Actor Michael J. Fox has a series of political campaign ads circulating television networks in which he tries to persuade Americans to vote for Democrats who support embryonic stem cell research.

Fox, 45, suffers from Parkinson's, a chronic disease of the central nervous system, causing muscular tremors and physical weakness. Michael J. Fox is causing disputes in Missouri where in his attack ad he states, "Senator Jim Talent opposes expanding stem cell research. Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us a chance for hope."

In a similar ad, Fox attacks Michael Steele, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland. The irony of this campaign ad is that Steele's opponent, Ben Cardin, voted against stem cell research.

Conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh retaliated against Fox's campaign ads, causing a fury of attacks against him when claimed that Michael J. Fox may have exaggerated his condition. Fox was later interviewed by Katie Couric, in which he says he wasn't acting or off his medication.

Limbaugh defends his accusations on his website, stating: "They [Liberals, Fox, Couric] get personal, mocking every conservative illness, foible and failing (including my own) real, fake or forged, yet act outraged that we dare challencge one of them on politics..."

Michael J. Fox and Ben Cardin are misleading the public by playing on the hopes and fears of millions of Americans who are suffering from debilitating diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimers and Dimentia, as well as Parkinson's Disease. The ad campaign is repulsive because it's dishonest in promising cures to these diseases, cures that are uncertain and yet to be discovered.

Instead of arguing the facts and admitting the truth behind Limbaugh's statements, Democrats attack the radio host calling him cruel and hateful and continue to distort his words and statements he makes on his radio show.

The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezal, along with actress Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Cardinal's pitcher Jeff Suppan, have appeared in advertisements countering the claims of Michael J. Fox. In the ad Caviezal, Heaton and Suppan tell Missouri voters the facts about embryonic stem cell research and then state "Don't be tricked, Don' be deceived, and Don't be fooled."

Michael J. Fox came into my living room through my television a few nights ago. He showed me how badly his Parkinson's disease causes him to tremor, so that maybe I'd feel sorry for him and vote Democrat, or maybe I'd feel guilty if I responded to his exploitation of his condition.

Dymphna's Road writes: "I'm shedding no tears for Michael J. Fox. He's been, whether he realizes it or not, hightly blessed. He's rich, he has a wife who is apparently content to be his wife and who stays out of the tabloids. He has two children I think, and even with Parkinsons he lives a life of luxury that the average American can only dream about it. I'm sorry he's sick but so are a lot of people and they aren't advocating slaughtering innocents."

In his ad he said "Wisconsin holds a special place in my heart, because it's where stem cell research was born." What really caught my attention is that Fox didn't say "embryonic stem cell research." He clearly and deliberately left out the word "embryonic." I feel this advertisement is very misleading.

Democrats are fighting to allow government funding of embryonic stem cell research which requires the destruction of human embryos. Human embryos are human beings at the earliest stages of development. This is a scientific fact.

As a resident of Wisconsin, I'm very aware that Governor Jim Doyle forced the state to spend money on embryonic stem cell research. This research has yet to help a single patient. Doyle is running for re-election and his opponent Mark Green backs stem cell research of adult stem cells, which does not destroy the life of a human being.

Adult stem cell research has found many treatments such as rebuilding livers damaged by otherwise irreversible cirrhosis, repairing spinal cord injuries using adult stem cells from nasal passages and sinus regions, reversing Type 1 diabetes in mice using adult spleen cells, putting Crohn's disease into remission and repairing heart attack damage using the patient's own blood stem cells, as well as many other treatments that have been discovered by using adult stem cells.

Embryonic stem cell research has produced nothing, not one single cure or treatment.

Fallen Rogue writes: "MJF is speaking from a place that my previous article was coming from; science. Yes, he accepts that we need to discuss these scientific issues socially, but we need to talk about them and if we decide as a nation that the further of scientific thought is a priority then we need to step up and honor that and not hide behind the false truths of some policy makers. I, personally, don't believe some even have a clue as to the science involved in certain forms of stem cell research."

True, many Americans do not know the science involved with embryonic stem cell research, or adult stem cell research for that matter. Because so many people are uninformed, it is very important for politicians to be truthful with their ad campaigns, rather than try to trick the intelligence of their voters. Aren't we all getting tired of attack ads that candidates are displaying, desperately trying to sway us their direction in the Election Day zero hour?

Viva La Blog writes: "I like Michael J. Fox. He is what I call a John Wayne type of actor. Instead of becoming the part like many great actors, the part becomes him. In the movies, Teen Wolf and Back to the Future, Fox acted as himself. This is not to say Fox is not a good actor, he is just a different type of actor. But like so many of those in Hollywood, he has gotten mixed up in politics and then believes because he is a victim no one will challenge his motives. Note to Fox: being a victim does not insulate you from the right of others to question your motives."

Yes, Michael J. Fox is a victim of Parkinson's disease. Yes, I am sorry he suffers from this condition. I can't say that I understand what he goes through every day. What I do know is that suffering from an illness with no known cure is devasting. My grandfather had Alzheimer's and my family watched him deteriorate every single day of his last years of life. But never did we hope and pray for a cure that was discovered through the destruction of human lives.

Contributing Editor Dana J. Tuszke also blogs at The Dana Files and Watch Blog.