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by Actor and Parkinson's sufferer Michael J. Fox has injected himself into the political debate. In a series of ads for Democratic congressional candidates, Fox endorses the Democrat and advocates the embryonic stem-cell research he believes will lead to a cure for his and other diseases.
Fox shakes badly in the commercials, showing the symptoms of advanced Parkinson's.
Rush Limbaugh and others have assailed Fox and Democrats for the ads, asserting the shock value of seeing the beloved actor who played Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly without control of his bodily movements will elicit sympathy from voters otherwise ignorant of stem cell research or the candidates. Critics of the ad like Limbaugh say it makes the debate "undebatable" because no one wants to argue with someone who is obviously suffering from a debilitating disease.
Will Michael J. Fox's advertisements have an impact on the election, positive or negative? Are his critics over the line?
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Intentional Overmedication
symptom's of advanced Parkinson's
Actually, it is a symptom of his over medicating (acknowledged by Michael in an interview).
Michael is being criticized for the ads because the ads are not truthful.
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The facts beyond the filters
It pays off, of course, to look at the facts, not at the description of the facts as filtered by either side of the political spectrum.
Here's a very good article on the subject.
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this emotional appeal just may piss people off. by Anonymous :: NR0 :: Show
I bet this commerical does more harm than good for the Democratic candidates. Michael J. Fox has pulled this stunt before when he went before Congress. He purposely doesn't take his meds so he can try and pull at people's heartstrings. It's too emotive and it's deceiving. If he's so convinced that steam cell research is the answer he needs, why not debate the science on its merits? Now that Rush Limbaugh has made a point of it and the news has run with the story, I think more and more people are going to be annoyed, if not downright pissed, that Michael j. Fox thinks he can manipulate the public but shaking around in front of a camera. I'm sorry that he has to live with this terrible disease, but it definitely doesn't give him the right to preempt any debate and go straight to the "look at me and how miserable I am. If you don't vote Democrat you're an inhuman monster." I'm not letting that one fly and I'm glad Rush Limbaugh didn't let it fly either.