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Rush makes a fool out of Rush!
lafin gas | 10.26.06 - 10:28 pm | #

Rush Limbaugh apologize? Hehe, thats a good one. He is subhuman trash and always has been. He's getting back at the bullies who beat his fat butt in junior high school. Someone with that kind of chip cant be reasoned with, just medicated. He will do or say anything to stop the "other" he imagines the liberals to be.
bubba | 10.26.06 - 10:30 pm | #

what a prick that guy is!
Jennifer | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:30 pm | #

"I was for 'staying the course' before I was against it."

Marty, you gotta go back in time a kick Rush's ass. Pronto! You have to save the election!
deletebush | 10.26.06 - 10:31 pm | #

I'm so glad someone finally stands up to these assholes. Rush, O'Lielly, Hannity, and the like need it shoved in their faces that it's human beings (unlike the pusbags they are) they are defaming.
Amy | 10.26.06 - 10:36 pm | #

I took care of a 70 year old man who had Parkinson's. I'm hear to tell you it's such a devastating disease. His wife suffered as much as he did, not being able to do much for him. They were multimillionaires....self made. Worked their fingers to the bone to get where they were....and there wasn't a thing that money could do to help him. The medications for this disease are really tricky. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't....sometimes they make it worse. They can freeze up without it...and have totally out of control movement with it. Alot of times they end up choking to death because they can't swallow. It's a very heartbreaking disease. May Rush Limbaugh rot in hell for his behavior. This one has really just sent me over the edge.
QuestionGirl | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:37 pm | #

Local news, last night, wanted to come down hard on Rush, but they bought the apology bullshit, too.

You don't have to say a thing for it to be true to the MSM. You just have to have someone say that you said it.

Hacks everywhere.
Bit NOLA | 10.26.06 - 10:38 pm | #

'Well,lookie what we have here,fatboy limpdong. MC FLY..I know your sick..so stand back while I..WHAM!...MC FLY!...I said I wanted to kick his ass!'
wisedup | 10.26.06 - 10:38 pm | #

The right seems to get off on making fun of physical appearance, disability, race, ethnic origin, gender etc, etc. Limbaugh speaks a very special language - the subtle and not so subtle language of angry white guys who can't do a damn thing except whine. Now the interesting thing about this particular category of human being (I'm trying to be Rush- like in my analysis) is that even though they might be described as "angry white guys who can't do a damn thing except whine" don't have to be white or male. It's really a self absorbed kind of category known for rejecting the common good at all costs and needing lots of drugs, food, alcohol and porn to keep themselves functioning - no double entendre meant. We've all met some of these guys. They don't want the government helping anyone but are very pissed when the government fails to embrace their various bigotries and hatred. Rush is last week's bigot. A friend of mine played Rush and Hannity constantly at work - which irritated those of us who had to go into her office. However, her son has severe mental disease and has suffered from the terrible side effects of various medications. They included the kind of jerking movements that Michael J. Fox exhibited. Her radio was silent today. Rush had gone over the edge. Of course the fact that there are no services for her son anywhere - might have something to do with it. Ann Coulter always begins her attacks by calling Democratic women - "ugly" or "Fat". I really think that went away in the eighth grade for most people - except right wing crazies. Granted, I would love to really talk about Rush's appearance and hygiene issues and about Ann's reputed issues with food and ...... Oh, well, that would put me in their category - angy white guys who can't do a thing except whine. So, I will not comment on their appearance, clothes, medical and addiction issues or lack of integrity, compassion and goodness.
Thinker | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

Rush, Hannity, Drudge, O'Liely... they all are on a full-court-press to mis-direct voters ONE MORE TIME to vote for Republican skumbags in the House and Senate. I feel deeply sorry for any viewer/listener who has not, by this time, figured out that they are being bamboozled and ROVEnated.
RedstateRadical | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

CBS ".......That prompted Limbaugh to speculate that Fox was "either off his medication or acting."
Excuse me..."speculate?" !

I would hardly call what Rush did "speculation."
It was bald faced, vulgar ridicule.......shaking belly, waving arms and all care of Mr. Limbaugh. Speculation is something thinking people do. Not bigoted, taunting, slobs.
suzanne | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

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Pete | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

Thank you Mr Fox for speaking up, and for being dignified in the face of such a personal tragedy. Rush illustrates exactly how sick and depraved his base is...freaking evangelicals....hey Rush..what would Jesus say....what about taking care of the least amongst us....of the poor..of those struck by disease...what happened to compassion now....oh wait....I forgot that you dont give a damn for the rest of us...I mean we're gonna be satans guests anyway..eh?
AJ | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

What would Jesus say, indeed...

And while we're on that, which church does Mr Limbaugh attend? Perhaps the same church as Ann Coulter, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove and all those other prominent "Christians".
Bookem Danno | 10.26.06 - 10:46 pm | #

".... because it's part of a long term strategy to once again attack the messenger."

Strategy? Whose strategy? Drugs Limpdick isn't capable of formulating a strategy. He just parrots what his masters teach him. [Deleted. Consult the commenting policy]

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danno | 10.26.06 - 10:48 pm | #

It's just that Rush has no comprehension of the term 'progressive' whether it's referring to a type of philosophy, or describing a type of disease.

Good luck, Michael J Fox.
Anonymous | 10.26.06 - 10:49 pm | #

The repugs and radical christian right have no problem spending trillion to kill but they don't one to spend one cent of science to solve global warming or the most promising frontier in medicine. The repugs offer nothing but fear and smear. They are medieval with their desire to torture.

We need to throw them out of power and fast.
Fools on the Hill | 10.26.06 - 10:50 pm | #

JA -
> Michael J Fox makes a fool out of Limbaugh

I completely disagree. Limbaugh makes a fool out of Limbaugh.

> it's part of a long term strategy to once again attack the messenger.

BINGO!!!! I totally agree.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:50 pm | #

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D...h?v=D0TQ- y7baY0

Today, Joe Marasmus discusses so-called "classical" liberals that spit on JFK's legacy, and reads portions of AL Franken's newest book to show just how un-hateful we are. Make sure to catch the second part which is uploading now.
Joe Marasmus | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:51 pm | #

suzanne | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm

Couldn't say it better, myself.
btny | 10.26.06 - 10:51 pm | #

Mr. Rogers - my hero - the epitome of what it looked like to be a decent and good man in the 20th century said that the most important thing he learned in seminary was that Satan is the accusor while Jesus is the one who affirms and loves. I have to catch myself - because it is a great thing to use that accusing energy on people like Limbaugh. It feels good to know that they are slime and I am not. But, it seems that to do that is to become like that which I accuse - a mirror image if you will. Fred Rogers made a conscious decision to find the good in everyone he met and as a result -people who met him wanted to be that good. Rush apparently never met Fred Rogers or anyone like him. For that he is to be pitied.
Thinker | 10.26.06 - 10:52 pm | #

Thanks Michael for taking the heat for those with disabilities. You are a wonderful human being.
suzanne | 10.26.06 - 10:52 pm | #

I see Matt Lauer's used the "I'm just saying what a lot of people are thinking, Michael J Fox is faking" ploy on the Today Show. This was just a variation on the gimmick Chris Wallace used when interviewing Clinton:"I get a lot of emails from people telling me to ask you why you didn't go after Osama Bin Laden". It's a way for the interviewer to put a completely false accusation out there without having to take responsibility for it. It strikes me as being the epitome of cowardice, and it's a cheap ploy no reputable journalist from times past would have ever used. But this is what happens when you get your "journalists" from the Entertainment Division.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 10:52 pm | #

Some people say Rush is taking the
Oxycotin again...He often seems baffled
with himself.
IdahoMoe | 10.26.06 - 10:52 pm | #

Correction: "Matt Lauer used..." Tucking Fypos again!
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 10:54 pm | #

Please, John, change your title. Michael didn't make a fool out of Rush, RUSH made a fool out of Rush!

Michael was gracious, mature, and would not be swayed from his mission. To get stem-cell research funding back on track again.

I half expected him to THANK Rush for making news out of it. Fox is gonna make the most of it.

Thanks Rush!!!
uh | 10.26.06 - 10:54 pm | #

The thing I hate about this stuff playing out in the media is that it becomes it's own personalized little drama-we expect everything we see on tv to be it's own little show. When this happens we risk losing perspective about what we're really talking about-research on stem cells to help people, not if mean old fat rush was picking on McFly.
drshatterhand | 10.26.06 - 10:57 pm | #

Reading the comments on the CBS site connected to this story was one of the most enlightening parts of this discussion. You can point out that the bill prohibits cloning but the wingnuts will ignore that and keep up with their vitriol and lies. Those poor folks are seriously deluded or just plain mentally challenged. That said, I can't thank Limbaugh enough for inadvertantly bringing this important debate to the forefront. I've watched my friends mother become increaslingly immoblie from this disease and it is heartbreaking. So thanks Rush! Please keep it up!
Buddy | 10.26.06 - 10:57 pm | #

"Rush Limbaugh is a limp dicked, fat fuck" Hey, I'm just saying what Daryn Kagan - opps, I mean what a lot of people are thinking.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 10:57 pm | #

Randi had a great obvservation today. She noticed that Rush was bouncing his boobies in that video. One of our video artists needs to get on that ... (here's the music to put to it - http://technohippie.com/geeklog/ ...060401050932676 )
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:58 pm | #

Wow, those were some powerful works from Fox. How can you possibly mock a guy like that, a total class act.
CHRIS | 10.26.06 - 10:59 pm | #

Rush was hilarious today, in the two minutes I had him on in the car, whining that all the "drive-by media" had focused on for the last three days was him, and not on the "bogus science" of stem-cell research.

Sorry to be the one to have to break this to you, Rush, but the only reason this is even in the media is because you chose to launch a personal attack on Michael J. Fox; and even had you chosen otherwise, no one cares to hear your analysis of stem-cell-research legitimacy.
Dan | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 10:59 pm | #

Can you post the ad that Fox did for Republican Arlen Spector in 2004 (?) -- where was Rush then???
Mark In Chicago | 10.26.06 - 10:59 pm | #

It's ok for Rush Limbaugh fans, though. He's insulted blacks, gays, women, Muslims, Mexicans, liberals, moderates, you name it -- the exact opposite of his target demographic: old, decrepit angry conservative white males who believe a woman's place is in the kitchen and the negroes should know their place in society.

Check out his other racist/sexist/moronic quotes:

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daPlaya | 10.26.06 - 11:01 pm | #

Rush was hilarious today, in the two minutes I had him on in the car, whining that all the "drive-by media" had focused on for the last three days was him, and not on the "bogus science" of stem-cell research.

Maybe it's me, but I still don't have a clue what the fuck "drive by media" means.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:01 pm | #

bubba | 10.26.06 - 10:30 pm | #

You really miss it. He was not being beat up by the bullies. He was and is the bully.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:02 pm | #

gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:01 pm | #

It's what he has to call the media since he know's the "Liberal Media" label won't fly anymore.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:02 pm | #

err, it's what he has to call the main-stream media (now that there's actual real liberal media) since ...
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:04 pm | #

Time for the "bro" or the "mansiere"?
asai | 10.26.06 - 11:05 pm | #

I once heard an interview with a gang leader. He was intelligent and filled with hatred - not for anyone in particular, but just filled with hate. He talked about the most powerful moment was to be in a car, with plenty of weapons and a couple of subordinates and able to shoot anything that attracted attention. I think that basically describes the Rush Limbaugh mentality - he feels powerful with a microphone and a few supportive thugs around and he can shoot where he pleases and drive on by without waiting for the consequences.
Thinker | 10.26.06 - 11:06 pm | #

Well, whenever I think Republiscum can stoop no lower, they never fail to surprize me. What is it that causes these people to be so vile and without shame?
Snowball | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:06 pm | #

Ya know compare to most celeb (including Rush) Fox is squeaky clean and everyone knows it.

Rush may have finaly bit off more than he can chew.
CD | 10.26.06 - 11:06 pm | #

You can smell the desperation in the air, can't you?

I coach youth football and I gotta tell you, when you're late in the 4th quarter, and your opponent is down by a touchdown or two and starts making stupid mistakes, you can tell they're getting desperate. They lose their discipline and forget their coaching. They can feel the cold fingers of defeat clutching at their throats and they panic.

I think this is what is happening to the GOP and their talking stooges. Surely they've got to know that Michael J. Fox comes off as more compassionate and sympathetic even without the disease than their ass-hat Rush doing his Ann "ambiguously equine" Coulter's infallibility crap.

Its interesting. At this point in a football game, I usually sit my starters down and empty the bench to get the younger kids some playing time. That is NOT the thing to do here. Now it is time to work even harder to send these slimey rascals packing. Keep in mind that among our countrymen, there are still people who are moved to rage at the thought of a black man dating a white woman - and sadly, we still let them vote. The GOP will do anything in the world to motivate those sad individuals to the polls. They've still got a trick play or two and we don't have that big of a lead.

Deperation or not, there is no time to rest. We can have a congratulatory rest on November 8th. Somehow, I think I'll skip the post-game handshake on the 50 yard line.
ockhamwasright | 10.26.06 - 11:07 pm | #

I think that basically describes the Rush Limbaugh mentality - he feels powerful with a microphone and a few supportive thugs around and he can shoot where he pleases and drive on by without waiting for the consequences.

Then what the fuck is he bitching about the "drive by media" for? He IS the drive by media. I guess you have to be whacked out on Oxycontin to get it.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:08 pm | #

it is so bloody heartbreaking... i grew up watching michael j fox. he was my very first crush. i own the back to the future trilogy. it is one of the few movies i can watch over and over and never get sick of.
Anonymous | 10.26.06 - 11:11 pm | #

ockhamwasright | 10.26.06 - 11:07 pm | #

xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:11 pm | #

Perhaps some of this "Christians", if such they really are, should be less concerned with what Jesus "would" say, and more concerned about what he "will" say.

Judgment day is nigh.
Bookem Danno | 10.26.06 - 10:47 pm | #

Danno, you'll enjoy Wackiavelli's song, "Judgement Day" at their homepage.
Wackiavelli | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:11 pm | #

While studies on authoritarian personalities do cast some light on the right wings pathology, it doesn't explain the depths that they are willing to plunge in villifiying victims, the poor, minorities, the aged, and the sick and infirm. I can only come to the conclusion that the Republican party is nothing more than organized sociopathic behavior disguised as political ideology.
Snowball | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:11 pm | #

Keep in mind that among our countrymen, there are still people who are moved to rage at the thought of a black man dating a white woman - and sadly, we still let them vote.

Yeah, in Tennessee apparently. I'm basing that on the ad the RNC ran against Harold Ford. If you haven't seen it, check it out (it's all over the internets). You watch that ad and can only shake your head in total astonishment that 1)There are still people who think like that and 2)They're producing ads for people running for national office.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:12 pm | #

I can only come to the conclusion that the Republican party is nothing more than organized sociopathic behavior disguised as political ideology.

You've got that right, snowball. I've been saying that the behavior of the Reichwing and its followers goes way beyond ideology; it's really mental illness.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:15 pm | #

there are only two ways to organize people first choice- create monsters and enemies for them to hate and then keep a fearful hysteria building. Second choice And then there are the beatitudes - Let's see - how is the Christian Right doing on this choice?
Thinker | 10.26.06 - 11:17 pm | #

Snowball | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:11 pm | #

gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:15 pm | #

I would call that a conscensus.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:17 pm | #

Maybe a great bumber sticker would be:

Get The Sociopaths Out Of Office!
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:19 pm | #

Get The Sociopaths Out Of Office!

Xoites, maybe the reichwing should change it's reading material from the Bible to the DSM IV
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:21 pm | #

MJ Fox ad is destroying the repubs. Check out the numbers. Outstanding!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/20...10/26/122145/ 38
Roopey | 10.26.06 - 11:22 pm | #

Support mental health. Vote Democrat.
Wackiavelli | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:22 pm | #

It appears that Rush Limbbrain's brain has been victimized by substances enough that his judgement is clearly impaired.

His mode of political attack would make Adolf Hitler proud. Keep going, Rush,
and you will be appointed the Goebbels
of the noe-cons. But I doubt Rush' small brain will know who Goebbels was.
Joe911 | 10.26.06 - 11:23 pm | #

And by seemingly supporting Limbaugh, Matt Lauer made a fool out of himself.
Joseph | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:23 pm | #

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

You want to confuse them?
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:24 pm | #

[Consult the commenting policy and come back when you have something relevant to add to the conversation]

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cski | 10.26.06 - 11:25 pm | #

OK, Goebbels used to talk about hatred a lot. He loved the feeling it gave him. He wanted to pass that feeling on to the German people. Wait, isn't that what Rush does?
Thinker | 10.26.06 - 11:25 pm | #

The you tube version of the interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...h?v=XCa4- vGQQLs
Joseph C. R. | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:25 pm | #

cski | 10.26.06 - 11:25 pm | #

Straw man(s). Attack the real C&L, you're missing your target.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:26 pm | #

You want to confuse them?

Goddamn! You're right Xoites (slaps hand to forehead)! Too many big words and no pictures! What was I thinking??
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:26 pm | #

Roopey | 10.26.06 - 11:22 pm | #

WOW! That is amazing!
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:27 pm | #

Someone should trail Rush the next time he takes one of his Viagra trips down to some Bolivian boy-farm. Get some nice, clear footage of Rush's jiggling man-boobs getting manhandled. Put it up on YouTube. See what happens.
Clavis | 10.26.06 - 11:29 pm | #

What a powerful segment. Incredibly moving. Rush should personally apoligize in person!
Paul | 10.26.06 - 11:29 pm | #

Roopey, thanks for the link. Man, that is good news! The GOP is so desperate, they're flailing away at anything. And it keeps backfiring on them. I love it. Hell, they can't even run a racist ad in Tennesse without it blowing up in their faces (thank god it did, by the way). They seem so, hmm, what's the word the wingnut pundits like to use? - Oh, yeah, UNHINGED!
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:31 pm | #

Two good points at Talking Points Memo:

Hello baby boomers:
While about 3 million people in this country are affected by neurodegenerative illness today, these diseases are age-related and the numbers of affected people will rise many times over in coming years as the U.S. population ages.

This character goes on the radio and cracks jokes about a man suffering from Parkinsons disease. Says he's faking his symptoms. Playing for the camera. It's right up there with your better jokes about, say, breast cancer or other knee-slappers like pediatric oncology.

There was a great suggestion, Limbaugh should at a minimum, if he doesn't lose his job, spend a week at a health clinic or nursing home for those living with Parkinson disease.

I keep thinking our scientists spend time and money on creating Viagra, when who the heck cares when the brain is being attacked. There are going to be a lot more older people, living longer, couldn't we keep the quality of their life up so they can be productive and safe. Work on these degenerative muscle and brain diseases, also cataracts, diabetes etc. There is so much hope in stem cell research to improve the quality of life for all people, everywhere.
Anonymous | 10.26.06 - 11:31 pm | #

There was a great suggestion, Limbaugh should at a minimum, if he doesn't lose his job, spend a week at a health clinic or nursing home for those living with Parkinson disease.

Why? That fat fuck would just end up raiding the drug cabinets.
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:34 pm | #

Hilarious!

I got a post deleted for being too hard on Rash Lumpballs.
"leave it to the freepers"
LOL

I would apologize for that post, but I meant every word of it - Rush (and his ilk) are the cancer that has been destroying America from the inside out for years, and as Imus (who also sucks, just not as much) says, not enough bad things can happen to the guy.

[Sitemonitor's previous comment has been edited for clarity. FYI, wishing someone a painful death could be construed as advocating violence. This blog is read by a great many people, not all of the friendly. Keep that in mind even when discussing someone like Limbaugh]

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Pete | 10.26.06 - 11:35 pm | #

If you think the numbers on the ad are good, check out these second by second graphs of the ad. Hey John, let everybody see them. They're amazing!

http://www.hcdi.net/ PressRelease...oxAdCurves.html
Roopey | 10.26.06 - 11:36 pm | #

I would apologize for that post, ....

Pete, NEVER apologize to a freeper. If they can't handle getting a taste of their own bullshit (and most of them can't apparently) FUCK EM!
gene214 | 10.26.06 - 11:38 pm | #

[Goodbye. You are done for the night]

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cski | 10.26.06 - 11:38 pm | #

The you tube version of the interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...v=X...h?v=XCa4- vGQQLs
Joseph C. R. | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:25 pm | #

Man!
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:40 pm | #

Michael J. Fox is the epitomy of courage. He stays on his message without bitterness toward his detractors and displays a remarkable grace. He is someone I would be proud to meet.
Mike | 10.26.06 - 11:40 pm | #

Michael, come home!
Too many nuts in the States and Limbaugh is one of the biggest ignorant Idiots who gives Americans a bad name.
Canuck | 10.26.06 - 11:43 pm | #

Make your choice, America: Marty McFly or Biff Tannen. Which is it gonna be?
Clavis | 10.26.06 - 11:43 pm | #

Rush just diminished himself. I did not think it was possible.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:43 pm | #

If anyone wants to start a support email/letter for Michael J Fox I would like to join.

Im at Defworld@gmail.com

Limbog is pond life

Rimbog will never be 1/100th of the MAN that Michael J is.
Gourney | 10.26.06 - 11:45 pm | #

Wow. That was damn powerful. Rush Limbaugh, being his windbag jack self has given MJF and that commercial a platform to say some powerful things.
Slaw | 10.26.06 - 11:45 pm | #

Just watched the video of the MJ Fox interview on the CBS website.

Wow, that was tough to watch. I had to turn away. The poor man, he's suffering so much. It must be torture to have Parkinson's and to know it will only get worse and worse. It makes you count your blessings.

I can't think of words to describe what I think of Limbaugh. What a fucking asshole.
Annoyed Canuck | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:46 pm | #

The dems and the media should be cornering every repub they can to find out if they support Limbaugh. They are doing the thing where they get the slime out there in the public consciousenss, but distance themselves from it.

Rush is their mouthpiece. They own him. If they don't repubdiate him, shame him, they endorse him. He's their guy; make them say it!
Lipstick Hippie | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:47 pm | #

the audio and video is WAY off....
Deconstruct | 10.26.06 - 11:49 pm | #

Sitemonitor,
I didn't wish the disgusting filth known as Rush a painful death.
But I get your point, and those scum that are Rash Lumpballs fans, well, I hope that they all grow souls, but I doubt it will happen to those reptiles.
Pete | 10.26.06 - 11:49 pm | #

You go Michael! Don't let the right-wing BSers get in your way!!

- Tom
Tom | 10.26.06 - 11:51 pm | #

Every time they speak Michael is more amazing and Rush is more evil.
CD | 10.26.06 - 11:54 pm | #

Katie Couric is no prize, either. She's playing a classic "concern troll".
CathiefromCanada | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:54 pm | #

Michael has such class. I have never been 100% a fan of his work as an actor (and maybe just out of disinterest, not necessarily hostility), but as a human being, damn does he have some class. And the headline is right: he comes on and says a couple of key things that just utterly vaporize Limbaugh. My favorite is "I don't need his permission to talk about this."

That's the arrogance of the Limbaughs of the world. He thinks you can't speak up for a cause unless you've got that windbag's permission.
Slippytoad | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:54 pm | #

My God, this is playing out like a surreal version of Back to the Future with Bif played by Rush Limbaugh and MJ Fox reprising his role as Marty. Except that in real life, unlike the movies, the bullies and monsters in our midst do not always get their just reward.
John | 10.26.06 - 11:55 pm | #

Pete | 10.26.06 - 11:49 pm | #

I learned something a long time ago. Do not waste your life wishing for revenge. Your enemies are suffering more than you will ever know as it is. They have to be. They are human beings.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:56 pm | #

I would watch the interview, if I could. I saw the ad Mr. Fox did and cried for the rest of the day. I admire the dignity that Mr. Fox has shown through all of this.
Ecotopian | 10.26.06 - 11:57 pm | #

Rush is Biff! That's hilarious. You nailed it.

Thanks Micael, thank you for doing something with your celebrity. You do it really well, and a lot of people will be helped by people like you.
Viajero | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:58 pm | #

The problem is not fat druggy Rush but the silent majority of people who let these bastards ( rush - hannity, savage etc) get away with it. Freedom of speech is our right but to use it responsibly is our duty. The extreme elements in the GOP always attacks the ill-( people with AIDs ( poor & sick people who cannot defend themselves, the wounded( Max Cleland and even McCain by the GOP) and the people who served these nation in war as heros (Kerry a winners of purple hearts - was swift boated by these cowards while the Duffer in the office was AWOL and so was his deputy). Unless, the Liberals and the Democrats dont stengthen their spine and fight back and hit hard where it hurts, these SOBs will continue unabated. So Democrats - stop being a bunch of whinning sissies and learn to hit back and HIT BACK HARD!!!!
Buddy Singh | 10.26.06 - 11:58 pm | #

Limbaugh's time is coming. Never doubt it.

If you do think back to Bush the Idiot's nomination in 2004 in NYC.

Those of us who marched in the streets where vilified as 'kook's', 'terrorist lovers', 'un-American', 'traitors' and on and on. George W. Bush bestrode the world like a colossus. All powerful, all-knowing, 'Defender of the Faith', The Redeemer of Christ! Heir to St. Ronnie!

Yeah...

Look at his addled, punk ass today. Did you see the presser today? Stik a fork in him.

He. Is. Done.

The same will come to Rush 'Pills' Limbaugh.
.
A.Citizen | Homepage | 10.26.06 - 11:59 pm | #

Michael J. Fox is quite a guy, eh? That was quite a video.
Chris from Canada | 10.27.06 - 12:00 am | #

Rush Limbaugh must be a miserable bastard. I know he makes a hell of alot of money, but I dont see how it could be worth it.
Jonesy | 10.27.06 - 12:00 am | #

You people just don't understand. Rush said those mean things because he "didn't take his medication".

If you are listening to the this drug addled, pompous, 3 time divorced loud mouth... you deserve him.
Jay in Oregon | 10.27.06 - 12:01 am | #

xoites defends Constitution

I learned something a long time ago, as well, but unfortunately it's a lesson I keep having to relearn:

A sense of humor (perhaps especially my own) does not necessarily translate that well in this medium.

I don't want revenge.
I do want those Republican scum to scurry back under the slime covered rocks that they slithered out from, though.

Pete | 10.27.06 - 12:03 am | #

poor Ann Coulter is probably fuming mad, and dying to get in on all this attention Rush is getting...
Stay tuned!...
Anony-mouse | 10.27.06 - 12:05 am | #

This is dedicated to Michael J. Fox (and it's from a Canadian band too!!!!) -

Joydrop: Beautiful
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:05 am | #

Michael J. Fox is an inspiration to everyone suffering from this cruel disease. May he and millions of others be cured sooner than later.
I'll be honest, each time I see Michael it makes me cry.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 12:07 am | #

Michael J. Fox:
Disease is a "non-partisan problem that requires a bi-partisan solution".

That's Brilliant.

Rush- please mix some Viagra with your hillbilly Heroin... and tell the truth to your nutcase listeners. Disgusting.
Jay in Oregon | 10.27.06 - 12:07 am | #

Why WMP before Quicktime? WMP is an outdated program. They can't even sync audio with video and I'm so tired of buffering.

In the age of youtube, who needs to wait for the whole video to download before playing? Just grumbling because the WMP video sucks and I can't wait to see this interview.

-fink
fink | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:07 am | #

Just another example of why the current brand of Republicans are, basically, jerks. That's what they are. They're jerks. Which is exactly how the late Barry Goldwater referred to them before he died, as documented in John Dean's "Conservatives Without Conscience". They're like the bullies in school who thought it was so cool to beat up on others, when in fact everyone else thought they were nothing but...jerks! It's their way of covering for their extreme insecurity.

Sad. Not to mention, pathetic.
DrewL | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:07 am | #

OMG MJF is so much more articulate than I ever knew. Go MJ!
TalkieToaster | 10.27.06 - 12:08 am | #

Revenge is the quickest way to finally destroying this country. I can't remember who said it, but "the only thing evil can't abide is forgiveness."
Thinker | 10.27.06 - 12:08 am | #

Rush makes a fool out of Bush!

Have another donut, Rush.
mudkitty | 10.27.06 - 12:08 am | #

Ecotopian | 10.26.06 - 11:57 pm | #

Watch it. Cry if you must, but it is a great interview. Couric just scored some points with me.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:11 am | #

Pete | 10.27.06 - 12:03 am | #

I hear you, brother.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:16 am | #

Two comments:

First, for the hundredth time, CrooksandLiars, I LOVE You. What a great job you do.

This fact hit home a little more, when I registered on freerepublic, and made a comment WITHOUT being derogatory, no obscene language, no personal defamation..I simply pointed out how extremist muslims and extremist christians are similar..both think liberalism is bad for society...

ANd within FIVE MINUTES my comment had been removed, and my posting privilege revoke.

"FREE"!?!?! HAHAHHA What a goddamn hypocritical website.

Second, what do you do with rush limbaugh? Ignore him? Pay attention so you know what crap his cult followers are being fed?

People like him are despicable...and liberals are the demonized ones. What a freakin cruel joke.
JoshDestardi | 10.27.06 - 12:18 am | #

Limpbaugh is a complete attention seeking asshole. Take more viagra and pain killers.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 12:18 am | #

I think the interview is even more powerful than the commercial. Wonder what the next plan of attack by the Neocons will be?
Beckyboo | 10.27.06 - 12:20 am | #

JoshDestardi | 10.27.06 - 12:18 am | #

What do you do with him?

Give him a radio show and help him throw his party out of office when the foot he is sticking in his mouth gets too big.

" MJ Fox ad is destroying the repubs. Check out the numbers. Outstanding!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/20.....10/26/122145/ 38
Roopey | 10.26.06 - 11:22 pm | #"
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:21 am | #

xoites,
Yes, she did. I just watched it - with some difficulty -it kept cutting off - Michael J. Fox is the most articulate spokesman for this cause. Missouri bishops are pulling out all the stops on this one and I must say that their attempts at intimidation seem to be failing. But I don't think we'll know until we vote. If you've ever had a child who was seriously ill - you know that curing that child is the center of everything. I think progressives have sort of sat back in amazement at the absolute incivility that is passing for conservative voice. Somehow it is hard to believe these people could be this slimy. But Limbaugh is the poster boy for slimy people. Ooh, I just gave myself the creeps just thinking that. - At any rate, those who live in Missouri will either reject this amendment and take their state back from the nutcases, or will embrace it and I think I'll move the four blocks to Kansas - wait a minute - not much choice here.
w
Thinker | 10.27.06 - 12:22 am | #

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Abraham Lincoln
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:23 am | #

Most powerful clip you have ever posted.

Kind of brought tears to my eyes.

MJF is thoughtful,smart, courageous, and so much more.

Cheers to you, Michael J. Fox.

Looks like ElRushbo has really hung himself with this one.
jharp | 10.27.06 - 12:25 am | #

Rush Limbaugh is a chronic complainer. I don't understand how anyone can listen to hours and hours of his complaining... it's like listening to my grandfather. "And this one! He's no good! And that one -- look out! Watch out for that one. I don't like him... I don't like any of them. I don't like your grandmother, she's a nag. I don't like my kids, they ignore me.."

Yada yada yada....
wren | 10.27.06 - 12:25 am | #

Shit, Catie sure had all the right wing talking points and questions down, didn't she?!

Where do they get this crap?! When are these fucking assholes going to STOP controlling the levers of government power and the media.

It can't happen soon enough.
johnnyr | 10.27.06 - 12:27 am | #

"Catie sure had all the right wing talking points and questions down, didn't she?!"

That actually is an interviewer's job: to ask the toughest questions.

The thing is they usually reserve those questions for the people they don't need to curry favor from to get access to.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:32 am | #

If you are asked those tough questions and answer them with grace, the way Michael J. Fox did you win.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:34 am | #

The fact that Rush Limbaugh is not asking people if they want fries with this order is a stinging indictment of our failure to make adequate investments in primary and secondary education for the last 30 years.

We don't need to know that American kids just barely exceed Ugandan kids in arithmetic reasoning skills to know we're screwing this up.

We only need to take note that every June in America, we give high school diplomas to functional pine cones who then run off to their local community college to take remedial reading; and if that isn't evidence enough, we can observe that a vacuous scumbag like Rush is famous for his insights and opinions.

Hell, maybe thats the plan ... if something doesn't change in the next 30 years, we'll be too goddamned dumb to question our corporate enslavement.
ockhamwasright | 10.27.06 - 12:34 am | #

Rush is nothing more than an obese, pill popping, third world sex tourist. How he has fans and supporters is beyond my comprehension. I can only conclude there are a lot of ignorant, uneducated and hateful people out there just like him.
Lesley | 10.27.06 - 12:34 am | #

So...would Rush Limbaugh "accuse" someone with Cancer, Leukemia, Downs Sydrome...of "Pretending To Act?"

It is so completely "reprehensible, unconsciouable, and despciable!"

I'm not God...but..I certainly do believe...that beyond this Earth"..there is a "Higher Power" Ultimately to Be Held Accountable To For One's "Morals and Compassion" in Life!

My Thoughts and Prayers are With Michael J. Fox...and he is a "True Hero"..In My Book!

Charlie C.
Dallas TX
hpcharlie | 10.27.06 - 12:38 am | #

Lesley | 10.27.06 - 12:34 am | #

I just became a fan of Rush Limbaugh. He has single handedly changed some Republican votes into Democratic votes.

" MJ Fox ad is destroying the repubs. Check out the numbers. Outstanding!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/20.....10/26/122145/ 38
Roopey | 10.26.06 - 11:22 pm | #"

He has brought Stem Cell Research into the election in a way that will drive even more Democrats into Congress.

Give them enough rope and they will hang themselves...
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:39 am | #

I'm sitting here, welling up, listening to his grace and dignity. Rush, you are a course, boorish man. Shame on you. Micheal is correct: it's a nonpartisan problem that requires a bi-partisan solution.
Fed Up | 10.27.06 - 12:40 am | #

Is Katie Couric wearing knee socks in that interview? She is wearing the equivalent of a private school girls uniform (I know, because I wore one in high school. Gray skirt, white blouse, knee socks). Excuse me, but the lady is pushing 50. Her outfit is as ridiculous as Tucker Carlson's bowtie. I think they both have weird post-pubescent clothing fetishes. I refuse to take either one of them seriously.
wren | 10.27.06 - 12:42 am | #

wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 12:39 am | #

That is some Fox News i can relate to.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:42 am | #

Rush is Biff's fat, pill popping pervert uncle... where's doc with his delorean?

oh! I forgot, Bush and Bum's got Doc locked up in Guantanamo.
Slayer | 10.27.06 - 12:44 am | #

I just have to say it again: Shame on you Rush.
Fed Up | 10.27.06 - 12:44 am | #

In case anyone has an inclination to donate:

http://www.michaeljfox.org/
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:45 am | #

I love MJ Fox. He is an amazing person. Limbaugh, on the other hand, is a damned hypocrite, liar, and substance abuser.
I just can't feel anything for people like Limbaugh, other than disgust and pity; I just think about how completely unnurtured his childhood must have been. I'm not being funny, either. People like him and the neo-nuts and freeps must have had similar upbringings because they all have some crucial facet of their humanity missing, or switched off.
citrus | 10.27.06 - 12:48 am | #

Ok, I got to be fair ( ), this is dedicated to Rush "Today's Tom Sawyer" Limbaugh (and it's from a Canadian band too!!!!) -

Rush: Tom Sawyer
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:49 am | #

Interesting little exchange in the interview where Couric implies Fox is a victim. His response indicates he is a fighter.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:49 am | #

Classy slapdown. MJF barely acknowledges Rush exists and goes for the gold to get his message out on the back of the fatboy's comments making his ad a national item.

One of the few cases where Rush's radio show has a positive note, I'm sure MJF will make sure he makes the most of his Rush notoriety to deliver his message.

A topnotch response, 3 thumbs up

AJ
Jim | 10.27.06 - 12:51 am | #

Michael J. Fox just turned Rush Limbaugh into a teeny tiny pewling sorry excuse for a human being, and Fox did it without sacrificing his own ethical principles and self-respect.

Take heed, Rush, and learn from a real man the meaning of greatness, and grace under pressure.
Straight Shooter | 10.27.06 - 12:51 am | #

Fox is a real mensch.
CD | 10.27.06 - 12:53 am | #

Rush is only reflecting on what he would expect from his brand of smear merchants.
Stevious | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:55 am | #

Jim | 10.27.06 - 12:51 am | #

Straight Shooter | 10.27.06 - 12:51 am | #

Talk about wo like minds...

This is indicative of the way America will and is reacting to this.

Thank you Rush, your mouth may find a cure yet!
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:55 am | #

It's incredible how eloquent Fox is...
Dan | 10.27.06 - 12:57 am | #

I can't believe people here are still making comments like "shame on Rush" and "I can't believe he said that". Hey guys, get a clue and stop acting like he consistently one-ups himself. You are needlessly building his false image. He's gotten away with saying this BS for what, over 20 years...and you're still surprised?

Come on. Cut the crap, recognize that people like him, and messages like his, need to go away for the betterment of mankind, and get your message out and stomp his into the fossil record.
BlueIndependent | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am | #

Fox is a real mensch.
CD | 10.27.06 - 12:53 am | #

ROFLMAO!

You are the perfect troll!

Do they all model themselves after you?

xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am | #

Katie Carsick is a whore for the right-wing. I had to turn it off before I puked. She put on Limbaugh's "apology" and left out the much more offensive retraction he made later!

CBS News is way to right of frikkin' Joe Scarborough! Go to MSNBC and watch how he handled this disaster. And he's SUPPOSED to be right wing. Couric is supposed to be impartial. What a stupid, shallow, mealy-mouthed little bitch she is. I hope her ratings go to zero and she never works again.
listening | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am | #

Perhaps Limbaugh did this to help the democrats, in order to help the republicans. What I mean is, I believe the GOP WANTS the democrats to take the house by a very slim margin. Why? Because they are going to make illegal immigration a cornerstone of the 2008 presidential campaign. As it stands now, the Republicans have no excuse to offer their base, who are demanding immigration reform, for not moving on immigration. The GOP controls the house, the senate and the White House. They have every opportunity to write and pass legislation tightening restrictions and penalties on illegal immigrants and their employers. But they don't. You know and I know why. Immigrants = cheap, acquiescent labor. They help break unions, they help undermine labor laws, they help keep inflation numbers down by keeping wages depressed. All of these are things that Republicans love.

So the GOP, in 2008, is going to need an excuse for not passing immigration laws. Guess what that excuse is going to be? Yup. The democrats. Republican lawmakers, after democrats get a slim margin, will start writing utterly ridiculous bills aimed at immigration control. The democrats will have to block the legislation, because of the (deliberate) outlandishness of the bills. The GOP can then say in 2008 "We TRIED to reform immigration, but the democrats wouldn't let us! We need a Republican president and a Republican house and senate!"
wren | 10.27.06 - 12:59 am | #

holy cow...

i post the address to the michael j. fox foundation (here at http://www.michaeljfox.org/)- which is the topic that i posted and am posting under - and the post not only gets deleted, but i get a bonus snark linking me to fox news???

pfft...

i used to resent being called a "loser" for being a dem., but now i have been censored on THIS site for supporting a democratic ad????

fuck you, i am writing in my dog for the all-time-mid-election-super-hero candidate.

and, god, how i had hoped we would reclaim some ground as dems.

so much for that.

byrd is the word - wvh
wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:00 am | #

Hard stuff. The GOP is aligned with people who either mock the sick or refuse to understand why using embryonic stem cells destined for the ashcan would be the right and noble thing to do.

I didn't think Rush could go any lower. Wrong again. He must owe a few people in Missouri.

+++
mjs | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:00 am | #

BlueIndependent | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am | # .

Not surprised, grateful.

See above.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:00 am | #

Awsome.

Well said. .......
KuciNiCh | 10.27.06 - 1:00 am | #

listening | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am | #

I have to totally disagree. That interview will kill the GOP.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:01 am | #

Limbaugh's victim is not Michael J. Fox, as the honorable and courageous Mr. Fox made clear; it is all who have chosen to follow this modern-day snake oil salesman down the poisonous path of hatred and fear. Has the distinction between bravery and cowardice ever been better exemplified?
rollotomasi | 10.27.06 - 1:05 am | #

wren | 10.27.06 - 12:59 am | #

That depends on whether or not the Democrats create their own agenda. I have a few suggestions:

Restore Habeas Corpus and outlaw torture.

Totally Verifyable voting and mandating the funding for it.

Reigning in Haliburton.

Dealing with global warming.

Securing a peace withouth invasion.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:06 am | #

There is a little aside in the liner notes to the
Hannibalism
cd that came out a few years ago, one of the best collections of overlooked soul I know of:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search...annibalism! .htm
James T. Shaw aka Hannibal relates a (very short) story about Michael J. Fox that is very charming.

Hannibal and Fox were on a short lived television show together when Fox was a kid, and years later, after Michael J. Fox became a huge star, Shaw heard someone running down the street yelling to him "Mr. Hannibal, Mr. Hannibal!" and for some reason I thought this was really endearing - probably had something to do with the way Shaw told the story, so much better than I did...
Pete | 10.27.06 - 1:07 am | #

I will remember Micheal Fox for his awesome movie series "Back to the Future", and not for his symptoms.

Keep fighting man. You kick ass even without the DeLorean.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 1:09 am | #

wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:00 am | #

Don't get excited, i bet it was a program that messed with you. This site has been attacked a few times. If you look above you will see this:

wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 12:39 am | #

That is some Fox News i can relate to.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:42 am | #

And this:

In case anyone has an inclination to donate:

http://www.michaeljfox.org/
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:45 am | #
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:10 am | #

rush limbaugh is hurting america
jeanne | 10.27.06 - 1:14 am | #

holy cow II

this has turned into a commentary wholly about rush and dems - not the real issue of stem-cell research.
guess rush accomplished his and the gop's goal.

congratulations, let the dick sucking begin.

how many more americans died in iraq today? (this is a pop quiz, so pay attention.)

1st one to articulate what we lost when habeus corpus was vanquished gets a free (email piture of) a pony. email me to claim.

keep your eye on the ball.

[further] ad hominem attacks welcome here.
wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:14 am | #

Rush Suicide Watch Day 3:

Nope. fat bastard hasn't done the honorable thing yet.
Marco | 10.27.06 - 1:15 am | #

wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:14 am | #

Five, i am paying attention.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:15 am | #

MJF is inspiring. Does that fat fuck have an email address?
Texan Democrat | 10.27.06 - 1:17 am | #

What we lost when we lost Habeas Corpus you can find here:

http://junerevolution.blogspot.com/

Under:

Living In A Post Habeas Corpus World

Thursday, October 12, 2006

and

Thursday, September 28, 2006
The Day the Music Died
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:19 am | #

I am still at a loss as to how someone as hate-filled as Rush hasn't yet been stricken with some kind of debilitating disease, or dying in a corner somewhere. Somehow it seem like the "good" one are always the first to get screwed up this way.
IdiotShrub | 10.27.06 - 1:20 am | #

make that "good" ones..
IdiotShrub | 10.27.06 - 1:21 am | #

Micheal Fox is one incredible human being for not being a victim rather chosing to be a leader. Leading the US to pursue the frontier of medical science and it's promise to relieve suffering and pain.

This is what Jesus wanted us to become. It is the suffering who get it. And we are fools for not seeing what they can teach us.

Limbaugh isn't worth our time. To get rid of him, turn your dial. Instead vote and write your representatives.
Fools on the Hill | 10.27.06 - 1:24 am | #

xiotes - thanks for correctly spelling "habeas" and yeah, it appears you are paying attention.
wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:25 am | #

Great guy that Michael J. Fox. Takes patience and class to make a serious argument with a supposed serious journalist dolled up like a MILF from the 'burbs.
bumpster | 10.27.06 - 1:27 am | #

This is what Jesus wanted us to become. It is the suffering who get it. And we are fools for not seeing what they can teach us.
Thanks for that.......
Thinker | 10.27.06 - 1:29 am | #

wvhillbilly | 10.27.06 - 1:25 am | #

I am paying attention. I can tell you that this site has been attacked in the past and that your comment was probably deleted because by an imperfect program that saw "Fox" and went berserk. Don't let it get to you.

Trolls have made things difficult for the the people who try to make this a worthwhile site.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:29 am | #

Pardon my grammer/typo.
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:31 am | #

Pardon my spelling of "grammar."
xoites defends Constitution | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:32 am | #

The only reason Republicans hate it when the Democrats "use victims" or when the victims of Republican policies speak up is because they are so used to attacking the messenger it makes them look bad. They hate not being able to attack the messenger and not look like the asses they are.

What was so wrong with simply going: "You know, I have sympathy for Fox but I disagree with him because..." Of course, that wouldn't have been Rush.

And you know, seeing the dumb-ass rednecks around where I work makes me not be surprised there is an audience for this waste of sperm and egg.
Kalapusa | 10.27.06 - 1:35 am | #

Thanks for the link to Fox's web site. I saw his interview with Katie Couric today and was deeply moved. I have so much respect for him.
Just me | 10.27.06 - 1:35 am | #

God Bless Michael J. Fox.

And Rush... I got a card all ready for you, jackass.

http://www.nakedholidaycards.com
JAKE EMERSON IN AUSTIN | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:35 am | #

Michael J. Fox's courage and humility bring me to tears. He is such an amazing man and obviously a wonderful husband and father.
TK | 10.27.06 - 1:38 am | #

I think Katie Couric did her bit as well by admitting her father suffered from the disease and be gracious enough to fix back the microphone after it fell off Micheal Fox.

I would like to see Rush try making fun of her father's condition.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 1:51 am | #

I closed my eyes for a few moments during this clip (long day), and found it surprisingly moving. The calmness in his voice and clarity of his message...I encourage you to play the clip again, close your eyes and listen to him talk. Doing so enabled me to more clearly 'see' what a beautiful being he is.
mark | 10.27.06 - 1:52 am | #

my father has parkinson's. it is a very strange disease. like m. j. fox my father is able-minded, but, at times, unable to even voice his needs. he is trapped inside his own body. the brain is not connected to the body, basically.
as we can see from m. j. fox, and as he mentioned, is the humiity that comes with this disease. limbaugh lacks, and sorely needs, this humility that teaches people they are vulnerable.
what is astounding, is that men and women like my father and fox, are so compassionate despite their affliction. and they have the capabilty to say what they need, when they can. and they're not even doing it for themselves, but for other people who share their need.
i wish limbaugh could live, for five minutes, inside a body he can't control. good luck to him. no more trips to the carribean. no more viagra.
trutheau | 10.27.06 - 1:58 am | #

Rush is my boy. Gives us the courage to speak truth to perfidious advocates for the stalinist-nightmare brigades and Al Qaeda huggers in the Democrat Party. Just the other day, crossing the street to Lafeyette Park, I saw a guy faking a spinal injury, shaking, hunched sideways in a wheelchair. Me and Cheney kicked him over and gave him a lecture on honesty and self-reliance. We can thank Rush for the inspiration.

George
George W Bush | 10.27.06 - 2:01 am | #

MJF: "...even if the messenger gets roughed up a bit, I'm happy to be that guy."

That's class.
Daverz | 10.27.06 - 2:22 am | #

Oh my god that was hard to watch. What a class act.
Mister Larry | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 2:26 am | #

Limbaugh and Coulter both use this myth about "victims" being "used" by Democrats because they are "untouchable". They make this crap up and then use it in the same way Fox News uses their "well you know, some people say...." phrase it is just complete fantasy nonsense and it is way to take the away any criticism of a conservative fantatic like they are.
Scott | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 2:29 am | #

George
George W Bush | 10.27.06 - 2:01 am | #

IMPOSTER!

The REAL Dubya would never use a word like "perfidious!"

Mostly because he either wouldn't know what it means, or it sounds dirty. Take your pick.
Dumbledorito | 10.27.06 - 2:42 am | #

Scott -
> Limbaugh and Coulter both use this myth about "victims" being "used" by Democrats because they are "untouchable". They make this crap up and then use it in the same way Fox News uses their "well you know, some people say...." phrase it is just complete fantasy nonsense and it is way to take the away any criticism of a conservative fantatic like they are.

Yes. It's called "straw man" argumentation/attack. They invent an enemy to attack because they can't attack their real opposition and they attack it instead (usually in the same breath) and call what they're attacking their opposition.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 2:46 am | #

That is an awesome interview. M.J. Fox really is an excellent spokesperson for this cause. He's not angry, he's not insulted. He's just matter-of-fact. I really respect his approach and his attitude in the face of infuriating stupidity from the republicreeps.

Funny thing is, by being such a loathsome dork, Limbaugh has turned a local ad with limited exposure into a nationwide issue that makes the flat-earthers look petty and despicable, while the pro-research crowd can legimately take the moral high-ground in the eyes of most Americans. So, honestly, thanks Rush!

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dzog | 10.27.06 - 2:51 am | #

MJF, what an amazing guy he was perfect in that interview. Very moving I thought.
Mark (UK) | 10.27.06 - 3:01 am | #

Id still pay to see Limpdick get his clock cleaned by Donovan Mc Nabb. Have Mc Nabb beat his ass barely breathing and then let MJ Fox finish his fat ass off.
Col Kilgore | 10.27.06 - 3:08 am | #

Mark (UK) | 10.27.06 - 3:01 am | #

I'm not even laughing. That's a very bad, bad joke. :-(
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 3:09 am | #

MJF is a class act.
Liberty Lover | 10.27.06 - 3:20 am | #

Let us reiterate Fox's point: Embryonic stem cell research uses only those embryos that otherwise would be disposed of, and thus wasted. Research NEVER uses embryos that are to be implanted. No lives are lost in this process; instead, lives potentially are saved.

Any reasonable god would admire mortals for such a clever use of limited resources.

Limbaugh and his masters wish to shift the controversy to the messenger. For Michael's sake, we must foil their cruel plan.
jimbo92107 | 10.27.06 - 3:29 am | #

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"You get, in your life, very few chances to make a difference...and if these are the circumstances that make that possible -- I'm grateful for it."

Michael J. Fox -- Like Terry Fox -- who made a difference by running across Canada over 2 decades ago, I am proud of a fellow Canadian that takes a devastating personal challenge and helps turn it into a something that benefits all of society.

You make us proud!
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STOP George | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 3:31 am | #

It's truly amazing how the right has now picked up this "victims are beyond criticism" nonsense. And that's exactly what it is - nonsense!

Roger Ebert once explained why Andrew Dice Clay wasn't funny to him. It wasn't because he was crude. It wasn't the content of his jokes. There are plenty of clever, hilarious comedians who use the same X-rated stuff. It's that Dice Clay's material never rose above the level of merely pointing and laughing at someone. There was no wit or real sense of humor; it was nothing but foul language.

Likewise, these crazed, right wing folks like Coulter and Limbaugh really can't seem to differentiate between criticism and ridicule. It's not that they're beyond criticism, it's that pointing and laughing at them isn't criticizing. It's just mean.

Is there a certain appeal to emotion in showing Michael J. Fox's symptoms to people, an appeal that has the potential to rise to a fallacy and bypass logic? Sure. So, calmly state that position, and then enunciate your understanding of why his position is wrong. Don't mock him and imitate his involuntary movements and claim that he must be faking it!

I think the flip side of this coin is how people like Coulter and Limbaugh and O'Reilly react when they themselves are criticized. They can't take it. Even constructive criticism drives them bananas. They yell and scream and throw temper tantrums. They whine and cry about how they're being "smeared."

They seriously can't tell the difference between criticism and ridicule. It's all the same in their world.
Karen | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:03 am | #

> It's truly amazing how the right has now picked up this "victims are beyond criticism" nonsense. And that's exactly what it is - nonsense!

Where I disagree with you my friend Karen, is that it's only "now" that they've started doing it. It's their fucking M.O., and has been for quite awhile now. I mean, they spend 99% of their time "criticising" those that they claim that can't be criticised.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:17 am | #

mr fox was my chiledhood hero and i was hit hard when he stoped acting. when he started talking about his mom and her saing he was trying so hard to stay still i started crying just could not stopit as my mother has breast cancer sorry for the sob story just had to say it ty C&L
N8 | 10.27.06 - 4:20 am | #

Where I disagree with you my friend Karen, is that it's only "now" that they've started doing it. It's their fucking M.O., and has been for quite awhile now. I mean, they spend 99% of their time "criticising" those that they claim that can't be criticised.
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:17 am |

I meant that they've now started saying that those they criticize are beyond criticism. I remember Anthrax Coulter saying that very recently about the "Jersey Girls." I don't remember them pushing that theme before then.

Of course they've been criticizing those they say they can't. That's why I called their claim nonsense.
Karen | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:33 am | #

Rush is a man who admires another man who mocked a person about to be put to death, so it is little wonder that Rush would mock another human in a worse condition than he is in.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 4:35 am | #

Karen | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:33 am | #

The CoulterGuist has been criticising the Jersey Girls for at least a year now. Glad you missed it back then (for your own sanity.)
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:46 am | #

(with the same claim that supposedly the Jersey Girls were beyond criticism)
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:47 am | #

Katie Carsick is a whore for the right-wing. I had to turn it off before I puked. She put on Limbaugh's "apology" and left out the much more offensive retraction he made later!
listening | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 12:58 am |

I'm not sure she's a "whore for the right," but I sure don't know what she's doing on the news. They went from Cronkite to Rather to Tinkerbell.

As for Rush's true feelings on the matter, he said,

The drive-by media today, in most instances, is acting like a hysterical mother who is afraid her little boy won't be able to defend himself after he picked a fight and so they are attacking me and others for being insensitive, cold-hearted, cruel, mocking, what have you. I don't know whether Michael Fox assumed that he would step into the arena of ideas and have impunity, whether anybody would be prone to respond to what he said. But I stand by what I said. I take back none of what I said. I wouldn't rephrase it any differently. It is what I believe. It is what I think. It is what I have found to be true.
Karen | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:59 am | #

(with the same claim that supposedly the Jersey Girls were beyond criticism)
Stanley Rosenthal | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:47 am |

Well, if that were a year ago, time is flying too fast for me.
Karen | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 4:59 am | #

I never thought M. Fox was that great of an actor, so to think he is acting is utter bullshit. I watched this clip and my heart was breaking over the fact that we have b.s. politics keeping a society from a cure. I see a man struggling with a disease and it is a shame that we need to make this an us vs. them issue. Screw you who supports the b.s. right to life, Michael has a life, he deserves to live it.
todd Narruhn | 10.27.06 - 5:00 am | #

Let me recant... I think if we find a cure we can get a role for Michael J. Fox to win an Oscar and I am willing to fight for that. To many assholes win Oscars and I would like a real sweetheart to win. Shit! How can I write this post without sounding sardonic. I am serious! Believe me. Please people...can we stop this bs madness.
todd Narruhn | 10.27.06 - 5:15 am | #

fox is a real american hero....

rush is a real american dick weed
Uncle Joe McCarthy | 10.27.06 - 5:19 am | #

Yes but CBS headlines the story; "Fox admits he was overmedicated"
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pablo | 10.27.06 - 6:01 am | #

yeah, what a class act. you can tell hes a good person inside. If rush responds to this with more stupidity, somebody should smack him
ma | 10.27.06 - 6:10 am | #

All Limbaugh fans and people against stem cell research should have to watch this interview of Michael J Fox as a home work assignment.

What does it say about our country if people still vote against funding stem cell research?
toosinbeymen | 10.27.06 - 6:16 am | #

Michael J. Fox is a courageous man. To all those Rush Limbaugh fans... You should ask yourself what kind of person makes fun of people with crippling illnesses. Then you should ask yourself what kind of person listens to someone who bullies and makes fun of people with disabilities? He's despicable and anyone who listens to him is just as bad.
Spicegal | 10.27.06 - 6:41 am | #

What in the hell she calling that fat ass for??
DINO | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 6:48 am | #

No, the reason Rush can keep doing this is because you took the bait! This issue, which is of zero political use to the democrats, has been propped up for days by liberal outrage, distracting you from anything of actual importance, which is why Democrats will lose again in 2 weeks. Well done!

Blame the GOP, but thank yourselves too. The GOP would be nowhere without a limp, useless opponent.
klaus | 10.27.06 - 6:57 am | #

His mode of political attack would make Adolf Hitler proud. Keep going, Rush,
and you will be appointed the Goebbels
of the noe-cons. But I doubt Rush' small brain will know who Goebbels was.
Joe911 | 10.26.06 - 11:23 pm | #

Check this out
http://www.ericblumrich.com/nazi.html
Idiotland | 10.27.06 - 7:10 am | #

Thought Christians are meant to be compassionate and would help those in need (based on the bible). But after seeing they are against stem cell research, and are actively working against the hope it offers to so many people around the world, guess I was wrong. Where did all the 'real' Christians go anyway?
kpeter | 10.27.06 - 7:23 am | #

Katie Couric sounds just as bad as Limbaugh. She's carrying the same water for the GOPers that Limbaugh is. She came across as a worldclass douchebag.
Paul | 10.27.06 - 7:28 am | #

Looked at that closely. Kouric managed to get in every GOPer smear/talking point. It looks to me like she was trying with every question to make Michael jusitify himself. I revise my assessment of her from "worldclass douchebag" to "slimy worldclass douchebag".
Paul | 10.27.06 - 7:38 am | #

Someone should find out where Rush buy his sex in other countries.
DINO | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 7:48 am | #

This is all evidence that stupidity is worse than any physical disease. Rush and his ilk suffer from chronic stupidity, and that can't be treated with medication or cured with any kind of research. I wish that it could.

God bless Michael J. Fox.
Pam | 10.27.06 - 7:50 am | #

I wonder why Rush said nothing when the GOP senators posed for a TV commerical around Terry Shiavo's hospital bed for their political agenda.

After all, the poor woman was in a coma and could not speak for herself. And the GOP still tried to put words in her mouth.
ktg | 10.27.06 - 8:11 am | #

This was really powerful.

I think this will really shame those who suggested that he "faked" it. Just forcing someone like Fox to sit in front of an audience and explain his illness, and then you have his earnestness for the cause. You can tell he really means it. Limbaugh aka druggie-boy should be embaressed if he has any sense of decency.
Derrico | 10.27.06 - 8:25 am | #

why are people so hellbent on "saving" these embryo's when their fate is to be discarded like thousands of used condems. Why wouldn't they want them used to save the living? Ignorance is the only answer i can fathom.
WR | 10.27.06 - 8:32 am | #

I noticed a few trolls as I scrolled through the comments. One actually suggested the GOP will win the midterms? LOL ok I will bite.

They republicans will most likely keep the Senate on a razor margin, however the house will change hands. It took the Dems 40 some years to lose the house. The Republicans took 10. Bravo!

If trolling around makes you feel better as your parties power comes crashing down around you, well...enjoy it while you can. ^^
Derrico | 10.27.06 - 8:33 am | #

Love that picture of Rush with the Cigar........I used to know a guy from Alabama that used to always say that

"If you see a Hog with a Stick in it's mouth" it's a sure sign of rain.

Guess we're in for a downpour.
Bangkok-Bob | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 8:37 am | #

That's a very moving interview. MJF is a class act.
freewheel | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 8:53 am | #

Funny how it only takes 5 minutes to debunk the right wingnuts...and their infinite stupidity.
right wing hater | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 9:03 am | #

Michael J Fox should be commended for not stooping to Limbaughs level. What Limbaugh did was both childish & cowardly. Everything that Michael J Fox said was backed up with reasonable facts, while at the same time being respectful of people with opposing views. Which is one of the qualities that defines a person of progressive beliefs. Thank you Michael for being a example to us of how to be a caring & compassionate human being.
Ghostwolf | 10.27.06 - 9:08 am | #

I don't know why people are so pissed at Katie for asking the tough questions. If you look at any interview with a Republican, you'll see the same thing. Take the Matt Lauer interview with Bush. Frankly I think MJF looked even better answering those attacks with grace, dignity and wit. It came across alot better than if it were a softball interview and helps put this thing to rest. Think about it. MJF just shot down every moronic talking point the right had on him. It's done now. MJF wins without breaking a sweat and uses Rush to promote his agenda. Bravo!
Texan Democrat | 10.27.06 - 9:11 am | #

Focus people.
Who gives two shits about what rush limbaugh says?

Quit letting this bozo distract from the election at hand.

Foleygate

Iraq

Hurricane Katrina

The national debt

Cronyism

Incompetence

Un-checked government spending

No-bid deals going to companies with major ties to high level GOP officials.

The shredding of the Bill of Rights

AND A LOT MORE!!!!

This is what you should be focussing on people.

Quit giving a shit about rush limbaugh. He's a putz. Let him finish up his 15 minutes of fame and then enjoy watching him get his ass kicked in 5 years on celebrity boxing.

In the meantime, quit letting him be a shiny object that detracts from the ultimate goal of ousting the GOP from Congress.
PEACE!
Tim in Japan | 10.27.06 - 9:11 am | #

I want to clarify that "tough" doesn't necessarily have to mean "rude" or beating up on the guy. It's a journalist's job to present the subject with the criticisms that are out there from the opposition. In this case, Rush and his idiotic ramblings. I honestly think that MJF would have been disappointed if he didn't have the chance to defend himself against that kind of slander.
Texan Democrat | 10.27.06 - 9:21 am | #

I think it's particularly ironic that Limbaugh would attack someone like MJF who is reputed to be one of the nicest and most unassuming people in Hollywood. Oh, that's right, they're all godless liberatines so it doesn't matter, right Rush?

I know people like Limbaugh in real life. In each case, they are extremely isolated with a very limited life experience (although they hide that well). They always prefer to spout their opinion w/o knowing the facts. They are arrogant, smug and pretty much live in their own hate-filled worlds. They hate any authority that tells them they have to do something and they are always alcoholics. Not a whole lot of difference between W. and Limbaugh, is there?
A. J. Arno | 10.27.06 - 9:22 am | #

Patricia Heaton. Y'know, Ray's wife on TV (so she must be the authority on what's right for the American citizens)who is featured in the GOP ad against stem cell research funding, gave an interview with ABC news (earlier this month) on her fight for federally funded autism research. Funny how she can strongly oppose one illness research but not another. She's the perfect republican, hypocritical.
Whatch the video:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWe...tory? id=2539964
WR | 10.27.06 - 9:23 am | #

I hope that Claire gets her name associated with the good feelings that MJF has engendered over the air.

Oh, that a senate candidate could go on the show...!!!

(Don't say Rush, say Claire!)
clinton | 10.27.06 - 9:29 am | #

Michael J Fox is a class act. Druggie is the diametric opposite.
Tom Dredge | 10.27.06 - 9:55 am | #

I showed my friend (who has Parkinsons) the Fox commercial and then the video of Rush's mocking attack. She knew it was the meds in Michael's case and she knew it was naturally occuring disgusting pig behavior on the blowhole's part.

His loyal audience should wake up and smell the crap.
Msinformed | 10.27.06 - 9:58 am | #

Were I GOD my "judgement" on Limpballs would be for him to eat the shite he's been spreading since he began his broadcast "career" for all eternity! Next to seeing Dems take at least one house of Congress the next best thing I'd love to see is the SHEEPLE who have worshiped at the feet of this tub of lard finally getting their EYES OPENED!!!! Where's Annie is all this...doesn't she have some NASTY to spread around? No book to promote, huh!
Dancer | 10.27.06 - 9:58 am | #

Rush should be asked if his stance on stem cell research would change if the was a potential cure for Erectile Dysfunction!

He's be first in line to wave his tiny member..in front of members of congress.
burningbush | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 10:10 am | #

Annie knows Michael J. Fox has absolute moral authority and his motives and political views can't be questioned. After writing a chapter on this very subject and seeing it all unfold as she called it there is no reason to say 'I told you so'.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 10:13 am | #

As much as I hate to hate...Limpbaughlls is easy to hate....I know it's wrong but %$#& *%
mudshark | 10.27.06 - 10:17 am | #

Rush has done MJF and stemm cell research a great favor. His throw away comment about a commercial in an obscure campaign has brought the whole debate to the national level again-- a billion dollars worth of free publicity.

A cause that 71% of the public supports and that the republicans, except for that closet case Arlen Spector, are by and large on the wrong side of. A tool can be used for good as evil. Who'd of thunk it!
Homo say whaa? | 10.27.06 - 10:21 am | #

This ignorant little BITCH doesn't give a damn about his medical condition. she asks him a slew of political ones? He's not a politician, he's a PATIENT! "...infact Rush Limbaugh suggested..." No KATIE YOU SUGGESTED BY THIS RIDICULOUS LINE OF QUESTIONING!!! Just because, by the fistful, Rush devours every pill ever manufactured, doesn't make him a MEDICAL EXPERT. And don't give me that devils' advocate CRAP! If Jefferey Dahmers family comes on your show, would Katie tell them, "Well Jeffrey says, Your brother tasted delicious, and he says gay black men ought to be eaten. He say's infact your brother bit him first" You filthy, filthy little troll. "...and that rocking back and forth...that's caused by the medication?" PICK UP A BOOK youuuu...oooh she makes me want to projectile vomit! "...could you have waited until..." He would like STEM CELL RESEARCH NOWWW you... YOU.... *grabs bucket* "...would you support a Republican?" uuuhhh... i have to watch this through my fingers its so macabre you scary little ghoul!
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 10:26 am | #

Arlen Spector was against stem cell until he got cancer......there you have it.it's bad until it's good ....for them
mudshark | 10.27.06 - 10:27 am | #

I think the ship of the press genuflecting en masse to the right wing sailed quite a long time ago...
itsbenj | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 10:29 am | #

This is probably the most powerful video and most powerful message I've seen on C&L.
Dave | 10.27.06 - 10:29 am | #

our culture has gone well beyond being merely pathological. I know everyone wants to think that this will disgrace Limbaugh and end up hurting him more - but its just not the case. americans are too ignorant, insecure and just generally un-well to think for themselves at all anymore.
itsbenj | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 10:35 am | #

Well we do know who isn't off his daily med's for his Limp Dick and his hillbilly heroin.
Dobson | 10.27.06 - 10:52 am | #

The drugs definitely do run his stupid mouth and very small brain.
O'Lielly | 10.27.06 - 10:55 am | #

Honestly, I can never again look at someone who admits they are a Republican and think of anything other than a slime ball. Truly they have joined and enabled a real sick position. I have not heard any Republicans disagreeing with their leaders such as Rush Limbaugh. In fact they gladly support him. Hard to believe that I live amongst people who do this kind of thing to others. Republicans are disgusting and they have deliberately chosen to be disgusting.
kerplunk | 10.27.06 - 10:59 am | #

Was this stupid and ignorant bastard, Blimpo, also claiming he was also molested by everybody in the neighborhood, to explain his total ignorance, drug addiction and total lack of compassion for a sick person.
ex-Repug. | 10.27.06 - 11:00 am | #

SARCASM coming...

Hey, I saw the video, MJ Fox does not have Parkinson's, he has MS... If Frist can diagnose Terry Shivo with a peek at a video, why can't Rush?

SARCASM end...

Rush is such a windbag idiot, pandering to the freaks that think stem cells are toddlers... asswipes!

TR Atlanta GA (In the heart of the bible-belt, but going exit stage left in November...)
TR Atlanta | 10.27.06 - 11:08 am | #

i hope these assholes take a good hard long look at the people they refuse to help.
pony13 | 10.27.06 - 11:08 am | #

I just donated to the Michael J Fox Foundation. It wasn't a lot of money because right now I don't have a lot of money. But hopefully, lots of people without a lot of money will donate a little money and it will become a large amount of money.

I think that is the best way to answer Limbaugh. To have donations to Fox's foundation soar due to the publicity generated by the fat windbag.
wren | 10.27.06 - 11:15 am | #

Reich-wingers on a daily basis hide behing our US troops and claim you're anti-American if you criticize this war because you're criticizing them. Hypocrites on so many levels.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:16 am | #

BTW, didn't Katie Couric testify in front of Congress on behalf of colorectal cancer? I wonder why she wants the government to get involved with colorectal cancer research, hmmm?
wren | 10.27.06 - 11:18 am | #

If you would listen to Rush's entire critique of Fox then you would know that it was not a personal attack, he is attacking his position, and the fact that he is using his disease to obvious benefit in this ad. Who isn't going to feel sorry for him when viewing this? And does a vote for the republican mean that you want to kill Fox?
Whoa | 10.27.06 - 11:20 am | #

then you would know that it was not a personal attack, he is attacking his position

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

Claiming he was acting and didn't take his meds on purpose isn't a personal attack!? Thanks for the laugh. How about Drugbaugh claiming Mr. Fox was acting because he was able to stay on screen and keep his eyes on the camera? you lost, chump.

Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:22 am | #

Claiming he was not taking meds and claiming he was acting was a "attacking his position"....priceless.

LOL.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:23 am | #

And does a vote for the republican mean that you want to kill Fox?

The anti-American GOPig filth claim a vote for a Democrat is a vote for terrorists. You're so easy to rip apart.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:24 am | #

I have a friend who loves Rush to death. I really don't want to know what he thinks about this subject out of fear that I will begin finding him equally as repubnant as Rush. He is completely incapable of finding fault with this man (and I use the term loosely).
kdjid | 10.27.06 - 11:25 am | #

[correction - repugnant]
kdjid | 10.27.06 - 11:27 am | #

I wish I had the power to pull that disease out of Michael J. Fox and stick it right up Rush's cyst covered ass. Let that motherfucker suck on the Parkinson's tit for the rest of his abbreviated life.

Michael J. Fox has more honor, honesty and courage than a piece of shit like rush could ever imagine.
screwedrus | 10.27.06 - 11:29 am | #

This Post by Tim in Japan is very correct and deserves to be reposted.

Focus people.
Who gives two shits about what rush limbaugh says?

Quit letting this bozo distract from the election at hand.

Foleygate

Iraq

Hurricane Katrina

The national debt

Cronyism

Incompetence

Un-checked government spending

No-bid deals going to companies with major ties to high level GOP officials.

The shredding of the Bill of Rights

AND A LOT MORE!!!!

This is what you should be focussing on people.

Quit giving a shit about rush limbaugh. He's a putz. Let him finish up his 15 minutes of fame and then enjoy watching him get his ass kicked in 5 years on celebrity boxing.

In the meantime, quit letting him be a shiny object that detracts from the ultimate goal of ousting the GOP from Congress.
PEACE!
Tim in Japan | 10.27.06 - 9:11 am | #

Thanks TIM, we do need to stay focused, as you say. They will be throwing many distractions outr way.
Bangkok-Bob | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:36 am | #

Who are you kidding Whoa? Dumbaugh directly stated that Fox was faking his illness for political and personal gain--which is absolutely false. Dumbaugh doesn't know Parkinson's Disease from Central Park. And you endorse and condone this sort of intentional slander from this bloviating hypocrite?

You are as sick as Dumbaugh, pal. Get a life.
bmw 528 | 10.27.06 - 11:36 am | #

That was heartbreaking yet at the same time inspiring to watch. What incredibile courage MJF has. Kudos to Couric. Limbaugh is bully and he appeals to other losers who want to be on the bully's good side.
Thanks for showing this clip. It took a long time to download, but it was well worth it.
jaanny | 10.27.06 - 11:39 am | #

Rush's Ann like comment has helped the Dems.

Thanks Rush!
getalife | 10.27.06 - 11:43 am | #

Let's see if I have this right. The religious radical right supports Bush's war that has killed 650,000 plus people based on dead-wrong intelligence, they support Bush being able to torture anyone for anything, they support dumping 400,000 or so blastocysts into the waste bin instead of these being used for medical research to help the ill and suffering.

It doesn't make sense.

It is obvious Bush is using the chronically ill for political gain, by creating what should be a nonexisting wedge issue.

Clearly we have the worst presient in the history of the US.
Fools on the Hill | 10.27.06 - 11:45 am | #

Defending Drugbaugh on any issue is like defending Hitler. It only makes you look reaaaaal stupid.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 11:51 am | #

Brings tears to my eyes. MJF has class.
a guy | 10.27.06 - 12:10 pm | #

I won't get sappy, but watching that interview drove me to tears.

MJF has got more class and courage than Limpballs could ever imagine . . or EAT!

Kidnap his fat ass along with the rest of his right-wing talkers and ship them to the Head-Injury Clinic at the University of (fill in your blank)Medical Center(I'm in Philly, so it'll be the University of Pennsylvania)and just HAVE AT 'EM!
Donny B | 10.27.06 - 12:16 pm | #

By the GOP's conspicuous silence on Limbauh's vile comments of MJF it does appear they want to politicize MJFs trauma. If this isn't true why have they elected too stay silent? As for Limbaugh all he continues too do is confirm his status as a "biological insult".
Pearce | 10.27.06 - 12:20 pm | #

"Rush". How apt.
Clavis | 10.27.06 - 12:53 pm | #

Government help should only go to the rich, the powerful, the corporations, not the ill and needy.

I'm sure if someone came out today teaching that we should clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and comfort the afflicted, he would be arrested under the Patriot Act and waterboarded.
ysbaddaden | 10.27.06 - 1:02 pm | #

Katie is a RW azzole. You could tell by that interview, she was with Limpbug on his views.
Her so-called `news' show is in the toilet.
JimB | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:11 pm | #

JimB | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:11 pm | #

Good point. What real journalist would even dignify that loon drugbaugh by interviewing him then putting his hate-filled quotes in text? Answer: none.
Dr. Matt | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:22 pm | #

Michael J. Fox shows you what humankind is capable of, while Rush Limbaugh shows how low humankind can go. They are on polar opposite sides of the spectrum.
keiran | 10.27.06 - 1:32 pm | #

Lush Limpballs - GO TO HELL! What a pathetic, worthless, drug-addled piece of shit.
Dr. Acula | 10.27.06 - 1:32 pm | #

The real Topic is Stem cell...%$#@ *& Limpbaughlls...
mudshark | 10.27.06 - 1:46 pm | #

When I saw the video of Limpo imitating Michael's tremors, I could easily have [deleted] the SOB. My Dad and his two sisters all had Parkinson's and they suffered beyond my ability to describe. For an adult to sit there and mock that suffering is beyond evil. That guy has no soul, no conscience and no freakin brain!

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Diogenes | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 1:47 pm | #

The extreme right wing really doesn't have any compassion or ethics at all. They only want to maintain a stranglehold on power and don't give a damn who gets hurt (or killed) in the process.
War4Sale | 10.27.06 - 1:51 pm | #

I think that the interview would have been much more appealing if Mrs. Couric's face would have been located in front of Mr. Fox's foot.
Hush Bimbo | 10.27.06 - 1:51 pm | #

I am Glad MJF is getting a chance to respond but I understand that the "Liberal" media's big question is "are we being fair to Rush?" Once again the Repubs are caught doing something wrong and somehow turn the debate into whether we are being to screechy in pointing out their evil.
Trevor | 10.27.06 - 2:06 pm | #

MJ Fox, you are hereby no longer considered the anti-Elvis!
DD | 10.27.06 - 2:36 pm | #

Rush is an a**hole, Michael is a leader...
Not meaning to change the subject, but how is the research using stem cells in Canada/Sweden going? Odviously, people will be going there for their treatments.
Samwise Galenorn | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 2:38 pm | #

These wingnuts don't care. They've had their affect-I hate the fact that today whenever I see someone is a Purple Heart recipient, the thought pops into my brain that questions if they really deserved it. These bastards are shameless & poisonous to our country, and yet here they are trotted out as something othaer than heartless cranks.
Bleu Demon | 10.27.06 - 3:07 pm | #

Embarrassing Limpbaugh wouldn't even pop a sweat.
ysbaddaden | 10.27.06 - 3:14 pm | #

Sometimes when I listen to Limbaugh, I wonder whether:

A: he's merely pretending to be fat, or
B: he is off his meds.
marbotty | 10.27.06 - 3:18 pm | #

Fox is a real mensch.
CD | 10.27.06 - 12:53 am | #

ROFLMAO!
You are the perfect troll!
Do they all model themselves after you?
xoites defends Constitution |

Xoites, unless there's some context I'm completely missing, I'd recommend you look up words you're unfamiliar with before calling posters trolls for complementing M.J. Fox.
Lunchbreak | 10.27.06 - 4:12 pm | #

Fox is my HERO!! What poise, what a grasp of the situation. "If the messenger gets a little roughed up to deliver the message, then I'm happy to be that guy" -- holy shit, if we could all be involved politically to THAT degree!! He rules!!

http://www.michaeljfox.org/

Give 'til it hurts...hurts Rush, that is!!
eddie d | 10.27.06 - 4:17 pm | #

Xoites,...um...are you meshuganuh?
eddie d | 10.27.06 - 4:18 pm | #

Lunchbreak | 10.27.06 - 4:12 pm | #

Perhaps he wants you to call Fox Ubermensch.

Mayhaps this is an example of the anti-Semitism that left leaning sites are supposed to be susceptible to according to the home schooled.
ysbaddaden | 10.27.06 - 4:54 pm | #

I can't stand Brush Lintball or Katie Couric
MO | 10.27.06 - 5:02 pm | #

Why God why? Why do you make the good suffer and the evil thrive.

I pray that Mr. Limbaugh faces the comeuppance he so rightly deserves either in this life or the next.
Frank Zappa | 10.27.06 - 5:41 pm | #

WR: Hey, Patricia Heaton doesn't OPPOSE Parkinsons reasearch; rather, she opposes the LEAST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR TREATING THE DISEASE. It's like putting money into making a better VHS player at this point in time rather than concentrating on making a better, more affordable DVD player. Sure, both play the same movies (albeit different formats) but one is better than the other. I'll leave it up to you to decide which one is better. Of course, you're probably still holding out for BETA to make a comeback.

Typical Liberal you are, WL. Distorting the facts to suit your agenda.
Wilderness Fox | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 10:57 am | #

The Facts: Thousands of fertilized human embryo's will be tossed, thrown away.
The bill was vetoed by the president who said:
"This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others," Bush said in announcing his veto. "It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect." (ironic how he uses the moral card, seeing he is pro-torture!)

Most Americans disagree with the president, according to public opinion polls. A number of lawmakers expressed confidence the legislation would some day become law and some suggested Bush's stance could hurt Republicans in congressional elections this fall and I think we're seeing it happen now.
Typical narrow minded conservative YOU are, wilderness fox. You are so wrapped up in what you believe based on scare tactics that you can't see past the facts.
Read up:
http://www.stemcellresearchfound...g/About/ FAQ.htm
WR | 10.27.06 - 5:52 pm | #

Biff Limbaugh?
soul-time | 10.27.06 - 6:16 pm | #

Michael, courageous hero.
sjay | 10.27.06 - 6:23 pm | #

am i the only one that gets chills watching mj fox? i mean chills that he's the classic david slaying the faux-goliath of limbaugh and his ilk's anti-humans?

we really should thank rush. he delivered millions of votes and cut his listenership by thousands.

let's see when bush and cheney go back on rush's show...
christian | 10.27.06 - 7:03 pm | #

Why doesn't the movie side include the part about Fox saying he loves Arlen Spector, how Spector is "his guy"???

Of course, the WMV side has it because the video is messed up. Things always work out that way.
MO | 10.27.06 - 7:24 pm | #

Rush had moved on. He's all dome with Michael J. Fox. He lost that battle in spades and he knows it. His new toy is talking about Jim Webb's Mapee-pee book.
There's very little in this world that Rush Limbaugh enjoys more than talking about adolescent penises and perverted sex acts. It takes him back to his Viagra sponsored "all guy" trips to the Dominican Republic.
He just doesn't know when to shut up, does he?
dinkface | 10.27.06 - 7:45 pm | #

I played the video but could only listen to it, because I was afraid to look at Fox. Just listening to the trembling in his voice as he spoke with Couric almost made me want to cry.
Tommykey | Homepage | 10.27.06 - 8:34 pm | #

if that doesn't make you proud to be a Democrat, nothing will.
Anonymous | 10.27.06 - 9:02 pm | #

Bless you MJF. Rush wishes he could be 0.01% of the human being that you are.
JohnnyBravo | 10.27.06 - 9:03 pm | #

After watching this clip, I have developed an enormous amount of respect for MJF. What a brave, caring, and intelligent individual. He showed 1000 times more dignity and humanity in this interview than that fat, disgusting drug-addled pig Rush Limplog, could ever show.
Go Mike!
We all need to join together in an effort to make as much fun of Rush L. as we can, publicly if possible. What a bastard.
seattlemartin | 10.28.06 - 1:09 am | #

Ever notice that Rush never gets play in the news these days unless he does something bad?

And did you notice what picture Couric used for Limbaugh. What bigger a middle finger than his mugshot!

Bravo!
DLJ | 10.28.06 - 5:39 am | #

I do not care for Rush Limbaugh, nor do I listen to any of the anti-liberal (I am a conservative)garbage he verbalizes. Even more so, I do not approve of the printing of crude, vulgar,and vile language used in the commentaries. Limbaugh is paid to express his own personal opinions, regardless of whom he hurts. This is America, the land where an insividual can say anything and claim protection under the Constituional Right of "freedom of speech". That's the way it is in a democracy. However, the lovering of one's self to Limbaugh's level does nothing more than make that person equal to Limbaugh. However, again, this is America.
Interesting enough though, little was said regarding embryonic stem cell research in all the comments mentioned concerning Michael J. Fox and Rush Limbaugh.
My wife has Parkinson'and has recently lost her job as an RN because of it. Our income has been cut in half and we have creditors growling and snarling at our door(actually on the phone). Regardless, she is not and advocate of ESCR and never will be. Stem cells must be retrieved from living tissue, and considering they are from embryos'that means that
living embryo's must be used, thus the need for abortions. I think the real issue here has nothing to do with Limbaugh's remarks other than it is a cover for the real story.
I am deeply sorry for Fox's, condition and somewhat understand what he is going through. But the answer is not in ESCR, it is in faith in God. Thank you.
Richard | 10.28.06 - 9:02 am | #

Hey, Dick, pardon me whilst I exercise my duly constituted 1st amendment rite on this dead thread to say, Fuq you.
An Enquiring Mind | 10.28.06 - 10:10 am | #

Couric may dress better then Limbaugh,but she is also Sleezy just like he is.
spinyada | 10.28.06 - 11:41 am | #

Does nobody remember the whole "Rush is going deaf" plea to listener sympanthies?

Check out http://redmonk.net/archives/2001...ugh-going-deaf/

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ new...RTICLE_ID=24842

You can find many more.

WTF? The guy feigns genetic deafness cuz he's high as a kite.

Groan.
Jim Ohio | 10.28.06 - 1:13 pm | #

Dear Richard, you are insane. How pathetic that you won't allow the reality of your situation to interfere with your need to live under the boot of your authoritarian leaders. They don't care about you or your wife. PS ever heard of Darwin?
keiran | 10.28.06 - 4:48 pm | #

rush sucks, BIGTIME!

Couric didn't do much better, trying to defend Rush and his position. She could have compared Rush to Mann Coldsore and hre attacking of the 9/11 widows. It would have been better than to try to question Fox as if she were trying to prove Rush's point.

But then again, she's a MSM shill (as if she ever weren't).
bascombe | Homepage | 10.29.06 - 12:22 pm | #

Thinker | 10.26.06 - 10:41 pm | #

You have pointed out all the similarities between Rush and the Nazis. He has certainly adopted their platform.
bascombe | Homepage | 10.29.06 - 12:24 pm | #

why would somebody do such a thing? it is the nastiest thing that you can do!
person | 10.01.07 - 5:32 pm | #

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