Patroklos
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I definitely agree that we have way too much security I find it funny that many of those advocating the soviet-esq bunker mentality for pols are 'good ole fashion patriotic americans'(I actually am one btw) Gen. Petraeus has gone without Any type of body armor in Iraq for several years without incident.
How is a simple X-ray and a few entirely non intrusive liquids limitations a bunker mentality
I go through more security to get into a college football game, and that has been the case since I can remember attending them (1990).
I think its a lot to do with politicians loving to feel important it must be quite the ego trip to have secret service agents shove away the vulgar peasants just because your the rep from the 7th district of Wyoming.
You would be wrong. It is normally the security apparatuses themselves who have to reign in the politicians. It was the Secret Service that pretty much forced Clinton to abandon his morning jogs on the mall. Bush was notorious for deviating from secured areas to talk to onlookers. Obama's been relatively tame thus far, but I am sure he will start the chaff after a year or two.