[MeekMom]

...begging your pardon if you are deaf, dumb and blind...

"...Within hours, presidential spokesman Ari Fleisher publicly condemned Thacker, saying his views are "far, far removed from what the president believes," that the president has a "totally opposite view," and that Bush did not choose Thacker personally. "

[TonyTheTigger]

AMEN...........A BLIND MAN COULD SEE THE WORD GAMES SPUR IS SPEWING

[Between the Lines]

Don't believe everything you read. Here is the text from the press briefing by Ari Fleischer in reference to Jerry Thacker. As you can see it states that the President oposing views only concern the Thacker's statements about "gay plague" and "homosexuality is a death-style" and not homosexuality in general. Don't be lazy.... do the research.

Q A member of the administration's AIDS Advisory Council has called AIDS "a gay plague." Does the President condone that kind of language?

MR. FLEISCHER: No, the President does not share that view; the President has a totally opposite view. That remark is far removed from what the President believes and for the President has -- stand for. The President, in terms of what he has done for the issue of AIDS, has brought a real focus to increasing funds, both domestic and foreign policy, to help people with AIDS, the President's view is totally the opposite of that. The President's view is people with AIDS need to be treated with care, compassion, and that's why his budget has provided so much money to help in the fight against AIDS.

Q Back on Jerry Thacker, we've been talking about discrimination and issues of discrimination, race for the last couple of weeks. But Jerry -- granted, he's a man who has the disease himself, but not through -- well, apparently through the fact that his wife was infected through a blood transfusion. Is this gay bashing? Is this -- these words "gay plague" and "homosexuality is a death-style," is that gay bashing? And is there room in this country, not just in this administration or the commission, but is there room for --

MR. FLEISCHER: Those words are as wrong as they are inappropriate. And they are not shared by the President.

Q But he -- you said something about could or could not be sworn in. But when is there going to be something said from the administration to say that this man will not come into the administration? I mean, granted it's not the President --

MR. FLEISCHER: These are not presidential appointments. They are appointments made at the Cabinet level.

Q Understanding. But can the administration say, look, this man is not allowed to be on this commission because he is, indeed, gay bashing, even if he --

MR. FLEISCHER: I just urge you not to leap to any conclusions that he is on this commission or will be on this commission. These announcements come at the Cabinet level.

[xzins]

So what you're saying is that "Thacker" is the litmus test on what Bush thinks about homosexuals?

And Tony, you didn't ping me to your article on Thacker....you pinged yourself. All I asked for was your facts that supported my trashing our president.

I'm a Christian. I have no problem with Thacker's christian views.

Thacker made some public relations errors and had to be removed. He said that homosexuality is the same as bestiality. He also referred to AIDS as "the gay plague." Those are both supportable by folks like you and me who know the debate and the facts.

It's not something that will fly in public opinion right now. Bush has his mind on other things right now than a debate on homosexuality.