Huckabee Won't "Recant" His Call For AIDS Quarantine

This morning on Fox News Sunday, former governor Mike Huckabee acknowledged that he previously advocated quarantining AIDS patients, but said he would not "recant" from that position.

In 1992, Huckabee wrote, "If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague."

This morning, Huckabee first tried to deny his comments. "Chris, I didn't say that we should quarantine," he said. In fact, he said we "need[ed]" to isolate AIDS patients.

Pressed repeatedly by host Chris Wallace, however, Huckabee relented. "That is exactly what I said. I don't run from it, I don't recant from it. Would I say it a little differently today? Sure, in light of 15 years of additional knowledge and understanding, I would."

Watch the video from Fox News Sunday:

Comments

[godlessclif]

Only Kucinich is for gay marriage, that makes Hillary, Edwards and Obama homophobes because they
oppose gay marriage.

[racetoinfinity]

correction, I mean at least 6 years, but same thing.

[racetoinfinity]

In '92, there had been at least 10 years of information that AIDS is infectious, not contaigous, and the only reason (there is no excuse) for an outrageous comment like this from Huckabee would be ignorance [or even worse, pandering to the ignorant]). Either way, it's deplorable. We can't let this boob be president.

[skinnywhiteboy]

Something else just occured to me. Mormon doctrine outlawed Racism in 1978. Ipso Facto Romney was was a racist for 31 years. He went to France to Proselythize about his racist cult. He was in France for 4 years. What is wrong with this Republican field? Rudy is a saint in comparison. He might be a jerk but he has no racist or homophobe. McCain is another saint. He wouldn't hurt a fly.

[lornejl]

I can't blame Farkelberry, dumbya has opened the door for all kinds of crazy shit,this is just the beginning.

[SadAmerican]

President Huckabee would be a "loose cannon" with his looney comments.

[elkabong]

Quarantine the secular progressives!

Huckabee/Romney '08

[skinnywhiteboy]

I can't believe I fell for this guy. And to think I almost sent him $100. This is soooooo sad! I feel so used. And abused. I loved Huckabee. I loved him so much. I feel terrible. I am so gullible. I don't even trust my judgement anymore. This Huckabee guy is a piece of work. For a moment I started to doubt Obama. I feel terrible. I'm gonna get an "O" tatoo as penance. Perhaps I'll start watching Oprah. Or perhaps I'll forget about politics altogether. I don't think I can withstand another stab in my well-moisturized back.

[FogBelter]

Huckabee is a reactionary Moron who would punish the sick by imprisoning them ... What a fine American Christian he is.

[poopdeck]

There is actually at least one country in which AIDS patients have been "isolated". It is Castro's Cuba.

[Marnie1]

It is unblievable that any person who had heard of HIV/AIDS could continue to be so butt ignorant by the 1990's that they did not know that HIV is not a plague in anything like the normal sense. Plagues are highly communicable diseases that spread in dense patterns through populations and that spread rapidly, as in weeks and months.

It is unblievable that any person who had heard of HIV/AIDS could continue to be so butt ignorant by the 1990's that they did not know that HIV is not a homosexual disease per se. Most of its victims world wide are women and children.

It is unblievable that any person who had heard of HIV/AIDS could continue to be so butt ignorant by the 1990's that they did not know that HIV is not a disease that is only passed by nasty sexual contacts or even by dirty needles.

It is unblievable that any person who had heard of HIV/AIDS could continue to be so butt ignorant by the 1990's that they did not know that HIV was and is not the most commonly transmitted Sexually Transmissible Disease, nor was or is it the STD with the highest morbidity and mortality count. Hepititis C wins on both counts.

So why is Huck Boy not proposing quarantine for Hep C sufferers?
Or any of the other widely spread highly communicable STD's that are shared freely amongst the heterosexual set?

[eugenegerard]

Republicans are the real disease in this country. They all should be quarentined to GITMO.

[Fanny]

He may be on to something.

No, not about AIDS victims.

But I confess the thought of quarantining homophobic rabid rightwingers has a certain morbid appeal.

[OckhamsElectricRazor]

What a maroon. His ancestor probably was the one who lit the fire in Salem under the witch with a similar meek statement about good it was for the people.

[SILVANUS]

What a panderer scumbag penicil-dicked con man. And there are actually people - i.e. cavemen - that like this fiend?