Rock bottom
Everytime it seems the Republicans have hit rock bottom they find another rock to crawl under.
I didn't think they could go any lower than attacking Sen. Max Cleland, a triple amputee (Vietnam War) from Georgia, for supposedly being unpatriotic, but then Ann Coulter came along with her nauseating accusation that the 9/11 widows known as the "Jersey Girls," who have been critics of the Bush Administration, were "enjoying" the deaths of their husbands. When the New York Post tried to peddle the story that one of the widows was having an affair with Bruce Springsteen, I thought it had to be the end. But it wasn't.
Now rightwing hate gusher Rush Limbaugh is telling his listeners that actor Michael J. Fox is either faking symptoms of Parkinson's Disease or deliberately went off his medications in ads he has recorded in favor of embryonic stem cell research for use by Democrats in campaigns in Maryland and Missouri. You can see the ad in question here. Fox has tremors as he speaks, which a spokesman said were caused by his medication, not the lack thereof.
Fox, who is able to keep his acting career alive only with the greatest of effort, supports embryonic stem cell research because it offers real hope for Parkinson's sufferers. President Bush stopped most of that research in the U.S. in his first year in office as a favor to the Catholic Church and the religious right. Democrats will restart it after they regain power, but we will have lost eight years. Fox's willingness to go public with the extent of his disability has led to one of the most powerful political spots in years.
Just for the record, the Democrats have no one so despicable as Coulter or Limbaugh working their side of the street.