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Is Michael J. Fox a Democrat tool?

I’m not trying to be an #sshole here, especially since it’s usually obvious when I am trying to be one. But I’d like to know if Fox is being shamelessly exploited by Democrats here. For those who haven’t followed the story, here’s a brief recap, courtesy of the Washington comPost:

Limbaugh mocks Michael J. Fox political ad
Conservative talk show host accuses actor of faking Parkinson’s disease

Wow…Rush said or implied that Fox doesn’t really have Parkinson’s disease? What a b#stard! Except for one thing…he did no such thing. Digging a little deeper, we see what he really said:

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.”

There’s a HUGE difference between saying someone doesn’t have a disease, and saying that they have it but they’re exaggerating the effects of it. To be fair, it looks like Rush may have been speaking out of ignorance here:

“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.”
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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.

In other words, according to doctors and not talk radio hosts, his medicine may have had a lot to do with the movements. If it’s all the same to you folks, I’ll believe the doctors before I believe Limbaugh. Rush did apologize, as the article reveals.

So is Fox, then, being shamelessly exploited? I would say “Abso-freaking-lutely”, and here’s why: the MSM keeps referring to opponents as “opponents of stem cell research” instead of “opponents of additional federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.”

Need further proof? How about the fact that Fox is endorsing Dem Congressman Ben Cardin in his Senate race in MD against Republican Michael Steele…despite the fact that Cardin voted against federal funding for stem cell research? He also ran ads against Jim Talent in MO, despite the fact that Talent supports stem cell research! So much for sincerity and principle!

The problem is that the left has been successful at framing opponents of using federal taxpayer dollars to fund additional embryonic stem cell research as being against the research itself. Another problem is that the GOP has been anemic at responding to the blatant misrepresentation of the left’s position. Here’s a similar analogy, one that even you lefties can follow:

Let’s say that Candidate Demi Crat says that she thinks all children should own bicycles, and that Candidate Rip Ublican agrees. Let’s say that while Rip thinks all kids should own a bike bought by their parents or guardians, Demi thinks that the federal government should buy these bikes…again, for ALL kids in America. Rip says that it’s not the proper role for the federal government to fund purchasing the bikes, and that parents should buy the bikes themselves or go through private or non-profit organizations (or even their state governments) to get the bikes. Rip notes that a federal program (perhaps a pilot program) is already in existence that allows 100 bikes to be purchased and given to poor families, but he doesn’t see a need to expand the program.

Demi immediately calls a press conference to denounce Rip as a man who wants to prevent American children from owning bicycles and, on top of being a Grnich and a Scrooge, is thereby contributing to the childhood obesity problem in America! Rip has said no such thing, and has merely insisted that there are other avenues (more constitutional ones) to take in order to provide “universal children bikeage” in America. No matter…Demi and her leftist ilk have gotten the word out via their friends in the MSM that Rip wants fat, bikeless children.

Sounds absurd? It is…yet it is happening today in America, with Fox and his leftist enablers disingenuously (some, including me, would say “knowingly dishonestly”) arguing Demi’s position.

October 25, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

The Beeb is biased…just ask them!

For anyone who labors under the perception that the BBC is unbiased, labor no more…they’re not. Just ask them.

BBC executives have been forced to admit what critics have known for years – that the corporation is institutionally biased.

The revelation came after details of an ‘impartiality’ summit called by its chairman, Michael Grade, were leaked.

Senior figures admitted that the BBC is guilty of promoting Left-wing views and an anti-Christian sentiment.

They also said that as an organisation it was disproportionately over-represented by gays and ethnic minorities. (Affirmative action on steroids, perhaps? – Ed.)

It was also suggested that the Beeb is guilty of political correctness, the overt promotion of multiculturalism and of being anti-American and against the countryside.

During the meeting, hosted by Sue Lawley, executives admitted they would happily broadcast the image of a Bible being thrown away – but would not do the same for the Koran.
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Even one of the BBC’s most senior journalists, political pundit Andrew Marr admitted that the corporation was unrepresentative of British society.

He said: “The BBC is not impartial or neutral. It’s a publicly-funded, urban organisation with an abnormally large number of young people, ethnic minorities and gay people.

“It has a liberal bias not so much a party-political bias. It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias.”

BBC ‘diversity tsar’ Mary Fitzpatrick claimed women newsreaders should be allowed to wear what they liked on air and went on to say this should include a Muslim veil.

She spoke out after criticism was raised of TV newsreader Fiona Bruce wearing a necklace with a cross on it.
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The BBC’s Washington correspondent Justin Webb also accused his own employers of being anti-American saying they treated it with scorn and derision and “no moral weight”.

He revealed that he had got deputy director general Mark Byford to secretly help him to “correct” it in his reports.

Business presenter Jeff Randall said he complained to a senior executive at the BBC about the corporation’s pro-multiculturalism stance.

He claimed he was told: “The BBC is not neutral in multiculturalism, it believes in it and it promotes it.”

He told how he once wore Union Jack cufflinks to work and was rebuked with: “You can’t do that, that’s like the National Front!”

One senior BBC executive admitted that the summit had opened people’s eyes to how biased the BBC had become.

He admitted: “There was a widespread acknowledgement that we may have gone too far in the direction of political correctness.

“Unfortunately, much of it is so deeply embedded in the BBC’s culture, that it is very hard to change it.”

The BBC is believed to be taking a more critical look at itself because it fears if it does not, its regulation could be removed from its board of governors and handed over to the independent regulator Ofcom.

If only such a candid analysis could occur within the American MSM! Hey, a guy can dream, right?

To those of us whose heads aren’t buried in liberal sand, the contents of this report come as no shock to us (granted, we never really expected it to be admitted, though). Those of you who worked tirelessly to continue believing that the Beeb was unbiased and “called it like they see it”, I am happy to relieve you of your burden.

October 25, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

MA moonbat Congressman fraudulent in his "veteran" claim

Thanks to Skul for alerting me to this. From Cape Cod Today:

South Shore radio station WATD (95.9 on the dial) has apparently nailed our incumbent US Congressman William Delahunt in a fraudulent claim as a veteran.

This is important because in Massachusetts the election laws allow the designation as “veteran” to appear after a name on the ballot.

Delahunt’s apparent fraudulent claim has already been used in the primary elections and the November 7th ballots are already printed.

Christine James, News Editor of WATD News said, “if this was a southern state this would be the end of Delahunt’s career.”

But it’s not a Southern state. The People’s Republic of Taxachusetts is a state that allows drunken murderers (Ted Kennedrunk) and child molesters (Gerry Studds) to serve with impunity in the legislature. After all, their women and children are acceptable collateral damage if their state is to be protected from “evil” Republicans. So why would Delahunt, a barking moonbat buddy of and apologist for Hugo Chavez, be any different? Continuing:

Two candidates running for office in the tenth congressional district claim to be veterans; but according to the paperwork, it looks like only one, can in fact, claim to be a veteran. And it’s not the incumbent, Congressman Bill Delahunt, but his Republican challenger Jeff Beatty.

Scituate resident Rich Hagert is the State Representative of the Veteran’s Party of America. He says from reviewing both candidates dd-214′s (military discharge papers) Delahunt’s claim that he’s a veteran ‘appears to be fraudulent’ because most of his 180 days in the service were for training which does not count under Massachusetts General Law. Massachusetts General Law says a veteran had to have served 180 days of active duty to be called a veteran – it does not include time training as a reservist in the armed forces of the United States.

Jeff Beatty served in the Army, with nearly ten years of active duty– including time as a Delta Force Officer.

Jeff Beatty has served his country well, but it matters not in batsh#t crazy Kennedrunk-Studds country.

October 25, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Need a reason to vote Libertarian?

How about a pair of reasons? From FNC (thanks, Kira):

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Loretta Nall, the Libertarian Party’s write-in candidate for governor of Alabama, is campaigning on her cleavage and hoping that voters will eventually focus on her platform.

“It started out as a joke, but it blew up into something huge,” said Nall, a 32-year-old with dyed blond hair.

Her campaign is offering T-shirts and marijuana stash boxes adorned with a photo of her with a plunging neckline and the words: “More of these boobs.” Below that are pictures of other candidates for governor — including Republican incumbent Bob Riley and Democratic Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley — and the words: “And less of these boobs.”

Forget the other reasons to vote Libertarian: bucking the two major parties (the Demicans and Republocrats), sending a message to the power brokers, etc. Just vote for the Libertarian with big hooters! Oh, yeah…her web site is here.

October 25, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment