If, on the other hand, Issa were to launch an investigation of TSA, he'd instantly win the media stardom he longs for and would probably win over a good many independents and Democrats (and Atlantic staffers). Think about it: he could call as witnesses some poor 5-year-old kid who got felt up and the kid's furious mom; he could call the "Don't Touch My Junk" guy; hell, he could call Jeff Goldberg, whose junk has been fondled by TSA staffers from coast to coast. I can imagine poor Jeff limping in on crutches and sobbing like Nancy Kerrigan.

Point is, it would be a two-fer for Issa and the Republicans. The enormous media attention and congressional interest might have the effect of forcing/convincing/embarrassing TSA into changing its absurd policy, which would be good for everyone, save those who derive joy from fondling strangers. For Issa and his party, it would send an immediate signal to voters that they were responding to real middle-class problems (Chuck Schumer has made a career out of that!) and it would make them that much harder to write off when they go investigate something ridiculous, like Obama's birth certificate or whatever is on the docket next.

P.S. My other idea: those of us vehemently opposed to having our junk touched should call ourselves "The Resistance."

P.P.S. Obvious conservative/Tea Party rallying point in support of my idea: there is no mention of "junk" in the Constitution, so the government has no business messing with it



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