______________________________________________ Probably not pass. There are a host of other questions about the conditions of the harvest that might influence that decision. These speculations are off point anyway when the real future lies in adult and embylical stem cell research which has already shown amazing results. You'll notice that it is the liberals that always try to float this lie. Show me one time a Repulican has voted against stem cell research and not just embryonic. Fox is simply a lying liberal, first last and always.
_______________________________________________ Speaking of principle? Pass=lie. Not pass=no principles. And you maintain the moral high ground, what a joke.
Rush Limbaugh On the Offensive Against Ad With Michael J. Fox By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 25, 2006; C01 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." Limbaugh, whose syndicated radio program has a weekly audience of about 10 million, was reacting to Fox's appearance in another one of the spots, for Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill, running against Republican Sen. James M. Talent. But the Cardin ad is similar. It is hard to watch, unless, for some reason, you don't believe it. As he speaks, Fox's restless torso weaves and writhes in a private dance. His head bobs from side to side, almost leaving the video frame. "This is the only time I've ever seen Michael J. Fox portray any of the symptoms of the disease he has," Limbaugh said. "He can barely control himself." Later Monday, still on the air, Limbaugh would apologize, but reaction to his statements from Parkinson's experts and Fox's supporters was swift and angry. "It's a shameless statement," John Rogers said yesterday. Rogers, Fox's political adviser, who also serves on the board of the Parkinson's Action Network, added: "It's insulting. It's appallingly sad, at best." "Anyone who knows the disease well would regard his movement as classic severe Parkinson's disease," said Elaine Richman, a neuroscientist in Baltimore who co-wrote "Parkinson's Disease and the Family." "Any other interpretation is misinformed." Fox was campaigning yesterday for Tammy Duckworth, a congressional candidate, outside Chicago, when he alluded to Limbaugh's remarks. "It's ironic, given some of the things that have been said in the last couple of days, that my pills are working really well right now," he said, according to a report on the CBS2 Web site. After his apology, Limbaugh shifted his ground and renewed his attack on Fox. "Now people are telling me they have seen Michael J. Fox in interviews and he does appear the same way in the interviews as he does in this commercial," Limbaugh said, according to a transcript on his Web site. "All right then, I stand corrected. . . . 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." Then Limbaugh pivoted to a different critique: "Michael J. Fox is allowing his illness to be exploited and in the process is shilling for a Democratic politician." Limbaugh's shock at Fox's appearance is a measure of the disease's devastation, advocates say. Contrary to the charge that Fox might not take his medicine to enhance his symptoms, the medicine produces some of the uncontrolled body movements. "Stem cell research offers hope to millions of Americans with diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's," Fox says in the Cardin ad. "But George Bush and Michael Steele would put limits on the most promising stem cell research." Fox has appeared in ABC's "Boston Legal" this season. In his scenes, taped over the summer, Fox does not shake or loll his head as he does in the Cardin commercial, but does appear to be restraining himself, appearing almost rigid at times. A source with direct knowledge of Fox's illness who viewed the Cardin ad said Fox is not acting to exaggerate the effects of the disease. The source said Fox's scenes in "Boston Legal" had to be taped around his illness, as he worked to control the tremors associated with Parkinson's for limited periods of time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102400691_pf.html
________________________________________________ As so many others have said dialogue with you is impossible.
Dialogue is not impossible. Your intellectual dishonesty does make it difficult though... It would be fine if Rush simply says he does not agree with Fox's position, but he is attacking Fox personally, which is the typical MO of Limbaugh and the right wingers....
My position on abortion has shifted quite a bit after I realized that abortion is "liberals killing liberals".
They're his tax dollars that are going to it, so it is very much a concern of his and every other person. We have so many other needs in this country, that investing in research for something that has yet to produce any positive results at this point should be scrutinized by everyone. After all of the haranguing I have seen about the waste of money that Iraq has been from the left, I know that they understand this. Two wrongs don't make a right. If positive results are being seen with adult stem cells, wouldn't you rather increase funding for it? The moral/ethical questions are not there when it comes to adult stem cells. Unless the Democrats are just playing on the ignorance of their constituents, I don't see why this issue can not be resolved amicably by both parties.