Michael J. Fox: ‘I Could Give a Damn About Rush Limbaugh’s Pity…I’m Not A Victim’
Michael J. Fox: ‘I Could Give a Damn About Rush Limbaugh’s Pity…I’m Not A Victim’
Rush Limbaugh has smeared Michael J. Fox, claiming that he exaggerated the symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease in an ad supporting embryonic stem cell research. (He also mocked Fox by impersonating tremors associated with the disease on air.) In an effort to deflect criticism, Limbaugh told Katie Couric the following: “I believe Democrats have a long history of using victims of various things as political spokespeople because they believe they are untouchable, infallible, they are immune from criticism.”
Last night on CBS, Fox fired back, telling Couric, “I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim.” Watch it:
Transcript:
COURIC: I called Rush Limbaugh and he told me: I believe Democrats have a long history of using victims of various things as political spokespeople because they believe they are untouchable, infallible, they are immune from criticism.
FOX: Well, first thing, he used the word victim. And on another occasion I heard him use the word pitiable. And understand, nobody in this position wants pity. We don’t want pity. I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim. I’m someone who is in this situation. I think I’m in this situation along with millions of other Americans, and we have a right, if there’s answers out there, to pursue those answers with the full support of our politicians. And so I don’t need anyone’s permission to do that.
COURIC: You have said before this is a bipartisan problem that requires a bipartisan solution.
FOX: No, disease is a nonpartisan problem that requires a bipartisan solution.
COURIC: Would you support a Republican candidate?
FOX: I have. Arlen Specter is my guy. I have campaigned for Arlen Specter. He has been a fantastic champion of stem cell research. In the meantime, separate and apart from my political involvement, I’ve started a foundation that has raised $85 million for research and is the second leading funder of Parkinson’s research after the federal government.
And, you know, it’s not — I’m not a Johnny-come-lately. Nobody plucked me off the apple cart to come and do this. I mean, I believe in this cause. I put a lot of my life and energy into it, and I’m serious about it.
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Republicans are jerks.
October 27th, 2006 at 9:54 amIt is good to Fox standing up to Limbaugh.
October 27th, 2006 at 9:55 amI saw the full interview last night. It was powerful. The candidates against stem-cell research had to be cringing.
October 27th, 2006 at 9:55 amWhen is Rush going to apologize? (and don’t tell me he already has, because his position remains that he stands by what he said.)
October 27th, 2006 at 9:58 amSo, he is on the defense now.
Oohhh, I took too much medication, I am not a victim.
Yes you are. A victim of the left. They used you! If you had too many meds then you should have filmed it another time. But no, you and the producers of the lie wanted drama.
Remember, you said he was against stem cell research. He is NOT! He is against embryonic stem cell research. The one that does not seem to do as much as other stem cell research.
YOU WERE USED
October 27th, 2006 at 10:00 amRush Slimeball?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:02 amRepublicans are anti-science. Period.
If you prefer being terrified and lied to, vote Republican.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:03 amTodays Republican Party, when they aren’t coddling perverts in their own ranks or taking bribes, they are attacking the true enemies of America like widows from 9/11 and courageous young men fighting debilitating illnesses.
-GSD
October 27th, 2006 at 10:04 amWhy should Rush apologize? He was right. Fox lied by omitting the word embryonic and he did have exaggerated motions for dramatic effect. If he did not take his meds or took too many he is portraying himself exaggerated to get sympathy.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:04 amSo, does Rush forget about how the rethugs used Terry Shiavo?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:05 am“I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim.â€
Probably the single strongest thing he could have said. I believe a majority of Americans, regardless of their opinions on the actual stem cell issue at hand, find Limbaugh’s and Lauer’s comments reprehensible. Rush, put down the shovel and just quit digging.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:05 amThe other night Olbermann showed the video ad of Fox supporting Arlen Specter. Someone needs to point out (again) that Limbaugh is a jackass, a drug addicted, fact-free blowhard.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:05 amIn response to this quote by Rush Limbaugh: I believe Democrats have a long history of using victims of various things as political spokespeople because they believe they are untouchable, infallible, they are immune from criticism.
Two words. Terry Schivao
October 27th, 2006 at 10:06 amAgain, enough of this debating Limbaugh’s behavior. It’s a dead horse. Stop beating it. Yeah, he’s a jerk, it’s already widely known.
The important thing to debate, is the pros and cons of stem cell research itself.
Can’t you guys see that the likes of Limbaugh, use these tactics to get people off of the real issues?
Sigh…
October 27th, 2006 at 10:06 amDear God,
October 27th, 2006 at 10:06 amPlease make Rush Limbaugh die slowly from Parkinson’s disease.
Yours truly,
Justice
Happy guy, make up your mind. Choose your lie.
You can’t have it both ways.
Republicans and their allies in Al Qaeda want you to believe that America is weak. Too weak to defend itself against cave-dwelling losers without giving up our freedom.
They believe America is weak because THEY are weak. They are scared, they are panicked, and they are fools.
This November, show the world that America is NOT weak. Vote out the Republican sissies. It’s time to return America to it’s rightful place in the world as a shining beacon of freedom and hope, not a menacing pile of paranoia and fear as the Republicans want it to be.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:08 amWhat the hell has Rush ever done for anybody but himself?
He is just a big fat self serving gasbag who’s moral compass is a pentagram.
Republicans always try to divert any issue that they cannot successfully debate.
Just like 911, Internet 2, No bid contracts …etc …
Now Bush is even denying he said “Stay the Course” about 200 times.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:08 amI think the Republicans have hired the old Iraqi minister of disinformation to run their spin for them.
Why should Rush apologize? He was right. Fox lied by omitting the word embryonic and he did have exaggerated motions for dramatic effect. If he did not take his meds or took too many he is portraying himself exaggerated to get sympathy.
Comment by Happy+Guy — October 27, 2006 @ 10:04 am
So what? SO F-ING WHAT???
Does that mean that Parkinson Disease isn’t debilitating?
Does that mean that Stem Cell Research doesn’t show promise as a cure?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:09 amthe comments by happy guy show how scared the rethugs are about this issue and about how powerful this issue can be. i mean, just look at these two guys. who would you rather have on your side? michael, who’s showing a lot of class and intestinal fortitude, or rush limbaugh, the twice (or thrice) divorced, oxycontin addicted slimeball?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:09 amLimbaugh should be hung in a public place, if we could find a rope strong enough to lift his putrid pitiful body off the ground.
Limbaugh is a disgrace to hummanity, he is a stain, pond life.
You know when Limbaugh goes home, he locks the doors and starts crying for hours thinking about his wasted life, drinking burbon until he passes out and listening to nancy sinatra. He has a handgun in his hand and puts it to his temple in mock suicide that he will one day commit when the pity of being himself gets just too much…..
You are pitiful Rush Limbaugh, I dont hate you, I feel desperately sorry for you.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:09 amHappy+Guy
Do yourself a favour and quietly hang yourself in your moms basement….
October 27th, 2006 at 10:10 amHappy+Guy………..listen up boy
“Drama” is not the issue. Parkinsons, by nature, it DRAMATIC. If you can’t handle that reality, or if you don’t give a damn about finding a cure for people with that a very DRAMATIC disease, shame on you. Really. Get real my man. Asking for help is using…or being used? Disease is what it is. YOU my dear, cannot –will not—- handle that fact it seems. So……You want Mr. Fox and others who have diseases not to have a voice…to ask for a cure, BECAUSE their shaking or whatever other symptom disturbs you. And it should disturb you. No one is USING anyone. Just because someone exhibits disturbing symptoms does not mean they need to hide in a closet and NOT ASK FOR HELP OR BE SEEN ….If you can’t understand that…….you need a real tune up in the human being department. Period.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:11 amEveryone knows the difference between the research you poor mans white trash Happy+Guy
So as before DO yourself a favour and everyone esle and take your medieval beliefs and shove them up Limbaughs ass up to your neck
Gutless bastard
October 27th, 2006 at 10:16 amAnd another thing to the guy that wants to be happy….Happy Guy.
The reality of the day to day life with this disease is not pretty. Including never knowing how meds will affect you, whether too much or too little. Your argument it shit. Regardless of whether Fox appeared in the ad with no symptoms or “exaggerated” symptoms…….his day to day life includes days when he is shaking and suffering. Use your brain and find your heart…….happy guy,. When will Republicans value reality over trying to win arguments on appearance and fantasy? I’ll tell you when. When they get human and face their crap. But then facing their crap would take the class MJ Fox exhibited. Where oh where will they find such class?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:16 amWhat must it be like to live in such fear — such fear of everything that you support someone pointlessly, baselessly, incorrectly, and most of all cruelly attacking a sick person because that sick person asks for help? What are Limbaugh and all his his fans and supporters so very afraid of that they must lash out like this?
We’re talking voluntary resignation from humanity here.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:18 amTP should really add this quote to the post to clear up this “He took too much medication on purpose!” crap.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:18 amMay god bless Michael J. Fox for his determination in fighting for a cure for himself, but also for the millions of Americans whose voices are ignored. Our world would be a much better place with more people like him. Humanity is a faith we can all benefit from practicing.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:19 amIf anyone watched the above clip and still thinks MJF is faking then I want to ask them, Was Schiavo faking? Did we turn logic on its head and ask if she was moving her eyes, even though she had no brain function, just to fool us into keeping her alive? See how idiot that sentence is? That’s how idiotic and cruel the MJF critics sound.
Go ahead, keep disparaging people with disabilities, diseases, mental problems or even just caring hearts and you thugs will live to rue the truism, What goes around comes around.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:21 amRush isn’t worth any effort, he has been a slim ball for years and will always be. Micheal Fox does have it right. We are all in his same boat. We and/or a loved one will all suffer illness. Those blastocysts that are by-products of in vitro fertilization are destined to become medical waste. They should be put to good use in pursuing the most promising frontier in medical research.
The trolls who show a complete lack of humanity will always be around. They are the real losers and we should ignore them. Do something positive instead. Vote, contribute time or money and write your representatives.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:23 amHey Rush, what disease have you raised $85 million for? Drug addiction? Sorry, but you don’t have the moral high ground on this one, so you’d be best to issue a real apology and then start blathering about something else.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:24 amHappy+Guy
I agree with the others on the thread: you and the wing nuts jackass that agree on the shit coming out someone like Rush Limbaugh are really sorry excuses for a person… To attack someone as MJF who had the guts to put himself on the front line of such a delicate issue really shows how hollow and empty the right has become under the Kingdom of George W the second…
Truly pathetic and sad.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:25 am#14 - Anything that erodes the repub base and shows their leaders for the heartless parasites that they are is a worthy cause in my mind. The majority of Americans couldn’t care less about the very real issues of the destruction of America and the world by the greedy powers that be. But they see this and the recognize this. It’s a knife that we can use to cut the cancer of Republican self-centeredness from power. Once that’s done and when saner heads are in charge, then the real work can begin.
As Jim Hightower said, you can’t clean the stream until you get the pigs out of it.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:27 amThe trolls who show a complete lack of humanity will always be around. They are the real losers and we should ignore them. Do something positive instead. Vote, contribute time or money and write your representatives.
Comment by Fools+in+the+GOP —
I agree.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:28 amVolunteering at a nursing home, where many people with deteriorating conditions such as MS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s end up, just one day, might change their tune.
Michael J. Fox had raised $85 million to help cure Parkinson’s.
Rush has lied 85 million times to the American people.
Michael’s mission is to unite Americans in the cause of disease research.
Rush’s mission is to divide Americans & institute a 1 party system.
Michael’s work has made countless people laugh & cry.
Rush’s work has mad coutnless people scared & untrusting.
Michael is an outstanding American.
Rush is a steaming pile of his own bullshit.
When we take over after the election, how about a lawsuit, finally charging Limpballs with lies, slander, manipulating truths, et al?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:30 am#16 What the heck did that have to do with anything?
#18 I never said stem cell research did not show promises. I simply point out the fact that embryonic stem cell research shows the least promises. The left loves to say the right is against stem cell research and that is a lie. Big F-ing LIE. They are against Embryonic Stem Cell research. So every time you leave out that one key word you are lying. I personally don’t care. If embryonic show promises then I say go for it! I just point out the way you people twist the truth like good little Democratic soldiers towing the party line and speaking the talking pints.
#21 Good job. I love it when you talk like that. Shows you are unarmed in a battle of wits.
To the rest, I don’t care about Rush. Sometimes he speaks the truth and sometimes he is a blow-hard. You people hate him because he speaks his mind. It does not match your thoughts and he gets the highest ratings. (Unlike AAR) So of course you want to silence him because the only free speech the libs believe in is their own.
I win – have a good weekend – ROTFL
October 27th, 2006 at 10:30 amHappy+Guy,
I really, truly hope you don’t get this disease. But I will say this: nothing cures asshat wingnutttiness like finding out what it’s like to be on the receiving end of your stupidity. As it is, you are a detriment to humanity, and worse than worthless.
You don’t have 1/10th the courage Fox has, and my bet is, if you ever DID come down with something like Parkinsons, you’d be begging for death very, very quickly.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:30 amIsn’t Rush Limbaugh a drug addict? Yes, yes he is.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:31 amI can’t think of anything that so clearly demonstrates the lies and hypocrisy of Republican “values” than this assault upon Michael J. Fox.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:31 am“Compassionate conservatism” just went out the window–if, indeed, it ever existed. The “party of moral values”? I can only say that even Hitler had some kind of moral values–they just weren’t the kind of values embraced by most of the civilized world. The party of “family values”? Well–if they’re referring to the “families” of the Godfather, yes.
my hat is off to michael j. fox… there is absolutely NOTHING he could have said that would make me respect him any more than this… i get goose bumps whenever someone’s inner character shines forth, and, boy, is it ever shining for michael j. fox…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
October 27th, 2006 at 10:33 amI bet MJF could still kick Lush RimJaubghs ass, and prolly JMH’s as well, with or without medication.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:34 amFools,
You’re right. And actually, I was wrong: Happy+Guy isn’t “worse than worthless”. He’s valuable in one way: showing the vast majority of American voters exactly what modern conservatism is and stands for. More performances like this, and wingnut loons won’t be able to win offices for dogcatcher.
They never learn. You’d think after Schiavo they’d have figured out that most people don’t share their pathological tendencies and have kept their utter moral bankruptcy to themselves. But they just can’t.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:34 amRush is an entertainer and nothing more. He found a niche and he exploits it. Mr. Fox is showing true strength and thanks to Rush the complexities of Parkinsons is center stage.
Rush is the brain food for someone like Happy Guy and Happy Guy, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:35 amHappy+Guy…
“I win – have a good weekend – ROTFL”
I strongly suspect we’ll find out one way or another in about two weeks. But I sure wouldn’t put any money on your assertion.
Heartless pricks like yourself are in a tiny minority in this country, yet for years you were able to fool enough people into believing you were something other than you were to make political gains. Over the last couple of years you felt you no longer needed to do that and had a “coming out” party. And surprise: most people see you for the deeply troubled people that you are.
Enjoy your long decline.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:37 amWow, look at the flood of twisted crap coming in. I have never said anything against Mr. Fox, his disease or anyone unfortunate enough to have to experience it themselves or through a loved on. I said he was used or don’t you see that or the difference?
I also wish you would see the whole interview and not just the edited piece this website chose to show. This site if far left slanted and never presents anything that would show truth or the other side of an issue.
Until you see the whole piece you are left leaning and factless as usual.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:37 amRush is really just a bad cartoon. His mockery is somewhere between Family Guy and SouthPark. His authentic replication of groin kick politics by challenging the Left’s emotional sympathies with reckless ridicule stresses how much HE really needs the attention. It’s by no mistake that Mr. Fox went on Katie Couric’s show to blast his remoteness. Rush had to do a brutal interpretation of a Parkinson’s disease victim to get himself on the medium he so despises. He is addicted to himself, unfortunately….
October 27th, 2006 at 10:40 amYes you are. A victim of the left. They used you! If you had too many meds then you should have filmed it another time. But no, you and the producers of the lie wanted drama.
Um, happyguy, do you remember Terri Schiavo? She was used because she did not choose to be a punching bag for the BS “culture of life” freak show. There was no lie, Fox has Parkinson’s. Sometimes he has symptoms, sometimes he doesn’t. Why should he manipulate his symptoms so as to not show the effects of this horrific disease? So you aren’t uncomfortable with the fact that we are ignoring science and the potential of stem cell research in favor of a bunch of fundamentalist religious people who have no idea what stem cell research really is? They’re the ones being used, pal, because they have been fed misinfomation in order to rally them to vote for Republicans.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:41 amI think Rush Limbaugh has unwittingly exposed the depth of the Republicans’ lack of intelligence, compassion and class. I don’t want the Democrats ever to go to the depths that the GOP is trawling with their hateful speech and ads. Democratic candidates are doing exactly what they should be, which is providing positive attributes and reasons to voters to get them elected.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:41 amI thought youd gone Happy Gap…are you sure you know what your doing wiht the family brain cell?
And youkeep coming back?
How many new assholes do you want ripped?
‘FActless as usual’ I accept your offer of surrender and say night night again…..
October 27th, 2006 at 10:41 amthat is aunless you want even more holes for your lifestyle….
Hey little katie actually gave Fox some air time to dispute her buddy rush. Any progressive or anti-war folks been on her free speech segment yet?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:42 amI am a republican but I am so ashamed of what this Big fat bully Rush said ….that made me change my mind whom to vote now….sorry fellow Republicans… Hello democrats!
October 27th, 2006 at 10:42 amHey Happy+guy,
October 27th, 2006 at 10:45 amI guess MJF is faking his symptoms when he is talking to Katie Couric as well ? You know happy+guy, I think MJF does not even have Parkinson’s! I think this is an elaborate plot by MJF to bring down the govt of you beloved king George! But one thing is absolutely true: You are a sad+sad+sad+pathetic piece of shit.
Happy+Guy
The only twisted crap is the one coming out from your dead-brain..
“So, he is on the defense now.
Oohhh, I took too much medication, I am not a victim.”
Comment by Happy+Guy — October 27, 2006 @ 10:00 am
So mocking a person in his condition only because you do not have the intellectual capacity understand or even grasp his drama is perfectly fine by your standards…
As I have said you are really a pathetic person
October 27th, 2006 at 10:45 amCrappy Guy,
October 27th, 2006 at 10:46 amWas he being used by Spectre, too?
Republicans, like the shithead Rush Limpballs, just don’t like having a face put to the issue. Why? Because it is effective (and fair). People in this country today do not necessarily understand, or conceptualize, the issue until they actually see someone who is affected by the issue. It brings the issue home, so to speak. Especially on something like this, which does hit hard on “the good Christian or Jew or Muslim or Atheist” in all of us. It exposes the side of the debate the GOP wishes to hide–that segment of the population that the GOP policies actually affect. You know, the truth. Seeing that the GOP tries to hide the actual truth in darn near every policy they push, these ads are extremely effective as they shine a very bright light on the facts behind the policy. And once the truth is out there, the GOP will lose. Happens every time.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:48 amhow does one come up with the logic to claim that mjfox is being “used”?
that’s a rhetorical question - i understand there is no logic in wingnuttia…
but it is evident that fox is “using” himself and his stature and his smarts to do what he can to help EVERYBODY who could benefit from this research… and that makes him a model citizen and human being.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:48 am…
I wonder if Max Cleland fakes his symptoms on TV too /sarcasm off
October 27th, 2006 at 10:48 amHappy Guy loves abuse it makes him feel that his pathetic life is worth it….sad self deceiving bastard…oh did I mention gutless?
Keeps coming bakc for more, How monay asses can you get ripped and still walk without saddle legs?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:49 amWelcome Joan. Here you will find out that Rush is not the only bully from the right.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:49 amWhat the hell is it with these people complaining about how “you shouldn’t use the disabled or widows or whoever because then they’re beyond criticizm” (apparently Rush and Coulter got the same memo)? Is it because that’s how the fight? They can’t debate the issues so they attack the messenger? Michael J. Fox is living the REALITY of Parkinson’s disease every day! Why shouldn’t he show the worst of it? And unfortunately, it’s only going to get worse for him. I can’t believe how mean and petty the “right” is…then again, I can, which is why I left the Republican party in 1999.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:50 amAnd to think there is a cure for ignorance….an open mind. Rush doesn’t have one and he will remain in ignorance. Perhaps that is why he couldn’t hack his first year of college and dropped out. The professors were obviously telling him thing that “he knows to be not true” to quote the draft dodging, drug addled gasbag. Happy Guy, the truth will set you free.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:52 amYOU WERE USED
Comment by Happy+Guy — October 27, 2006 @ 10:00 am
Projecting again Happy Guy?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:53 amVincennes, The GOP are the ultimate political opportunists. Exploit for the moment and don’t ever the faithful behind the curtain.(ANYWAY: Now that I think of it poor Rush has me thinking maybe he’s more like Plankton, from SpongeBob. Every time I see a clip of His Remoteness siting there in his little room with no windows,slathering into his golden ..mike, he just looks like he’s in a little box and just this booming image of the truth. Just like Plankton, he’s always been different and smart but he just can’t have what he want’s. TV is the formula to the Krabby Patty for Rush. Could he even buy a TV show?You don’t have to pay for the best of his 24/7 footage.He just does insensitive things to get attention. My mom always said we could do anything we wanted to as long as we never ended up on the evening news. I guess this is all the TV coverage he can get these days. Poor Rush.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:54 amI wonder if Max Cleland fakes his symptoms on TV too /sarcasm off
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — October 27, 2006 @ 10:48 am
And Tammy Duckworth, too!!!
October 27th, 2006 at 10:56 amNov. 8, 2006: Happy Guy becomes Crying Guy.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:57 am“And to think there is a cure for ignorance….an open mind. Rush doesn’t have one and he will remain in ignorance.”
Although that may be the case, I think the bigger issue is the gravy train Rush rides. He fears that gravy train drying up, so he is forced to take the positions he does. It is all about him and his greed.
Although I do not think he need fear about the gravy train drying up. There will always be lots and lots of suckers/intentionally ignorants in this country willing to soak up his bile.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:57 amI wonder who Jesus would embrace?
Truth be told he would embrace both Rush and MJF though as we have witnessed MJF has already been embraced as he walks the talk with courage and Grace.
Rush needs more hugs from Jesus and less judgement of his fellow man.
October 27th, 2006 at 10:58 amwhich is why I left the Republican party in 1999.
Comment by KikiD
Same here… I never even considered voting democrat (because I associated them with the south) until I saw the religious witch hunt against Clinton. So when they put some religious goof ball up for the LEADER of the USA in 2000 I switched right then and there and will ONLY consider the republicans again when they give the religious facists (American taliban) the boot.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:02 amPeople are losing sight of the multiple issues here. Yes, Fox has a crippling disease to which there is no currently known cure. Stem cell research is alive and well, EMBRYONIC stem cell research is what ISN’T!
Meds. no meds, bah. When he stood up there and stumped for a canditate, he opened himself up for discussion. Do I agree with what is going on, no. Is it going to happen no matter who, what, where, why, how, when? Yes.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:03 amI mean really, Schiavo wasn’t last week, and people are still bitching about that. Politicians are the same around the world. Most of them care about themselves and what they can get.
Be nice to the Trolls people!!!! See, Republicans must be treated the same as every other mentally handicapped member of our society. We must pity them and work to make their sad lives better for the good of all. We can start by understanding that they are just incomplete human beings and have not fully developed the mental, emotional and spiritual components of a complete human psyche found in all Democratic people. Really, they are just like 4 year olds. It’s more akin to evolution in action as Republicans are on a different evolutionary branch of human beings and are just not as advanced as the rest of us. Much like the Neanderthal…
(I kid, I kid … only a little humor on a Friday!)
October 27th, 2006 at 11:04 amhe opened himself up for discussion
Comment by Douglas+G.
What should have been opened for discussion by Fox is what grounds the religious nuts have to stand on in denying ANY science from ANY study what so ever? Either they show us all exactly HOW this science is like Nazis sticking live adults into -10 degree water until they die just to see what the human body does… OR we have the right to continue to assume that the religious nuts see all science as “Frankentein” scarey magic…
October 27th, 2006 at 11:07 amRush mimicking Fox.
A perfect emblem of who they are.
Uncaring. Immature. Thoughtless. Bastards.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:09 amHappy guy, typical declare victory when there is none and runaway. Sounds like Bush.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:09 amggibson said, ” never even considered voting democrat (because I associated them with the south) until I saw the religious witch hunt against Clinton.”
OMG! Witch hunt? the man lied under oath! The only sitting president to have been found guilty of PERJURY. The only sitting President to have ever been DISBARRED! There was no witch hunt that he himself didn’t invite.
He lied under oath to a federal judge.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:10 amI watched this last night and was heartbroken to see how much Fox’s condition has worsened. Though it’s worth pointing out that others who are afflicted with Parkinson’s tend to have much worse cases with symptoms that are much more pronounced over a shorter period of time. Blessing or curse, at least Fox has the mental acuity to speak on behalf of those who support stem cell research, embryonic or otherwise.
This group of people lost a champion of the debate in Christopher Reeves. His death really hurt their cause and put the debate on the backburner. Now that Fox has spoken out, those who support the research have a new very recognizable voice in the public arena and that scares those who oppose it to death - so they attack him. It’s a debate that the opposition knows they’re losing so they’re pulling out all the stops to make Fox look like a pitchman and a hypocrite, never once realizing that they’ve mastered that particular mental state some time ago when they were for wiping out the population of Iraq yet opposed to abortion because “God loves all life”.
And ignore Happy+Guy. It’s quite clear that his entire existence revolves around trolling liberal boards so as to call attention to himself. Acknowledging him only gives him cause to repeat his self-flagellating behavior.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:10 am#72
@GOOSE1 - LOL!!!!
His own little ‘Mission Accomplished banner’ hey?!?!?!?LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 27th, 2006 at 11:13 amDidn’t anyone read the last ‘Think Fast’??
Fox told CBS’s Katie Couric, adding that his jumpy condition as he spoke to her reflected “a dearth of medication — not by design. I just take it, and it kicks in when it kicks in.â€
Enough said. Rush lied, or he’s an idiot, probably both, and you can’t reason with Rush supporters with the truth, because if Rush didn’t say it, it must not be true. It doesn’t take 70+ comments to say that Rush is an idiot and doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Politics, like shit (and smelling just as wonderful) happens. Deal with it.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:15 amDouglas, do you know anything about the difference between adult and embryonic stem cell research?
Politicians are the same around the world. Most of them care about themselves and what they can get
No disagreement there.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:15 amHappy Guy
Every time I read one of your posts I think of my six year old daughter telling my four year old daughter “I win!”
Keep posting. You’re doing a great job showing what ignorant jerks the dittoheads are.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:17 amNobody is immune from criticism, not even Rush Limpballs, but Limpdick’s criticism of Fox was that he was shaking too much!! That is sadistic!
October 27th, 2006 at 11:18 am#73Duglyass
No one died when clinton lied sweetheart….goodnight ladies
October 27th, 2006 at 11:18 amSo I guess it doesnt count when Republicans use 9/11 victims for political gain
October 27th, 2006 at 11:19 am@ whoever wants a rumble
If Bush was a Democrat President he’d be swinging from the rafters of the Whitehouse by now….for his utter incompetence….There’d have been a Republican revolution alright….You goodolboys would have a flaming cross on the whitehouse lawn
October 27th, 2006 at 11:21 amSeems like the Reality-Challenged Republicans are right at home making fun of the blind, the poor, and people with severe diseases.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:24 amDouglas+G.
Do you really want to discuss lies coming out from a sitting president? What about young George W the second ?
Where shall we start ? Iraq ? Abu Graib ? Secret CIA prison in Europe? Torture ? Abramoff ? I mean there are so many possibilities…
Really you right wing people are really getting a bit ridiculous…
October 27th, 2006 at 11:28 amHe lied under oath to a federal judge.
Comment by Douglas+G. — October 27, 2006 @ 11:10 am
such a stoopid thing to say…
October 27th, 2006 at 11:30 ambet you’re real glad dumbya has never testified under oath…
especially since the only oath he took, he has failed miserably at, twice…
and i bet he wished his only transgression was a blow job…
and that will probably come out too…
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#9 Hopeless Guy
Fox lied by omitting the word embryonic and he did have exaggerated motions for dramatic effect.
Not using the word “embryonic” every time is not a lie, but saying he exaggerated his motions certainly is. Lying Guy.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:31 am“I believe Democrats have a long history of using victims of various things as political spokespeople because they believe they are untouchable, infallible, they are immune from criticism.â€
That’s exactly what Ann Coulter said about the 9/11 widows. They HATE it when we have living proof that their policies don’t work and hurt Americans.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:36 am.
just discovered an interesting absence in this thread…
October 27th, 2006 at 11:40 amjmh made some customary remarks about mjfox in the FAST thread, but nothing here… hmmm… i think that jmh is one happy guy…
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“I called Rush Limbaugh and he told me: I believe Democrats have a long history of using victims of various things as political spokespeople because they believe they are untouchable, infallible, they are immune from criticism.”
What was Rush’s take on the Schiavo situation? I am sure he was terribly upset with Republicans using her as political spokesperson.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:47 amMichael J. Fox has a lot of class. What more needs to be said?
October 27th, 2006 at 12:09 pmHere’s what “Happy+Guy” should know: (1) Fox isn’t being used. He is completely aware of what he is doing: some folks support research he believes in, some don’t… He then supports and fights to get more folks that think like he does. That is called democracy.
(2) and more importantly, what no one anywhere is saying anywhere, when folks with Parkinson’s get tired or stressed the tremors can get much worse. he isn’t faking.
I HAVE to assume you have never had to watch a loved one go through this. My grandmother had to wear weights on her arms to prevent her involuntary movements and even they didn’t slow her much. I can only hope you never have to watch this.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:22 pmRepublicans are the party of hate. David Duke, Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Rush Limbaugh to mention just a few. It’s amazing how many of these haters and bashers have found safe haven under the GOP cloak of religion, self-righteousness, and the original intent of the founding fathers. Even their patron saint Ronald Reagan wouldn’t care where the stem cells if it meant a cure for his Alzheimers. The truth is, Rush Limbaugh is really a big phony and just needs to get his ratings up. It’s just a shame that he does it at the expense of the poor ( the per as he says) , the children (chilrun as he says) and those afflicted by a disease. I’m sick that I even have to write this.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:22 pmIf you haven’t seen it yet, check out Keith Obermann - he RIPS through Limbaugh & gets right to the point of the matter - the republicans attack those who are actually affected by these issues and posses the bravery to bring them into the political arena:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ 2006/ 10/ 25/ olbermann-gives-us-the-visual-to-limbaughs-attack-on-michael-j-fox/
That the republican party has stooped this low is a hallmark sign that the party ideology is entirely DEAD in all but the most extreme corners of society. It is a party of radical religious fundamentalists, rich corporate handlers, neocon extremists. Just look at the people posting in support of them on this very site. They swing widely from being completely immoral to being unequivacally anti-constition to being RNC parrots. Normal people at home who watch this issue unfold will be blown away at just how *low* the Republicans have gone, both as individuals and as a party - and they will cringe at the very thought of being associated in any way with these types of people.
I watched the whole interview - and its POWERFUL. Think about what type of person would attack a parkinsons victim for political leverage. That is the type of person that would throw his own grandmother in front a bus for insurance money.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:22 pmIf “W” lies under oath to a federal judge, they should hang him out to dry too. I am not singling out Clinton. I am stateing a fact. Politicians lie on a daily basis. It’s digusting, but true.
Lying to a Federal judge however is not the same, no matter how much filth you spew in my direction.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:27 pmWhooee! Howcum the numbnutses ain’t dragged out the fact that Michael J. is a Canajun? That’s the sorta dirt the Repugnacans like t’ use. Here in Canadee, by the bye, stem cell research is legal. Anybuddy out there with sum bigass research funds burnin’ a hole in their pocket might wanna look inta fundin’ sum Canajun studies. My ol’ Grannie had the Parkinson’s an’ now my good friend has it an’ he only jest turned 50. It ain’t no joke an’ my hat’s off t’ Alex P. Keaton. I’d like t’ offer up a coupla steamin’ hot, JimBobby-flavoured knuckle samwitches t’ Rush an’ his crew o’ compassionate conmen.
Yores trooly,
October 27th, 2006 at 12:28 pmJimBobby
“they’re all for wiping out the population of Iraq yet opposed to abortion because “God loves all lifeâ€.
Republicans they name is HYPOCRITE.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:30 pmOMG! Witch hunt? the man lied under oath! The only sitting president to have been found guilty of PERJURY. The only sitting President to have ever been DISBARRED! There was no witch hunt that he himself didn’t invite.
He lied under oath to a federal judge.
Comment by Douglas+G.
About a consensual affair.
No witch hunt that he didn’t invite? The Arkansas Project was started long before Whitewater was ever an issue. If you are going to shill, at least do it convincingly.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:37 pmI guess all those cancer victims are exaggerating their symptoms by being dead as well, right Happy+Guy?
October 27th, 2006 at 12:38 pmThink about it. If the Republicans can attack THESE victims (cindy sheenan, Michael J. Fox, etc.) when they speak out against issues that have affected them..what makes you think the republicans will show ANY CONCERN for any normal american? If they feel its perfectly legitimate to attack the mothers of dead soilders and mock Parkinsons victims who are literally shacking in their seats…..then do you or any normal person stand a chance?
NO.
AND THIS IS THE MESSAGE AMERICANS ARE RECEIVING.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:41 pmWow, yeah, lying to a FEDERAL judge should be punishable by say, oh, 600,000 or so deaths.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:54 pm“Happy Guy”, you have got to be the lowest excuse for a human being on these boards. You’re stupid, uninformed, stubborn and just plain ugly. Michael J. Fox is a courageous and beautiful person. You are the opposite. The world would be a lot better place without people like you.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:54 pmDouglas G, you’re just an ugly dumbass. Clinton was never convicted of perjury. You don’t even know the definition of perjury, you f*ckin idiot!
October 27th, 2006 at 12:56 pmSo if you’re a Rethugnican,
you still can’t criticize Israel. Because Israel was a victim. So Israel can treat the Palestinians barbarically, cluster bomb their neighbors and continue usurping/destroying their property.
But you can criticize/attack people who have been stricken with debilitating diseases who lobby their “elected” representatives and campaign for political support for medical solutions to their problems.
*scratches head*
And you can defend your attack of them because they are “victims”\
Had enough?
October 27th, 2006 at 1:02 pmAnybody that hasn’t known anyone or has not been personally affected by this disease needs to shut the hell up. I’m so sick of all this personally. Firstly, the drugs don’t stop the shaking, as a matter of fact some drugs increase it. You have your good days and your bad days. More bad days then good. I’m so sick of hearing Fox was used…no the hell he was not. The thing about EMBRYONIC STEM CELL research is that it can find cures for not just Parkinsons but all sorts of Cancers, ALS, Diabetes. Diseases that have no damn cures. Anyone that has the desire to be around for their children shouldn’t disagree to something like this. My grandfather lost his life to Parkinsons, he spent the last 10 years of his life battling this disease. In the end it only got worse. I was surprised to see Michael J Fox still being able to speak as well as he does seeing how long he has been affected by this disease. My Grandfather couldn’t even swallow his own food after being affected for 5 years. Rush needs to take another Oxycotin and shut the hell up. He should be the last person to talk about anybody and their disease.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:03 pmfolks ignore the paid detractors. They are here to stir up shit get people angry and evoke comments and vitriole. They make no meaningful contribution to any of these discussions and GUESS WHAT?
If you ignore them, that is, don’t respond to them…
they go away!
Voila
October 27th, 2006 at 1:09 pmGood for MJF! I hope the silver lining in all of this is that his Parkinson’s Foundation receives a bunch of donations due to all of this flap. In fact, I am going to go make a donation right now and I urge all of you to do the same. Maybe that will teach Mr. Rx Addict Limbaugh to shut his trap!
October 27th, 2006 at 1:20 pmBluedoggie,
Contrary to a popular public misconception, Clinton was successfully impeached (that is, the House did successfully send him to be tried by the Senate). He was not, however, successfully convicted of any of the charges (which is why he was not removed from office), nor was he given any penalty (beyond the censure of the House of Representatives).
The perjury allegations provoked the Arkansas Supreme Court to suspend Clinton’s law license in April 2000. Clinton agreed to the 5-year suspension and to pay a $25,000 fine on January 19, 2001. The following October, the U.S. Supreme Court once again suspended Clinton’s law license and gave him 40 days to convince them that he should not be disbarred permanently. Clinton surrendered his law license in response to these actions. Clinton has since made a living as an author and speaker.
(btw, the plea of nolo contendre means that a person has enough information to be convicted, and agrees to be punished without a finding of guilty) The same is inferred when one agrees to a punishment, though a finding of guilty is not legally entered.)
October 27th, 2006 at 1:26 pmI guess Ronald Reagan probably faked his death and Alzheimer’s so that Nancy could promote embryonic stem cell research as well. Tools.
***sarcasm off*** (I remembered!)
October 27th, 2006 at 1:33 pmIt should be standard policy for any person who agrees to be interviewed about policy or thoughts on current events to ask the interviewer if they have studied the subject before the interview. This would greatly reduce instances where the interviewer gets a free pass to ask nonsensical questions. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen Couric interview someone when she clearly had no knowledge of the subject other than what her producer or assistant dropped in front of her a few minutes beforehand. And, of course, she is not the only “journalist” guilty of that.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:33 pmStong words coming from a pill popper . . . maybe if fox hung out with limbaugh he would remember to take his pills.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:35 pmWould you put the video on YouTube? It needs more exposure and linking-to.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:37 pmWhat the world does not need right now are more babies. They should be harvested for the things real people need: stem cells, tears, and their souls. F’ them, embryonic, 1st trimester, 2nd trimester, who cares? They are *parasites* until they are ready to be born, and the only thing they are good for then are their souls. Screw Rush, that fat piece of shit has probably mistakenly eaten a few embryos and fetuses himself.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:44 pmI give Michael J. Fox a huge amount of credit for speaking out not just to refute Limbaugh’s sickening comments, but to serve as a stark visual reminder of what the stem cell debate is all about: a choice between fighting some of the most horrible diseases that afflict mankind, or bending reality to fit religious fantasy.
Read: “The farce known as America’s immigration debate“
October 27th, 2006 at 1:44 pmI would suspect, too, that Fox doesn’t give a damn about Matt Lauer, either.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:45 pmFox has become a pawn, so sad.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:47 pmPlato….don’t think for one minute Fox did not see this possibility. What is sad is his disease and the fact that there are people like Rush Limbaugh. But Fox has enough love around him and class to make it where he has to go….not that it will be easy. He is more powerful than his shaking suggests. He is no pawn, regardless of what Rush or anyone else may do or say. He is calling the shots. This man is his own man. They are rare indeed, men/women like him.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:51 pmDouglas G, you still haven’t even demonstrated that you know the legal definition of perjury. You posted that Clinton was convicted of perjury. He wasn’t.
And your little bs about nolo contendre is irrelevant. Jackasses like you only bring it up with Clinton. How about the Republican party of Florida. It settled that way out of court with the NAACP about the question of whether or not Florida illegally barred black voters from voting. So by your thinking, the Republicans of Florida have admitted that they stole the election in 2000 for Bush.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:54 pmlol: “They should be harvested for the things real people need: stem cells, tears, and their souls. F’ them, embryonic, 1st trimester, 2nd trimester, who cares?”
Nobody is talking about “harvesting” babies you stupid f*ck! Take your ugly strawman argument a stuff it up your ass.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:57 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court has never disbarred a former president, said presidential historian and author Stanley Kutler, emeritus professor of history and law at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Richard Nixon — disbarred from the New York bar in 1976, two years after he resigned the presidency — resigned from the U.S. Supreme Court bar before any action was taken, said Kutler, who is perhaps best known for his 1997 book, “Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes.”
Nixon, who argued one case before the Supreme Court before becoming president, also resigned from the California bar.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
I am an ovarian cancer survivor and 10-year Parkinson’s Disease prisoner (FORMER Republican as of 2000) whose hair is on fire over Limbaugh’s stupid act. Fox’s movements are dyskinesias, side effects of being on PD meds without which he could not move or talk at all. His tremors on Couric’s show look like me before my 2 DBS brain surgeries (for which I had to be awake) to control my tremors. I can barely walk or talk because the meds don’t help me. We Parkies are all different with respect to progression of the disease and reaction to meds. Eventually we turn to stone. Someone should stone Rush. I’d be happy to “shill” for the Dems, but I’m a nobody.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:04 pm[…] “Well, first thing, he used the word victim. And on another occasion I heard him use the word pitiable. And understand, nobody in this position wants pity. We don’t want pity. I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim. I’m someone who is in this situation. I think I’m in this situation along with millions…â€read more | digg story […]
October 27th, 2006 at 2:04 pm>>OMG! Witch hunt? the man lied under oath! The only sitting president >>to have been found guilty of PERJURY. The only sitting President to >>have ever been DISBARRED! There was no witch hunt that he himself >>didn’t invite.
Wow, the guy was DISBARRED. At least he lied about something as simple as a blowjob. How many lives did the lie cost? Zero. Unless some poor geezer got a heartattack from the news :P
Go Michael! Fight for the posibillity of a cure for your illness.
Here’s a question, who would you rather have as president, Michael J. Fox Or Rush Limbaugh……………
I’m glad and sad I don’t live in the US. Glad because you’ve got a pretty shitty system of goverment, sad because everything you do has such an impact on the rest of the world and I would like to have that one vote.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:06 pmwell did Arlen use him when he testified in front of a Senate committee on Capitol Hill? :
Actor Michael J. Fox Advocates Stem-Cell Research Before Senate Committee
Aired September 14, 2000 - 11:24 a.m. ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Michael J. Fox, now, testifying in front of a Senate committee on Capitol Hill. The issue, here, is stem-cell research.
(JOINED IN PROGRESS)
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (R), PENNSYLVANIA: … Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series for his work in “Spin City.” He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 at the age of 30, and since announcing his retirement from “Spin City,” he’s been devoting his time to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
And I might comment that he even came to the Republican convention in Philadelphia.
MICHAEL J. FOX, FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON’S RESEARCH: I was in Los Angeles as well, sir.
(LAUGHTER)
SPECTER: Well, when you — when Senator Harkin mentions that you hit them both — I wasn’t at the other one. Which was the other one, did you say?
(LAUGHTER)
FOX: Actually, it’s a nonpartisan problem that will take a bipartisan solution.
SPECTER: Well, we are bipartisan here, as the Democrat represent — Republican representation on the podium suggests.
But you have done spectacular work and, from time to time, questions are raised about celebrities appearing at congressional hearings. In fact, it’s even more that questions, there’s some pretty severe criticism about it; but we make no apologies because we need public awareness of issues like stem cells, which could cure Parkinson’s, or Amytropic Lateral Sclerosis, or Alzheimer’s.
And when public attention is focused on Michael J. Fox because the American people know you, Michael, it is a great use of your talent and celebrity status to let people know what’s going on and get public support for this kind of a measure. So we thank you for your time and your efforts, and we know how debilitating the illness is, and we’re just very hopeful that soon — we have the testimony from the scientists this morning, in two to three years, they’ll be ready for use with people, and that you’ll be back on ABC TV, I don’t want to say that to the derogation of the other networks, which are here, but back — well you choose where you go back. We just want you back.
FOX: I’ll be open to all offers.
SPECTER: The floor is yours, Mr. Fox.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
well did Arlen use him when he testified in front of a Senate committee on Capitol Hill? :
Actor Michael J. Fox Advocates Stem-Cell Research Before Senate Committee
Aired September 14, 2000 - 11:24 a.m. ET
FOX: Actually, it’s a nonpartisan problem that will take a bipartisan solution.
SPECTER: Well, we are bipartisan here, as the Democrat represent — Republican representation on the podium suggests.
But you have done spectacular work and, from time to time, questions are raised about celebrities appearing at congressional hearings. In fact, it’s even more that questions, there’s some pretty severe criticism about it; but we make no apologies because we need public awareness of issues like stem cells, which could cure Parkinson’s, or Amytropic Lateral Sclerosis, or Alzheimer’s.
And when public attention is focused on Michael J. Fox because the American people know you, Michael, it is a great use of your talent and celebrity status to let people know what’s going on and get public support for this kind of a measure. So we thank you for your time and your efforts, and we know how debilitating the illness is, and we’re just very hopeful that soon — we have the testimony from the scientists this morning, in two to three years, they’ll be ready for use with people, and that you’ll be back on ABC TV, I don’t want to say that to the derogation of the other networks, which are here, but back — well you choose where you go back. We just want you back.
FOX: I’ll be open to all offers.
SPECTER: The floor is yours, Mr. Fox.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Rayilin Brown, you are definitely a SOMEBODY! I’m very sorry for your challenging condition and thank you so much for your contribution here.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:11 pmsorry for the double post..
here is the link to read the entire article:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/ TRANSCRIPTS/ 0009/ 14/ se.03.html
October 27th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Ask yourself WHY the republicans are against stem cell research. Because they use discarded embroyos? NO. In fact the embroyos they propose to use are actually currently classifed as MEDICAL WASTE. In fact, invistro fertilization results in some embroyos being discarded - so do they now oppose invistro fertilization? NO.
Why the republicans opposed to stem cell research? Because their corporate handlers in the billion-dollar health care industries oppose it. Stem cells DO NOT offer treatment for symptoms but rather CURES FOR DISEASES. This runs completely counter to the health care industry which makes profit by the repeated treatment of symptoms. Imagine CANCER, PARKINSONS, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE being PERMANENTLY CURABLE. The republicans oppose stem cell research because its not go for business. STEM CELLS = CURES FOR DISEASES and therfore pose a threat the corporations backing the republicans. The republicans are literally a death culture. They support wars because it empowers the military-industrial corporations & the oppose stem cells because it threatens the health industry corporations. Get rid of these people.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:27 pmWrong, Raylin. Even in your condition you are million times more useful, valuable, beautiful and admirable than people like Exley (just to name the most ignorant of dummies here) and others who make this whole issue a political one.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:28 pmWhat you and people like Fox, who dare to speak their minds against mainstream medieval thinking, is a lesson for us. Thank you.
Given Rush’s experience on how much oxycontin to take, I guess he considers himself an expert on pharmacology.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:32 pmYOU WERE USED
Comment by Happy+Guy — October 27, 2006 @ 10:00 am
Sorry to say, you are the one who has been used. The Republican party is famous for taking losers like you under their belts — Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Bill O’Reilly, John McCain, et al. They make you feel like you’re all part of the “team” because they know inherently that your type is incapable of independent thought. You long to be brainwashed and will do anything to feel like you are part of something, anything. After they’ve got you under their spell, the Republicans shamelessly use you and your ilk as their mouthpieces. And like good little Hitler Youth, you go forward spreading hate and lies. I pity you because your time is coming to an end, and it will end badly for you. Because when it ends, you will be left with nothing. The Republicans will disown you and your type the second your services are no longer required. Count on it. Take it to the bank. You will be thrown away like last week’s milk. That’s the Republican’s idea of loyalty. Wake up now before it’s too late for you.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:40 pmHAPPY+GUY,
RUSH SHOULD APOLOGIZE. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME IT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR TO MOCK SOMEONE WITH A DISABLITY OR AN ILLNESS. IF I OR ANY OF MY SIBLINGS WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE SMACKED US AND RIGHTLY SO. HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY A HEALTHY PERSON MOCKING A SICK PERSON? WHAT A POOR UPBRINGING YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:45 pmardee i REALLY resent u comparing repubs to mentally handicapped people ie pity them not fully human etc. my brother is mentally challenged and he is a delightful sweet n loving person . his life is not sad or incomplete either. u r just as closeminded as any right winger n im a diehard canadian liberal thru n thru. go dems.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:47 pmEmbryonic Stem Cell Research is flat out murder.
This issue has nothing to do with Republicans, Democrats, or Christians.
Murder is illegal world wide, and the killing of embryos is no different.
For those who say embryos aren’t human yet: Why is it that when a pregnant lady gets murdered, the killer is charged with double murder. Double standard if you ask me.
Many people say, “Embryos don’t have blood in their bodies until they’re 4 weeks old”.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:49 pmWell, babies don’t have knee caps until they’re 2 years old. Does that make them any less human? No
Cody, if a fertility clinic is burning and there is a baby in a cradle in the lab and also 100,000 blastocysts, do you save the baby or the 100,000 blastocysts?
Just so you know, the blastocysts we’re talking about are in an earlier state than when most fetuses are naturally washed out of the body, unable to attach to the uterine wall. At least 40% of all fetuses are lost this way. Therefore millions of these fetuses are lost every day of the year. Is your god murdering embryos?
October 27th, 2006 at 2:55 pmChristians, your own book plainly states that god breathed air into Adam and he was alive. In other words, he wasn’t alive until he breathed air. Do embryos breathe air?
October 27th, 2006 at 2:57 pm@greenman:
But of course. Want to see somebody with “real” shakes? Let Rush go off his meds for a day or two:)
October 27th, 2006 at 2:59 pmSo did anyone else starting laughing watching MJF just sitting there shaking uncontrollably? I thought it was hilarious… It reminded me of this shirt that I have “I’m not getting jiggy… I have Parkinson’s”.
Freaking priceless.
October 27th, 2006 at 3:03 pmYou’re sick Ghstfce. And I’m against embryonic stem cell research.
October 27th, 2006 at 3:06 pmSlap-Happy Guy:
You’re more living proof that the typical right winger is perfectly content to endlessly spout off on things he knows absolutely nothing about. Not only that, right wingers don’t even seem to care to know anything factual about the issues they’re debating.
Please do some research about embryonic stem cells, because it sure seems like what limited information you have about them you must have gleaned from Dumbya himself.
Embryonic stem cells are exponentially more useful and adaptable than adult stem cells. Why the hell do you think so many people are pushing so hard to promote this research? Do you think it’s simply because we liberals just want to kill all those blessed frozen “babies” waiting patiently in their freezers to be adopted? I know this might be difficult for you, but try to use your brain.
October 27th, 2006 at 3:07 pmBluedog49-
I would save the baby, because it would die a painful death.
October 27th, 2006 at 3:10 pmThe question isn’t whether 1 baby or 100,000 blastocysts is more important than the other. The important issue is: Are you purposely setting the 100,000 blastocysts on fire?
Ghstfce - you cant be serious?!
October 27th, 2006 at 3:11 pm“For those who say embryos aren’t human yet: Why is it that when a pregnant lady gets murdered, the killer is charged with double murder.”
Ummm… Because the right wing evangelical wackjobs currently controlling our government made it that way?
October 27th, 2006 at 3:11 pmGee Happy Guy, I hope you never get Parkinson’s. But if you do, email me so I can s##t all over you too! Repug ass!
October 27th, 2006 at 3:12 pm