Buyer's Remorse (Threshold Editions, 2016).

The host of TYT Network's nationally-syndicated Bill Press Show (Monday-Friday from 7-9am ET), Press attends the daily White House press briefing and writes a weekly column for the powerhouse politics website The Hill.

Press resides in the nation’s capital with his wife Carol.

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