Haw! I love it. Claire McCaskill, Democratic Senator-elect from Missouri, thanked Rush Limbaugh for helping her win. Evidently, Limbaugh's vicious smearing of Parkinson's victim Michael J. Fox was enough to tip the balance in the Missouri race--to the Democrats.
Limbaugh went too far when he blasted actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, on the eve of the midterm elections.
One view is that all's fair in politics, and Fox had put himself in the public arena by becoming a spokesman for the pro-stem cell research faction. But everyone deserves to be treated with respect and compassion. Whether Limbaugh was guilty of bad manners or bad politics, it didn't matter. And even when he explained his remarks afterward, his comments had a hollow ring.
In hindsight, it would have been wise for Limbaugh to leave Fox alone, especially after Fox shook violently during television commercials. But Limbaugh couldn't do that.
Instead, trying to make Fox look as bad as possible, Limbaugh said he suspected that Fox hadn't taken his medication. He reckoned that Fox had exploited his illness as a slick way to boost the public's appeal for federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The stem-cell issue had become a pivotal part of McCaskill's campaign in Missouri (and the initiative ultimately passed).
Here is the irony. If Republican Jim Talent had defeated McCaskill, the Republicans would have held on to control of the U.S. Senate. Not only did Limbaugh hurt Talent, he ended up screwing the whole Republican Party.
He sure did, and I thank him for it. I hope it won't be the last time this vile example of walking excrement screws the Republican Party. He's hurt this country in so many ways in his long and dishonorable history that it's the least he can do.
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