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Limbaugh Says Actor Fox Exaggerates Effects of Disease in Ads (WaPo Hit Piece)
The Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | Daniela Deane

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: kristinn

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)


21 posted on 10/24/2006 3:52:44 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Dane

They can't lower themselves to killing their own. They want you to do it for them. Sick and predictable!


22 posted on 10/24/2006 3:54:24 PM PDT by rocksblues (Do onto others as they do unto you!)
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To: kristinn

Maybe he's a member of the Film Actors Guild.


23 posted on 10/24/2006 3:54:27 PM PDT by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: SandyInSeattle

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.


24 posted on 10/24/2006 3:54:42 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn
"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."


I saw Michael J. Fox on NBC Nightly News tonight (10-24-06);
I think he was on the road today.

He was pretty darn steady...nothing at all like his TV ad appearance.

I hate to think badly of him, but this gives me pause.
25 posted on 10/24/2006 3:55:08 PM PDT by VOA
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To: kristinn
...Limbaugh said. "Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."

And Rush was right, as usual. Fox has admitted discontinuing his meds for effect when "testifying" before congressional committees.

26 posted on 10/24/2006 3:55:24 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: kristinn
... this is exactly what Ann Coulter describes in Godless where the Democrats trot out a victim and use them as a shield to ward off debate on their political beliefs.

Precisely so!

27 posted on 10/24/2006 3:55:27 PM PDT by Maeve
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To: Echo Talon

You mean the "useful idiots" and "dupes".


28 posted on 10/24/2006 3:55:34 PM PDT by unkus
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To: kristinn
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today attacked actor Michael J. Fox for inserting his halting voice...

Sniff...hand me a tissue, will ya?

29 posted on 10/24/2006 3:56:53 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: All

Rush did a great job of explaining the difference and Mark Levin is talking about it now.


30 posted on 10/24/2006 3:57:22 PM PDT by Sun (If we lose the Senate, the Dems will have control of the judiciary committee. Vote on Nov. 7)
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To: n230099
This is what Rush said yesterday:

"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."

31 posted on 10/24/2006 3:57:39 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: rocksblues

They abort their own.


32 posted on 10/24/2006 3:59:26 PM PDT by unkus
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To: kristinn

"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.


33 posted on 10/24/2006 4:00:06 PM PDT by trustandobey
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To: kristinn
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners today, encouraging them to go on-line 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."

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.

34 posted on 10/24/2006 4:00:12 PM PDT by WhiteGuy (DeWine ranked as one of the ten worst border security politicians - Human Events)
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To: Dane
The WarshPost doesn't know the difference between embryonic and adult stem cell research, nor do they care.

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.

35 posted on 10/24/2006 4:01:32 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: kristinn
To quote John Lovett's SNL character, Master Thespian..
"Acting!"
36 posted on 10/24/2006 4:02:36 PM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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To: unkus

I saw the rebuttal to MJF here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguJQ_dRPXw


37 posted on 10/24/2006 4:03:19 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: kristinn

Excellent! I'll see what I can do about joining you this week.


38 posted on 10/24/2006 4:04:26 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: MaineVoter2002

Honestly, I think we are looking at a November surprise. Just like we did in the last two elections.


39 posted on 10/24/2006 4:06:32 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: edcoil

Thank you.


40 posted on 10/24/2006 4:06:38 PM PDT by unkus
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