Posted on 10/24/2006 3:42:45 PM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 10/24/2006 6:49:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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To: Matchett-PI; All
The Washington Post has replaced the original article at the source link and almost completely rewritten their hit piece with a new author:
By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 25, 2006; C01
120 posted on 10/24/2006 8:24:16 PM CDT by kristinn
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Below is an excerpt of the Original article before the Washington Post rewrote it.
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today attacked actor Michael J. Fox for inserting his halting voice into the U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, suggesting Fox was "acting" in a commercial where he's shown shaking while endorsing the importance of stem cell research.
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners today, encouraging them to go online to watch Fox's commercial, which first aired Oct. 21 in St. Louis during a World Series game. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act."
In the commercial, Fox throws his support behind Democratic Missouri Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, who supports stem cell research, against Republican James M. Talent. Fox also taped similar ads for other Democratic candidates, including Benjamin L. Cardin in his Senate race against Republican Michael S. Steele in Maryland and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D), who is seeking reelection.
SNIP
"What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me," Fox said in the television spot, which will continue airing throughout Missouri this week.
"This is the only time I've ever seen Michael J. Fox portray any of the symptoms of the disease he has," Limbaugh said. "He can barely control himself."
Limbaugh said Fox could "control himself enough to stay in the frame of the picture" and to keep "his eyes right on the . . . teleprompter. But his head and shoulders are moving all over the place."
"He is acting like his disease is deteriorating because Jim Talent opposes research that would help him get cured," Limbaugh said, adding that Talent only opposes "fetal stem cell research, but not adult."
"This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox," Limbaugh said. "Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."
An advert in response to Michael J Fox's ad will air tomorrow night during
game 4 of the World Series
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725184/posts
(it may just air in Missouri area due to the Amendment 2 contest)
They can't lower themselves to killing their own. They want you to do it for them. Sick and predictable!
Maybe he's a member of the Film Actors Guild.
Great! We're at Walter Reed every Friday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The main gate at Georgia Avenue and Elder Street, NW in D.C.
And Rush was right, as usual. Fox has admitted discontinuing his meds for effect when "testifying" before congressional committees.
Precisely so!
You mean the "useful idiots" and "dupes".
Sniff...hand me a tissue, will ya?
Rush did a great job of explaining the difference and Mark Levin is talking about it now.
"So let there be no misunderstanding about this. I stand corrected, did not know and had never seen Michael J. Fox in the way I saw him in this commercial for Claire McCaskill. But people have and have seen him say in interviews that he doesn't take his medications when he wants to make an impression to show people just how horrible the disease is. And it's true of all Parkinson's patients. At some point the medication will not work, and the condition will become permanent, and there's nothing pleasant about it. It's one of the most frustrating diseases one can have. Pope had it. It's not pleasant in any way, shape, manner, or form, nor did I mean to implicate that one could easily act it out for the purposes of a commercial."
They abort their own.
"What you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans, Americans like me,"
Okay Michael, where were you when Terri Schiavo was being murdered? What about Americans like her???
Where are you when millions of babies are being murdered??? What about Americans like them???
Oh, I'm beginning to catch on--you are the only American that matters! You and the rest of the Hollywood crowd that think you are all deserving and the rest of us are here to make sure your life is all you want it to be.
Here come the hit pieces on Rush. Funny, the reporter neglects to report what Rush found, that Fox wrote in his book that he went off his meds when he testified to Congress to show the effects of the disease.
Indeed.
It is well known that those suffering from Parkinson's, including Mr. Fox, typically have 2 choices. Shake uncontrollably, or loose the capacity to communicate and interact in a semi-normal fashion.
Many who deal with this disease daily understand the challenges of the affects of their medication, and accept its limitations.
"rush limbaugh" made the choice to vilify the suffering of a Parkinson's patient rather than research the facts surrounding the condition and its treatment.
Pathetic, rush has reached an all-time low, even for him.
While the position of supporting the sanctity of life is paramount to all other positions.............. limbaugh's remarks and their political motivation are simply unacceptable.
What they want is for every handicapped person in America to get embryonic stem cells injected into their brains so they can die from cancer.
That way the WarshPost can lighten their tax load.
"Mengele" Liberals is what I call them.
I saw the rebuttal to MJF here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguJQ_dRPXw
Excellent! I'll see what I can do about joining you this week.
Honestly, I think we are looking at a November surprise. Just like we did in the last two elections.
Thank you.
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