Kids, don't try this at home

Only properly trained professionals should attempt this level of stupidity:

DOLE: And I just want to say — let me just mention that the tools that are needed to fight the war on terror, such as the PATRIOT Act — now, there are a number of the Democrat candidates who are against the PATRIOT Act. Sherrod Brown, for example, who’s running against Mike DeWine in Ohio. I could name any number — um, Bob Menendez, I believe, voted against the PATRIOT Act. The Terrorist Surveillance Program, many of the Democrats have raised concerns about this particular tool, which enabled, the same kind of tool enabled the British to come across the plot to bomb airplanes, and the Bank Surveillance Act, and missile defense system, the Democrats have been against the missile defense system.[emphasis added]

Somebody's obviously forgotten over the last five years that 19 (NON-IRAQI) men managed to kill almost 3000 people with domestic airplanes and box cutters, not frickin' ballistic missles.

But how're Boeing and Raytheon going to make a profit off of intercepting box cutters?