# Another Wisconsin Recall Pit: Check out what FoxNation is trying to pin on the Democrats. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193 "2012-06-05T20:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/41 "2012-06-06T02:59:31Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Why do you consider it an insult to insinuate that someone is a homosexual? I have no idea what your sexual preference is. I assumed it was the only work you could get, what with the fireworks off-season. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/42 "2012-06-06T03:01:45Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I have no idea what your sexual preference is. I assumed it was the only work you could get, what with the fireworks off-season. And now you’re denigrating the proud orgasmetricians. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/43 "2012-06-06T03:03:30Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > And now you’re denigrating the proud orgasmetricians. Yes, they are ashamed to be associated with you. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/44 "2012-06-06T04:51:39Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Why do you consider it an insult to insinuate that someone is a homosexual? The same reason you think that insinuating someone acts like a female is an insult. And, remember, you believe that morals are just things people like, so you rationally cannot make an argument that something is immoral. Obviously since Fear Itself said it, he thinks its a moral thing to say in this situation. If everyone has the right to believe what they want, there can be no shaming. Absolute Morals are ultimately the way people can get other people to do what they want. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/45 "2012-06-06T05:04:22Z")
Its funny watching a cynic try to claim the moral high ground. Like watching Steven Hawking take cha-cha lessons. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/46 "2012-06-06T05:33:17Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Wow, that sounds like a really bad idea. Why? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/47 "2012-06-06T07:23:39Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > So anyway, Walker won. > > Please PM me for the address to which you may send your sweet, sweet bitch tears. Irrelevant to the subject of this thread. Fox new was hyping an idiotic story, regardless of who won this election. But regarding Walker, it’s looking more and more likely that he’ll be indicted. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/48 "2012-06-06T13:21:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The same reason you think that insinuating someone acts like a female is an insult. > > And, remember, you believe that morals are just things people like, so you rationally cannot make an argument that something is immoral. Obviously since Fear Itself said it, he thinks its a moral thing to say in this situation. > > If everyone has the right to believe what they want, there can be no shaming. Absolute Morals are ultimately the way people can get other people to do what they want. BigT, please stop lecturing me about things you are too stupid to understand. The vicarious embarrassment is just killingme. > [@elucidator](#): > > Its funny watching a cynic try to claim the moral high ground. Like watching Steven Hawking take cha-cha lessons. I’m not trying to “claim the moral high ground.” That phrase hasno meaning. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/49 "2012-06-06T13:38:46Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > So anyway, Walker won. Fox News must be inconsolable. All those prepared “RECALL ELECTION STOLEN?” and “HOUSE REPUBLICANS CALL FOR HEARING ON DEM VOTER FRAUD” and “FRAUD IN WISCONSIN - DOES YOUR VOTE COUNT?” graphics, now going to waste. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/50 "2012-06-06T13:46:28Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I’m not trying to “claim the moral high ground.” That phrase hasno meaning. You are, per usual, confusing “that phrase has no meaning” with “I don’t understand what that is.” Or more accurately, “I refuse to acknowledge that idea because it suits me to do so.” ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/51 "2012-06-06T14:03:07Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > But regarding Walker, it’s looking more and more likely that he’ll be indicted. What, really? That’s the first I heard of this. Did they make douchebaggery a crime? Anyway, I notice a pattern. GOP screams, “Socialism, socialism!” while pointing at everyone else, then socializes the losses on their deregulation schemes. Then they scream, “Voter fraud, voter fraud!” while pointing at everyone else while purging eligible voters from the rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/52 "2012-06-06T14:03:38Z")
Damn the democrats really suck at stealing elections. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/53 "2012-06-06T14:10:14Z")
No shit. Talk about “wringing defeat from the jaws of victory”. [ul][li]Run a Democrat for governor.[/li][li]Lose rather badly.[/li][li]Go to all the trouble of organizing a recall election.[/li][li]Run the same Democrat.[/li][li]Lose by an even wider margin.[/ul]At this rate, eventually the gubernatorial vote will verge on unanimous.[/li] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/54 "2012-06-06T14:12:45Z")
You forgot to add [ul]Win control of the Senate.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/55 "2012-06-06T14:37:24Z")
Actually I forgot to add [ul][li]Run away and hide like little whiny crybabies and get fake medical excuses so union assholes can protest on the taxpayer’s dime[/ul]but I don’t have time to list the entire Democratic strategy.[/li] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/56 "2012-06-06T14:38:18Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > What, really? That’s the first I heard of this. Did they make douchebaggery a crime? > Anyway, I notice a pattern. GOP screams, “Socialism, socialism!” while pointing at everyone else, then socializes the losses on their deregulation schemes. Then they scream, “Voter fraud, voter fraud!” while pointing at everyone else while purging eligible voters from the rolls. And then they scream “harelip! harelip!” at the poor girl who’s just happy to be asked to dance… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/57 "2012-06-06T15:14:53Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [li]Run the same Democrat.[/li] They ran the same guy??? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/58 "2012-06-06T15:45:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You are, per usual, confusing “that phrase has no meaning” with “I don’t understand what that is.” > > Or more accurately, “I refuse to acknowledge that idea because it suits me to do so.” Nope. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/59 "2012-06-06T15:53:56Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Nope. Nuh-huh, times infinity. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193/60 "2012-06-06T18:53:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > They ran the same guy??? Yep. God knows why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wisconsin-recall-pit-check-out-what-foxnation-is-trying-to-pin-on-the-democrats/624193.md?page=4)