Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients

[varun]

Source: Yahoo News

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.

"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.

"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."



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

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Wonder why this is coming out now....Rudy's political machine at work?

Whatever the reason, you can see that Huckabee is as nasty as some of those fundies get.

[Windy]

1. That won't keep the fundies from voting for him, but it will stop him in the general. n/t

[ooglymoogly]

7. But it absolutely will keep the fundies voting for him in the primaries.

Which might turn out to be a good thing, particularly if he wins. He won't have a snowballs chance in the proverbial in the gen.

[Occulus]

16. You have it backward.

This will increase his christian vote. And yes, I know not all christians think like him, but a HUGE number of "mainstream" christians really don't like people like me.

So much so, they wrote it into their holiest of books- which only proves to me that books cannot be holy in any way.

This will gain him votes from the very last people who should hold power. Believe it.

[Joe Bacon]

21. Christians DO believe that AIDS is a punishment from God.

I still remember when AIDS was called GRID (Gay Related Immune Disorder) in the early 80s. You could turn on Jesus Radio or Jesus TV and hear preacher after preacher say that it was Gawd's judgement on Gawdless sinners. Here in Los Angeles, I still remember the Moron Majority Kingpin R L Hymers supporting the AIDS quarantine initiatives that Lyndon La Rouche and his fellow nutsos put on the California ballot several times in the early 80s. Hymers even advocated that AIDS victims be denied medicine and should suffer until they confess their sins to Gawd.

Nobody is doing more to destroy America than Christians. I'm so sick of them. They can take their Klan rallies, plans to bomb abortion clinics, and hated of gays, lesbians and Latinos and stick them up their ass.

I'm sick of the phony garbage that Christian preachers and priest spit out during the most segregated hour of the week on Sunday mornings. I'm tired of liars who bullshit about Jesus, but follow and condone Ayn as in Mine Rand's "Look Out For #1 and Screw Everyone Else" philosophy. And the same Christian phony liars are the same ones on welfare, greedily gobbling up the "faith-based" bribes, er money that LIEberman and his fellow Republic Party members dole out.

[Teaser]

36. damn those Quakers right to hell.

.

[Joe Bacon]

40. Nixon was a Quaker, wasn't he?

And so was Hoover, correct????

[Teaser]

41. Damn those awful evil quakers to hell

all of them, goddammit.

[xchrom]

2. it's just another affirmation of how insane

politics has become pandering to people who are flat out nuts.

whether it's obama's sharing a stage with donnie or rev huckster.

and it is nuts -- just that -- nuts.

[China_cat]

3. When AIDS contagion becomes airborne

and can be PROVED to be airborne, then and only then will he have a valid point.

[boricua79]

47. and you sir, also have a good point NT

[Ian David]

4. And if someone with AIDS raped Mike Huckabee or someone in his family? n/t

[EFerrari]

10. When someone is so openly hateful towards gay people

you know they are hiding something about themselves. Bet me.

[floridablue]

5. Before voting for Huckabee,

Remember that he really believes all the things he has said over the years. And yes he is popular in Iowa. So was Pat Robertson.

[BenDavid]

6. The more that comes out about Huck-a-b the more of

what we have been saying all these years about the religious right is finally opening the public's eyes.

[kestrel91316]

8. He's muy stupido - a complete ignoramus.

[GOPNotForMe]

9. Ignorant and insensitive. Wow, he really is a dyed-in-the-wool Puke. nt

[bluestateguy]

11. The MSM will not like that

The MSM has a lot of problems, but it is very intolerant of people who speak this ignorantly about AIDS.

[MarkInLA]

31. Yes, and I have a feeling we're going to hear about it in upcoming debates..at least I hope so (n/t)

[alfredo]

12. If it was good enough for Castro, It's good of enough for Huckster.

[Danger Mouse]

13. A 'plague' right, Fuckabee? A 'gay plague' at that, visited upon the sinners by an angry god?

I bet that's what you think, you fundie shithead.
He's just LOVE an excuse to round up gays and put them far far away from him and his scumsucking fundie friends.

[flashl]

14. What do Huckabee know about ...

The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal

"For more than two decades, the Arkansas prison system profited from selling blood plasma from inmates infected with viral hepatitis and AIDS. Thousands of victims who received transfusions of a blood product derived from these plasma products died."

Isnt Huckabee from Arkansas?

[meowomon]

15. He'd be a wonderful Rethuglican Nominee

He represents the majority view in that party.

[nealmhughes]

17. Evidently the Huck has had a (political) deathbed conversion.

He is now singing a new tune according to his web site: http://www.mikehuckabee.com I find this new tune to be very odd. Medicare at time of postive test? Whoa! Sounds like DK on that one! Evidently he is hoping that his "former" attempts of Outreaganing Reagan and Outbuckleying Buckley have gone away, swept to the side, he's feeling good from his head to his shoes, he's got a new attitude!

He still is full of crap. He may be able to go down a frock size or ten, but I doubt this leopard can change its spots even after 15 years.

"Plague", indeed! Maybe if he got off his fat rump when he was governor in Arkansas the "plague" at least in his domain might have been a bit averted. But that would require admitting that Slot A can, will, and does fit into Tab B with little effort -- at least no crowbar is needed nor need anyone knap stone or kindle a fire.

He had might as well have said he wanted to round up gay men and people of color for his camps, because that is what the present "code" for HIV positive is, you know.

Though, I daresay, it would probably have been a most festive campy camp. Hey guys! Old Man Huckabee is letting us use his chapel! Let's put on a show, Luis, you can do the costumes and Judy and me will choreograph!

[951-Riverside]

18. If he succeeded with his dastardly isolations a lot of Africans and Blacks would be alive... YIKES!

...think about it.

Stats from until.org
* Over 22 million people have died from AIDS
* Over 42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 74 percent of these infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa.
* By race, 54 percent of the new infections in the United States occur among African Americans, and 64 percent of the new infections in women occur in African American women.

[TwilightGardener]

25. This has to be one of the most retarded comments I've ever read on DU.

How do you isolate millions? How do you take people away from their families, their children, their communities, when they are NOT contagious with normal social contact? Who will care for these people? What, are they going to create a giant leper colony, "AIDS-Town", on some island somewhere? How about the fact that many people have HIV and don't realize it--THAT'S when they're most at risk for spreading it. Who the fuck is going to submit to testing when the government will snatch them away from everything and everyone they've ever known, and condemn them to a colony of fellow sufferers until they die, away from the love and comfort of their families and friends? You have GOT to be kidding me. Huckabee is an ignorant fuck. Please don't buy his bullshit.

[951-Riverside]

32. I don't disagree with you

Natural resources are decreasing and we're facing global warming all because of the rapidly increasing human population. AIDS/HIV works wonders thinning out the population thus protecting our planet.

[MadMaddie]

45. Uh not only that but Huckabee was referreing to Gays at the time

of the comment..

This disiese is accross all populations now....he is an idiot.

The commenter above thinks this started in a black population....NOT!

And let's look back in American history to the isolation of Lepers in Leper colonies...that worked out real swell..:sarcasm:

[pleah]

19. His true colors are coming through now.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

20. "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle"

...and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."

Cracking open Mike Huckabee's book of revelations.

[Forkboy]

22. The guys a real charmer. I'm getting the warm fuzzies.

[Hawaii Hiker]

23. So according to Mike Huckabee, I guess Magic Johnson

should have been isolated since he announced he was HIV+ back in 1991..He should never have come out of his home, & never do all the things he has been able to do (in both the business community & being a spokesperson in the HIV fight) since 1991...

Yeah, that's compassionate conservatism for you....

Man, do I HATE the religious right...

Here's good article about Huckabee on The Carpetbaggerreport..

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13858.html

[fascisthunter]

24. One Would Have to be a Bigot

to vote for him. IF this sort of thing does not bother folks, then they condone bigotry regardless. This guy is certifiable. Why I say such a thing? Because his reaction to gays and AIDs itself are extremely irrational, and not grounded in reality but by fear and some dogma. People like him are too irrational and bigoted to lead a nation of different peoples. He belongs in a bubble.

[TomClash]

26. This reminds me of William Buckley's proposal

for an "AIDS" tattoo to identify persons with AIDS.

[pa28]

27. I think you are right about Rudy's political machine.

It also seems to be the establishment right in general. I'm sure they'll enlist Fox news and Rush Limbaugh to help . . . but they'll have a hard time diffusing a monster of their own creation.

The gun-toting, gay hating, evangelicals that have been laughed at, blown off and used by the Republican elite are finally coming back for their revenge.

[Avalux]

28. More evidence that Huckabee is an irrational nutjob.

HIV isn't an airborne infection and cannot be caught through casual contact; his comments prove he is a homophobe who doesn't have a clue about infectious diseases and public health issues. They also prove he is a hypocrite, advocating intolerance and isolation of those who deserve care and empathy.

Could there possibly be anyone worse than Bush???

[Captain Angry]

29. It's a sad state of affairs when any human supports his candidacy.

I have recently seen Huckabee stickers showing up on cars. I almost get into an accident while trying to see who is driving it. I have to know who is that irrational and allowed to drive.

I see Obama and Huckabee stickers. What a weird place this is. (i.e. quite a spread in beliefs, not that people would vote Obama)

[MarkInLA]

30. I can beat that

I recently saw a woman driving a car with both a "Bush/Cheney '04" sticker and a "Hillary!" sticker. Talk about irrational.

[Captain Angry]

44. I'll bet somebody else put that sticker on the car

And I'm not sayin' which sticker. :-P

[davidinalameda]

33. Huckabee Wanted To Isolate AIDS Patients

Source: AP

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.

"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.

"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."

Read more: http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/12/120807huck.htm

[Occulus]

34. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3094664&mesg_id=3094664

[maddezmom]

35. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3094664

[David Zephyr]

37. I keep saying this: Mike Huckabee is a very, very dangerous man.

This is the scariest of all the GOP monsters running for office. He's on a mission from god.

[LuckyLib]

38. Huckster is a nutcase. The more he spins in a tight little circle of absurd proclamations,

the more ridiculous those fundies look. Let him spin.

[Catsbrains]

39. I've had insomnia lately just thinking Huckabee could win.....he scares the HELL out of me.

[donheld]

42. Democrats and DU have underestimated Huckabee

He has great appeal to the Christian Right and is dumb enough to go along with the Puppet masters who have been pulling W's Strings the last 8 years.

[Catsbrains]

46. Good to know I'm not the only one worried about this guy.

I thought maybe I was over-reacting, but he really reminds me of Bush. I don't think the MSM is doing a good job of telling the American people about his blunder with the rapist/murderer. I can't understand it. If Obama or Hillary had done anything remotely like it, the media would be all over it. Very frustrating.

[progressivebydesign]

43. Geez. the ghost of Ronald Reagan. n/t