# Good job, Fox News...you almost kept a straight face! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989 "2008-10-01T13:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/21 "2008-10-01T14:58:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > What this “we” shit, paleface? > > I fucking hate this collective guilt thing, and Democrats do it all the time. It’s passive-aggressive and moronic and whiny. Makes me glad to be an unaffiliated voter. Hey, when did you get access to my voter registration? I’ve been registered Independent for the past ten years. But yeah, I do feel some guilt. I feel guilty for not telling him to get the hell out of my face, then hanging out with the guy for the rest of the night watching the Penn State game. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/22 "2008-10-01T15:00:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I thought my mom’s response was even funnier: she asked if I _knew_ he was black. [QUOTE=neutron star] Huh. And that was here in PA? Well, I’ll be damned. My best friend’s brother was over the other day. “Hey neutron, you gonna be voting?” he asked. “Yeah.” “For who?” “Well, Obama,” I said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world (it is). “Even though he’s Black?” he gasped. [/QUOTE] Everytime i feel reassured that Obama will win i read something like this and start to worry again ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/23 "2008-10-01T15:14:04Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Everytime i feel reassured that Obama will win i read something like this and start to worry again ☹ Oh, chill. You’ve got two anecdotes with one bigot each, but in the OP there’s a diner full of people voting for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/24 "2008-10-01T15:19:49Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Oh, chill. You’ve got two anecdotes with one bigot each, but in the OP there’s a diner full of people voting for Obama. You are absolutely right. But it’s not a rational thing, i think i’ll worry until i see Obama inaugurated. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/25 "2008-10-01T15:26:45Z")
Not to be a poison pill, but are you sure the reporter wasn’t being sarcastic? I haven’t see it yet – no YouTube at work – so I’m really asking. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/26 "2008-10-01T15:33:12Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Not to be a poison pill, but are you sure the reporter wasn’t being sarcastic? > I haven’t see it yet – no YouTube at work – so I’m really asking. [Oh Snapie-kins, let them have their flapdoodle.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTHmzMk0Cw) Haven’t watched it either, but ya know, gotta have something to keep the panties bunged. I’m not sure the Dope would survive without another “Look at the dumb Republicans/conservatives/conservative media” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/27 "2008-10-01T15:37:08Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Hey, when did you get access to my voter registration? > > I’ve been registered Independent for the past ten years. You do an uncanny Democrat impression, then. Nothing personal. I’d suggest watching more sports and rooting for a good team. They say winning is contagious and all. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/28 "2008-10-01T15:37:51Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I thought my mom’s response was even funnier: she asked if I _knew_ he was black. Well? Did you? 😛 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/29 "2008-10-01T15:39:30Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > [Oh Snapie-kins, let them have their flapdoodle.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTHmzMk0Cw) > > Haven’t watched it either, but ya know, gotta have something to keep the panties bunged. I’m not sure the Dope would survive without another “Look at the dumb Republicans/conservatives/conservative media” thread. Ah, you see, I was asking someone who actually _had_ seen it for an opinion, not someone who already had an opinion formed. But thanks for trying to help out. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/30 "2008-10-01T15:41:05Z")
Youtube is blocked for me at work, but I watched the debate last Friday on Fox. (Are we talking the same thing? It didn’t look like a diner setting to me. I thought it was some conference room somewhere on campus.) I noticed more Obama hands. But since I personally felt the debate was a near draw (which actually is a good result for Obama), I let the visible discrepency slide. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/31 "2008-10-01T15:49:44Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Youtube is blocked for me at work, but I watched the debate last Friday on Fox. > > (Are we talking the same thing? It didn’t look like a diner setting to me. I thought it was some conference room somewhere on campus.) > > I noticed more Obama hands. But since I personally felt the debate was a near draw (which actually is a good result for Obama), I let the visible discrepency slide. Not the debate at all. A Fair and Balanced “poll” of senior citizens in a diner. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/32 "2008-10-01T15:54:26Z")
I was watching the Lehrer Show the other night, and it was showing a clip of a diner during the debate. You couldn’t hear a pin drop, even though the place was quite full. Everyone was watching that debate with great attention, even absorbtion. I was thrilled. People really _are_ engaged this election! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/33 "2008-10-01T15:56:34Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You do an uncanny Democrat impression, then. Nothing personal. I’d suggest watching more sports and rooting for a good team. They say winning is contagious and all. Well, Penn State is 5-0 and ranked #6 in the nation in the AP and Coaches polls, so I’m good on that front. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/34 "2008-10-01T15:57:22Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Not to be a poison pill, but are you sure the reporter wasn’t being sarcastic? > I haven’t see it yet – no YouTube at work – so I’m really asking. The reporter was certainly aware of the irony, but I don’t think he was sarcastic. I think it was just that in setting up the piece everyone had assumed that a diner in PA would be split and had given the reporter a script to read rather than letting him report what the people _actually_ said. (Or else he thought the guy whose wife tried to keep his hand down was sincere about voting for McCain!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/35 "2008-10-01T15:57:50Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I thought my mom’s response was even funnier: she asked if I _knew_ he was black. [dating self] What do you mean I’m not white? Does Dad know? This is a scandal! [/dating self] ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/36 "2008-10-01T15:59:32Z")
In all fairness, I can see how a McCain voter (or several) might pretend not to be one given that nobody else was raising a hand for McCain… ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/37 "2008-10-01T16:00:43Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Not the debate at all. A Fair and Balanced “poll” of senior citizens in a diner. Ok, thanks. I see other posters saying the diner was in Pennsylvania, right? Than it is a different setting than the one I saw Friday, which was (I think) on campus in “Old Miss”. I apologise for my interruption. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/38 "2008-10-01T16:03:04Z")
Nitpick: that’s [Ole Miss](http://www.olemiss.edu/). ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/39 "2008-10-01T16:08:50Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Nitpick: that’s [Ole Miss](http://www.olemiss.edu/). :smack: Somehow I knew I would still screw it up somewhere. Good to know I didn’t let myself down. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989/40 "2008-10-01T16:11:31Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [One little chuckle by the reporter gave away the game.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTkqosRiyYo) > > The best part is the elderly couple in the background. That, and the derisive laughter from the entire room as the reporter attempted his pathetic spin. But seriously, I’m glad he didn’t manage to keep a straight face while trying to report that as a “split.” That would have been just too ridiculous. The old couple is awesome. She shusshed him when he raised his hand for McCain and then raised BOTH hands for Obama. Too funny. Split? Please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-job-fox-news-you-almost-kept-a-straight-face/465989.md?page=3)