By: TRUTH CAUCUS · 10/24/2006 · AIM: crnctruthcaucus · Section: To Wit

TO WIT – SPIN CITY

If ever there was proof that some Americans love to use victims as a way of advancing their political agenda, one just needs to read my email.

“How dare you question the motive of Michael J. Fox, a beloved actor. You are scum,” one reactionary reader exclaimed.

(I just put two video clips side-by-side for everyone to compare and contrast.)

Some readers found comfort in saying, “I hope you get Parkinson’s.”

One reader went down this road, “I think it’s pretty sad that someone would suggest that MJF went off his meds to ‘exploit’ his illness for political gain. A friend of mine’s father has pakerinson’s and he went from just beginning stages to very bad form in about 3 years. Medication helps the hide the symptons, it doesnt stop the progression.”

(Yes, someone who is so familiar with the disease that they can’t spell it—properly or phonetically.)

Today’s thesis (furthered today by Rush Limbaugh’s Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies): You are not an expert on embryonic stem cell research just because you have a disease. So don’t write in and tell me about your friend’s mom’s best friend’s uncle who had [fill in the blank]. There are horrible diseases out there, and fighting them has always been a bipartisan effort. The claim that the election of one candidate over another will cure Parkinson disease is misleading and immoral. But…I guess it’s that time of the year.

Need to know: It wasn’t that long ago when Democrats blamed George W. Bush for Christopher Reeve’s paralysis. And in the 80s, Ronald Reagan was responsible for AIDS. (We all know the real people responsible for AIDS: Hollywood.)

We’ve seen this movie before.

President Bush is campaigning in Sarasota, Fla. today.

Mitt Romney is attending political events today in Nevada and California (his base).

Need to know: May 15, 2007 is the first presidential debate for possible 2008 candidates. It’s in South Carolina.

A source says Nate Walton has been hired by the Maine Republican Party to coordinate the GOTV effort for the Maine state legislature races. The Maine House is split 74-73 Democrat/Republican; the Maine Senate 19-16.

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