# I kinda hope the Tea Party gets a viable candidate. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301 "2010-05-04T17:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/21 "2010-05-04T21:54:28Z")
Dammit, BT, I almost just spat all over my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/22 "2010-05-04T21:59:47Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe [this guy?](http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100430/NEWS02/100430039/TN-Congressional-candidates-Gays-were-taken-care-of-when-they-were-in-military) > [@](#): > > Kirkland, a Vietnam veteran, said of his time in the military: “I can tell you if there were any homosexuals in that group, they were taken care of in ways I can’t describe to you.” > Smith, who served in the first Iraqi war, added: “I definitely wouldn’t want to share a shower with a homosexual. We took care of that kind of stuff, just like (Kirkland) said.” From the halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli I have fought my country’s battles I have faced every enemy \ But please Please Please please please please please Don’t make me shower with a fairy Not a fairy–fairies scare me Cause a fairy might look at my weewee My weewee–it’s so teeny [Fred Small](http://www.jg.org/folk/artists/fredsmall/everything.possible.lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/23 "2010-05-04T22:42:31Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Well, the Tea Party is more of a movement than an organized party. Bowel movement, you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/24 "2010-05-04T23:25:59Z")
It’s always amusing to see Republicans who think getting rid of the Teabaggers will magically turn the GOP into the party of fiscal responsibility. Sure, that will happen. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/25 "2010-05-04T23:50:34Z")
But if four, FOUR, people come into your office and said they will never shower with a homosexual, then folks you have a bowel movement. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/26 "2010-05-05T15:31:32Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > So, people showering at different times than gays means “. . . . they were taken care of **in ways I can’t describe to you**.”? It certainly logical that it means something _closer_ to “beat up” than to “won’t shower with.” I agree. But Kirkland is a Vietnam vet. Smith, on the other hand, was in Iraq. So Kirkland probably meant “We beat him up”, Smith could have meant anything from “we stabbed him” to “he had to shower at a different time.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/27 "2010-05-05T16:11:58Z")
I don’t see them as wanting to actually run anything. They just want to keep pressuring the government into perpetual tax cuts. That and keeping the White House white. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/28 "2010-05-05T17:27:54Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I agree. But Kirkland is a Vietnam vet. Smith, on the other hand, was in Iraq. So Kirkland probably meant “We beat him up”, Smith could have meant anything from “we stabbed him” to “he had to shower at a different time.” [Putting On The Hip-boots]Yup-I’m sure he meant nothing menacing by his statement.[/Putting On The Hip-boots] ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/29 "2010-05-05T19:13:46Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I agree. But Kirkland is a Vietnam vet. Smith, on the other hand, was in Iraq. So Kirkland probably meant “We beat him up”, Smith could have meant anything from “we stabbed him” to “he had to shower at a different time.” But Smith heard what Kirkland said and suggested they used similar methods. I don’t think changing hte shower schedule is a method that “can’t be described” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/30 "2010-05-05T22:16:32Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > It’s always amusing to see Republicans who think getting rid of the Teabaggers will magically turn the GOP into the party of fiscal responsibility. Sure, that will happen. It is pathetic, but, consider: Is there any **other** way the GOP could become the party of fiscal responsibility? Og knows the party’s business-interests wing ain’t gonna do it; nor the neocons; only the Teabaggers and Libertarians even have a serious **interest** in that goal. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/31 "2010-05-06T00:59:01Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > This’ll end up in the pit anyway, so… > > I hope to God that the Tea Party starts putting forth its own candidates. They will be the Ralph Naders of the Republican Party, turning the GOP’s internal conflict into an all-out civil war. What better could happen for the Democrats? > > Flame on… I think [this guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul) might be someone they would embrace. I knew him in college and he didn’t come across as being as nutty as [his dad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul). In fact, I remember thinking _then_ how much more charisma he had than his father at the time. ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/32 "2010-05-06T02:37:53Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > But Smith heard what Kirkland said and suggested they used similar methods. I don’t think changing hte shower schedule is a method that “can’t be described” When I read that it was a method that “can’t be described,” I immediately thought “blow jobs.” ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/33 "2010-05-06T02:43:35Z")
> [@BrightNShiny](#): > > When I read that it was a method that “can’t be described,” I immediately thought “blow jobs.” I don’t think blow jobs would be a very good way to keep homosexuals from staying in the military. In fact, I suspect it would attract more of them to join. In fact, it might attract _all_ of them to join. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301/34 "2010-05-06T15:58:17Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I don’t think blow jobs would be a very good way to keep homosexuals from staying in the military. In fact, I suspect it would attract more of them to join. In fact, it might attract _all_ of them to join. Whereupon they’re used for cannon fodder. My god! We’ve uncovered a diabolical scheme! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-kinda-hope-the-tea-party-gets-a-viable-candidate/538301.md?page=1)