Republican Rep. Jimmy Duncan of Knoxville, Tennessee, who got “only” 80 percent of the vote in the last election despite his votes against the bailouts AND the wars, now is speaking out against the sexual assault being committed by TSA goons. Rep. Duncan also points out that Michael Chertoff has become wealthy with his representation of the porn-scanner company, Rapiscan.

Meanwhile, in my column last week, I pointed out how most of the American liberal-left supports these intrusive assaults. To prove my point, at a hearing in Washington yesterday, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri praised the TSA for what it is doing.

According to CBS News:

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said prior to Pistole’s testimony that she believed TSA was in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation, because people would be hopping mad at TSA if Christmas bomber Umar Farouk Adbulmutallab had succeeded. She went on to say the new advanced imaging technology–which has caused uproar because of its leave-no-secrets imaging and potential health risks–is more of a blessing than a curse.

“I’m wildly excited that I can walk through a machine instead of getting my dose of love pats,” Sen. McCaskill said.

By the way, TSA head John Pistole lied during his touchy-feely interview with National Government Radio (NPR) when he claimed that a Johns Hopkins study had demonstrated that the scanners are “safe.” Not true, according to someone from JH, who said that the study only measured the radiation coming from the machine, but did not make any judgments.