Reply #23: I do not ask Republicans to shut up

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However, their whole complaint is ridiculous. They say "Democrats use people we can't attack to spread their messages" (and then they attack them anyway).

My question is - why is attacking the messenger the only way you know how to respond? Michael J. Fox supports Democrats who support stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research. Supposedly Republicans like Jim Talent, have some sort of principled opposition to ESCR. Why can't you answer with those principles?

I would say to Republican, not that you should shut up, but that if personal attack is the only response that you have to an argument that shows you don't have truth and logic on your side, much less character or class. Talent, if he had any class, would also be demanding that Rush Limbaugh apologize and/or shut up. People like Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity and O'Reilly do need to shut up, because they are hate-mongers poisoning the public discourse.