# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 486
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9707 "2023-06-05T23:24:44Z")
Tommy Tuberville fucked around and found out. > ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9708 "2023-06-05T23:37:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tommy Tuberville fucked around and found out. This delights me. I hate that ignorant fuckwit. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9709 "2023-06-06T21:19:13Z")
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9710 "2023-06-06T21:31:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/SocDoneLeft/status/1665961623268278273) - It’s pretty bad when you’re more insane than Ted Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9711 "2023-06-06T21:39:12Z")
To be fair, Ted Cruz isn’t insane. He’s an opportunistic weasel who has few remaining principles and is open to the highest bidder. And caters to an insane base in an often vain attempt to get just a little more power and wealth for himself and perhaps get some people to actually like him or sympathize with him, but he is not himself insane. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9712 "2023-06-06T21:40:37Z")
Yeah, Cruz strikes me as a man with absolutely no scruples or morals, but he’s not _crazy_, just a giant scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9713 "2023-06-06T21:41:37Z")
Note to Ted and to the pastor there: You wanna know a cool way to tell if a book was written by god, or if it was written by humans claiming to speak for god? It’s easy. If god wrote it, it doesn’t apply to some group over here, or some other group over there. That’s the tell tale sign of humans. Hope this helps with your religious struggles. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9714 "2023-06-06T21:42:46Z")
Or at least one scruple, when his own children are involved. So, he barely clears the bar of being human. But, yes, a real scumbag all the same. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9715 "2023-06-06T21:44:00Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Or at least one scruple, **when his own children are involved.** So, he barely clears the bar of being human. But, yes, a real scumbag all the same. - After he threw his wife under the bus in favor of Trump, I’m surprised this was enough. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9716 "2023-06-06T21:52:32Z")
Yeah, I’m a little surprised that was the line but credit where credit is due. Note - he still tried to toss them under the bus when he ran off for a Mexico vacation while hundreds of his constituents were literally freezing to death a couple years ago. So he’s not a complete amoral asshole. Just 99.99% of one. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9717 "2023-06-06T22:02:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > After he threw his wife under the bus in favor of Trump, I’m surprised this was enough. Well, a wife is hardly a blood relative, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9718 "2023-06-06T23:10:26Z")
With Republicans I’d say it’s even money. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9719 "2023-06-06T23:37:02Z")
Argh. Good thing I wasn’t drinking anything! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9720 "2023-06-07T04:26:14Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > And caters to an insane base Doesn’t his base hate the way he became a US citizen? They hate so much about citizenship laws, I long ago lost track. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9721 "2023-06-07T21:31:46Z")
If there are any military bases in Alabama, I think that plans should be announced to close them, especially in rural areas. I’ll bet Tuberville has a come to Jesus moment then. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9722 "2023-06-07T21:47:38Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > If there are any military bases in Alabama There are five active bases in Alabama, including an Air Force base in Montgomery, about an hour’s drive from Auburn, where he used to coach. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9723 "2023-06-07T22:51:41Z")
I wonder how he would be treated by his constituents if all five military bases were threatened with closure. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9724 "2023-06-07T22:57:45Z")
Closing a military base is difficult, it basically requires an act of Congress. Tuberville is pretty safe from that. Moving a particular unit from one base to another is easy by comparison, which is what seems to be happening here. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9725 "2023-06-08T14:45:01Z")
Huh. I thought that George was Jew-ish. > ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9726 "2023-06-08T14:46:21Z")
Hes actually quite entertaining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=487)