Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients (AP)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

How very "Christian" of him.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071208/ap_on_el_pr/huckabee_aids_3;_ylt=AtPTgVAXrPvJUEgurrWA1LcE1vAI

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."

"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."

[MountainLaurel]

1. Not particularly surprising

When I was a kid, others of the same religious ilk taught that AIDS was a gift from God to rid the world of the homosexual scourge.

[flashl]

2. Hypocrite

"In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified"

Arkansas profited from bleeding their prisoners.

"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. A documentary contends that thousands of victims who received transfusions of a blood product derived from these plasma products died as a result."

[MiniMe]

3. Sounds like he wants to treat them like lepers

Where have I heard that story before? Oh yeah, in the bible. Jesus and the lepers.

[JackBeck]

4. I was 10 years old when the first reported case of HIV was registered

at the CDC. And one of my first memories at the beginning of this pandemic was this policy suggestion, uttered by none other than Bush, Sr.

Disgusting suggestion in the 80's, in 1992, and if anyone would ever to suggest that now.