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Here’s a “fun” video from Fox News of some correspondent interviewing old people in a Scranton, PA diner. He asks for a show of hands to see how many support McCain (like 2?) and how many support Obama (15 million), and then declares the vote a “split,” and the old people laugh at him for being wrong. [YouTube]
These young whippersnappers cain’t count!
To be fair, they probly did the exact opposite thing for MSNBC. Phun!
All to easy. /vader
What was it the protesters started chanting at the conventions? Fuck Fox News? I forget… everyone should always do that when they see a Faux News crew from now to the end of time.
I had to re-watch this multiple times when I saw it on Gawker this morning. It’s like those pearl-things that wash up on beaches made from whale vomit that are worth millions - beautiful to look at, despite the horrid ugliness of the whole affair
Some say that’s a Fox reporter, some say he’s a child molester. So both must be true.
Gotcha!
Fair and balanced: We decide what we’ll report, and you decide to whether to watch or not. Not a hard call.
senseless “gotcha” journalism.
I like how the man who raises his hand for McCain quickly has his hand put down by his overenthusiastic wife who then puts TWO hands in the air for Obama.
The only vote for Cap’n McCrankypants was that old coot whose wife immediately whacked him over the head. He probably misheard the question and thought the man said “Who’d like another piece of pie?”
I love that at 12 seconds you can see the old lady behind him slam her husbands arm to his side when he “mistakenly” raises it to indicate a vote for McCain. Hilarious.
It was an even 90/10 split.
They weren’t laughing at HIM. Jackie Mason was doing a bit off camera.
The Helvetica Scenario: MY FAVORITE!
i particularly like the lady in sweatsuit at 0:12 who slams her husband’s hand down when he mistakenly raises his hand on the mccain (butterfly) ballot question, and then emphatically raises both hands at obama. to the old man’s credit, he also votes for obama when the time’s right.
I see Scranton as being a toss-up. The black Stanley and gay Oscar vote will clearly go for Obama, while the clueless, white, paranoid Dwight and senile Creed votes will be in McCain’s camp.
Jim could be the deciding vote, but who knows where his head is these days?
I wonder if anyone offered that guy a walker so he could stay balanced.
Is it just me or is Fox like Pravda for Republicans? Orwell would be pleased.
…what you guys don’t realize is that since Barack Obama is a negro he only counts as 2/5ths of a human being. Hence that means his voters or only worth the same.
McGrampy’s always done poorly with youths such as these.
AngryBlakGuy: Correction, he is only 1/2 a negro. Which means he’s 2.5/5ths of a human + 2.5/5ths * 2/5ths of a human, which makes him 3.5/5ths human. What’s the other 1.5/5ths? Dunno.
AngryBlakGuy: 3/5ths don’t sell yourself short *wokka wokka* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-fifths_compromise
sleepy: LOVE the old lady. “Put your hand down!”
It’s evenly split, given the Diebold voting systems used in Ohio.
Based on these comments I’d say it’s a pretty even split here about whether Wonkette readers think Fox news sucks.
They’re all in the tank! Old people, Northeast Pennsylvania, Fox News, ALL OF THEM! IN THE FUCKING TANK!
Mattbolt: Don’t you mean “gay Felix” vote? Gay Oscar would be so much cooler tho…
First off none of these people can hear. They probably thought he was asking, “Who wants more pain?” and only the guy who is secretly into S&M raises his hand before his embarrassed wife puts his hand down. Then the reporter asked, “Who loves their mama?” and of course everyone raised their hand because, after all, who doesn’t?
grendel: Ok, so that’s 2.5/5ths + 2.5/5ths * 3/5ths which brings him to 4/5ths human. Still, the other 1/5? Wookie? Chinese? I dunno.
Maths is hard. It hurtz my bwain.
The Helvetica Scenario: youknew: sleepy: That woman is awesome. “Put that DOWN, you senile old man! I luvz Hopey!”
grendel: …does that mean I can get a mortgage now?!?!?!
nurple: Actually they just chucked their catheter bags at Chris Matthews, mainly because he was trying to get a hold of their meds.
Monkey: OMG, that’s some fuzzy Jim Crow.
Correction: Negroes are actually 3/5ths humans, not 2/5ths. So, he’s 2.5/5ths human + 2.5/5ths * 3/5ths, which makes him 4/5ths human, with the other 1/5, obviously, being Jesus.
Love how those geezer laughed at Fox fuck. Hopefully they beat him silly with their canes.
Monkey: 1/5th Badass MoFo.
Why is elderly Scranton in the tank for Obama?
AngryBlakGuy: If you get your mortgage, can I have your 40 and mule??!?
ps- yes, yes: ounces, not acres.
AngryBlakGuy: Only in the right part of town.
Well that’s what happens when the old folks home short bus veers anywhere away from the local Wal-Mart on the daily outing. They thought they were voting for extra pudding (vanilla–not CHOCOLATE pudding).
Monkey: …I’m guessing that last 5th is Vodka and a squirt of lime! Or is that the recipe for Vodka tonic? Whatever, it works either way.
dano: I think they LUV them some JoeB. It’s probably really a good thing Hopey didn’t put Keane or Bayh on the ticket.
The Helvetica Scenario:
Yes, that’s maybe the most awesome thing I’ve seen all week!
The crawler: “…Obama proposes pro-pederasty amendments to bailout bill…”
The only thing “split” in that room were the sides of the polled participants as they laughed heartily at the asshat with the electronic dildo in his maw.
Penn. hasn’t been a battleground state since like August.
AngryBlakGuy: No. No one is allowed to get a mortgage until Newt and Boner say so.
AngryBlakGuy: Right you are. And probably it’s Katie Couric’s recipe for getting through yet another Palin interview.
I think the reporter was simply “rounding down” for the obvious fact that a number of the diner patrons were clearly practicing the new-famngled “Gotcha Journalism” described by Sen. McMain earlier yesterday. Like when those college kids played at “Gotcha Journalism” by asking Gov. Palin about Pakistan. I saw the clip and it’s obvious that those boys clearly ambushed her with harball questions about Pakistan. It is a sad commentary on journalism when regular citizens start having the audacity to speak their minds. This kind of Gotcha Journalism has no place in Republican politics.
Vanity Smurf: Or in Saginaw for $1.75
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr28/kzoodem/WorldAccordingtoPalin.jpg
Biden is Boned.
Vanity Smurf: …then how am I suppose to drag down white peoples property value? You know that is the “black” mans conspiracy right? Oops, Ive said too much already.
Ok, we need to start this now.
Every time Biden says literally take a shot.
Every time Palin mentions Alaska’s proximity to Russia take a swig of laundry detergent.
we need more…
Holy shit! Is this for real? Is Fox News so–what’s the word I’m looking for? ridiculously phoney that they don’t even mind being laughed at for the lies they spew? Are they so shamelessly pro-Republican that they don’t mind becoming a laughing stock? This is just sad.
It’s voter suppression + voting fraud! I love the lady
Classic case of expecting something, seeing something else, and then ignoring the big flashing cognitive dissonance.
Fox News: all stupidity, all the time.
angryhippopotamus:
Every time Palin does a moose-in-headlights, take two swigs.
Every time Biden says “More of the Same”(TM) take a shot.
AngryBlakGuy: Unicorn.
Is that a pizza place?
He probably figured more of them could not raise their hands for McCain because they were clinging to their guns and religion.
Fivethirthyeight.com has a rather interesting idea to really screw with Caribou Barbie tomorrow night: the Dem’s should say yes to all the whiney Republitards who are demanding a new moderator, due to Gwenie’s book.
It shuts down the carping, takes away the right to claim bias the next day and puts debate prep into a tailspin, trying to figure out what a new moderator would ask. Joey B. wouldn’t care. But Barbie sure would.
nurple: Uhhh…no, it was an Office reference…set in Scranton? Oscar is gay. As to the original question, Jim will vote for Obama, but Michael is probably the precinct judge so lord only knows if the ballots will ever get counted. I so believe that Phyllis and Bob Vance would cancel each other out though.
AngryBlakGuy: I knew it!
okay, okay, okay…
Entirely OT but I feel compelled to mention that our OTHER favorite website (www.countryaboveself.com) has ceased polling the public regarding “patriots” and “traitors.” It does not say the final Mega-Patriot and Uber-Traitor is but instead links to http://www.rollovermartin.com that makes even less sense.
weird.
WadISay: The food was good, but the diners were bitter.
Cogito Ergo Bibo: With Gwen’s broken ankle, Wonkette posited yesterday that the backup is a three-person team: Sean Hannity, Phyllis Schaffly and someone else equally vile (Laura Ingram or some such). If the back-up was Brokaw, Gibson or Couric, fine by me.
ihasasad: Genius!
gurukalehuru: Damnit! You made me spit on my computer screen.
smellyal8r: I”m thinking that was a joke.
Anyone get the name of that douchebag reporter?
i’m jess curious… in what respeck was it split… ah mean, he did say “split”, he didn say “fifty-fifty” er nuthin you coold pin eem down on… bless his heart…
I particularly like the part when the reporter raises his hand for McDouche.
Cogito Ergo Bibo: I read that, too. Maybe the ghost of Tim Russert could invade Luke’s body & he could moderate, eh?
They should get Campbell Brown–she’s been pretty bitchy lately & the wingnuts couldn’t argue sexism. That would be a great smackdown session.
Smelly - oh, The OFFICE! I didn’t get the reference. I’m not up on modern stuff. I’m content to listen to Odd Couple reruns on my gramophone.
Can we just kill anyone who’s ever said “the truth lies in the middle” on or off-camera?
cgi: Wouldn’t that be vote tampering, since Fox pays them to be partisan Repubtards?
That’s funny. At about 0:10, if you look closely at a couple sitting in the back, when the reporter asks “who’s gonna vote for McCain?”, the man raises his hand, and his wife brings it down. And then the reporter asks “who’s gonna vote for Obama?”, the wife raises two hands LOL LOL
Poos McSame!!
GO OBAMA ‘08
Texan Bulldoggette: Campbell Brown would be PERFECT. I really wish that would happen.
Aw, they cut away before the interviewer screams at them for hating free speech and the whole diner chants “Fuck Fox News!”
cgi: it’s called “leading by example.”
That, or it was the moment when he realized no one was raising their hands, and his “battleground state” story was a joke. Maybe he thought he could trick the old people into copying him?
Cogito Ergo Bibo: I used to despise her knowing her husband was douchebag Dan Senor (& they’ve reproduced), but lately she’s been showing a definite impatience with Walnuts’s antics.
I’ll take old Scranton people over old Miami people any day of the week!
Wonkette, you just totally CRUSHED Jon Stewart with this video!
Jon thought his comedy sketch about “confused” seniors in Miami was hilarious!
It was not.
This, on the other hand, makes me laugh. In a good way.
I was born/raised in Scr. (god’s country as we called it). You can’t blame the reporter, something about the water dumbs you down when you get there.
AND, those people are not old - not compared to the typical Scrantonian.
How many of you Commentors are for McCain?
(I think I count about half of your hands up?)
It’s an even split! Where’s the cake bar here?
kudzu: Yes.
Rebel Countess: “I’ll take old Scranton people over old Miami people any day of the week!”
The Miami fiftysomethings are still forwarding “OBAMA IS SOCIALIST TERRORIST LIKE CHE/CASTRO” emails, but their kids know what’s up at least.
I believe this guy also asked them: “Jews vs. Nazis: who won?” and called it a split. Very good journalism. I assume he and Palin went to the same 6 schools.
Clancy_Pants: I think his last name was Diebold.
The “reporter” voted for McCain.
His vote matters at least as much as all the citizens in the room.
Split.
grendel: Old people don’t use such language…well, my mom might, but still….
AngryBlakGuy: 3/5, and thus Obama would be 1.5/5? I’m guessing because I suck at Math.
Ah… fuck the propaganda machine!