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.
BUMP TO THE TOP!!! AND KEEP IT THERE!
You know the media OFTEN gets their news here..how many times have we offered up a discussion and 2 days later it appears on Fox etc.
Free Republic = Google of news!
Official Kerry "AIDS" press release:http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0710.html
It's not slander, when it's true.
Maybe I'll start a separate folder and save these posts, so when people question it, I could just post the dozens of links, yes there were dozens, at least who preferred Kerry and actually said so.
I did save the links for a while of those who said they preferred Bustamante or Davis to Schwarzenegger, there were some of those at the time.
P.S. I didn't mention any specific names, because I don't remember, or even if I do, if I did mention names, without links to their actual posts expressing a preference for Kerry, THAT would not be fair.
P.S. I didn't mention any specific names, because I don't remember, or even if I do, if I did mention names, without links to their actual posts expressing a preference for Kerry, THAT would not be fair.
Thanks for the ping!
Most of us were not there when those statements were made so look at it from our point of view, besides I said its probably true anyway since we all know that stupid statements are made here. I remember being raked over the coals for as a newbie over something similar.
Thank you, TexasFlower.
Sometimes it is hard to believe, but it's unfortunately true.
What is amazing the very people who want Kerry elected, to take revenge on Bush, act as if they are the "real" conservatives. How can someone call themselves a conservative, while preferring Kerry to Bush is totally beyond me.
Nobody aked you to.
The bottom line here is that Kerry is a lot worst on the immigration issue that President Bush and the more Kerry opens his mouth, the worst he sounds. I never once heard anybody say they'd vote for Kerry because President Bush has not enforced or immigration laws, but I'm sure somebody has. IMO, most freepers who are unhappy with GWBs performance on the illegal immigration problem will still be voting for him, maybe a few won't vote at all, and a few may vote for the Constitutional Party. That leaves only a handful of freepers who will be voting for Kerry and some of them may be embedded trolls or just nutcases.
I didn't mean to sound rude with that statement. What I meant to say is that there is no need to. I feel that we're kind of getting of the subject of the thread. Though I'll admit I am curious who those freepers are who will be voting for Kerry.
I'm sure we all can agree that Kerry is just trolling for votes in the homosexual community with this proposal and that it would hurt the rest of us who pay the taxes in this country.
OK
It's inevitable. Unless one of the candidates does a 180 on immigration, you know as well as I do what it will come to in the end. Under Bush, it may happen slower, but it will still happen.
Don't worry about it. At first, it sounded a little harsh but then I re-read it and it made sense.
The context was pretty clear after I read what you had originally posted.
I think most of those who are planning to vote for Kerry are either just trying to get people riled up or they are sleeper trolls.
And yes, I agree that Kerry is just trolling for votes. He has no real sense of integrity or responsibility IMO.
That's funny. BWAAAAHAAA! Flipper strikes again.
"It's inevitable. Unless one of the candidates does a 180 on immigration, you know as well as I do what it will come to in the end. Under Bush, it may happen slower, but it will still happen."
You know, Bush is so far gone on immigration, so far to the left of most conservatives and most Americans that it wouldn't surprise me if he did eventually propose (or go along with) the same thing in the name of 'compassionate' conservatism. I don't think he'd be crazy enough to do it before getting a second term considering how conservatives wouldn't react so kindly to having to pull another knife from their back on this issue after Bush's poorly received amnesty/increase in legal immigration plan. But who knows about a second term?
I hope he and Karl Rove are not that arrogant.
It is time for us to face the facts. Conservatism is about the preservation of our nation, our way of life, and our values. Both parties are now content to whore all three out to stay in office and to appease those who contribute to their campaigns.
A lot of people dislike Pat Buchanan, but he may have been on to something when he said (I think it was last fall): "There is no conservative party in America."
Because the homo lobby is more powerful than you know. Don't you find it strange that we can't get 50 Senators to defend children against gay marriage ?
It's one thing though to try to help American victims of AIDS but even the homos must realize that funds are limited and importing many more cases of AIDS is just going to make it impossible to keep on doling out the big money it takes.
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