Michael J. Fox Records Second Misleading Stem Cell Research Ad (He Supports a pro-cloning Democrat?

Life News ^ | October 24, 2006 | Steven Ertelt

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Actor Michael J. Fox is coming under fire for the second time in two days after recording a second television commercial blasting a pro-ilfe candidate on the isssue of stem cell research. The latest ad, in Maryland, attacks pro-life candidate when his opponent voted against stem cell research.

In the new spot, Fox vouches for Senate hopeful Ben Cardin, a current congressman, in his bid against pro-life Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele.

"Cardin fully supports lifesaving stem cell research and that's why I support Ben Cardin," Fox says.

However, Cardin voted against a bill that would have authorized the federal government to search for embryonic stem cell research alternatives that don't involve the destruction of human life. The measure would have promoted some types of research that could possibly have been palatable to both sides of the debate.

"There is only one candidate in this race who voted against stem cell research and it's congressman Ben Cardin," Steele said in a statement LifeNews.com received from his campaign...

Steele says he "is an enthusiastic supporter" of a myriad of stem cell research such as "cord blood, adult stem cell and embryonic stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo."

"In Missouri, you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures," Fox tells viewers urging them to support the pro-abortion, pro-cloning candidate...

[Fighting Irish]

Heaven forbid I tout a Baptist publication .... Jesus might roll over in his grave.

[Fighting Irish]

Before you burst a vein .... that was christian sarcasm. Baptists do have that "Once saved always saved" thing going on. I mean with that sort of philosphy Jesus could have spared the trouble.

[zbigreddogz]

"Supports pro-cloning Democrat"

Never thought of that! THAT'S why the D's want cloning! That way, they can clone their supporters over and over till they win every race! LOL!

[mass55th]

"And why did Michael J. Fox wait until late October to begin stumping for Democrats? Hmmm?"

They probably couldn't settle on a payment price until now.

[frogjerk]

I'm not a Baptist.

[Two-Bits]

If these embryos are not a big deal than why doesn't Michael put in actions were his mouth is.

Michael impregnate your wife than take the embryo and donate it for science.

Also Michael, there is nothing stopping you and your rich liberals friends donating money into a private enterprise to do this research.

Typical liberals - Always anxious to spend everyone else's money but their own.

[RegulatorCountry]

Why are you posting to yourself about bursting a vein, lol?

[Fighting Irish]

Why are you posting to yourself about bursting a vein, lol? Thanks moron

[RegulatorCountry]

Tsk tsk tsk. You're acting like an irrational hothead.

[Fighting Irish]

This site has gone to the dogs....

[RegulatorCountry]

Why, because nobody took you up on the Baptist baiting?

[Brian Allen]

Wonder if the IRS'll pull his foundation's tax-free status?

Or, given the quality of his election-ad' hamming, SAG'll pull his union ticket?

[Bellflower]

Does he want cloning so that he can grow a child to harvest it's brain cells?

[Jezebelle]

...around the time he learned or suspected he was sick?

[Lancey Howard]

My 14-year-old son watched the Fox commercial and said, "Jeez. Why do they have to show that kind of stuff?" The ad made him uncomfortable. Dick Morris opined today on Hannity's show that the ad would backfire, as most people are smart enough to know when they are being manipulated, and they resent it.

I wonder if the ad will end up simply turning people off to the candidate associated with it?

[Lancey Howard]

He became an American citizen in 2000.

I notice that was AFTER the little scumbag testified before the US Congress.

[Notwithstanding]

Amendment 2 video

Missourians Against Human Cloning

Fact Sheet Do No Harm Updated July 16, 2006

Benefits of Stem Cells to Human Patients

Adult Stem Cells v. Embryonic Stem Cells
Download This List
Peer-Reviewed References (not a complete listing, sample references)

Adult Stem Cells	Embryonic Stem Cells
Cancers: Brain Cancer Retinoblastoma Ovarian Cancer Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma Testicular Cancer Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia Cancer of the lymph nodes: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplasia Breast Cancer Neuroblastoma Renal Cell Carcinoma Various Solid Tumors Soft Tissue Sarcoma Ewing’s Sarcoma Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis POEMS syndrome Myelofibrosis Auto-Immune Diseases Systemic Lupus Sjogren’s Syndrome Myasthenia Autoimmune Cytopenia Scleromyxedema Scleroderma Crohn’s Disease Behcet’s Disease Rheumatoid Arthritis Juvenile Arthritis Multiple Sclerosis Polychondritis Systemic Vasculitis Alopecia Universalis Buerger’s Disease Cardiovascular Acute Heart Damage Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Ocular Corneal regeneration Immunodeficiencies Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome X-linked Hyper immunoglobulin M Syndrome Neural Degenerative Diseases and Injuries Parkinson’s Disease Spinal Cord Injury Stroke Damage Anemias and Other Blood Conditions Sickle Cell Anemia Sideroblastic Anemia Aplastic Anemia Red Cell Aplasia Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia Thalassemia Primary Amyloidosis Diamond Blackfan Anemia Fanconi’s Anemia Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection Wounds and Injuries Limb Gangrene Surface Wound Healing Jawbone Replacement Skull Bone Repair Other Metabolic Disorders Hurler’s Syndrome Osteogenesis Imperfecta Krabbe Leukodystrophy Osteopetrosis Cerebral X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy Liver Disease Chronic Liver Failure Liver Cirrhosis Bladder Disease End-Stage Bladder Disease	NONE
Peer-Reviewed References (not a complete listing, sample references) The Facts - Prentice, D. "Adult Stem Cells" Appendix K in Monitoring Stem Cell Research: A Report of the President's Council on Bioethics (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2004), 309-346.

[holden]

Why wait until late October?

It's something I learned at the 1989 NCAA men's basketball semi-finals at Seattle's King Dome. The Fighting Illini were a point behind and had the ball at half court with about one and a half seconds on the clock.

In that span, Michigan committed maybe six fouls in such a brutal episode of mayhem as I had ever witnessed on a round-ball court. The refs seemed determined not to call anything. The only shot Illinois attempted was overwhelmingly molested by Michigan. Some said the refs let it happen as they did so as not to let it be said that the refs determined the outcome of the game.

I say the thugs knew what they were doing and they knew how the refs would respond. The losing Illinois' Coach Henson was probably naive, per usual.

In the present Fox case, MJ and his handlers have known full well what they were doing, and thought they knew what they could get away with, insofar as it was up to the DBM. The crowd is standing up from their seats calling, "Foul!" The election is still almost two weeks away in the time of the lightning-fast NEW MEDIA. No longer can the DBM overwhelm us with thuggery in the last second and a half as they did in their "good old days."

HF

[Grampa Dave]

The link below is an interesting one with interviews with Fox and Ali.

http://www.veotag.com/player/Default.aspx?pid=b48abfb4-aa12-43e5-99e2-1bf3a47fa464

[Grampa Dave]

http://abortiontv.com/Misc/Embryonic_Stem_Cell%20Research_Tumors%20.htm



Embryonic Stem Cell Research Causes Tumors, New Study Shows
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
October 23, 2006

Rochester, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Scientists working with embryonic stem cell research on animals reconfirmed what pro-life advocates have been saying for years about it. Researcher Steven Goldman and colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center said injecting embryonic stem cells into the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease would cause tumors.

Goldman's research team has been injecting the controversial cells into rats that have the disease and the cells turned into tumors afterwards.

The scientists explained their findings in an article in the latest issue of Nature Medicine. They said the embryonic stem cell injections helped some of the rats but some of the cells started growing in a manner that would eventually lead to a tumor. "The behavioral data validate the utility of the approach. But it also raises a cautionary flag and says we are not ready for prime time yet," Goldman told the Washington Post.

He conceded that considerably more research would need to be done to determine whether the tumor problems could ever be overcome. Parkinson's is a disease where dopamine-releasing cells in the brain die out, which leads to muscle dysfunction and can eventually cause paralysis. The goal of stem cell research in Parkinson's is to replace the dead cells with stem cells that form into new dopamine cells. Goldman's team used human embryonic stem cells obtained by killing days-old unborn children that were grown in a special chemical used to coax them into becoming brain cells.

The team killed the rats before they could determine that the tumors that appeared to be growing actually finished appearing and they said that any embryonic stem cell treatments on humans, which has never been tried, would have to be closely monitored. Some autopsies on the rats found tumors and that the embryonic stem cells began to grow uncontrollably rather than becoming the dopamine cells as intended. Another team led by Ole Isacson, a Harvard Medical School professor of neuroscience and neurology, published similar results earlier this month in the online journal Stem Cells and found that the embryonic stem cells also produced tumors.

Adult stem cells have not had the same problems and have been used successfully to treat dozens of diseases and conditions. But scientists have said they don't think embryonic stem cell research will lead to a cure for Parkinson's. University of Melbourne Emeritus Professor of Medicine Thomas Martin told Australian lawmakers recently that he did not think that embryonic stem cell research would even lead to cures for major diseases such as diabetes or Parkinson's.

Martin, an internationally recognized Fellow of the Royal Society, said the embryonic stem cells produced from human cloning would have the same problems.