PILLS-bury Doughboy Limbaugh whines over "irresponsible use of my ditto cam"

[Human Torch]

Limbaugh "apologized" for being "wrong" that Michael J. Fox "didn't take his medication," then suggested Fox over-medicated himself "so you would really, really hate Republicans"

During the October 26 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh "apologize" for being "wrong" in "speculating" that actor Michael J. Fox either "didn't take his medication or he was acting" in a recent campaign advertisement for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill, but then immediately returned to attacking Fox by baselessly accusing him of intentionally taking too much medication to induce the tremors visible in the ad. Highlighting an October 25 interview Fox gave on NBC's Access Hollywood, during which, Limbaugh stated, Fox "himself said he took too much medication" before shooting the McCaskill ad, Limbaugh declared: "He didn't do that when he goes on Boston Legal, but it happened for the taping of this ad; and I think the reason for that is so you would really, really hate Republicans." In fact, while Fox acknowledged on Access Hollywood that his tremors were a result of having taken "too much medication," he did not say he had intentionally done so. Indeed, after Limbaugh's remark, Fox appeared on the October 26 edition of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and confirmed that the tremors he had experienced during the taping of the ad occurred because it is difficult to "calculate" the correct dosage of medication and, "sometimes, it kicks in too hard."

Additionally, Limbaugh claimed that the media have engaged in "an irresponsible misuse of video from my ditto cam" in that "many cable outlets have taken that snippet of video," in which Limbaugh is mimicking Fox's tremors in the McCaskill ad, "and they're speeding it up, I am told," "to make (Limbaugh's impression) look even more exaggerated to fulfill their claim that" Limbaugh was "making fun of Fox." Limbaugh declared that he was merely "trying to describe for viewers on my ditto cam what I had seen" in the ad.

As Media Matters for America has previously noted, on the October 23 edition of his radio show, Limbaugh, noting that Fox is "moving all around and shaking" in the ad, declared: "And it's purely an act. This is the only time I have ever seen Michael J. Fox portray any of the symptoms of the disease he has." While making this characterization, Limbaugh imitated Fox's involuntary movements in the ad. Limbaugh added that "this is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting, one of the two." Later in the broadcast, Limbaugh stated, "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."

On October 26, Limbaugh "apologized" after airing a clip of Fox's interview on Access Hollywood, in which Fox stated: "The symptoms that I had in the interview or the ad that I did, that's called dyskinesia. That's actually from taking too much medication." But later in the broadcast, Limbaugh asserted that "there's no question about it," Fox's ad "is a planned, late-stages of the campaign tactic. ... These ads are scripted by Democrat (sic) campaigns. ... And (McCaskill's campaign) worked with Michael J. Fox on deciding how they wanted him to appear. ...They wanted it to appear this way. ... You know, I want to stress this. They wanted it to appear this way."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200610270019

[InternalDialogue]

1. What's irresponsible

is his pointing it at himself. At least he's been gracious enough to use a wide-angle lens, so that people may puke at the sight of all of him at once.

[The Straight Story]

2. What I wanna know - was rush off his meds on the cam? (nt)

[calimary]

3. Michael J. Fox doesn't HAVE TO manipulate his meds in order for me

to really, really hate republi-CONS. I can do that all by myself, with no help whatsoever. There is NOTHING to love about republi-CONS. NOTHING.

[goclark]

6. Yes indeed, the Republi-CONS have gone over the edge

and they will not stop ~ we are in for some very scary times.

[blondeatlast]

4. Keep talkin', you vocal sphincter, PLEASE.

Keep inserting that foot even further down your throat.

You handed Missouri a wonderful gift, and StemPAC is getting tremendous traffic to its site in the last week.

Please, Rush, tell us more about how you aren't a whiner. How you are a man of the people who enjoys superb wine and CUBAN cigars along with a li'l dose of OC.

Here's a pill, a Cohiba, and a superb vintage. Do tell us more, you talking sphincter.

[TankLV]

5. His voice matches the video movements EXACTLY - there is no "speedup"

Will repukes EVER LEARN that with the "internets", EVERYTHING FUCKING VILE THING THEY DO IS NOW INSTANTLY RECORDED FOR POSTERITY FOREVERMORE?

Sorry puke boy, but it's there for ALL to see.

If you didn't want us to use it, shouldn't have said/done it asswipe!!!!

[Eric J in MN]

7. Right. Rush Limaugh just has a policy of declaring fake..

...anything he doesn't like or which makes him look bad.

[Jade Fox]

8. Hopefully, this will be like the Terry Schaivo thing, and backfire..

on Limbaugh and the Republicans. I'm so glad that video of Limbaugh was widely broadcast. Nothing has quite the impact of visuals (that's why our government goes to such lengths to hide them). Anyone with a debilitating disease in their family is bound to be disgusted by the sight of an aging school-yard bully making fun of one of the afflicted.

Rush Limbaugh is truly a vile human being.

[shaniqua6392]

9. I don't need MJ Fox to help me hate Republicans.

I already do for a plethora of reasons.

[Faygo Kid]

10. Poor Jeff Christie - America's Biggest Victim

EVERYBODY picks on poor Rush. Just ask him. I actually read his monologue on his web site today, and he is a textbook character for psychiatrists. Poor, picked-on Rush - the classic bully who is also an abject coward. I'm his age, and am fascinated with knowing who beat him up on the playground in seventh grade. Sure would love to see some of those who grew up with the cyst come forward - and I bet he is paying a fortune to keep his three ex-wives quiet.

[truthisfreedom]

11. rush knows ALL about over-medicating. that's his primary activity besides

his amazing "continuously fart through my mouth" routine on the air.