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October 2006
“This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn’t take his medication or he’s acting.”
His body wracked by tremors, Parkinson’s Disease-afflicted actor Michael J. Fox appeared in a campaign ad supporting Missouri senator Claire McCaskill, a supporter of stem-cell research. But Limbaugh publicly aired his accusation that the actor wasn’t being truthful. “He is exaggerating the effects of the disease,” he said.
After outrage from media and disability-rights critics, Limbaugh issued an apology, though it was one veiled in doubt. “I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act.”