Family Values

by digby

This is an incredibly effective ad for Claire McCaskill in Missouri. I urge you to watch it.

Michael J. Fox was a member of the family for many years in this country. He still looks pretty much like he always did — boyish and charming. But he’s suffering from Parkinsons disease and it’s clearly taking its toll. In this ad he asks the people of Missouri to support McCaskill because she is in favor of stem cell research and Jim Talent isn’t. Essentially, he’s asking people to value the promise of curing the horrible disease that has him in its clutches or value a clump of cells in a petrie dish.

As I look at all these issues that have come to the forefront in the last few years, I’m struck by how dumb it is to let the Republicans claim the mantle of values and morality. People who believe that torture is ok or that it’s better to let blastocysts be thrown away rather than use them to save living breathing human beings are immoral. If they want to play politics on that field, I say bring it on.

Update: Correntewire has more on the Stem Cell Research and Cures Amendment in Missouri.

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