Michael J Fox Ad Has Had Negative Impact on Republican Campaigns

[BurtWorm]

Which, as kos points out, is why the GOP is responding so desperately to it.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061025/20061025006291.html?.v=1

Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad

Wednesday October 25, 8:16 pm ET

Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines

FLEMINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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.

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Among the study findings:

• 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.
  
  
• The level of concern regarding a candidate's view on stem cell research increased among all respondents from 57% prior to viewing the ad to 70% after viewing the ad. Among Democrats, the level of concern increased from 66% to 83% and Republicans' level of concern increased from 50% to 60%. Independents' level of concern increased from 58% to 69%.
  
  
• The perception that the November election is relevant to the U.S. policy on stem cell research increased across all voter segments, with an increase of 9% among all respondents pre- and post-viewing from 62% to 71%. The Democrats' perception increased from 75% to 83%, Republicans' perception increased from 55% to 62% and Independents' perception increased from 60% to 68% pre- and post-viewing.

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# Republicans who indicated that they were voting for a Republican candidate decreased by 10% after viewing the ad (77% to 67%). Independents planning to vote for Democrats increased by 10%, from 39% to 49%.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. And the counter ad makes thugs like heaton, caveizel look

like complete heartless idiots... which is exactly what they are.

[Cosmocat]

12. That is what is doing it ...

They are one trick pony's ... It worked in the past, when the sheeple were just meandering along ... BUT, now that Bushco and this republican congress have screwed this country up to near beyond repair, and try as they might, there really is no one left to blame BUT them ... The sheeple have woke up ... And, while the "attack ads" have worke for them when they had straw men to beat up on ... The sheeple have no one left to blame than the repukes ... And, now that they are half groggily awake, the attack ads are RIGHTLY rubbbing them the wrong way ...

Up in PA, Santorum is spinning EVERY possible way, including of course some really bizarre attack ads ... They didn't help him at all, and just kind of cemented the moderates who had already decided he was a maniac, in believing so ...

I can only hope ... REALLY ... That there are more people in Tennessee offended by the Ford ads to the point that they won't vote GOP ... Can we live to hope that one more than half the people in the state have moved to the 21st century ...

[BOSSHOG]

2. The Big Bad GOP getting their asses kicked

by a sixty something grandmother (Nancy Pelosi) and a young man with Parkinson's (Fox is younger then me.)

limbaugh is pretty damn brave behind that microphone.

[Kolesar]

20. The Argentine warmongers were emasculated losing to a country led by a woman..

...Margaret Thatcher, after the failed takeover of the Falkland Islands. They should rightly have been booted after the war, but the loss of machismo was the kicker.

[devilgrrl]

24. Margaret Thatcher.... yeah, there's a humanitarian for you...

:sarcasm:

The Falkland Islands were soooooo worth defending for the warmonger in the UK. :eyes:

[Kolesar]

25. well

I was not taking sides. I just think the concept of public outrage due to being defeated by a country led by a woman is pretty darn funny.

[Quantess]

3. I would think that being opposed to stem cell research

is not a winning strategy. Especially when people really look into it, and consider all the details.

[BlueEyedSon]

17. but but but but what about the EMBRYOS...????

[Quantess]

19. It's sort of moot, since embryos are thrown out anyway.

Most people don't hold such an extreme view. I think being opposed to stem cell research is a little extreme for most people. I would expect that to be true, anyway.

[rsmith6621]

4. K&R...Who da thought.....

That Alex P Keaton would perhaps be the pivot that cost the PUGS control....

[Parisle]

9. Heh heh,... his original "personna" has endured

---- Plenty of republicans remember Michael J. Fox as Alex Keaton, the ultra-RW teen confounding his liberal parents' sixties-era philosophy. Fox obviously did a convincing job in the role,... and his subsequent movie credits haven't detracted from that image.

[Hav]

5. .

Wow, even so many Republicans support stemcell research? So I guess it's only because of that extreme base that they still fight it.

[warrens]

6. Even the repukes on the gabfests said

"that's a VERY effective ad." And yes, that's why they're trying to Swiftboat Fox. There's a grain of truth in their charges, but only a grain, and that's all they need. Fox did in fact say that he didn't take his meds before a speech, but it was because the meds make him shake MORE.

I hope these filthy scumbags get exactly what they deserve, for this and for all their other lies and smears.

[aquart]

10. So if meds made him shake less, a cure is unnecessary?

Somebody work that logic for me.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

23. Without the meds the person becomes very rigid

and has a frozen appearance. Picture Mouhammed Ali.

[Vinca]

7. Good. People don't realize what this is about until something

as painful as Michael J. Fox and his horrible disease is in their face.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Yeah, that Michael J. Fox should have just kept his mouth shut until

after the election if the Dems really wanted to control the Senate!

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ZING!!! :rofl:

[shain from kane]

11. If it can happen to Michael J. Fox, it can happen to anyone. And no one

wants to be in that condition if there is a possibility, any possibility, of a cure. When the people are reminded of that condition this close to an election in this context, they will remember it at the polls.
This issue is a real loser for the Republicans, and they look like fools and make their case worse by criticizing a person such as Michael J. Fox, who only hopes for a cure.

[Hav]

13. .

Yes, I'm quite scared that it could hit people in my family. And if they were affected, I didn't want some dumb und ruthless politicians holding the resarch back.
Fox got diagnosed when he was 29, imagine that. Not many would have his spirit and strength.

[catmandu57]

14. It's personal

this could affect anyone it's very sobering, especially if you've seen it up close.

[The Count]

15. Which is why "it's OK to ridicule him" - as Matt Lauer said.

All in the name of truthiness.

[Kerrytravelers]

18. Lauer said that? Holy shit what a dumbfuck.

[glitch]

22. He and his good buddy Rush need to never be allowed to forget their

pathetic, shallow, utterly despicable callousness.

[w4rma]

16. Jeeze, air that ad nationally. (nt)

[DeSwiss]

21. n/t

[The Count]

26. Randi: they lie about Rush's apology - there was none. Not even GOP style.

She played his "I stand by everything I said, retract nothing - I spoke the truth as I established it"
But they say he apologized because of the backlash, I guess. And only make it worse.

[OneBlueSky]

27. this week's lesson . . . don't mess with icons . . .

especially when they're battling a debilitating illness . . . you'll sound mean, look foolish, and lose every time . . .