Poll at CBS- Was Fox exaggerating his Parkinson's disease symptoms for pol...

[Kadie]

Was Michael J. Fox exaggerating his Parkinson's disease symptoms for political effect?


Yes:
15.01%
No:
75.27%
Don't know:
9.72%

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/24/politics/main2121910.shtml



this is the article with it...

Fox Responds To Limbaugh Accusation
Actor Responds To Claim He Was Off His Meds In Political Ad: 'My Pills Are Working Really Well'


WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006

(CBS/AP) His body visibly wracked by tremors, actor Michael J. Fox appears in a political ad that was the subject of widespread discussion on Monday after conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh claimed Fox was "either off his medication or acting."

On Tuesday while in suburban Chicago campaigning for Democratic candidate for Congress Tammy Duckworth, Fox shot back.

"I'm kind of lucky right now. It's ironic, given some of the things that have been said in the last couple days, that my pills are working really well," Fox said.

snip...
On his Web site Tuesday, Limbaugh appeared to back away from his accusation.

"All I'm saying is I've never seen him the way he appears in this commercial for Claire McCaskill," says Limbaugh. "So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act, especially since people are telling me they have seen him this way on other interviews and in other television appearances."

more...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/24/politics/main2121910.shtml



sigh... I can't believe this is even an issue.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. The ignoramouses voting Yes should visit a nursing home

And spend some time chatting with Parkinson's patients. Of course they won't, as that would require some measure of empathy and compassion, not to mention a willingness to admit to being wrong.

[jus_the_facts]

15. Or watch your grandfather slowly suffer and die from it......

....it was horrific...that was back in the mid '80's when they just drugged you and left you to rot. :(

[Teaser]

16. do you mean "yes"?

nt

[TechBear_Seattle]

17. Oops. Fixed

:blush:

You would think I'd have learned not to post when angry. Sorry about that.

[liberaldemocrat7]

26. Rush Limbaugh would call Jewish concentrations fake if it meant

keeping his Fuhrer in power and if he lived during the late 1930's early 1940's

Obligatory Limbaugh joke.

Why did Rush Limbaugh have so many wives? They refused to Mount Rushmore.

[Atman]

Where is their "Is Rush a hateful, bigotted gas-bag?" poll?

I'd vote in that one. I don't want to go to CBS's site, though...what if I get Katie Cooties? I might go all perky on y'all!

.

[whistle]

2. Done

Was Michael J. Fox exaggerating his Parkinson's disease symptoms for political effect?


Yes:
14.90%
No:
75.45%
Don't know:
9.65%

NOTE: This is not a scientific poll. The results above are for information purposes only, and should not be confused with the results of the scientific polls conducted by CBS News.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. No, but...

Was Bush exaggerating about the danger Iraq was to America?

[bluerum]

4. Now this is new low for CBS. But I am sure they can do worse. nt

on edit: oops - had CNN instead of CBS.

[valerief]

5. DONE

Yes:
14.61%
No:
75.72%
Don't know:
9.67%

[azmouse]

6. done

[Hobarticus]

7. Where's option 4? "People who choose 'yes' are ignorant fucking assholes"

That's got my vote...

[peekaloo]

8. Sweet Jebus on a waterboard.

What next?

Do quadriplegics really need that wheelchair or are they just hogging good parking spots?

[Hubert Flottz]

10. Was Reagan faking, to get away with the Iran Contra thing.

He like Hastard had the CRS thing.

[peekaloo]

14. Why do you think he really fired those Air Traffic Control people?

to throw off all those chickens coming home to roost.

[Rosemary2205]

11. ROFLMAO

I'm in a wheelchair. someone at work was bitching about all the handicapped spaces. I asked her if she's seen how people drive in parking lots and is she willing to put her life in those people's hands trying to get from the back of the parking lot to the front door.

[peekaloo]

18. Honestly

some people are just a-holes for the sake of being an a-hole.

:hi:

[liberal N proud]

9. CBS should be ashamed for asking such a question

The also should be ashamed for posting Fox's picture next to limpballs

[Frustratedlady]

12. The comments at the end were enlightening.

Where are their minds? I thought the comment about Michael not having to go over the border to get his meds rather fitting.

Whether Michael took the meds or didn't take the meds before the shooting is irrelevant... At the end of the day, Michael still has Parkinson's disease. Give the poor guy a break.

I truly believe Rush has mental problems that need to be worked on.

[w13rd0]

19. Rush's mental problems...

...can only be suitably treated with a large bore drill and a bottle of draino.

[livetohike]

13. Oh for Pete's sake this is too much

Hard hitting news from CBS :eyes:

[Benhurst]

20. Oh, come on, CBS News. Let's have a real poll, something like:

Is Katie Couric perky or just pretending to be?

1. yes

2. no

3. Can't really tell

4. Don't give a damn one way or the other

[medeak]

21. Fox on CBS news tonight with Katie

Katie Couric interviews Michael J. Fox about the stem cell debate on Thursday's CBS Evening News.


as much as I hate her will have to tune in...

yes vote up to 17% now...who are these people?

[gatorboy]

22. What an insulting poll.

The man has had this disease for YEARS! :mad:

[me b zola]

23. WTF! Sounds like Couric wrote the question

Was Michael J. Fox exaggerating his Parkinson's disease symptoms for political effect?


Yes:
13.08%

No:
78.39%

Don't know:
8.53%

[Ganja Ninja]

24. Disgusting! Running a poll as if it was a debatable issue.

For crying out loud it's an accusation made by an admitted drug addict and known liar. Instead of running a poll they should be running editorials calling for Clear Channel to fire his fat ass.

[Benhurst]

25. Exactly.