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Limbaugh Mocks Michael J. Fox political ad (check the subhead for lie)
MSNBC/Washington Post ^ | 10-25-06 | David Montgomery

Posted on 10/25/2006 6:13:59 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle

Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson's disease

Updated: 42 minutes ago

Possibly worse than making fun of someone's disability is saying that it's imaginary. That is not to mock someone's body, but to challenge a person's guts, integrity, sanity.

To Rush Limbaugh on Monday, Michael J. Fox looked like a faker. The actor, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, has done a series of political ads supporting candidates who favor stem cell research, including Maryland Democrat Ben Cardin, who is running against Republican Michael Steele for the Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes.

"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act. . . . This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elections; enemedia; michaeljfox; rushlimbaugh; timmeh
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To: rightinthemiddle

LOL, what posers these lib hacks are, as if anyone believes they are "reporters" anymore.

At least Rush is honest about who he is and what he wants.


21 posted on 10/25/2006 6:27:37 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
It's bad form to mock one's disability. Poor choice on Rush's part.

He did NOT mock his disability.

and Welcome to FR (2006-07-08).

23 posted on 10/25/2006 6:28:02 AM PDT by bigjoesaddle (If Gandhi were President instead of Ronald Regan, we would be calling one another "Comrade" now.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Rush said that Fox admitted, in his own book, that he had not taken his meds, when he went before Congress. He did it so that they would get the full effect of the disease (my words).

I used to enjoy MJF as an actor. But, he is still an actor, with a drum to beat.


24 posted on 10/25/2006 6:28:07 AM PDT by wizr (Live life with a Passion!)
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To: rightinthemiddle; All

I'm sorry but just because Michael J. Fox has Parkinsons Disease doesn't make him special. He's doing a politcal ad and put himself out there and that's what he should have expected. I have no sympathy for him. My grandfather had Parkinsons Disease so I am very familiar with it.


25 posted on 10/25/2006 6:28:33 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: JohnLongIsland
It is imperative that the truth be out there on exactly what it is that Missouri is proposing. Rush stated and I believe, it is about cloning.

Rush also pointed out that there has been success in other protocols that are financially supported by Fox himself.

Too bad the media wants to make Rush the issue rather than embryonic stem cell research, which is NOT banned in the USA.

The President has refused to have taxpayer funding of this unproven research.

26 posted on 10/25/2006 6:29:25 AM PDT by OldFriend (IF YOU MUST BURN OUR FLAG, PLEASE WRAP YOURSELF IN IT FIRST)
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To: rightinthemiddle

"do you mean to tell me you turned a handicapp into a political football......"

"... well I figure if your going to turn a handicapp into a political football, you might as well do it with no-class

27 posted on 10/25/2006 6:30:40 AM PDT by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: bigjoesaddle
He did NOT mock his disability.

and Welcome to FR (2006-07-08).

Ditto that. I don't care how sick or handicapped someone is. When you enter the political fray, expect to be critiqued. And when you lie, expect to be attacked.

28 posted on 10/25/2006 6:31:30 AM PDT by zook (America going insane - "Do you read Sutter Caine?)
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To: mwyounce

I find it really hard to believe that a Hollywood tv show would "tape around his illness," don't you? Hollywood is one cold little merciless town and money is the bottom line. Strange story getting stranger!


29 posted on 10/25/2006 6:31:49 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: rightinthemiddle
This is good for people in Missouri because the truth of the Ballot initiative is coming out quicker.

What is (at the moment) being lost in the debate about Fox is that he LIED in the commercial.

30 posted on 10/25/2006 6:31:52 AM PDT by bigjoesaddle (If Gandhi were President instead of Ronald Regan, we would be calling one another "Comrade" now.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Aol liberal lap dog news page has the same thing.


31 posted on 10/25/2006 6:32:07 AM PDT by ustanker (Vote on the 7th)
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To: rightinthemiddle
I think this is front page news every where online. No one even cares what was said or why. Rush has now given the Left a gift better than Foley did.

Even on non political shows they are nailing Rush because all they know about him is he had a drug problem and he is conservative.

32 posted on 10/25/2006 6:32:10 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: rightinthemiddle

On Fox & Friends this morning, they said Michael admitted in his book he wouldn't take his meds so would shake more when being interviewed. A bit sleezy if you ask me.


33 posted on 10/25/2006 6:32:18 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: rightinthemiddle
Michael J. Fox is a Hollywood actor and is therefore much more important than some unviable tissue mass.

< /sarcasm >

34 posted on 10/25/2006 6:32:19 AM PDT by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: no dems

The only thing Rush said that was wrong was the work faking. He could have gone with MJ Fox may have been off his meds to show the symptoms of the disease without medications. It would have been more prudent. That being said MSM is taking this way too seriously. Rush and Fox are entertainers let them duke it out on their own.


36 posted on 10/25/2006 6:34:27 AM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs (Reason is out to lunch. How may I help you?)
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To: Screamname

Sorry but that makes no sense. The medication causes the tremors, not taking the medication would have the reverse affect (he wouldn't move at all)

But like previous posters this sort of tactic is exactly what Coulter refered to.


37 posted on 10/25/2006 6:34:49 AM PDT by JNL
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

It's bad form to use one's disability as a political tool for the LIEberal DUmocrats.


38 posted on 10/25/2006 6:35:06 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
RB --

Welcome to the debate. Before you 'attack' or criticize, make certain your aim is well-placed. Rush Limbaugh did not mock the disability, he mocked the ad and its intent. HE also slammed it for it misleading nature and downright falsehoods. There is no doubt that Parkinson's disables its victims. There IS considerable doubt in literature and in lab/field trials that stem cells deliver long-term benefits to sufferers AND there IS the one (Parkinson's-related) study published where 100% of the lab rats treated with stem cells developed brain tumors. Also, there is the falsehood in the ad about who did and did not vote for stem cell research AND whether or not said research is legal.

The ad makes a mockery of the truth, and MJF (in his disabled state) was (apparently) a misled pawn in shameless political effort.
39 posted on 10/25/2006 6:35:25 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
It's bad form to mock one's disability. Poor choice on Rush's part.

Rush did not "mock" anything. You obviously didn't listen to his last two programs or you would know what he said and how he said it. He was absolutely right to bring this to the attention of the public.
40 posted on 10/25/2006 6:35:30 AM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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