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In the one time that he was said to be "off his medication" or "overacting" by Rush Limbaugh for a ad supporting stem cell research. Micheal actually was over-medicated and dyskinesic in said ad, nothing that has to do with this interview. Even in that "controversial" ad he denies trying to play up his disease in any way shape or form.

He also made a note that without his medication he wouldn't be able to speak. I don't see anyway that this incident should allow us to "parody" on his disease.

Rush's whole point was not to make fun of MJF, and he said so many times over the course of the week. His whole point was, and still is, that it's contemptible of people (be they movie stars or no) to promise cures for diseases of only they vote for (or against) a specific political party.

The commercial that MJF appeared in made the tone unmistakable with the implication: "If you vote for the Democrat in X election, then we'll find a cure for Parkinson's. If you vote Republican, then no cure for you."

The left keeps accusing the right of 'fear-mongering' in the War on Terror. Does fear-mongering get any worse than saying "don't vote for this party, they want to keep everyone sick"?

And as always, Rush was right. It was, and is, contemptible for MJF to imply that only one political party wants to help cure diseases. And once again, all the left has is emotional rhetoric. Even the headline of this video "rush limbaugh's lies" is meant to grab those emotions by the nether regions and twist them. Here's the 'cliff notes' version of the whole situation.

1) MJF appeared in this commercial - which endorses Democrats.

2) MJF says (albiet indirectly) in his commercial that Democrats want to cure the disease, while their Republical opponents want to keep people sick.

3) Rush doesn't believe MJF, and responds to him, at first saying, "he's either acting, or off his meds". http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential3/mjf0.guest.html

4) The media cries foul, saying that as a sufferer of the disease, MJF is off limites. (And in so doing, they prove Rush's point that the left takes morally indefensible positions and then props up victims to promote them - victims who they say cannot be refuted or argued with because it's 'mean' to do so.)

5) Over the week, Rush continually clarified that he was NOT making fun of MJF.

6) Rush cites evidence from MJF's own book that he DID once deliberately go off his meds while appearing before congress so he could appear shaky and suffering and thus gain thier attention (and money). To which Rush said, he could understand why.

7) MJF admits during an interview that he was not OFF his meds - he says he took TOO MUCH meds before doing the commercial - which doctors have said - makes the symptoms of Parkinson's appear worse.

Rush cites numerous instances of appearances of MJF, on TV, interview, appearances, in which he is neither shaky nor twitchy.

9) Rush cites many instances of left-leaning politicos, celebrities and media types who routinely say cruel, mean and utterly vulgar things about right-leaning persons - and they never apologize.

The long and short of it is that MJF could have appeared cogent and normal in that commercial - if he wanted to. But he wanted to prove a point to viewers by illustrating the symptoms of his illness. So he over-medicated to accomplish this. He, and the commercial producers, could have done re-takes or re-shoots so that MJF would have appeared as normal as he usually does. But they wanted poeple to see his symptoms, and hear the message: "Democats will cure you - Republicans will keep you sick".

The fact is that Embryonic stem cell research is already legal and ongoing in the states in which these ads are running. And no one is stopping it. Fact is, it's just not yeilding as good results as ADULT stem cell research and the new virus research.

Once again - Rush was right. And once again, the media is desperate to hide it.

All the facts are here -
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential3/mjf0.guest.html

If you have the courage to face them.....