WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CBS/AP) His body visibly wracked by tremors, actor Michael J. Fox appears in a political ad that was the subject of widespread discussion on Monday after conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh claimed Fox was "either off his medication or acting."
On Tuesday while in suburban Chicago campaigning for Democratic candidate for Congress Tammy Duckworth, Fox shot back.
"I'm kind of lucky right now. It's ironic, given some of the things that have been said in the last couple days, that my pills are working really well," Fox said.
A victim of Parkinson's disease, Fox speaks out in the ad for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, who supports embryonic stem cell research.
"I think this is exploitative in a way that's unbecoming of either Claire McCaskill or Michael J. Fox," Limbaugh said on his syndicated show.
Duckworth added of Limbaugh's remarks: "That comment is trying to take away from the real issue at hand."
On his Web site Tuesday, Limbaugh appeared to back away from his accusation.
"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."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katie Couric interviews Michael J. Fox about the stem cell debate on Thursday's CBS Evening News.
Watch Claire McCaskill's ad featuring Michael J. Fox here. Fox Responds To Limbaugh Claim.
"As you might know I care deeply about stem cell research," says Fox, who has struggled with Parkinson's disease for more than a decade. "In Missouri you can elect Claire McCaskill, who shares my hope for cures."
McCaskill has made support for the research a key part of her campaign to unseat Sen. Jim Talent. The Republican incumbent opposes the research as unethical, saying it destroys human embryos.
The new ad debuted prominently Saturday night during Game 1 of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers and will continue airing statewide this week, a campaign spokeswoman said.
Debate over stem cell research looms large in Missouri, where voters are considering a ballot measure that would amend the state constitution to protect all federally allowed forms of the research, including embryonic stem cell research. The scientific study holds promise in the search to cure diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
"Unfortunately, Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research," Fox says in the 30-second spot. "Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us a chance for hope."
Talent's campaign called the ad a false attack.
"Senator Talent supports medical research including stem cell research that doesn't involve cloning or destroying a human embryo," said Talent spokesman Rich Chrismer.
Earlier this year, Talent withdrew his support for a Senate bill that would ban all embryonic stem cell research and impose a million-dollar fine and jail sentence on violators. But he opposes the Missouri ballot initiative, claiming it would "make cloning human life at the earliest stage a constitutional right."
Supporters of the state referendum deny that assertion, noting the language of the proposed constitutional amendment explicitly bans human cloning.
McCaskill, running even with Talent in the latest polls, hopes to get a boost from aligning herself with support for the ballot measure, which recent polls show has the support of 58 percent of likely voters. Backers of the measure have raised nearly $29 million toward its passage, the costliest political campaign in Missouri history.
Fox's ad urges voters that "what you do in Missouri matters to millions of Americans. Americans like me." The ad ends with a picture of McCaskill and her voice approving the message.
A native of Canada, Fox became an American citizen in 2000 and has been politically active for Democratic causes. He campaigned for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race and lobbied Congress to lift President Bush's restrictions on funding for stem cell research.
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This might get as scary to Rush as the draft . Oh well to get out of the lime light for a while he can always to to the emergency room and say the boil on his butt came back.
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I find it amusing that Libs always need to include the fact that Rush is overweight. "Fat Rush"....
Probably because it is so much easier to insult him personally rather than address or refute the politcal comments he makes... Doesn't require much thought or effort....
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quote:Originally posted by NaturalResources: I find it amusing that Libs always need to include the fact that Rush is overweight. "Fat Rush"....
Probably because it is so much easier to insult him personally rather than address or refute the politcal comments he makes... Doesn't require much thought or effort....
LOL...
nobody listens to him anymore unless they agree with him NR...
i listened to him a couple times.. what i heard was? him repeting over and over...
i toldyaso... or? if you don't agree with me? you must be retarded... etc etc...
i don't/didn't listen to Howard Stern either...
as a matter of fact? if you have some specific point of his you want to bring here? i'd be happy to "discuss" it with you....
of course? ill just prove he's wrong and then remind you that i toldyaso... LOL
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quote:Originally posted by NaturalResources: I find it amusing that Libs always need to include the fact that Rush is overweight. "Fat Rush"....
Probably because it is so much easier to insult him personally rather than address or refute the politcal comments he makes... Doesn't require much thought or effort....
There are two points in your post, both childish and assinine and both entirely incorrect.
1. You attack glassman with, "I find it amusing that Libs always need to include the fact that Rush is overweight. "Fat Rush"....", making the absurd assumption that glass....is liberal.
You make that mistake about anyone not chorusing the RNC talking points or anyone pointing out how dishonest and ignorant dubya is.
You are so drunk on koolade, I bet the sound of it sloshing about as you walk can be heard.
2. Then you make the saame idiotic blunder that Fat Rush The Doper makes every time he opens his mouth to utter his ever present ignorances.
It is easy to attack "dumbo" personally, because all that is necessary is to mirror his approach to any and everything.
No other thought or effort is required, because the only actual attempts for arguments he ever tries are personal attacks, name calling, and insults of character.
He is maybe the most abusive voice ever broadcast in a so called polite society and deserves much of the blame for the lack of bi-particianship within political circles in this Country, the terrible lack of courtesy that has become so common in our society, and the deterioration of morals that is becoming the norm that our children are taking into the future.
Fat Rush The Doper seldom tells a truth and even when one slips out, he misrepresents it as an excuse to assault the personal character of someone with arguments to which he is too dumb to mount any actual and effective counter argument.
(I'm told that frequent indulgence in koolade over many years of time can result in the loss of the ability to easily expell it's ingredients. Are you having trouble at the urinal and is that what makes you so frequently a sour-puss?)
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NR is not a thoughtful person and advocates that every one else should be required to conform to his lack of thought and his far right wing conclusions.
I do agree with him on that one point....if we are not allowed to think, we too can be satiated far right wing republican puppets.*
* My sincere apologies to actual republicans for using your once proud title, but it has been usurped by these jerks.
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nobody listens to him anymore unless they agree with him NR...
i listened to him a couple times.. what i heard was? him repeting over and over...
i toldyaso... or? if you don't agree with me? you must be retarded... etc etc...
i don't/didn't listen to Howard Stern either...
as a matter of fact? if you have some specific point of his you want to bring here? i'd be happy to "discuss" it with you....
of course? ill just prove he's wrong and then remind you that i toldyaso... LOL
Glass, I agree. The few times I actually listened to Rush, he came across as very pompous.
I didn't want to discuss anything specifically, I just wanted to point out that libs have trouble talking about their opponents or opponents arguments without throwing in personal insults....
Rush's obesity should have no bearing on his arguments, unless he is talking about diets or something related to weight. You get my point?
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: actually? i re-read here and nobody called him a doper or fat until you posted it NR: the fat doper has gone too far this time...
Try reading the title of the thread Glass....
FOX RESPONDS TO LIMBAUGH OR CAN FAT LIMBAUGH GET HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH
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hey NR.... there are GAY republicans....LOL... how much is this gonna hurt the democrats?
title? i guess you are right NR i never read 'em... just the first two or three words.. it's all Clintons fault.. he did it... wasted all his time thinking about monica...
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: hey NR.... there are GAY republicans....LOL... how much is this gonna hurt the democrats?
title? i guess you are right NR i never read 'em... just the first two or three words.. it's all Clintons fault.. he did it... wasted all his time thinking about monica...
Glass, despite the claims of some on this board, I am actually pretty liberal when it comes to personal rights and freedoms. Unlike the extreme right wingers, I am not religious and it doesn't bother me that a republican could be "GAY"...so I'm not sure why you brought that up.
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quote:It is easy to attack "dumbo" personally, because all that is necessary is to mirror his approach to any and everything.
No other thought or effort is required, because the only actual attempts for arguments he ever tries are personal attacks, name calling, and insults of character.
So what are you mirroring? Rush's fatness?
Also, I have never seen you refer to Rush as anything but "Fat Rush the Doper", so.... It's OK for you to personally attack and name call Rush, even though it's the same thing you crucify him for? LOL. Hippocrate.
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quote:Originally posted by NaturalResources: Bdgee,
quote:It is easy to attack "dumbo" personally, because all that is necessary is to mirror his approach to any and everything.
No other thought or effort is required, because the only actual attempts for arguments he ever tries are personal attacks, name calling, and insults of character.
So what are you mirroring? Rush's fatness?
Also, I have never seen you refer to Rush as anything but "Fat Rush the Doper", so.... It's OK for you to personally attack and name call Rush, even though it's the same thing you crucify him for? LOL. Hippocrate.
That's the idea.
There is intentional method involved, which clearly you don't understand.
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To say that Rush is anything more than a self centerd nit wit with just enough brians to take advantage of a political trend in this country is beyound beliefe.
He has made fun of the sick and needy for years and I have always thought he would get his one day. This time he picked on some body with money and clout with powerful friends.
This really does not look good for him I think he should be put off the air.
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If he really wants to tackle a moral issue go after Foley and his friends thats a real crime. Or how about the Iraq war.
How would Rush know if anybody is faking an illness is he now a doctor or expert in the medical field. If you listen to him he acts like he is. He is an idiot and people that believe him are kool aide drinkers
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quote:Originally posted by bond006: If he really wants to tackle a moral issue go after Foley and his friends thats a real crime. Or how about the Iraq war.
How would Rush know if anybody is faking an illness is he now a doctor or expert in the medical field. If you listen to him he acts like he is. He is an idiot and people that believe him are kool aide drinkers
you bring up a good point...
Frist is heart surgeon...
he saw a video of Terri Schiavo and "diagnosed her"... Viewing Videotape, Frist Disputes Fla. Doctors' Diagnosis of Schiavo
By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 19, 2005; Page A15
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a renowned heart surgeon before becoming Senate majority leader, went to the floor late Thursday night for the second time in 12 hours to argue that Florida doctors had erred in saying Terri Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state."
"I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office," he said in a lengthy speech in which he quoted medical texts and standards. "She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli."
of course? just a few weeks later?
Frist Defends Remarks on Schiavo Case
By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 17, 2005; Page A17
Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader and a heart surgeon, acknowledged yesterday that Terri Schiavo had suffered devastating brain damage and said his assertion three months ago that she was "not somebody in persistent vegetative state" did not amount to a medical diagnosis.
Frist (R-Tenn.), appearing on three network TV shows, agreed with this week's autopsy conclusion that the Florida woman had suffered severe, irreversible brain damage. "I never, never, on the floor of the Senate, made a diagnosis, nor would I ever do that," he told NBC's "Today" show.
yeah... video diagnosis... good stuff..GOP politics? LOL.. they ain't what they used to be...
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NR says: Glass, I agree. The few times I actually listened to Rush, he came across as very pompous.
I didn't want to discuss anything specifically, I just wanted to point out that libs have trouble talking about their opponents or opponents arguments without throwing in personal insults....
Rush's obesity should have no bearing on his arguments, unless he is talking about diets or something related to weight. You get my point?
i would have directly responded sooner, but i somehow missed this post...
i actually disagree...
here's why.. Limbaugh makes his living off of his "persona" when a person does that? they open themselves to personal attacks of all types...
his hypocrisy is legendary
IMO? rush really is pimple on the buttox of humanity..
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quote:Originally posted by glassman: Limbaugh makes his living off of his "persona" when a person does that? they open themselves to personal attacks of all types...
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