This prompted talk show host Rush Limbaugh to question whether Fox was being honest with viewers and suggested the Fox was "either off his medication or acting." That may sound insensitive but it would not be the first time that Fox had apparently manipulated the symptoms associated with his Parkinson’s disease and it isn’t the first time Fox has gotten caught up by questions of whether he is playing on the sympathy of others.
In his autobiography, Fox admits that in preparation for his congressional testimony in the past, he decided not to take his medication for dramatic effect.http://www.michaeljfox.org/news/article.php?id=5
"I had made a deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication. It seemed to me that this occasion demanded that my testimony about the effects of the disease, and the urgency we as a community were feeling, be seen as well as heard. For people who had never observed me in this kind of shape, the transformation must have been startling."
As you can imagine, this controversy has stirred the emotions of everyone on both sides and has a lot more people involved in the debate than had been during the late Summer.
The Michael J. Fox ad caused several Missouri celebrities, who are opposed to Amendment 2, to create their own ad starring St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, Passion of the Christ star, Jim Caviezel, and Everyone Loves Raymond actress, Patricia Heaton.
So much for secretly passing the constitutional amendment in the dark of night. Missouri voters are in a full-fledged debate about cloning and they are beginning to see the light.
The embryonic stem cell proponents may still prevail and pass this Amendment, but they have a much tougher road ahead now that they have overreached.
In just the past two weeks, polling has shown that the number of people whose vote is a “certain yes” on the measure has dropped from 57% to 45%. It seems the more Missourians know about Amendment 2, the more they know they don’t like it.
See everyone on Election Day.