Posted on 10/23/2006 10:40:37 AM PDT by attiladhun2
Dear Ken:
Michael J. Fox appeared this weekend in a political ad directed against Jim Talent. Although I did not see the ad myself, I did hear it on my local radio station. It has been described by those who have seen it as very effective. The ailing Michael J. Fox is made to look even more pitiful by the smoke and mirrors of the make-up artist and cameraman and perhaps even by the skills of the the actor himself. Although we sympathize greatly with this man's illness, we cannot abide his mischaracterization of President Bush's veto of a bill authorizing embryonic stem cell research, and Sen. Talent's support for that veto as a veto against all stem-cell reasearch.
It is a favorite tactic of the opposition to mischaracterize this issue. For one thing, the veto only dealt with Federal funds for that research. It did not outlaw private or state funding for embryonic stem-cell research. Secondly, Federal funding for non-embryonic stem-cell research has continued. Furthermore, Fox does not bother to tell his listeners that not a single viable treatment for any disease has been advanced by embryonic stem-cell research.
The Michael J. Fox ad must be answered immediately with facts. We cannot continue to let the Democrats mischaracterize the two types of stem-cell research in order to gain some votes.
Sincerely,
attiladhun2
Don't expect Ken Mehlman to do anything, he wants the GOP to lose this election and the one in 2008.
Good e-mail.
I haven't seen the ad, but I know that at least once, maybe more often, Mr. Fox has appeared before Congress without taking his medication. Perhaps he did the same for this commercial. That is, it may not be makeup or acting, but rather, the real effects of the disease.
You can see the Ad here:
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/23/video-claire-mccaskills-michael-j-fox-ad/
>>>I haven't seen the ad,
Look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WB_PXjTBo
>>>Don't expect Ken Mehlman to do anything, he wants the GOP to lose this election and the one in 2008.>>>
I agree 100%
I know he has done that before, and I think you are right. I've also seen the effects of the disease, and they are pretty ugly.
Thanks Keith. It does look like he was off his medication.
explain that one to me.
If John Kerry were President, he would stop shaking and get up out of that wheelchair and walk.
/John Edwards
That is not an act.
But for now Talent will have to answer the MJF Add before he falls behind in polls.
Oh please.
Manipulative tactics tend to backfire.
Just sayin'
marking
You're crazy. I think you've read Machiavelli one too many times. Mehlman is pouring 110% of his heart and soul into this campaign. Any suggestion to the contrary is without basis and, indeed, delusional. You do this site a disservice in propounding such rubbish.
Why does Ken Mehlman want the GOP to lose in 2006 and 2008?
What are his motivations?
If his loyalties aren't to the GOP, his employer, where do they lie?
Try some aged Limberger.
he wants the GOP to lose this election and the one in 2008
a little slow here, why or what makes you say this?
Mehlman has been pushing liberal GOP candidates, and has not made a single effort to dispel lies and rumors about conservative GOP candidates. He is a poor excuse of a Party Chairman, with some conflicts of interest to be sure.
Mehlman is in bed with John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
Cheapest of cheap shots, IMHO.
If you haven't sent the email, omit that sentence. Write around it. Rest looks good.
Bad analysis, showing your obvious superficial understanding of politics. Who would you have Mehlman push in ME, RI, VT, and NJ Senate races? A Trent Lott or Pat Roberts type? That would guarantee 30-40% losses in such races on election day. Wake up and smell reality.
Mehlman has been a spineless Chairman. He has not fought back on issues that would have helped the GOP this year. If the GOP keeps control of the House and Senate, it will be IN SPITE of Ken Mehlman.
You have no idea of my political background. You should at least know what you are talking about if you want to make such charges. This has nothing to do with ME, RI, VT or NJ. It is about what he has allowed within the RED STATES that has weakened the GOP.
I love Ken Mehlman. I think he is one of the most articulate and feisty chairmans I've seen in a long time.
I think it is interesting and quite telling that these moviestars come out with these pleas for a cure once THEY are afflicted. Never heard a peep out of him before. Comes off as incredibly selfish to me.
You may not agree with his methods, but that Mehlman wants the GOP to lose is a foolish and unfactual statement.
Hi DUmmie.
I not only disagree with his methods, I disagree with his basic philosophy of liberal GOP politics.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!
With your reply #2, you are obviously a DUmmie.
This Putz is not even a U.S. citizen. Tell him to go back to Canada if he wants a govt handout. He can afford his own treatment.
I Hope You're Right?
Sorry to disappoint you, but I am a Reagan Conservative. I have watched as the liberal elements from the Northeast undermine the GOP in the past several years.
Here's an even better question. How did Michael J. Fox get Parkinson's Disease at such a young age. He was not a boxer or someone who sustained brain trauma as far as I can tell.
It is known that Ecstasy/MDA can cause Parkinson's Disease. If Fox can but his illness at issue in a campaign that questions about it's etiology are also in order.
1. President Bush has NEVER OUTLAWED embryonic stem cell research.
2. President Bush was the FIRST PRESIDENT IN 20 YEARS TO FUND embryonic stem cell research.
3. President Bush now does not want TAXPAYER MONEY GOING TO RESEARCH THAT HAS A MISRIBLE TRACT RECORD AND TEMINATES A VIABLE LIFE.
4. President Bush FUNDS EMBIBLICAL AND ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH which has had far better results.. Just as Don Ho.
>>>You're crazy. I think you've read Machiavelli one too many times. Mehlman is pouring 110% of his heart and soul into this campaign. Any suggestion to the contrary is without basis and, indeed, delusional. You do this site a disservice in propounding such rubbish.>>>
Oh what-EVER!
Since Mehlman has taken charge, the Republicans have looked like nothing but fools. Heart being poured into doesn't mean crap if you are INEPT at the job.
I never liked MJ Fox, what a wimp.
Why would he want them to lose? His job security is tied to the success of the elections by and large.
But, again, your statement that Mehlman wants the GOP to lose is false.
Or, why doesn't anyone ask him how he already benefits greatly from American medicine versus what he would be getting from the Canadian system?
I wish him well, and admire his tenacity - but...
If Mehlman had a counterattack for the damage being thrown at the GOP by the Democrats, I would think he might be trying to win. He is sitting there in his ivory tower and not doing anything to fight back. He has been totally spineless.
Shows how clueless you are. If the GOP gains a few will you be willing to give Mehlman a kind word Nov. 8? Doubt it.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease_backgrounder.htm
An excerpt:
"Although there are many theories about the cause of Parkinson's disease, none has ever been proved. Researchers have reported families with apparently inherited Parkinson's for more than a century. However, until recently, the prevailing theory held that one or more environmental factors caused the disease. Severe Parkinson's-like symptoms have been described in people who took an illegal drug contaminated with the chemical MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) and in people who contracted a particularly severe form of influenza during an epidemic in the early 1900s. Recent studies of twins and families with Parkinson's have suggested that some people have an inherited susceptibility to the disease that may be influenced by environmental factors. The strong familial inheritance of the chromosome 4 gene is the first evidence that a gene alteration alone may lead to Parkinson's disease in some people."
Why has Mehlman sat back while giving a pass to Harry Reid's scandal and others? If the GOP actually gains seats, it will be because local people got out and supported their local candidate. I have seen nothing effective produced from the GOP Headquarters.
Last I looked they were both Republicans. When did they become Democrats?
Yawn, do you actually think that Ken mehlman has control over the liberal media?
He doesn't, harry reid does, thius ther protection racket for harry reid, you dumba$$.
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