Michael J. Fox Campaign Ad Hits Home Alessandra Stanley examines the phenomenon of the Michael J. Fox campaign video, featuring the actor visibly afflicted with Parkinson's, which has become the first viral-video sensation of this election season. The video, made in support of Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill's bid for the Senate against incumbent Jim Talent, has had over 1,000,000 views on YouTube and is the top-linked video on Technorati right now. It's also drawn the ire of an apoplectic Rush Limbaugh, who took an undefensible position (blame the victim; doubt his symptoms) and pushed it that much further (suggest he deliberately exacerbated his condition for the camera by forgoing medication which, as it turns out, is the source of the tremors). It's the first in a series of campaign spots featuring Fox, targeting Missouri, Maryland and Wisconsin.....
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