He too is reaching people advertisers want to reach.
Looney lefties? they can't compete, they want intervention.
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He too is reaching people advertisers want to reach.
Looney lefties? they can't compete, they want intervention.
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What Limbaugh, Bush and the Righties on this board stand for:
Remember Mary Fisher's speech at the 1992 GOP Convention? It was a heartfelt message from an HIV victim and AIDS activist, imploring her party to recognize the disease.
Limbaugh's disgusting comments would be the equivalent to someone on our side showing contempt for Fisher because she was being used to exploit her illness to shill for the Republicans. And I'd be the first to rise up against such an attack.
Doubtful we're going to hear a scintilla of uneasiness from the right on Limbaugh's words. Sadly, that's exactly what we expect.
Limbaugh mocks Michael J. Fox political ad
Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson's disease
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.
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."
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.
I just have to show my disgust for Pumpkinhead's assertion that Fox is "allowing his illness to be exploited," mostly because he's "shilling for a Democratic politician." I'd like for Limbaugh to name the person who held the gun to Fox's head.Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson's disease
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.
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."
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.
Remember Mary Fisher's speech at the 1992 GOP Convention? It was a heartfelt message from an HIV victim and AIDS activist, imploring her party to recognize the disease.
Limbaugh's disgusting comments would be the equivalent to someone on our side showing contempt for Fisher because she was being used to exploit her illness to shill for the Republicans. And I'd be the first to rise up against such an attack.
Doubtful we're going to hear a scintilla of uneasiness from the right on Limbaugh's words. Sadly, that's exactly what we expect.
The guy had 1 job in the last 25 years where he had to interact with other on-air personalities who would confront him on his bull. He didn't last a month before he was canned. Whoever made the decision to hire him at ESPN should also have been fired. That person is unfit for such decision making.
Bullshit alert.
Doc,
I challenge you to give one scintilla of evidence to show that any of
the following are true:
1. Bush stands for ridiculing Parkinson's disease
2. Bush stands for ridiculing any disease
3. Bush stands for ridiculing any disability
4. The "righties" on this board stand for ridiculing Parkinson's disease
5. The "righties" on this board stand for ridiculing any disease
6. The "righties" on this board stand for ridiculing any disability
7. It is part of the Conservative and/or Republican agenda to
ridicule Parkinson's disease
8. It is part of the Conservative and/or Republican agenda to
ridicule any disease
9. It is part of the Conservatice and/or Republican agenda to
ridicule any disability
You take one man's statement and splash it on a large group of
people. You are a liar.
