Lets take the Michael J Fox story that you mentioned as an example. Mr. Limbaugh stated on-air that he thought Michael Fox had exaggerated his Parkinson's symptoms in a political ad, and that he had done so for theatric benefit.
At issue wasn't just Rush accusing Michael J. Fox of misrepresenting himself, it was also the bobbling around making light of a serious illness which will eventually kill Michael J. Fox. It was another asshole move. That's what caught Rush as much grief as anything. The larger problem in my opinion was Rush's typical practice of accusing Fox of essentially lying with zero evidence of any impropriety. Of course, Rush was also 100% wrong in his 'analysis' but I'll get to that in a second.
It was clearly in Fox's best interest to make his disease look as debilitating as possible, and his tremors in the ad were much more pronounced than we usually saw from him.
Well that seems clear cut. I always thought motive was irrefutable proof.
Limbaugh said that he would be the first apologize to Fox if that wasn't the case. But guess what? Rush was right.
Actually he was 100% wrong and he DID appologize.. briefly. More below
Fox later admitted that he purposely skips his medication before public events like this so people will see his worst case symptoms. Here is a video clip of him admitting this.
Nice cut clip. I like how the video ends mid sentence. I like the part where she says he does it on purpose then he says he doesn't do it on purpose.
The disease makes you catatonic.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/parkinsons-disease/DS00295/DSECTION=2
It STARTS with tremors and ticks but Fox has had this for a long time. He's in the phase where he is normally rigid, even to the point where he has trouble swallowing.
Rush said Fox didn't take his medicine so that he would appear out of control. Of course Rush had no idea what he was talking about but that's never stopped him before. On October 26th, Rush 'apologized' for speculating that Fox didn't take his medicine and then immediately stated that he purposefully took too much. Hey, if you throw enough crap at the wall maybe some of it will stick. Fox responded that same night on the CBS Evening News, stating that it's difficult to gauge the correct dosage and that the dosage that day did kick too hard.
The Mayo Clinic article that I quickly found points out the dosage is a moving target..
Your medication needs may change over time, and the drug dosage and timing may require adjustment. For these reasons, you and your doctor will work together to design a program that best suits your needs, especially as the disease progresses.
And of course, pulling slander out of his butt isn't enough. Rush not only knows what M.J. Fox is thinking (well, maybe the 2nd time around) but he also seems to know that the Democrats wrote the tremors into their script.
Here's the kicker. Only Rush can do something and then immediately lie about it, then do it again and still have an audience that doesn't get it. Straight from the pie hole of Rush..
Rush: - there is an irresponsible charge that I was making fun of Michael J. Fox, and that I said Michael J. Fox was faking it. Neither of those two charges have any foundation of truth whatsoever..
Now without looking up the original transcript (though I should) let's give Rush the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he didn't say the word "faking". He only said Fox intentionally took too much medicine or he was intentionally exaggerating. That's totally different than faking. Of course he then says Fox was totally not faking when he was faking by intentionally overdosing.
Congratulations for being a ditto head.
It'd be too much, I'm sure, to realize he's calling you sheep.
P.S. Probably my favorite Rush story (aside from the 5 deferments from Nam because he didn't get the boil on his butt lanced...), Rush Limbaugh was defended by the ACLU in his bid to keep the Prosecutors from seeing his medical records in his Dr. Shopping case. Rush spent a career castigating the ACLU but what's a little hypocrisy when it's your butt on the line.
