Parkinson's and the Fox



If you haven't seen the Michael J. Fox campaign ad yet, the display of his Parkinson's symptoms is pretty shocking. Marty McFly, travelling through time, now reduced to not even having full control of his muscles.

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T-Boy said…
It gets better. People like Rush Limbaugh say he's faking it.
26 October 2006 at 23:33
mis_nomer said…
He is only 45? And he was diagnosed at 30? Gosh. Poor guy. That's kinda young to get Parkinson's.
27 October 2006 at 05:56
Anonymous said…
I clicked on the link to comment on that too. It gets worse if you actually see Limbaugh as he's commenting on it -- YouTube link here. "Purely an act". Ugh, political ad hominem attack season.
27 October 2006 at 22:30
Anonymous said…
You take my self
You take my self-control ...
1 November 2006 at 10:45
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