Michael J. Fox Interview on "This Week"

Michael J. Fox was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week". He is fighting to get politicians elected that will help override a Bush veto on stem cell research. The stem cell bill Bush vetoed is the ONLY VETO Bush has made in 6 years. He has campaigned for both Democrats and Republicans who support this cause. You can view it here. Oct. 29, 2006 — Actor Michael J. Fox jokes that he may be short in stature, but he's still enough of a "big boy" to withstand criticism over his backing of embryonic stem cell research — including comments by radio personality Rush Limbaugh initially questioning whether Fox may have exaggerated Parkinson's disease tremors in a televised political ad. The ad in question had Fox backing Democrat Claire McCaskell in her effort to unseat Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., and critics have denounced Fox as a mouthpiece for Democrats. He denied that charge to ABC News in a Sunday exclusive interview on "This Week." Fox said that rather than partisan politics, he is most concerned with widening federally funded embryonic stem cell research — and supporting candidates who would do so. "I'm not a shill for the Democratic Party," Fox told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "I approached them. I sat down to find out what candidates are pro-stem cell in races where they're opposed by anti-stem cell candidates. And I had no predisposition toward Democrats or Republicans. It'd be fine with me either way. From This Week