Conservatives "Off Their Meds" Over The Ad Wars

Rush Limbaugh's historic and courageous battle against people with Parkinson's disease continues, as he takes back his own apology:

I stand by what I said. I take back none of what I said. I wouldn’t rephrase it any differently. It is what I believe; it is what I think. It is what I have found to be true.

This is part and parcel with the conservative theory that you can never apologize because it shows weakness. Anyway, Michael J. Fox was dressed provocatively and he was asking for it.

Actually, I'm thrilled that OxyContin Boy won't apologize, because anything that keeps Fox' ad in the news does nothing but increase support for stem cell research:

A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed an ad featuring Michael J. Fox in which he expresses his support for candidates who are in favor of stem cell research.
The study was conducted among 955 Americans by HCD Research and Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO) during October 24-25, to obtain Americans' views on the stem cell research before and after they watched the ad.

Among all respondents, support for stem cell research increased from 78% prior to viewing the ad, to 83% after viewing the ad. Support among Democrats increased from 89% to 93%, support among Republicans increased from 66% to 68% and support among Independents increased from 80% to 87% after viewing the ad.

One of those 68% is the most popular politician in the state of Missouri, who won't endorse his party's candidate for Senate:

"There are a lot of Republicans who feel strongly that these cells in a petri dish are the equivalent of a person, and there are other Republicans who feel that these cells in a dish not implanted in a mother are not the equivalent of a person," said former Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.), the influential senior statesman of Missouri politics and a leader in the fight for stem cell research.

Danforth's brother, Donald, died of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2001.

"When you see somebody you love suffer and die from one of these diseases, and medical researchers say this could be the key to finding the cure, then you want the researchers to go forward so other people won't go through the same experience," Danforth said.

Danforth said he has met many Republicans who refuse to vote for Talent because of his opposition to the research as well as his opposition to the ballot initiative.

Danforth would not say how he will vote in the Senate race.

"On the one hand, this is an exceptionally important issue for me. I cannot overemphasize how important this issue is," he said after a long pause. "On the other hand, I try to be loyal to my party to maintain my credentials within the party to hopefully change it from within."

Rush and the conservatives are having a snit fit because they're on the wrong side of an issue, so they try to take down someone who's bulletproof, and end up making themselves look like asses in the process.