# Palin signs with Fux News **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550 "2010-01-11T19:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/41 "2010-01-12T03:40:49Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > At least she’ll have to talk about something besides herself. I wonder if she can. You betcha! I feel so cheap… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/42 "2010-01-12T03:41:57Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I do, and I’m a died in wool loony liberal. The same people that put out Fox and Fiends also make American Dad. Fox has a pro-profit bias. The total lack of ethical standards might be signs of pro-douchebag bias, but deep down they don’t give a shit about politics. Yes, I meant the Fox _News Channel_, which is what I understood the OP meant by “Fox.” ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/43 "2010-01-12T03:43:11Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > And yet, he has no left-wing equivalent on FNC, which I think was the point. So, in order to not be labelled a right wing network, all they have to do is hire one kooky left-winger as a token, the way MSNBC and CNN do with right wingers? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/44 "2010-01-12T03:52:46Z")
Well, _any_ left-winger, really, kooky or not. Though why you’re trying to argue Fox News isn’t right-wing/biased is a bit of a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/45 "2010-01-12T04:00:10Z")
I think Sarah needs to gain some more international expertise. She should live somewhere within sight of the Canadian border, preferably in the northeast so she can become an expert on the Quebec separatist issues as well. She can reduce the time by half if she picks a house at an angle to the border where she can see Canada from two sides of it. Ditto for Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/46 "2010-01-12T04:10:52Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Well, _any_ left-winger, really, kooky or not. Though why you’re trying to argue Fox News isn’t right-wing/biased is a bit of a mystery to me. Well they did have (trying to stifle a chuckle)…Alan colmes. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/47 "2010-01-12T04:34:19Z")
Excellent, then the word salad shooter will all be on record, so, if’n some sort of national office run comes up, it’s easy to look up. Go ahead on , Sarah! ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/48 "2010-01-12T04:58:03Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Sarah Palin signs with Fox News. > Mark McGwire was on steroids when he set the home run record. > > And in other news, the sun rose in the East this morning. A FB friend completed this trifecta today with “Taco Bell 5 layer burrito. Awful.” ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/49 "2010-01-12T05:38:13Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > Shes never winning office again and probably never plans to. Her gig pays more than a real job. She’s essentially becoming the new Ann Coulter. A multimillion dollar contract for badmouthing liberal straw men. Its a pretty damn good gig if you can stomach all the evil. It’s not evil. It’s God’s plan. ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/50 "2010-01-12T05:49:48Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I do, and I’m a died in wool loony liberal. The same people that put out Fox and Fiends also make American Dad. Fox has a pro-profit bias. The total lack of ethical standards might be signs of pro-douchebag bias, but deep down they don’t give a shit about politics. Please indicate that you are kidding. Seriously. You do understand that we’re posting about Fox News? Yes? No? Just in case. The Fox NETWORK has many programming offerings. Just think, they have nifty men beating other men with large equipment on Fox (not politics–'cause women would be involved–just other men in uniform). They do it on a grass field. Next month, they’ll have a tournament, a “Super Bowl.” I think a ball is involved. Yep, totally confusing ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/51 "2010-01-12T06:04:50Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well they did have (trying to stifle a chuckle)…Alan colmes. I think you meant Alan Colmes as per our Junior Senator from Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/52 "2010-01-12T06:20:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Well, the level of intelligent discourse on Fox is about to be **raised** by about 0.0000000001%. Wait, did you mean to say _lowered_, or are you actually claiming that Palin is _ **smarter** _ (by at least 0.0000000001%) than all the other people at Fox News? [QUOTE=Lightnin’] I don’t quite understand why Palin’s fans think we fear her. What’s to fear? [/QUOTE] I know, one of the funniest wacky memes among right wing idiots is that “liberals fear Palin.” It’s not quite as funny/wacky as “Obama is not an American citizen” and “Obama is a Socialist” but it’s still pretty funny. Right up there. For the record, I’m a die-hard bleeding heart Liberal and I LOOOOOOVE Sarah Palin! I want her to be the Republican nominee in 2012 so bad I can taste it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/53 "2010-01-12T09:37:35Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Wait, did you mean to say _lowered_, or are you actually claiming that Palin is _smarter_ (by at least 0.0000000001%) than all the other people at Fox News?** > I know, one of the funniest wacky memes among right wing idiots is that “liberals fear Palin.” It’s not quite as funny/wacky as “Obama is not an American citizen” and “Obama is a Socialist” but it’s still pretty funny. Right up there. > > For the record, I’m a die-hard bleeding heart Liberal and I LOOOOOOVE Sarah Palin! I want her to be the Republican nominee in 2012 so bad I can taste it. If they were smarter, they would see through her in an instant. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/54 "2010-01-12T10:36:43Z")
I’m sure a lot of them see through her just fine, they see right through her to the dollar signs that follow her wherever she goes. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/55 "2010-01-12T11:38:08Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Well, _any_ left-winger, really, kooky or not. Though why you’re trying to argue Fox News isn’t right-wing/biased is a bit of a mystery to me. Oh, I don’t argue their commentary and editorial is slanted right, I just have to wonder why it’s such a horrible thing, given that the other all-news networks are slanted either slightly (CNN) or totally (MSNBC) to the left. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/56 "2010-01-12T12:09:50Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I know, one of the funniest wacky memes among right wing idiots is that “liberals fear Palin.” It’s not quite as funny/wacky as “Obama is not an American citizen” and “Obama is a Socialist” but it’s still pretty funny. Right up there. Well, I’m not a US citizen, but Palin scares the shit out of me. She’s exactly the type of slightly unhinged smiling nutbag that nobody needs\*\*. I don’t know what scares me most; that she might mean everything she says, or that she’s faking it because it works. \*\* See also “Wendy Wright”. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/57 "2010-01-12T13:02:41Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > So, in order to not be labelled a right wing network, all they have to do is hire one kooky left-winger as a token, the way MSNBC and CNN do with right wingers? MSNBC’s three-hour morning show is hosted by right-winger and former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough. That’s some token. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/58 "2010-01-12T13:52:27Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And this was on the same day that Simon Cowell announced he’s leaving Fox’s “American Idol”. Coincidence? HMMMmmmm… So, to complete the circle… Cowell/McGwire 2012! ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/59 "2010-01-12T16:44:34Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Oh, I don’t argue their commentary and editorial is slanted right, I just have to wonder why it’s such a horrible thing, given that the other all-news networks are slanted either slightly (CNN) or totally (MSNBC) to the left. Well, reality does have a well known liberal bias. Put another way, while the network whose commentators champion supply-side economics, oppose stem cell research and say the U.S. found WMD’s in Iraq can be fairly called ‘right wing’, that doesn’t mean the network whose commentators disagree are necessarily ‘left wing’. It just means they’re in touch with reality. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550/60 "2010-01-12T16:54:43Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I know, one of the funniest wacky memes among right wing idiots is that “liberals fear Palin.” It’s not quite as funny/wacky as “Obama is not an American citizen” and “Obama is a Socialist” but it’s still pretty funny. Right up there. > > For the record, I’m a die-hard bleeding heart Liberal and I LOOOOOOVE Sarah Palin! I want her to be the Republican nominee in 2012 so bad I can taste it. I’ve said this before and I wish you guys would catch on, but they think we’re afraid of her because we’re trying to trick them into running her for president in 2012. I’ve been keeping a straight face for over a year now and you go and spill the beans on a public message board? Come on!😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-signs-with-fux-news/524550.md?page=4)