I was glad to hear cooler minds than mine prevailed in response to Huckabee's 1992 AIDS & gay remarks.
Jeannie White-Ginder, Ryan White's mother, requested to meet with Huck, and he will...for the press. It's another photo-op for a candiate that's no idiot, he just plays one on TV. He likes people to underestimate him.
Anyway, the press seemed all caught up in the Wayne DuMond scandle and a few words about AIDS from 1992. As this episode revolves itself, I wanted to toss out a brief ( Two minutes!) glimpse of Huck's record on AIDS here in Arkansas.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Bite Me, Huckabee
Candidate Huckabee admits he was so confused about how HIV was transmitted in 1992 that he believed people infected with HIV should be "isolated from the rest of society." To be clear, this was not 1982, but 1992. In 1992, it was obvious HIV could not be transmitted casually. As I recall, people with AIDS addressed both the Democratic & Republican National Conventions in 1992. Guess Huckabee missed the memo. You know, the one sent out in 1985 to every American household saying HIV was not spread by casual contact.
More fresh from the ministry then, Huckabee was more than willing to kick around the sick and dying in 1992. Just to twist the knife a bit, Mike also said queers are "aberrant, unnatural, and sinful."
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Mike Huckabee was an ignorant homophobic sombitch in 1992, and went a-courtin' the "God Hates Fags" vote with vigor. As effective treatment for HIV became available in America, it was a damn hard fight to make them available in Arkansas. "Waiting Lists" were the norm here for medications under Huckabee.
If Mike Huckabee really didn't know HIV couldn't be spread by casual contact in 1992, it was the same willful ignorance that infected Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Willful ignorance (under the guise of national intelligence) also started the Iraq War. The same willful ignorance allows the words "compassionate" and "conservative" to be linked.
Like the Rev. Pat Robertson (R) before him, I hope Huckabee's political ambitions get quarantined in Iowa.
More fresh from the ministry then, Huckabee was more than willing to kick around the sick and dying in 1992. Just to twist the knife a bit, Mike also said queers are "aberrant, unnatural, and sinful."
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Mike Huckabee was an ignorant homophobic sombitch in 1992, and went a-courtin' the "God Hates Fags" vote with vigor. As effective treatment for HIV became available in America, it was a damn hard fight to make them available in Arkansas. "Waiting Lists" were the norm here for medications under Huckabee.
If Mike Huckabee really didn't know HIV couldn't be spread by casual contact in 1992, it was the same willful ignorance that infected Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Willful ignorance (under the guise of national intelligence) also started the Iraq War. The same willful ignorance allows the words "compassionate" and "conservative" to be linked.
Like the Rev. Pat Robertson (R) before him, I hope Huckabee's political ambitions get quarantined in Iowa.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
World AIDS Day '07 w/ friends at the Clinton Center
I was drawn to the Clinton Center Saturday to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Selfishly, I had hoped to see my former partner's panel, but I did see those of many Arkansas friends. I made a video highlighting Arkansas panels among the 200 blocks displayed:
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