And now for something completely different...
Right-wing uber-blowhard Rush Limbaugh has now come to the conclusion that Michael J. Fox is faking his Parkinson’s symptoms for dramatic effect. And this just in…
News Flash….
Through his amazing powers of observation and deduction, Rush has discovered more of those bleeding-heart-liberal-pinko-commie-tree-huggin-latte-sippin-vegetarian fakers…
Max Cleland… Faking it. C’mon Max, pretending to lose both legs was bad enough, but adding the arm too? WAY over the top.
Stephen Hawking… Faking it. And by the way Stephen, we know you’re faking being smart too – everybody knows that the computer gizmo that talks for you is the smart one.
Christopher Reeve… Faking it. Faked his death too. He’s now living off of his life insurance money in the Bahamas with Marilyn Monroe. Yep, she faked it too.
John F. Kennedy… Faked it. Oliver Stone provided him with an F/X exploding head in the hopes that he could make a conspiracy theory movie someday.
Sherrod Brown... He's faking being white. EVERYBODY knows that with a name like Sherrod, he HAS to be a black man.
In all seriousness folks, what else would we expect from the likes of an absolute idiot like Rush Limbaugh? Hey Rushie… I think you’re due for another dose of Oxycontin.
I had a mother-in-law who had Parkinson’s disease. Quite frankly, this latest ridiculous comment by Limbaugh is an insult to anyone with Parkinson’s, and to anyone with a loved one with this dreadful disease. You can’t “fake” those movements, it’s simply not possible. In fact, I salute Mr. Fox’s courage for being willing to stand in front of the cameras to champion the cause of stem cell research even while he’s fighting the tell-tale tremors of the medication used for this tragic ailment.
And yet, even after this clown makes such a despicable comment, we will have a large chunk of the country that will continue to listen to this hateful, ignorant, intolerant idiot. Parkinson’s, tragically, is often a terminal disease. Chronic stupidity, alas, never is.
posted by Marlipern @ 9:33 AM
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OMG my dear brother - I laughed so hard I nearly brought my soup through my nose!
Hysterical and as usual you hit the nail right on the head.
*hugs*
C
Good morning brother-of-Colette - I'm boyfriend-of-Colette.
I just wanted to drop you a line to say hi and give you brotherly congratulatories for making your sister nearly launch soup out her nose. I have sisters of my own, so I recognize the skill required to accomplish the feat.
hilarious. got to your blog via quite a longroute ... from someone in hungary to someone in india to someone in pakistan to colette to you.
Let's see - where to begin?
First - you link to USA Today; never a good beginning, especially when you could link to the actual transcript. I also highly doubt you either heard or read the comments Rush made prior to launching into the usual insult laced patter. Tell me, is it OK to make fun of someone's previous addiction problem only if you don't agree with their views? Where's the compassion?
And as for this whole episode - I am afraid you missed the entire point. Don't tell me what you "feel" tell me what you "think". The commercial is manipulative, pure and simple. You know it and I know it. It lowers the debate - who knew a political ad could do such a thing?
God - I can't wait until this election is over.
Squire,
Don't assume. I heard, read, and SAW Rush's tirade over Fox's commercial. His physical mimicking of Fox's tremors was disgusting.
This clown accused a man suffering from a terminal illness of "faking it". Why? Because HE doesn't agree with Fox's views. Where's your compassion for Fox?
Do you know anyone with Parkinson's? I did. It is an ailment I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, even that pathetic buffoon Rush Limbaugh.
And incidentally, I WILL continue to insult, mock, and make fun of Rush. I have very little compassion for hypocrites.
Manipulative? Try effective. If that commercial made even one person take pause and give some serious thought to the possible benefits of stem cell research, then it was worth Fox showing the world the sad reality of this disease.
Don't you dare accuse me of lacking compassion in the same breath that you try to defend the lack of compassion of a hateful, intolerant, ignorant excuse for a human being like Rush Limbaugh.
Really Squire, I would expect better from you.
Marlipern,
"Don't you dare accuse me of lacking compassion in the same breath that you try to defend the lack of compassion of a hateful, intolerant, ignorant excuse for a human being like Rush Limbaugh."
When you re-read that line I think you will find you have proved my point.
Anyway, this debate doesn't fit my "ten year" criteria and I'm not quite sure why I got involved to begin with except that I thought the original post disingenuous.
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
Squire,
And I think in the future, perhaps years from now, when you think back on the type of person Rush Limbaugh really is, you might consider my assessment pretty accurate. Or at least "fair and balanced".
Perhaps you think I should be "above" calling Rush what he is. Perhaps you think my passion has gotten the best of me.
Perhaps one of the real problems that we face in this country is we have lost our passion, and our compassion, for the things that really count.
It seems that when it comes to social issues in this country, all I hear from the right is a litany of reasons why we can't, or why we shouldn't help those less fortunate than ourselves.
I hear religious-inspired arguments about why we shouldn't offer hope to people who are dying, or have a loved one who is dying; falsely claiming that utilizing embryonic stem cells that would otherwise be discarded is somehow destroying life.
No it's not. But the argument and the ideology and the misguided policy championed by the right is doing a great job of destroying hope.
And hope is a good thing. Passion is a good thing. And compassion, perhaps, is the best of things.
And I will continue to have passion for this issue, and compassion for people like Michael J. Fox, and Muhammad Ali, and Janet Reno. Just as I did for Ronald Reagan when he was suffering from a terrible disease that could benefit from the same research.
And I will continue to call out Rush for what he is. You may think that lacks compassion. I think that believing what I believe, knowing what I know, not doing so lacks courage.
Oh, and by the way... the original post was not meant to be disingenuous. It was meant to be humorous. Some folks actually got that.
Marlipern,
Perhaps you enjoy setting up and knocking down straw men as much as Rush does.
Perhaps passion is a good thing, but unbridled passion is another matter.
Perhaps you have a way of gathering all of the moral high ground to yourself because no one “cares” as much as you do.
Perhaps this is what I meant by “disingenuous”.
Marlipern,
The original post was hilarious. It illustrates the absolute ridiculousness of Rush's comment. It is obvious, or should be obvious, that Fox suffers a great deal on a daily basis and no one can appreciate that like he can. So it is COMPLETELY out of line for anyone who does not have a disability to make fun of someone who does.
Period.
Squire,
One final comment before I close this one out & move on to other things...
You're right. Rush is certainly the king of the straw man argument. But on this one, he did it to himself; I didn't "set him up". By its very definition, using a straw man argument is coming up with an easily refutable position, and attributing it to your opponent.
In this case, Rush himself made the comment that Fox was "either off his medication or acting." This was ludicrous, of course, and was easy enough to refute, as is much of what comes out of Limbaugh's mouth.
I find it humorous that you tossed out the "straw man" comment. Right out of the conservative playbook... when caught on an issue that makes the conservative position look bad, dismiss the issue by calling it a "red herring" or a "straw man" argument. Anything to divert attention from the real problem - being on the wrong side of the issue.
And I don't claim I care more than anyone else. But it's obvious that I care more about this issue than the likes of Rush Limbaugh.
Oh, and I'll be glad to concede the moral high ground to the Republicans... as soon as they demonstrate that they have some sense of morality. What with WMDgate, Plamegate, Katrinagate, Enrongate, Abramoffgate, Quailhuntinggate, DeLaygate, Taftgate, Neygate, Noegate, Foleygate (I could go on and on), I won't hold my breath.
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