Posted on 07/10/2004 5:00:17 PM PDT by nwrep
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) promised to lift a ban on immigration to the United Stated by people with AIDS (news - web sites) and vowed to double US assistance to a worldwide campaign to combat the deadly and contagious disease.
The new pledges, timed to coincide with the opening in Thailand of the six-day 15th International AIDS Conference, came as a new opinion poll showed the Massachusetts senator widening his lead over President George W. Bush (news - web sites).
Kerry welcomed the upcoming conference and promised to work with US international partners, faith-based and non-governmental organizations to strengthen the world's capacity for a sustained response to the AIDS epidemic.
But in his statement, he also made a commitment that is likely to draw more fire from conservative groups insisting on tighter immigration requirements.
"I will work with Congress to lift the immigration ban on HIV (news - web sites)-positive people that has prohibited the United States from hosting this lifesaving meeting," promised the senator.
Approximately 40 million people are currently infected with HIV around the world, and six million need antiretroviral therapy now, according to UN experts, who point out that more than 20 million have already been killed by the epidemic.
The United States is testing all new immigrants for HIV, and a positive test is usually grounds for denying admission.
With only about 400,000 people in developing nations having access to treatment, Kerry said, his strategy "starts with doubling US funding."
President George W. Bush promised last year commit 15 billion dollars to the international campaign to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria over the next five years, and Congress has already begun making allocations under the program.
But the Democratic candidate said the White House was falling short of delivering on its promise.
Lots of dead folks in Chicago will probably vote for him.
No fair opinion, I don't think Kerry is better.Just not wild about Bush's amnesty plan and lack of interest in securing the border.Don't mis-read what I said. I've never voted for a democrat in my life.
Just what we need -- more immigrants with AIDS.
Vote Marilyn O'Grady!
Just what we need -- more immigrants with AIDS.
Well, lawyers will like this. Was this Edwards' idea?
I don't bother saving those posts, but there are not even just one or two, but MANY, where FReepers here actually said, that Kerry wouldn't be so bad, because he would destroy the US so badly, that maybe then people would wake up -- let's destroy the US "to save it". They consider this a good thing and reason to cheer Kerry getting elected over Bush. Then they keep telling us, what great conservatives they are.
Hey, I get it now. Edwards has figured out a way to make every lawyer rich...the world's disease ridden masses can sue for citizenship and automatic total health care (this will be Hill's contribution when she takes every last cent from us for 'the common good.')
Boy, the body language. Kerry has to control somebody...and we know who wears the pants in the Heinz/Kerry family, and it isn't Botoxboy.
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Homosexual Agenda Ping - Yet ANOTHER reason to keep Kerry and his minions out of the WH.
Just what the US needs - whole bunch more homoseuxals with AIDS. As if there aren't enough homegrown. :-p
He also vows to spend more of OUR money on AIDS. Double :-p
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
P.S. Do you really believe polls? I don't.
FGS!
Pandering deluxe.
Kerry is dangerous.
Kerry is coming out with some wild nonsense, isn't he? If America votes for this (description withheld in the interests of good taste), then I can only conclude that we have gone over the event horizon.
That thumping noise you hear off in the distance is half of Kerry's campaign staff slowly beating their heads against the wall.
What will be fun to find out is whether or not the American media will let this story get out to the public. Notice this version comes from our French friends at AFP. While this is posted on Yahoo, I can't find it mentioned yet on any other search engines...
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Kerry hasn't even been elected yet and he's already governing like a globalist.
God help us if he some how gets elected.
Hold on now, let's remember whose mouth this came out of. Next week he'll advocate shipping them all off to a remote island.
Nahhh, he's probably serious about this :-(
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