Huckabee Wanted AIDS Quarantine

AP:

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.

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Comments

[realist2000]

Oh come on you guys. Comparing this to the Nazis? Picking on Gays? LOL! Since when is AIDS a gay only disease? Come on. Huckabee was right, just 10 years too late. If we had quarantined those with AIDS in 1982 and had mandatory AIDS tests, you CANNOT argue against this: there would NOT be an AIDS crisis in America today, period. They could not have infected people through sex or needle sharing and the disease would have died off. EVERY new breakout of a communicable disease is treated like this: Quarantine. Are they "picking" on people when they do this?

[jameo]

Quarantined ghettoes, followed by concentration camps. Sound familar? Who's next in line for for this maniac? At what point will he start hearing voices offering guidance? This guy is very dangerous.

[Charlio]

Huckabee has to gang up on the LGBT community to show us what a real man he is. If he has to pick on a group of American citizens why doesn't he pick a group that has the same rights, benefits & protections as he has?
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[ETHICAL]

In justifying his quarantine policy for people with AIDS, Mike Huckabee referred (but not by name) to a 1991 finding that a dentist had infected a patient. In fact, he infected several. This is in fact still the only known case of a health care worker transmitting AIDS to patients. What isn’t generally known, but is common speculation among dentists, is that the dentist, Dr. David Acer of Stuart Florida, likely was suffering from dementia (a result of the HIV virus invading his brain) and almost certainly infected his patients deliberately. If this very likely scenario did in fact happen, then the use of this example by Huckabee and other religious right members to justify their bigotry and hysteria is exposed for what it is.

[cruisepuppy7452a]

As a straight person I am offended by this man. Who the hell is he to tell people who are sick, you have to be quarantined? Has the guy ever read a book, or spoken to a doctor, who would have informed this moronic wing nut, that people can live long lives with this disease if on meds? Most with this disease have gone on to become lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers, college students who get PHd"s? The man is seriously ill himself to even think as he is. What is next Mr. Huckabee, taking out old people, those who are not beautiful, thin, blonde and blue eyed? Oh, I forgot, he is doing that with his quarantine. If this guy becomes your president, you all better pray he doesn't belong to a nazi organization, or this will be the tip of the iceberg with his acts against hummanity. What a moron.

[Nyla785]

Well, it appears Ole Huck will mouth the right wing platitudes before his brain is in gear--is this the kind of deep thinker we want in the White House?

[mrcontinental]

It would appear the Herr Huckabee is insane as well as being a delusional fool.

Next!

[drblack]

Huckabee is mentally ill with superstitious fear.

[geobushono]

hey folks......how do you feel about EVOLUTION?

have you wondered the repugs were asked that question ONCE!!!! and I believe all but one didn't believe it.
Why isn't this talked about?

[starrianna]

I CAN SEE THE T-SHIRTS NOW:

HUCKABEE: BACK TO THE STONE AGE

HUCKABEE: FREE TO BE...NAZI

HUCKABEE FOR U + ME, NO FAGS

HUCKABEE wants to Fuckamee, and make me keep the baby!

[brooklyncitizen]

Between the released rapist/murderer ,the Christ for capital punishment comment and this, Huckster is a quintessential Republican.

What I don't "get" is this Republican kneejerk reaction to oppose govt taking care of the peopl:fundin gsocial security, universal health insurance, disaster victims,quality education for all / access to college and scientific research for epidemics such as AIDS...and yet we are spending how many BILLIONS per week on IRAQ??????­??????????­??????????­??????????­???????
Aid to Israel??????????
Keeping GITMO going?????­??????????

Are you fucking kidding me?

[Qbear]

Bush supports the Christia Right
Huckabee supports the Christian Reich

[Qbear]

Chuckles grim reaper Huckabee
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/chucklesAIDS.jpg

He not only wanted AIDS patients locked in CAMPS, he wanted to cut AIDS funding...get THEM out of sight, and have them DIE QUICKLY without meds!

[Qbear]

Huckabee differs from Fred Phelps, who protests AIDS funerals, Hate Crimes funerals, and Iraq vet funerals....only by a SLIGHT degree.

[avergejoe]

I oppose Huckabee, but facts speak for themselves.

1. Current policies are not working.
2. Infection rates keep rising across the board.
3. Those on the 'superdrugs' are incubating new
'superbugs' that threaten everyone.

Something must done.