Producer: Saul Schorr
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 09/18/2008
Ad Buy: statewide in Washington
Cost: not available
Summary: A Washington state resident with Parkinson's disease explains how stem cell research could help him and criticizes Rossi for not supporting it.
Script of "Real People: Jim Lortz" (TV)
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Paid for by People For Chris Gregoire. Democrat. Governor.
JIM LORTZ: Last year, at age 52, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's. And every day it gets worse.
(Text on screen: Bellingham, WA)
But I have hope that stem cell research will find a cure and give me my life back.
That's why I can't understand politicians like Dino Rossi. He's against embryonic stem cell research.
Against embryonic stem cell research.
He's not the kind of governor I want in Washington.
What about you?
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