The vindication of Rush Limbaugh
It's confirmed.
It's not just that Michael J. Fox admitted to having deliberately gone off his meds in order to worsen his symptoms and thus maximize the emotional impact of his testimony before Congress in interviews. He wrote that he did so- and in so many words- in his own book!
Not, of course, that you'll hear that on the news!
What- are we expected to believe that while Fox admits that he was willing to manipulate the people's representatives in Congress by being selective about when he takes his medication, it's somehow shocking to wonder whether he might have done the same thing to the people of Missouri? Come off it! Yesterday Rush Limbaugh did nothing more than ask whether Fox did something which he's admitted doing previously again for the McCaskill commercial! Moreover, before the firestorm of criticism even broke out- almost immediately, in fact- Limbaugh apologized for any implication that Fox was faking his symptoms!
Didn't hear that, did you? That he apologized, perhaps. But not that he did so before the first word of criticism was spoken!
People of Missouri- people of America- you're being manipulated, even if not by Fox then certainly by the media and by the Democrats!
This kind of sums it up:
HT: Blogs for Fox
ADDENDUM: Predictably, the blogosphere- fueled by the one-sided coverage of the incident by the MSM- reflects nearly no awareness of Fox's past history of not taking his medication when acting as a spokesman for his cause in a politically charged context. Neither have I found any mention of the fact that Limbaugh withdrew his suggestion that Fox was "acting" and apologized for it moments after making it, and long before the howls from the Left began.
Meanwhile, let it be acknowledged that Fox has explained his particularly severe symptoms during the making of the commercial: he accidently overmedicated himself.
The commercial itself remains an emotional appeal, but I think that puts paid to allegations that Fox deliberately produced the exacerbated symptoms. But it also vindicates Limbaugh's argument that they were exacerbated.
Just don't hold your breath waiting for the Left- including the left-wing blogosphere- to acknowledge that second point.
It's not just that Michael J. Fox admitted to having deliberately gone off his meds in order to worsen his symptoms and thus maximize the emotional impact of his testimony before Congress in interviews. He wrote that he did so- and in so many words- in his own book!
I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling.
Not, of course, that you'll hear that on the news!
What- are we expected to believe that while Fox admits that he was willing to manipulate the people's representatives in Congress by being selective about when he takes his medication, it's somehow shocking to wonder whether he might have done the same thing to the people of Missouri? Come off it! Yesterday Rush Limbaugh did nothing more than ask whether Fox did something which he's admitted doing previously again for the McCaskill commercial! Moreover, before the firestorm of criticism even broke out- almost immediately, in fact- Limbaugh apologized for any implication that Fox was faking his symptoms!
Didn't hear that, did you? That he apologized, perhaps. But not that he did so before the first word of criticism was spoken!
People of Missouri- people of America- you're being manipulated, even if not by Fox then certainly by the media and by the Democrats!
This kind of sums it up:
HT: Blogs for Fox
ADDENDUM: Predictably, the blogosphere- fueled by the one-sided coverage of the incident by the MSM- reflects nearly no awareness of Fox's past history of not taking his medication when acting as a spokesman for his cause in a politically charged context. Neither have I found any mention of the fact that Limbaugh withdrew his suggestion that Fox was "acting" and apologized for it moments after making it, and long before the howls from the Left began.
Meanwhile, let it be acknowledged that Fox has explained his particularly severe symptoms during the making of the commercial: he accidently overmedicated himself.
The commercial itself remains an emotional appeal, but I think that puts paid to allegations that Fox deliberately produced the exacerbated symptoms. But it also vindicates Limbaugh's argument that they were exacerbated.
Just don't hold your breath waiting for the Left- including the left-wing blogosphere- to acknowledge that second point.
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Another reason not to vote for Democrats (which I never did anyways).