If everyone will take a trip in the way back machine to the fall of 2004, you will see the origins of the "Democratic Faith Healer". (If anyone watches Freak Show on Comedy Central, first stop watching because the show is terrible, but secondly email a suggestion to the writers that they include this character.) Now, John Kerry never had a public healing on stage, but that is just because he could not allow his powers to get out before we elected him. But you can be damn sure that had we indeed elected him, there would have been multiple miracles commissioned by JFK, starting with Christopher Reeve. I can see it now: while the nation looks on at the Inauguration, Kerry calls on Reeve (conveniently sitting in the front row) to, "rise up and walk, my child!" And every other person plagued with any malady under the sun would be healed, too. The DNC would start marketing prayer cloths (they double as a tablecloth, too!) and holy water (Ted Kennedy has been drinking this stuff for years!), and the American public would have no more sickness or problems of any sort. Had we elected John Kerry, we wouldn't even need hospitals anymore, just go down to 1600 Pennsylvania, have faith, and be healed.
Now, flash forward to this week. Ads, featuring actor Michael J. Fox (he is a damn good actor regardless) have appeared, first in Missouri, and now in Maryland, for US Senate candidates Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Ben Cardin (D-MD). The ads (which I will not link to, because evidently linking to the ads mean you hope Michael J. dies and burns, no questions asked) regard stem cell research and how terrible Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) and Michael Steele (R-MD) are, and how much they want you to keep suffering. The ads show Fox, who does suffer from Parkinson's disease, shaking violently (did anyone else find it odd that while shaking uncontrollably, his voice inflection was steady and firm?) and touting the miraculous benefits of stem cell research. Apparently, too, if you have been the victim of something (here, Parkinson's Disease) you are infallible, and no one may question your statements or actions. Right.
Rush Limbaugh tackled the issue straight on, and he made comments on air about Fox's 2002 book, Lucky Man, where Fox details going off of his medicine before appearing before Congress, because he thought it was necessary to make the desired effect on people. And it is a heinous crime to question whether he did the same thing this year? Come on! It is despicable to promise health and cures to everyone each October, just to get their vote. But obviously, we Republicans are all evil, and enjoy people suffering from disease (I know that I love seeing two of my family suffer from cancer, don't you?).
Aside from the fact that the Missouri ballot issue is focused on cloning, not stem cells, has anyone considered the fact that, if stem cells were such a great resource and potential for profit, the private industry would be stepping to the plate to fund it? I guess not, when the answer to every problem is to make the government throw money at it. Jim Talent is responding in Missouri with this ad, featuring several celebrity figures, including Jim Caviezel, Kurt Warner, Jeff Suppan (go Cardinals!), Patricia Heaton, and Mike Sweeney. The best is the quote from Kurt Warner, "Why does it cost $28 million to convince Missourians that an amendment to the Constitution is good for them? Maybe because it is not." Priceless.
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Is this the same Rush Limbaugh who inhaled half of Florida's supply of Oxycontin, using a maid to break Florida's law against doctor shopping? Any other person would be in prison, being reamed nightly. I hate hypocrites and i would bet anything that limbaugh is still using illegal narcotics. Blue State Rampage!
Wait, wait, wait. Is there no such thing as redemption? If I remember correctly, he did go through intensive rehab, even going off of the air for some time. Anyhow, Limbaugh was not the only one to speak out about this; I also see no reason why that would even change the facts here. And aside from that, my post dealt more broadly with the concept of the "Democratic Faith Healer" and the misleading actions of Dems come election season each fall. Simply electing someone and subsequently pouring money into research will not cure anything; to say this on the campaign trail is a flat-out lie, and cruel to boot.
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