Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients

[Ninja Homer]

One of the biggest things I see from this is Huckster's flipflopping:

"When asked about AIDS research in 1992, Huckabee complained that AIDS research received an unfair share of federal dollars when compared to cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

"In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified," Huckabee wrote. "An alternative would be to request that multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor (,) Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research."

...

"Since becoming a presidential candidate this year, Huckabee has supported increased federal funding for AIDS research through the National Institutes of Health.

"My administration will be the first to have an overarching strategy for dealing with HIV and AIDS here in the United States, with a partnership between the public and private sectors that will provide necessary financing and a realistic path toward our goals," Huckabee said in a statement posted on his campaign Web site last month."

 

[partypooper]

Umm, this seems like it would help Huckabee with the christian conservative base he appeals to... most of them find homosexuality disgusting as well.

that's because in this article they omitted his change of heart - more recently, he advocated federal funding for AIDS research. which shows - like the rapist case - that huckabee is completely incapable of resisting political pressure. he presents himself as a straight-talker ready to say what is unpopular but in reality he is anything but a principled politician.

 

[partypooper]

One of the biggest things I see from this is Huckster's flipflopping:

i agree completely - that is what is really damaging here given how he presents himself.

 

[RonPaulMania]

Umm, this seems like it would help Huckabee with the christian conservative base he appeals to... most of them find homosexuality disgusting as well.

Exactly, I don't see how this is going to hurt his base, just "other people".

 

[partypooper]

Exactly, I don't see how this is going to hurt his base, just "other people".

currently he advocates federal funding of AIDS research. whoever likes what he said in 1992 is not going to like that. whoever believes that he is a man of principles - and , strange as that sounds, that appears to be one of the reasons why people like him - should think for a second.

 

[XelR8r]

Ouch! Huckster "isolate AIDS plague patients" makes big headline on Drudge!

Well, it sure didn't take long for Huckabee to implode.

What was this guy thinking even trying to run for national office?

Who's next? I think the CFR is running out of stooges to promote over Dr. Paul.

 

[kylejack]

Castro quarantined AIDS patients. Maybe Huckabee should run for president of some dictatorship.

 

[tsetsefly]

he is trully and idiot... haha like I said once his record is exposed his numbers will plummet...

 

[angelatc]

From a November 2007 statement...

"I support President Bush’s proposal to double our initial commitment from $15 billion to $30 billion over the next five years for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

I thought conservatives were supposed to cut spending.

 

[quickmike]

Castro quarantined AIDS patients. Maybe Huckabee should run for president of some dictatorship.

Hey, Castro is no spring chicken and the clock is TICK TICK TICKING away............

Mike Huckabee for Cuban President 2009!!

I'll vote for him.

 

[rory096]

That's pretty bad, but I think the part of the article where he says homosexuality is "aberrant, sinful and unnatural" is worse. Why isn't that getting any attention?

 

[FrankRep]

Digg has declared War on poor Huck.

http://digg.com/news/2008_us_elections

 

[quickmike]

That's pretty bad, but I think the part of the article where he says homosexuality is "aberrant, sinful and unnatural" is worse. Why isn't that getting any attention?

Lets be fair now, when you have that many things about you that are that bad, its hard to bring them all up to the surface all at once. You have to space them out and drive them home one at a time.

Maybe something like a weekly newsletter dedicated to why Huckster is a MONSTER. Each week they focus on just one of the dozens of insane views.

 

[ProfNo]

Digg has declared War on poor Huck.

http://digg.com/news/2008_us_elections

That is the truth. I watch digg a lot, and at first the huck supports were really trying to digg up Huck. But you could see the normal digg user buying his BS less and less. Now that the truth about him is coming out, the shit is hitting the fan.

Huck will no be just like the rest on digg (except Ron Paul). Only negative articles will become popular because nobody likes him

 

[Lance C Roseman]

What's wrong with isolating sick people? Up until not very long ago our ancestors put THEMSELVES into sanatoriums if they contacted communicable diseases like TB. I guess we've lost our care for our fellow humans when being isolated is seen as weird. Sick=Isolation. If I get sick I stay home. If I were to become sick with something spreadable, I'd stay home even more! Either way, Huck sucks.

 

[AlexMerced]

key word communicable, aids is not air born or that easily transmitted to warrant isolation

 

[Isupportliberty]

psssssh... and they call Ron Paul an isolationist?

 

[Matt Collins]

"If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague," Huckabee wrote.


Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."

Most conservative Christians probably agree with him.

 

[smhbbag]

Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."

Huckabee is right. But he will get crucified over it.

 

[jasonoliver]

AP
Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients

SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM!

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."

As a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in 1992, Huckabee answered 229 questions submitted to him by The Associated Press. Besides a quarantine, Huckabee suggested that Hollywood celebrities fund AIDS research from their own pockets, rather than federal health agencies.

Huckabee said Saturday that his comments came at a time when the public was still learning about HIV and AIDS and promised to do "everything possible to transform the promise of a vaccine and a cure into reality."

In 1992, Huckabee wrote, "If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague."

"It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents."

The AP submitted the questionnaire to both candidates in the 1992 senate race; only Huckabee responded. Incumbent Sen. Dale Bumpers won his fourth term; Huckabee was elected lieutenant governor the next year and became governor in 1996.

When asked about AIDS research in 1992, Huckabee complained that AIDS research received an unfair share of federal dollars when compared to cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

"In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified," Huckabee wrote. "An alternative would be to request that multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor (,) Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research."

Huckabee said in a prepared statement released by his campaign Saturday afternoon that he called for quarantine when there was a lot of confusion about how AIDS is spread. He said he wanted at the time to follow traditional medical practices used for dealing with tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.

"We now know that the virus that causes AIDS is spread differently, with a lower level of contact than with TB," Huckabee said. "But looking back almost 20 years, my concern was the uncertain risk to the general population — if we got it wrong, many people would die needlessly. My concern was safety first, political correctness last."

When Huckabee wrote his answers in 1992, it was common knowledge that AIDS could not be spread by casual contact. In late 1991, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were 195,718 AIDS patients in the country and that 126,159 people had died from the syndrome.

The nation had an increased awareness of AIDS at the time because pro basketball star Magic Johnson had recently disclosed he carried the virus responsible for it. Johnson retired but returned to the NBA briefly during the 1995-96 season.

Since becoming a presidential candidate this year, Huckabee has supported increased federal funding for AIDS research through the National Institutes of Health.

"My administration will be the first to have an overarching strategy for dealing with HIV and AIDS here in the United States, with a partnership between the public and private sectors that will provide necessary financing and a realistic path toward our goals," Huckabee said in a statement posted on his campaign Web site last month.

Also in the wide-ranging AP questionnaire in 1992, Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."

A Southern Baptist preacher, Huckabee has been a favorite among social conservatives for his vocal opposition to gay marriage. In 2003, Huckabee said that the U.S. Supreme Court was probably right to strike down anti-sodomy laws, but that states still should be able to restrict things such as gay marriage or domestic partner benefits.

"What people do in the privacy of their own lives as adults is their business," Huckabee said. "If they bring it into the public square and ask me as a taxpayer to support it or to endorse it, then it becomes a matter of public discussion and discourse."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071208/ap_on_el_pr/huckabee_aids