The progressive shift often emerges in opposition to religion. It’s driven by improved education and (media expression).”

Fundamentally in the subject of politics: religions are deceptive guides when concerning issues of morality.

- By the way, Fox wasn’t being deceptive. By being unmedicated, was he not showing the REALITY of his circumstance? The truth of his issue? How can we not have sympathy for that? Conservatives prove, time after time, that they have no sympathy.

I have great sympathy for Mr. Fox and other victims of Parkinson’s and similarly horrible diseases. I understand how desperately he hopes for a cure for what afflicts him and so many others. I have seen members of my own family suffer, and I too want to hasten the day when the great engine of science conquers the diseases that cause so much suffering. But the fact that Mr. Fox is a victim is not a license for him to mislead or manipulate the public. The truth — the whole truth — must be told. Those politicians who, for political gain, have run these ads in which the truth is distorted and people are misled deserve the most severe of reprimands. Win or lose, they have brought upon themselves disgrace.”

Here, here.

Nobody wants to criminalize this research, as Fox says.  That has nothing to do with the evil christian rightwing, that has to do with FACTS.  You know.  Those things that you people conveniently leave out of the debate.

But, you would rather have Rush Windbag, et al., do your “thinking” for you.

It is so much easier to believe what the Dictator tells you to believe than it is to gather information and think for yourself.

You right-wing bandwagoneers will lead to the destruction of this country, which was once a shining beacon of Freedom and Liberty. You have already extinguished the lamp, and we slump before nations as an object of scorn and ridicule.

World War III will be waged by the civilized nations of the world against the American Christo-Fascist Dictatorship you idiots crave so much.

May God have mercy on our souls.

I am proud to be a “Moonbat”, and ashamed of what my Country has become.

To say that he “admitted” going off his meds suggests that he did something sneaky. But given that he told the subcommittee during his testimony that he was unmedicated, I wouldn’t call that an admission at all. There was no intent to deceive.

From the transcript:

“For many people with Parkinson’s, managing their disease is a full-time job; it is a constant balancing act. Too little medicine causes tremors and stiffness, too much medicine produces uncontrollable movement and slurring, and far too often Parkinson’s patients wait and wait (as I am right now) for their medicines to kick in.”

In addition, the flailing and tics seen in the commercial are not from Parkinson’s itself, but are very common side effects from the medication. This dyskinesia or chorea is NOT found in untreated Parkinson’s patients. The original symptoms of the disease are tremors and stiffness. Skipping medication would have made Fox appear more “frozen”.

I don’t see any history of deception, nor do his symptoms fit in with skipping his medication. Rush was free to say what he wanted, and I’m free to say that he’s full of it.