WELCOME, my friends, to Ted Cruz's Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan shark-jumping moment.

[Miles Archer]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ted-cruz-promises-no-gluten-free-meals-military-article-1.2535823



Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz took a hard line against the military’s top enemy: Gluten-free food.

At a Tuesday rally in South Carolina, the Texas Senator vowed to fight against the Pentagon’s culture of “political correctness” — which apparently means nixing special meals for soldiers with dietary restrictions.

“That's why the last thing any commander should need to worry about is the grades he is getting from some plush-bottomed Pentagon bureaucrat for political correctness or social experiments — or providing gluten-free MREs,” Cruz said referencing field rations known as Meal, Ready-to-Eat.

Gluten-free diets are recommended for people with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder where the body cannot tolerate gluten, the type of protein found in wheat barley, rye and other grains. The special diet cuts out pasta, bread, cereal and other grains unless they’re specially made without gluten.

[Jester Messiah]

1. Nah. The "eat quiche and die" segment of his base will, ironically, eat that shit up. [nt]

[malthaussen]

2. Meals Refused by Everybody?

Goodness, I had no idea there were gluten-free examples. I wonder if they have Kosher ones. Probably.

-- Mal

[Faux pas]

3. He's a total

ASS, and crap like this shows how much he could care less.

[surrealAmerican]

4. This would basically mean that people with celiac, and those with food allergies ...

... would no longer be able to serve in the military. Can our military afford to turn away otherwise able-bodied recruits for this reason?

[Solly Mack]

5. Idiot

[pampango]

6. "... the Texas Senator vowed to fight against the Pentagon’s culture of “political correctness ...”

To conservatives, the battle against liberal 'political correctness' seems to be the great fight of the 21st century. Of all the great problems in the world, this one is beyond silly.