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To: Lane3 who wrote (184366)	10/28/2006 9:52:37 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793727

Sorry to leave you so frustrated and unsatisfied. I tried.

To: Lane3 who wrote (184366)	10/28/2006 10:26:18 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793727

Can't see what's so hard to understand. MJF is being accused of - in effect - exaggerating his suffering in order to influence the outcome of a political election. Apparently, he admitted using this tactic in his book. Let's try a different example. Perhaps, seeing this from a different angle will help. Let's say, an insulin-dependent diabetic stops taking insulin. Soon, he is in an Intensive Care unit in a hospital, very sick, fighting for his life. Having recovered, he uses the footage of his suffering for a political commercial - claiming that he suffered because the opponent of his sponsor voted against embryonic stem cell research, which - supposedly - could lead to finding "cure" for diabetes. Once again, we sympathize with the sufferer. Once again, there are claims that stem cell research may bring "cure" for diabetes - as opposed to having mere "treatment" - insulin. So, the analogy is actually pretty good.