Rush Limbaugh is a Jerk

[pegkerr]

Here is Michael J. Fox's ad on stem cell research, which is very powerful.

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Rush Limbaugh mocked him, saying that he was faking it. He was speedily informed by Parkinsons experts that he was dead wrong, and was forced to apologize. Then he attacked Michael J. Fox with a different critique: "Michael J. Fox is allowing his illness to be exploited and in the process is shilling for a Democratic politician." Good lord, but that man is a waste of oxygen. (Limbaugh, not Fox. Obviously.)

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[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

I've tried (and failed) so many times to put myself in the mindset of somebody such as Rush and to understand how and why he says these outrageous things. Imagine yourself as a celebrity, not just a nameless yawper on Teh Intarweb. People listen to you and follow what you say (sometimes fanatically). You look at MJF, at how Parkinsons manifests itself in his body, and you say...these things that Rush says. How does somebody get to the point where saying this seems like a good idea? Do you really believe what you say? Or is being outrageous and controversial *for its own sake* the motivation here, and you've cleverly calculated that saying this thing will spark outrage and controversy, and so you say it?

If you want to really hurt yourself, try this with Ann Coulter.