Fox: I Was Over-Medicated In Stem Cell Ad

CBS News ^ | Oct. 26, 2006

[Abby4116]

Will someone please tell me if I am wrong about this. Embryonic stem cell research is legal, but funds will not be forthcoming from the government unless certain criteria are met i.e. derived prior to 2001.

So it can be done in the private sector with private money? TIA

[The Worthless Miracle]

Not to mention the laughing and hilarity that ensued when Rush admitted his drug use/deafness. It was the funniest joke in the land! But if a liberal suffers...

[jwalsh07]

Very misleading because "somatic cell nuclear transfer" IS cloning!!

Correct.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

The bottom line is, that Rush was right.

So true.

[evets]

You're dead meat McFly!

[NYFriend]

It all depends on what your definition of "clone" is. Is cloning growing a new human, or just getting a cell to divide. This bans growing a new human, because, as far as I know, we aren't anywhere close to growing a whole new human or mammal outside of a womb (the platypus excepted).

Just making a cell divide isn't difficult, or so I understand. I believe it's being done all the time to extend stem cell lines, and I'm not sure that that practice is limited to embryonic stem cells.

[GraniteStateConservative]

"All I'm saying is I've never seen him the way he appears in this commercial for Claire McCaskill," says Limbaugh. "So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act, especially since people are telling me they have seen him this way on other interviews and in other television appearances."

Poor Rush. Always putting his foot in his mouth.

[bray]

So he couldn't wait until the overmedication wore off?? The point is he was lying about stem cells in the ad.

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[Mo1]

"This is not about red states and blue states," added Fox, who has also lobbied Congress to lift President Bush's restrictions on funding for stem cell research. "This is not about Democrats and Republicans. This is about claiming our place as the scientific leader in scientific research and moving forward and helping our citizens. That’s all it is. It’s that simple."

He is a liar and a fraud

He REFUSES to talk about the difference of ADULT stem cell research and embryonic stem cell where a baby is created for body parts

He continues to talks as though they are one and the same

[Hackle]

The amendment falsely defines "cloning" as the implantation of an embryo into the uterus. But it allows the creation of embryos, so long as they are destroyed in order to use their stem cells.

[Fawn]

So...is he insinuating that he did NOT OVER medicate on purpose? That is the crux of it all IMO.

[HamiltonJay]

If he truly believes this, then he was used by the Dems... Somehow I doubt he is that naive though.

[Mo1]

So it can be done in the private sector with private money? TIA

That is correct

Though I would point out that this amendment2 in Missouri is not about stem cell research .. it is about cloning

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[babygene]

"he was OVERMEDICATED"

Ahh, yes he was...

However, as a care giver for a Parkinson's patient for the last 35 years, when this dyskinesias is going to be a problem is very predictable (and controllable).

Been there, done that...

It all has to do with the level of dopamine in the blood. The patient can control that if they are creative and has a DR that is any good.

[LibLieSlayer]

Bleeding hearts will make excuses for fox, but the truth is he is a little punk arsed, liberal liar! Talent does NOT oppose Stem Cell research, and the bill itself deals with cloning... and the dim voted against it!

LLS

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The stem cell issue is not much different from the global warming hoax. Its basically a money transfer from the people who work to those who don't.

[Niteranger68]

Not to mention the laughing and hilarity that ensued when Rush admitted his drug use/deafness. It was the funniest joke in the land! But if a liberal suffers...

How true. We must declare all-out jihad on the old media. I cancelled my subscription to our local liberal newspaper over 3 years ago and it has made me MORE informed. I never plan to watch news from ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, etc. If I have to because it's on a public TV or if I catch them by surfing, I try to remember any sponsors and avoid their products as much as possible. God forbid any of these butt-monkeys from sticking a microphone in my face.

[newnhdad]

Rush was right, he manipulated his treatment just like he admitted in his book.. The guy is an advocate of this medical condition so he knows what he's doing when he over-medicates. It probably allows him to talk w/o a stutter but still have the tics and jerks that is common with the condition. Remember, he's an actor and he knows how to manipulate the image in the lens.

This should prove to all the cut-and-run republicans that these people will stop at nothing to win back power.

What next, a depression sufferer skipping the meds and flipping out in front of the camera to prove that we need free healthcare? (if you've ever been on anti-deps, you know what I mean)

These people are awful and should not be allowed near the controls of the country.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"is CLONING for research purposes and it is written in such a way to make people think that no cloning will happen. This is simply untrue."

Precisely, and the PRO Amendment 2 forces have come up with a new ad that aired twice during the game last night, in the St. Louis market. The new one has William H. Danforth, calling for passage of this admendment. The Danforth brothers, with their interest in Washington University research are really pushing this thing locally.

[dfwgator]

I don't blame Fox, as much as I do the Rat SOBs that chose to exploit him for their own political gain.