What did Rush do that you don't like? I heard the show where this whole controversy started and I just don't buy the leftist drones lies that Rush is attacking Fox or claiming that he's faking his Parkinsons.
Rush had a lengthy tirade about a totally dishonest ad from the McCaskill campaign in Missouri. He pointed out that the person in the ad lied about the nature of the stem cell debate as well as Talent's position on stem cell research. He pointed out that they conflated embryonic stem cell research, which has shown zero promise for any success, with adult and cord blood stem cell research, which has already produced some very promising treatments. Rush then pointed out that the ad clearly implied that voting for Claire McCaskill would lead to a cure for Parkinson's and voting for talent would end those hopes. He compared it to John Edwards' claim that voting for John Kerry would lead to Christopher Reeves getting up out of his wheelchair and walking.
Rush also pointed out that the Democrats used their favorite technique for these sorts of outrageous hate filled attack ads by employing some pitiful victim as their spokesman. That way no questions of the ad are allowed as that would be "attacking the victim." He cited several examples, such as the "Jersey 9/11 Widows" and Cindy Sheehan.
In this case that pitiful victim was Michael J. Fox, who went public with his disease several years ago and has been pursuing federal funding for research for a cure as well as working on charity events to raise money for that same end. He even testified before congress to try to secure federal funding, specifically for embryonic stem cell research. In order to emphasize his point in that testimony Fox chose to go off of his meds so that his pitiful condition would be visible to the members of Congress and, more importantly, visible to the press covering the hearings. He admitted this in his autobiography.
Rush mentioned this fact as part of his observation that he had never seen Fox quite so bad. He specifically said that he has seen him in interviews where there was much less shaking and weaving, as well as in recent appearances on shows like Boston Legal. He speculated that Fox was either off of his meds or acting. He immediately qualified that by acknowledging the ravages of Parkinsons and that he knows it is a progressive disease. He specifically acknowledged that Fox's condition might have progressed or that this medication might be becoming ineffective. He also expressed sympathy for Fox's condition, but argued that that shouldn't make criticism of Fox's position on this issue off limits from challenge. The speculation about being off of his meds or acting was a minor side issue and put forward as a question with caveats, not the thrust of his argument.
The ensuing controversy and outright lies about what Rush did and did not say about Fox and what he was and was not doing has proved Rush's point. The DBM isn't talking about the lies Fox told. They're talking about a poor victim, of a disease in this case, being attacked by those monster's on the Right Wing who want to kill them or see them suffer. And the nearly universal knee jerk condemnation of Rush, as if what they DBM are saying is what he really said or meant, is truly pathetic. And it proves Rush's point.
So, again, what did Rush do that you don't like? Be specific and please back it up with details other than "he was mean" or "he attacked," because clearly that's the lie put forward by the DBM. We must get beyond that and deal with the issues of their hate filled attack ad where they lied about all Republicans and conservatives and accused us of wanting to hurt all victims of anything everywhere. We must not allow them to exploit victims of tragedies to advance their lies.