1.0link113054<![CDATA[Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/elizabeth-dole-tries-to-n_n_113054.htmlRepublican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms. Helms, of course, was a strident foe of HIV/AIDS prevention, research and treatment. The blog Joe.My.God recalls some of Helms' notable moments in AIDS relief:
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as "so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1988 vigorously opposed the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS research bill, saying,...