[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

When asked about AIDS research in 1992, Huckabee complained that AIDS research received an unfair share of federal dollars when compared to cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

This is still true. Good for him for having the courage to say it.

[RatsDawg]

``My administration will be the first to have an overarching strategy for dealing with HIV and AIDS here in the United States, with a partnership between the public and private sectors that will provide necessary financing and a realistic path toward our goals,’’ Huckabee said in a statement posted on his campaign Web site last month.

[unixfox]

Good for him for having the courage to say it.

Anybody can say anything, it takes REAL courage to act upon it.

[Perchant]

"When asked about AIDS research in 1992, Huckabee complained that AIDS research received an unfair share of federal dollars when compared to cancer, diabetes and heart disease."

This is still true. Good for him for having the courage to say it.

Is there any disease that Huckabee doesn't believe the government should be in the business of curing?

[lgwdnbdgr]

It should be very concerning to any Republican that Huck proposes government action without bothering to understand the issue.

Most people don’t show symptoms for 9-10 years after infection. Back then, once you developed symptoms, you had very little time left to live.

Best case scenario, a quarantine does nothing (the public health damage would already be done by the time you knew a person was infected). The more likely scenario is that HIV transmission would skyrocket. With a quarantine in place, nobody in their mind would get tested for HIV.

This was all known back in 1992. Big Government Mike, though, couldn’t be bothered with doing any research before proposing more government.