Fox's Todd Starnes Asks: Will TSA Fondle Our Private Parts If Uncle Sam Shuts Down?

The winner of the Most Obnoxious Way To Cheerlead The Government Shutdown on Fox News has got to go to Fox News' Todd Starnes. In a Fox Nation headline, Starnes "asks," "Will TSA Fondle Our Private Parts if Uncle Sam Shuts Down?"

The article, which is really a transcript from Starnes' Fox News Radio commentary, is yet another Fox News effort to pretend that a government shutdown is no biggie or even, in some cases, a good thing.

Starnes' comments were made before the shutdown happened but even if it did, Starnes suggested it wouldn't be enough of a shutdown. He said:

You will still get your monthly Social Security check. The mailman will still deliver your packages and the National Weather Service will still tell you the barometric pressure.

But you will not be able to camp in a National Park. You will not be able to visit federal museums or national monuments. You won’t be able to see the pandas at the National Zoo.

And on the plus side – the Internal Revenue Service won’t be able to conduct audit reviews. On the negative side – the TSA will continue to fondle our private parts.

Let the snark fly in our comments section!

H/T Barbara S.

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commented 2013-10-02 22:40:43 -0400 · Flag

Sandman, Todd’s just playing hard to get.

commented 2013-10-02 11:18:40 -0400 · Flag

Flying is not a “right” Todd. If you don’t want the “pat-down” you can drive, or take the bus, or walk. I’ve never flown on a commercial flight in my life, yet I’m sure some of my tax dollars go to airport security so quit being a pussy! Or you can buy your own plane and your own airport!

commented 2013-10-02 02:24:14 -0400 · Flag

Great comments, everyone!

Thx4 Fish, Great point! They’d still be whining about the White House if they hadn’t just shut down everything else along with it!

commented 2013-10-01 17:48:16 -0400 · Flag

Yes, Todd- They will. And I’m sure that if you slip them a $20, you can request a pat down from Barry the Bear.

commented 2013-10-01 15:37:23 -0400 · Flag

Well Todd , maybe if you ask nicely.

commented 2013-10-01 11:34:29 -0400 · Flag

Remember when the right was rending their garments over the cancellation of White House tours that resulted from the sequestration? But now, not visiting the Statue of Liberty, national monuments, parks and museums is no big deal for America’s vacationers. My how things have changed!

commented 2013-10-01 10:30:38 -0400 · Flag

Dude does seem to have an obsession with private parts. Oh, well, if he doesn’t get fondled by the TSA, there’s always toe-tapping in airport men’s rooms…

NHP

commented 2013-10-01 10:29:53 -0400 · Flag

@ truman LOL! And on the back of the entrance doors of the airport public restroom stalls is the following warning:

“BEWARE OF GAY LIMBO DANCERS”

;^)

commented 2013-10-01 09:28:32 -0400 · Flag

Turdles doesn’t rely solely on TSA for fondling. He always gets to the airport early so he can hang out in the public restroom stalls.

commented 2013-10-01 03:24:48 -0400 · Flag

Ellen, My snark: Having his private parts fondled is Toddles’ favorite part of flying. I wouldn’t be surprised that he books the flights with the most layovers.

commented 2013-10-01 02:51:03 -0400 · Flag

I have to wonder if the Tea Party understands what they’ve just done to themselves or if they are completely deluded.

Since they’ve just pressed the red button and generated the problem, they’ve now put the rest of Congress and President Obama into a position where any deal that gets made will need to encompass both this issue and the non sequitur of the Debt Ceiling. So they won’t be able to play the big cards they thought they had. And by petulantly insisting once again on attacking the ACA after the fact, they’ve put themselves into a position where they can be primaried from the more moderate side by politicians who can campaign on the angle of sanity.

This doesn’t change the fact that they’ve just done damage to our economy. But they may have just done far more damage, unwittingly, to themselves.

commented 2013-10-01 02:27:17 -0400 · Flag

I guess Toddles isn’t aware that some people actually get refunds after being audited. These people will be hurt by the shutdown.

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Best Starnes headline evah!