Cutthroats and Politics

Democrats defend the right to sue Good Samaritans concerned about suspicious activity on trains and planes. See previous post which mentions the creepy and deliberately provocative flying imams. NY Post, via Powerline:

Finally, a member of the leadership realized how this would look to Americans watching on C-SPAN: Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) was seen staring at Thompson and repeatedly drawing his hand across his throat - an urgent signal to get off the floor.

Democrats nearly fail the test. Not surprisingly, their first instincts are cowardly on national security. Rahm Emanuel is a smart guy, who saved their political skins on this one. As for cutting throats, most Americans can all too easily think of real instances of that.

UPDATE: In case you missed it, more background here on the legal terrorism tactics. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty response to CAIR here.