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ON VIDEO Michael J. Fox Ad for Arlen Specter in 2004, Actor calm and not smearing Arlen's opponent
vanity | October 25, 2006 | the Eagle has Landed

Posted on 10/25/2006 11:26:02 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded

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1 posted on 10/25/2006 11:26:04 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: TheEaglehasLanded
Here's a link to a page with a synopsis of the ad:

Ad Details Currently, half of Specter's television campaign ads focus on stem cell research, according to the Inquirer. One ad running throughout Pennsylvania features stem cell research advocate and actor Michael J. Fox praising Specter for his support of stem cell research and his role in doubling NIH funding for biomedical research. A second ad, which is being broadcast in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia regions, features a child whose illness was treated using stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood, according to the Inquirer. However, neither ad discusses embryonic stem cell research -- the "most controversial" form of stem cell research -- even though Specter publicly has urged Bush to expand his policy, according to the Inquirer. Specter, when asked why he is "pushing" the issue, said, "Believe it or not, every now and then, decisions are made on principle, not on counting votes."

2 posted on 10/25/2006 11:42:54 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

So when is MJF going to realize that the Parkinsons medications,that he doesn't always take,have done,and will continue to do, way more than embryonic stem cell research will ever do?


3 posted on 10/25/2006 11:47:54 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (Good heavens! What women these Christians have-----Libanus)
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To: mockingbyrd

His foundation is apparently looking elsewhere.


4 posted on 10/25/2006 11:50:04 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

For what it's worth, there's absolutely nothing to gain politically from piling on to Michael J. Fox.
The old ladies love him.


5 posted on 10/26/2006 12:04:27 AM PDT by soupcon
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

This is not smart politics. Sorry. The rats want us to attack Michael J. Fox. This is a dangerous trap.


6 posted on 10/26/2006 12:08:48 AM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

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:

  1. Brain Cancer
  2. Retinoblastoma
  3. Ovarian Cancer
  4. Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma
  5. Testicular Cancer
  6. Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma
  7. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  8. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
  9. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  10. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
  11. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  12. Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
  13. Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
  14. Cancer of the lymph nodes: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
  15. Multiple Myeloma
  16. Myelodysplasia
  17. Breast Cancer
  18. Neuroblastoma
  19. Renal Cell Carcinoma
  20. Various Solid Tumors
  21. Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  22. Ewing’s Sarcoma
  23. Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
  24. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
  25. POEMS syndrome
  26. Myelofibrosis

    Auto-Immune Diseases

  27. Systemic Lupus
  28. Sjogren’s Syndrome
  29. Myasthenia
  30. Autoimmune Cytopenia
  31. Scleromyxedema
  32. Scleroderma
  33. Crohn’s Disease
  34. Behcet’s Disease
  35. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  36. Juvenile Arthritis
  37. Multiple Sclerosis
  38. Polychondritis
  39. Systemic Vasculitis
  40. Alopecia Universalis
  41. Buerger’s Disease

    Cardiovascular

  42. Acute Heart Damage
  43. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease

    Ocular

  44. Corneal regeneration

    Immunodeficiencies

  45. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  46. X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
  47. X-linked Hyper immunoglobulin M Syndrome

    Neural Degenerative Diseases and Injuries

  48. Parkinson’s Disease
  49. Spinal Cord Injury
  50. Stroke Damage

    Anemias and Other Blood Conditions

  51. Sickle Cell Anemia
  52. Sideroblastic Anemia
  53. Aplastic Anemia
  54. Red Cell Aplasia
  55. Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
  56. Thalassemia
  57. Primary Amyloidosis
  58. Diamond Blackfan Anemia
  59. Fanconi’s Anemia
  60. Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection

    Wounds and Injuries

  61. Limb Gangrene
  62. Surface Wound Healing
  63. Jawbone Replacement
  64. Skull Bone Repair

    Other Metabolic Disorders

  65. Hurler’s Syndrome
  66. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  67. Krabbe Leukodystrophy
  68. Osteopetrosis
  69. Cerebral X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

    Liver Disease

  70. Chronic Liver Failure
  71. Liver Cirrhosis

    Bladder Disease

  72. 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.


7 posted on 10/26/2006 12:12:38 AM PDT by Notwithstanding
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To: kristinn
Great research. The GOP needs to go after MJF even harder now for his seemingly inconsistent statements on commercials on the very same issue.
8 posted on 10/26/2006 12:14:33 AM PDT by trumandogz
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To: Notwithstanding

bttt


9 posted on 10/26/2006 12:15:00 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

Been digging.

http://www.campaignsolutions.com/contents/news/pollies2004/

scroll down to Specter2004.org
Silver Award - Best U.S. Senate Campaign Website

It has a snapshot of the Specter/fox video. I'll keep digging.


10 posted on 10/26/2006 1:00:44 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

Quote from the Video "Arlen gets it"


11 posted on 10/26/2006 1:14:45 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Michael Fox barely twitched in his support ad for Arlen Specter. Nary a sway or flopping around to be seen. Funny that, when compared to Missouri AD. Kind of puts the lie to the matter, doesn't it.


12 posted on 10/26/2006 1:37:20 AM PDT by flaglady47 (thinking out loud)
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"Couric: You, Tom Harkin, and Arlen Specter. You're like tight.

Michael J. Fox: Yeah. Strange bedfellows. But he's been an amazing champion of medical science."

http://www.michaeljfox.org/news/article.php?id=196&sec=2


13 posted on 10/26/2006 2:04:48 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: soupcon

There is nothing to gain because the man has Parkinson's. That a definite. Judging one person's symptoms from day to day, especially from year to year is fruitless.

His meds can cause involuntary movement, just as easily as they can calm his tremors.

This issue can't get anybody anywhere, except the scorn of others who are ill themselves and know that conditions deteriorate over time.

Lay off the messenger...attack the message.


14 posted on 10/26/2006 4:08:30 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

Bull! This is exactly what Ann Coulter was talking about when she commented on the Jersey girls. The Dems drag these people out and you cannot comment on them because they have a Parkinson's, they lost a loved one on 9/11, the lost a son in the war, blah, blah, blah. Again I say bull! Like Rush said, once you insert yourself into the political process, you are fair game. MJF has admitted to going off his meds to convey sympathy. He has admitted his guilt in manipulatioin of the voters. His behavior is fair game to question and comment on.


15 posted on 10/26/2006 4:16:32 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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I have MS. If you look at a video of me from 4 years ago, compared to a video of me today...you'll see a difference.

I am NOT "off my meds"...that is just the nature of progressive neurological diseases.

By attacking MJF with the "off his meds" verbage (which no one can prove), it seems as though the conservatives are "ignorant" of the disease process and the effect of the meds that are taken for it (as I said before, his meds can and do cause the same type of movements seen in the commercial.)

So he admitted that once he didn't take them...that's not going to hold water unless someone gets him to admit he didn't take them in this case.

I just think attacking the man is akin to the Dems making fun of Rush when he lost his hearing and blaming it on his Vicodin use (hearing loss can be a side effect of overuse of that drug.) It just should be avoided at all cost. Attack the message...that should suffice.

It's not wise to "judge" another's state of illness.


16 posted on 10/26/2006 4:35:19 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

Fox has no right to lie to the American public and tug at heart strings for selfish purposes.


17 posted on 10/26/2006 4:37:54 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: TheEaglehasLanded
http://www.veotag.com/player/Default.aspx?pid=b48abfb4-aa12-43e5-99e2-1bf3a47fa464

This is a link to a May 06 interview with K. Couric. He openly talks about how his medication does control his symptoms and how he has to plan for interviews so that his tics will be under control.

In this interview he still is moving quite a bit, but no where near as much as in his ad for McCaskill

18 posted on 10/26/2006 4:39:25 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: flaglady47

Ummm no. It's a degenerative disease. The Arlen ad is from over 2 years ago. It doesn't prove anything, but I could I guess show you pictures of me at 18 which will prove that the weight gain since then is false using your logic.


19 posted on 10/26/2006 4:39:34 AM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

I have very little regard for Dick Morris but he said yesterday that voters know when they are being manipulated and that this will fire on the Dems.


20 posted on 10/26/2006 4:41:06 AM PDT by no dems (I'll take a moral Mormon over a demonic Democrat or repugnant RINO anyday.)
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