I hate her because she was the most shrill and obnoxious one on the most shrill and obnoxious TV show ever.
I hate her because her mindless television commericials for Albertsons portray her as someone who has ever done her own grocery shopping. I will give $100 cash to someone who can provide me a real photo of Heaton in a grocery store buying real groceries. I will give $1,000 cash to someone who can provide me a photo of her buying oversized, black dildos by the gross!
But mostly I hate her because of what she represents: conservative, Hollywood-type political activists. For years we've listening to blowhards like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter condemn limosuine liberals like Barbra Streisand and Rosie O'Donnell for mucking up the political discourse. Rob "Meathead" Reiner apparently has no right to a political opinion because he had a different career first -- except Rush can be the political go to guy for the right even though his resume has less Oxford Debating Society and more "Rush Hour Drive Time Host of KPIG Albuquerque".
After getting their fill of Streisand types, Republicans in La La Land have come out swinging. Patricia Heaton -- the anti-abortion crusader -- has done a number of activities on behalf of the GOP. Her newest is an ad campaign against stem cell research in Missouri.
Patricia Heaton... a bunch of athletes... and Jesus himself. Why are they in this ad? Because stem cell research proponents, including Democratic nominee for Senate Claire McCaskill are running an ad, a much better ad, featuring Michael J. Fox.
See. It totally makes sense. Michael J. Fox is an actor. So if we get other actors -- local celebrities too -- to debunk what the "actor" says, we'll win. Right? Except, the idiots forget that Michael J. Fox isn't "just an actor." Since giving up his primetime sitcom several years ago, Fox has dedicated himself 100% to the promotion of stem cell research and other potential cures for diseases like Parkinsons. He has Parkinsons. Thus, the passion.
First complaint: If you don't think liberal celebrities are entitle to publicize their political opinions, than conservatives ones can't either.
Second complaint: Try to find celebrities that have some sore of credible credentials to the issue. Years of delivering the unfunny on Everybody Loves Raymond does not train you to be an expert on Stem Cell Research.
Final complaint: Stop mucking up the debate with rhetoric and exaggeration. And leave Jesus out of it!
Patricia Heaton, I hate you! You are contributing nothing to this campaign. And when one of my loved ones dies from a disease for which stem cell research may have offered hope, than I will blame you personally.
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They're running the ad in Missouri because a humongous stem-cell research facility opened in Kansas City a few years ago. It's one of the largest in the world, and it's worth, like, a gazillion dollars. So they're trying to put it on the state constitution to make sure they're safe to do their research; if this measure doesn't pass, they're going to pack up and leave. And that would be bad. Missouri has a long legacy of the cities voting somewhat progressively, while the hideous back-woods hicks in the Ozark Hills try to make everyone's lives as miserable as theirs are by voting as right-wing as possible. Fingers crossed that things work out--and people actually go to the polls.
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