# Faux News, come on down! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865 "2009-06-24T19:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/41 "2009-06-25T15:29:53Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I already posted this link in another thread, but I think that Jon Stewart just picked up some new material. > > [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/24/746384/-UPDATED-(x2)-Fox-NewsMark-Sanford-Is-A-Republican](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/24/746384/-UPDATED-(x2)-Fox-NewsMark-Sanford-Is-A-Republican) Sort-of-hijack: Did you see The Daily Show yesterday? Jon Stewart said something about how this exemplifies the difficulty of reconciling public pronouncements about morality and private behavior, and basically went onto the next story. It was classy, although frankly I was hoping they’d have more fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/42 "2009-06-25T15:55:58Z")
Am I just out of touch, or did this story develop at a bizarre pace? Maybe other people had been following this story for days, but the first I heard about the fact that the governor was missing was yesterday morning when CNN announced that his car had been found. Huh? I picked up almost marginally that his staff had been telling people he was hiking in the Appalachians, but it didn’t sound like anybody thought he was dead. The only thing I thought was curious was why people were making a big deal about it. Later that morning, he was discovered in Atlanta, and it turned out he’d been in Buenos Aires. What the fuck? Was he a fugitive from justice? Dodging a subpoena? No, apparently just the fact that nobody knew where he was caused all the fuss. Then by 2, it suddenly turned out he was confessing to an affair. By 3 someone was taking over his position in the Republican Governor’s Association. By five, his wife had announced that she’d been planning to leave him for two weeks. By six, his secret love e-mails had been leaked. That’s like a week’s worth of scandal reporting in one day. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/43 "2009-06-25T15:58:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > That’s like a week’s worth of scandal reporting in one day. This is the modern age. He’ll be rehabilitated by lunchtime. ---
**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 25, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/44 "2009-06-25T18:01:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > Am I just out of touch, or did this story develop at a bizarre pace? > > Maybe other people had been following this story for days, but the first I heard about the fact that the governor was missing was yesterday morning when CNN announced that his car had been found. Huh? I picked up almost marginally that his staff had been telling people he was hiking in the Appalachians, but it didn’t sound like anybody thought he was dead. The only thing I thought was curious was why people were making a big deal about it. > > Later that morning, he was discovered in Atlanta, and it turned out he’d been in Buenos Aires. What the fuck? Was he a fugitive from justice? Dodging a subpoena? No, apparently just the fact that nobody knew where he was caused all the fuss. > > Then by 2, it suddenly turned out he was confessing to an affair. > > By 3 someone was taking over his position in the Republican Governor’s Association. > > By five, his wife had announced that she’d been planning to leave him for two weeks. > > By six, his secret love e-mails had been leaked. > > That’s like a week’s worth of scandal reporting in one day. Kind of reminds me of the early Simpsons episode where Lisa writes an essay outlining her corrupt Senator and witin minutes the Seantor is caught in a sting, ousted from the Senate and appears on the front page of the news. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/45 "2009-06-25T19:16:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > Then by 2, it suddenly turned out he was confessing to an affair. > > By 3 someone was taking over his position in the Republican Governor’s Association. > > By five, his wife had announced that she’d been planning to leave him for two weeks. > > By six, his secret love e-mails had been leaked. At this rate, we’ll be watching the sex-tape by 5:00 this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/46 "2009-06-25T22:32:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > At this rate, we’ll be watching the sex-tape by 5:00 this afternoon. Maybe you will, but I have an entirely-too-sensitive gag reflex. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/47 "2009-06-26T02:08:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Sort-of-hijack: Did you see The Daily Show yesterday? Jon Stewart said something about how this exemplifies the difficulty of reconciling public pronouncements about morality and private behavior, and basically went onto the next story. It was classy, although frankly I was hoping they’d have more fun with it. Well, he did say something along the lines of having republican values and a liberal dick. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/48 "2009-06-26T16:31:31Z")
As [quoted in Salon] ([http://www.salon.com/politics/war\_room/](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/)), it seems that Rush Limbaugh has cracked the code on Sanford’s bizzare behavior. Obama drove him to it: > [@](#): > > The best way to put it: He’s trying to kill spirit. All this hope and change, he’s trying to kill it … This Sanford buisness, I gotta tell you, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind … What he did defies logic. This is more than being 180 degrees out of phase because of lust or love … This is almost like, “I don’t give a damn, the country’s going to Hell in a handbasket, I just want out of here.” He had just tried to fight the stimulus money coming to South Carolina. He didn’t want any part of it; he lost the battle. He said, 'What the hell. I mean, the federal government’s taking over – what the hell, I want to enjoy life." ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/49 "2009-06-26T18:23:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > As > [quoted in Salon] > ([http://www.salon.com/politics/war\_room/](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/)), it seems that Rush Limbaugh has cracked the code on Sanford’s bizzare behavior. Obama drove him to it: Are people actually going to believe this? The same republicans that scream like banshees about family values and the sanctity of marriage will now say it’s ok to have an affair because they’re sore losers? But hey, this gives us permission to do anything we want! Let the looting begin! ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/50 "2009-06-26T18:32:09Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Now you guys are just doing this on purpose. > [Fox Chyron](http://mediamatters.org/blog/200906240026) It’s funny how often they do that. 😉 A conservative mind but a liberal Penis. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/51 "2009-06-26T18:39:47Z")
I guess that’s also why Rush turned to drug abuse… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865/52 "2009-06-26T18:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=Steve MB] I guess that’s also why Rush turned to drug abuse… [/quote] There was that joke going around when he was busted: “You see friends, this is just the sort of thing that Clinton’s do-whatever-feels-good degeneracy leads to.” But, given his recent statement about Sanford, I suppose it’s possible he actually did blame Clinton for his drug abuse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-news-come-on-down/500865.md?page=2)