Rush Limbaugh is widely known as the poster child for conservative politics. He's famous for his bully pulpit style radio show which is one of the biggest in the United States. Fans of his show are called "dittoheads" because they tend to blindly follow their beloved host, no matter what he spews out. Anyone who's ever listened to him knows what a loud mouth he can be and how overbearing his opinions are, but this week he really crossed the line into indecency and bad taste. In response to an advertisement Michael J. Fox filmed in support of stem cell research, Limbaugh accused him of not taking his medication before filming to show extreme symptoms in the video. Limbaugh even implied that the beloved actor was faking his symptoms altogether.
From the Washington Post:
"Possibly worse than making fun of someone’s disability is saying that it’s imaginary. That is not to mock someone’s body, but to challenge a person’s guts, integrity, sanity."
Only an idiot would imply that Fox was faking his symptoms to garner sympathy for himself and his cause. I guess Al Franken is right, Limbaugh is A Big Fat Idiot.
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