Steel's sister beats Micheal J. Fox in Maryland air wars

[rodeodance]

http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/110706_airwar.html
November 7, 2006
The Air War
By Aaron Blake

Michael J. Fox is a Hollywood actor with a touching life story that is known to many Americans. But Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele’s sister, stricken with multiple sclerosis, speaks to people just as effectively, according to a survey of campaign ads in the Maryland Senate race by Wilson Research Strategies.

Fox, who has had Parkinson’s disease for 15 years and is an outspoken advocate for stem-cell research, caused a stir recently by speaking out for several Democratic candidates and appearing in ads for Democratic Senate hopefuls Rep. Ben Cardin in Maryland and Claire McCaskill in Missouri.

In the ads, Fox shakes uncontrollably on camera as a result of his condition. Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh accused him of faking it or going off his medication, later apologizing but still criticizing Fox for being a shill for Democrats.

Cardin’s opponent, Republican Michael Steele, responded with an ad featuring his sister, Dr. Monica Turner, who assures the viewer that her brother supports stem-cell research. She closes by saying that she would know, because she has MS.

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[AlCzervik]

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[AlCzervik]

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[AlCzervik]

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[Connie_Corleone]

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[LostinVA]

27. You'll be eating granite for a midnight snack

WTF is wrong with this place today?

[Richard Steele]

33. A very EARLY midnight snack- it's only 9:36 and:

[LostinVA]

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[Sapphocrat]

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[Gold Metal Flake]

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[Iris]

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[LostinVA]

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[Iris]

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And I'll be sure to cite my source!

[LostinVA]

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[Iris]

46. (and I'll be sure to proofread, too!)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

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[trumad]

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see ya

[Connie_Corleone]

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[trumad]

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[Bluebear]

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[LostinVA]

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[marmar]

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A) That you used "porch monkey," even in a metaphorical sense... and
B) That you've told a fellow DUer "fuck you"

[Bluebear]

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[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

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[LostinVA]

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Bug off, Freeper boy.

[Richard Steele]

28. Your SHOES do not exempt you from following the DU Forum rules.

As you may soon realize.

[LostinVA]

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It's just like saying n*gger, and he knows that.

[Connie_Corleone]

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[babylonsister]

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[babylonsister]

8. I asked you nicely; now I'll ask the mods. It's a nasty, bigoted

comment that has no place on DU.

[trumad]

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Change it....or we'll get it changed for you.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. Bye!

[LostinVA]

32. Fuck your shoes -- it's racist, regardless of your supposed race

And, I don;t know ONE black person who would seriously call another black person porch monkey, nigger, etc. Only a racist troll would.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. That's a totally disgusting thing to say.

[LostinVA]

19. How dare you, you little nasty troll?

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[Jim Sagle]

29. Fuck off and die, KKK filth.

[trumad]

35. He's dead.....

[Olney Blue]

2. For which Laura Bush condemned her for "manipulating" peoples

emotions using a terrible disease.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

10. Sis left out one crucial point--her bro supports only ADULT stem

cell research, and vehemently opposes embryonic stem cell research, even on hundreds of thousands of frozen fertility-clinic embryos that currently are being destroyed after couples are satisfied with their fertility outcomes.

Steele is having it both ways; he appears to support exactly what MJ Fox supports, but he also wants to set up ADOPTIONS for fertility-clinic embryos, not life-saving research.

He's also having it both ways on his party affiliation. Apparently, thousands of Marylanders are going to be puzzled when they see Steele's name on the Republican line.

[spooky3]

25. The difference is Fox's ads are honest and Steele's sister's ads

are misleading.

[lynne]

47. Both candidates left out the word EMBRYONIC -

- which is really critical in discussing this issue. Below is the transcription of Fox's ad from Cardin's website. By not defining Embryonic stem cell research as the topic, Fox and Cardin left the door open for Steele to reciprocate as he did. A game of words by both candidates, IMO.

From Cardin's website:

Michael J. Fox: Stem cell research offers hope to millions of Americans with diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But George Bush and Michael Steele would put limits on the most promising stem cell research. Fortunately, Marylanders have a chance to vote for Ben Cardin. Cardin fully supports life-saving stem cell research. It's why I support Ben Cardin. And with so much at stake, I respectfully ask you to do the same.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

49. Your paragraph does not support your point. Fox did not use the

word "embryonic", but there's no ambiguity IMO in "Steele would put limits on the most promising stem cell research" and in "Cardin fully supports life-saving stem cell research".

Meanwhile, IIRC, Steele's mendacious sister accuses those who say her brother doesn't support "stem cell research" of not telling the truth. She says, IIRC, "Michael Steele supports stem cell research". As a direct answer to the MJ Fox ad, this is IMO so misleading as to constitute deliberate and carefully-parsed prevarication, patently intended to deceive rather than to clarify.

[necso]

14. What the individual

republican politician "believes" is largely irrelevant.

Once elected, they'll largely become part of the neocon machine -- whether they want to or not.

[many a good man]

43. She's the ex-wife of boxer Mike Tyson

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221839,00.html

She courted him while he was holed up in that Indiana prison after his rape conviction. Iron Mike loves his ex-brother-in-law - he's even willing to fight women for money to help him:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701304.html