Tommy Tuberville shows why politicians need to stay out of the abortion issue

[allegorical oracle]

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During a floor speech Monday, the Republican from Alabama railed against a Pentagon policy that provides travel funds and support for troops and their dependents who seek abortions, but are based in states they are illegal.

"I am proud to be pro-life for many reasons, including my faith—another thing that I will not set aside for political correctness. However, even without considering religion, a society that allows abortion up to and past the moment of birth, after the baby has been born, isn't progressive. It's barbaric and it's murder."

EDIT -- corrected link -- Apologies!

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-tommy-tuberville-mocked-abortion-comments-1780985

[bullimiami]

1. His statement would be true if not insane since he appears to believe this is reality here.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. Yeah- i

Hate the first day of kindergarten where the parents can chose to abort their 6 year olds.



Tuber the lying sack of crap

It makes grab them by the pussy seem reasonable and I still cannot figure that one out…

[Conjuay]

2. Yeah

Wait till they are six or seven, and kill them in the classrooms.

[Duppers]

11. +100

[James48]

13. Just wait until they are in college.

[CTyankee]

35. I'm gonna use that one!

Trap them in their own "logic." Or at least get them to sputter...

[Iris]

3. This is the kind of thing that underscores how many people lack critical thinking skills

For most of my adult life, when I hear something crazy like that, I question it and try to figure out if it can possibly be true.

[ashredux]

6. Critical thinking? That's just the next step from CRT. We must ban that critical thinking!

[piddyprints]

7. Um, "up to and past the moment of birth, after the baby has been born..."

Who's going to tell him that abortion and birth are mutually exclusive?

I'm starting to think there should be some kind of test for someone to run for political office. People who don't know shit shouldn't be making laws for the rest of us.

[Ray Bruns]

12. But he can throw a football, or coach football, or clean a football. Some damn thing related to

football. So in the eyes of the people in Alabama, he’s qualified.

[SheltieLover]

27. Or be a wrestling coach like hastert & jacket off gym.

[obamanut2012]

20. Trump says this, others also say this

It is some fucked up lie the anti-rights folks spout now.

[SheltieLover]

26. There you go thunking again.

Cripes, they're dumb, aren't they?

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. It also shows why Tubes should stick to diagramming football plays. nt

[Just Jerome]

9. Go back to football, dumbass!

[SunSeeker]

10. Your link is broken. Here's one that works.

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-tommy-tuberville-mocked-abortion-comments-1780985

[rubbersole]

14. Well, he just lost Casey Anthony's support.

[Docreed2003]

15. Not only is his stance on abortion obscenely uneducated and wrong

The fact that he equates leaving his personal religious beliefs out of politics as being "politically correct" should be stunning to every person who believes there should be a separation between church and state.

Sadly, this worldview and lack of intellectual curiosity are the feature of modern day conservatives not the exception. They view every action and decision through their evangelical lens and will refuse compromise over any issue, conveniently because it goes against their God.

[ratchiweenie]

16. This is what passes for a statesman in Alabama. Bless his heart.

[mopinko]

17. can the sane ppl left in this country please call this lie out all day every day for a week or 2?

we all know this is insane, yet they say it, they get away w it, and my head is about to explode.

it would be great if the whole damn party could focus on dispelling this bullshit.

[SergeStorms]

23. The challenge here is....

convincing the voters in Alabama that Tuberville is an ignoramus. We can probably convince a majority of Americans that he isn't fit to govern anything, but those Alabama voters love him.

RAZORBACKS, RAZORBACKS, RAZORBACKS!

Alabama voters have a process of determining the fitness of their political candidates that is far removed from any sane or logical process. They're not quite up to speed on the importance of intelligence when choosing their state politicians 🙄.

[mopinko]

24. it's not just him, and not just al.

it’s 1/3 of the electorate. it’s terrifying they can convince ppl of such nonsense.

[Wiccaneagle]

30. Due to my extensive experience

ie, I lived in Little Rock for 6 months when I was 9, I must correct one thing. The Razorbacks are an Arkansas college football team! I, unfortunately, can never forget the trucks roaring down the roads with drunken hillbillies shrieking "Soooo-eeeeee!!!!!" (shudder)

End of didactic comment 😁

[SergeStorms]

32. Mea culpa.

Mea maxima culpa. 😔

Being a college football fan I'm SOOOOOO embarrassed by my mistake. All I can offer as an explanation is, it was the first post I looked at upon waking up this morning after a fitful few hours sleep.

TIDE! ROLL TIDE! What the hell was I thinking?

Thanks for correcting me. I'll now go hide my head in shame. Maybe a nap is in order.

[mentalsolstice]

36. Uhmmm, wrong again.

He coached at Auburn.

[SergeStorms]

37. When people say.....

"The Crimson Tide" they know we're talking Alabama football.

If someone says "Auburn Tigers"...... I doubt 30% of people know Auburn is in Alabama. And they are only the 2nd largest university in Alabama, after all.

The Crimson Tide are Alabama football. 😉 Most consider Auburn to be Alabama's JV team.

[mentalsolstice]

39. Agreed

However, as a Tide fan, I refuse to lay claim to Tubbs. You’re right about Auburn being Alabama’s JV team.

[SergeStorms]

40. The Tide would never have him.

He was born, raised and "educated" in Arkansas but The Tide have minimal educational background requirements. He'll do for Auburn, but never the University of Alabama. 😉

[Freethinker65]

18. Tommy would sponsor a bill to protect unicorns, mermaids, and leprechauns.

And go on a tirade about those that oppose it.

[rubbersole]

19. 'Cept them fancy words have more than one cillabull...

[SouthernDem4ever]

21. LOL

[underpants]

22. He's alluding to a radio interview by former Va. Gov. Northam

Northam did an interview in which described the procedure but made it sound as if the child had been born. This is big stuff in RW world.

That interview was on a Tuesday and Northam’s yearbook pictures were revealed on that Friday.

[allegorical oracle]

45. Wild guess, but the pols may be confusing partial birth abortions with birth. Yeah, that makes it

make more sense. (sarcasm)

[spanone]

25. 'a society that allows abortion up to and past the moment of birth, after the baby has been born'

That's a bald face lie tommy.
You fuckers lie like you breath.

[The Jungle 1]

28. The Jewish faith

Teaches that life starts at the first breath. That is when the soul enters the body.
I thought freedom of religion was important in this nation.

[Dr. T]

29. I believe that makes your average

conservative pro-choice because they don't give a sh*t what happens after they're born. As soon as they're born, conservatives take away their health care, put a gun in their hand and take away the parent's ability to feed them. Post-natal abortion. Tuberville inadvertently captured that.

Make no mistake. They are anti-abortion, not pro-life. Be sure to say that to them whenever you happen to be near protesters at a Planned Parenthood location

[Whiskeytide]

31. I will fight anyone who tries to claim ...

… that they have a Congress member dumber than our Tubbs. He is the undisputed champ.

[niyad]

44. boebert. greene.

[Whiskeytide]

47. They are both truly terrible people. And both ...

… seem to relish hurting people and making spectacles of themselves. Neither is what I’d call “smart” in any category, but their stupidity is more the reckless, “don’t tell me I ain’t smart” variety. And they plan shit. It’s stupid shit, but it’s sort of planned and acted upon.

But on the single criteria of sheer dumbness, Tubbs has them both beat, and then some. He is genuinely dumb. Like I’m not sure how he puts on pants in the morning kind of dumb. When he coached, I thought it was an “aw shucks” country boy act. It wasn’t. He’s really dumb. He couldn’t plan a strategy for making a sandwich.

[Lettuce Be]

33. No such thing as abortion after birth, idiots

Why do we not hear from the medical establishment on this nonsense?

[allegorical oracle]

46. Because the medical folks are on PBS and NPR, so the idiots never hear any facts. nt

[roamer65]

34. Fucking moron.

Arrogant and stupid is a noxious combination.

[Initech]

38. Ugh... another member of the radical religious right pro life death cult.

[Johonny]

41. Tommy Tuberville wishes he was Nick Saban, but never will be

[misanthrope]

43. No, because Saban works a lot harder

Tuberville was known for his collegiality, not his nose-on-the-gridstone like Saban. The job became more about glad-handing and sales for Tuberville, something easy to convert to politics.

[Blecht]

42. No different from Liz Cheney

Republicans, even anti-Trump Republicans, are all fucking monsters.

Liz Cheney in 2019 (and still sharing it on her website according to Winslow):

Link to tweet

[ZonkerHarris]

48. I'm for aborting Tommy now. Just to prove his point.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

49. he is an idiot

[niyad]

50. He is a walking ad for retroactive contraception.