Only In Bush-World: Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/elizabeth-dole-tries-to-n_n_113054.html
Republican 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, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."

Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct."

Jesse Helms, the man who in 2002 announced that he'd changed his mind about AIDS funding for Africa, but not for American gays, because homosexuality "is the primary cause of the doubling and redoubling of AIDS cases in the United States."

In fact, in 1991 seven activists from the group ACT UP put a giant condom on Helms' Arlington home that said "Helms Is Deadlier Than A Virus."

[Tyler Durden]

1. Just when you think it has gotten as weird as it can possibly get....

[MotorCityMan]

6. I thought Craig and Vitter sponsoring the marriage protection

bill was bad. This is just a slap in the face to people with AIDS everywhere.

This is surreal.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. This is a perfect illustration of just how Republican's decide ...

issues and make policy. It's whatever pushes the buttons of Liberals, Progressives, Democrats and Environmentalists. If they aren't lining their pockets with stolen cash they're pissing on someone's parade.

[KharmaTrain]

3. I Think The Virius Should Be Named For Him...

...unless the fine folks of North Carolina can find an appropriate sewage treatment plant.

[Stuart G]

4. I hope that this stunt helps get her defeated. nt

[Mira]

5. A racist, bigotted segregationist - nominated by a brain the size of a small

appliance light-bulb.
I truly hope we North Carolinians can make hay of this monumental mistake of hers to get rid of her.

[Stuart G]

9. Please, let us have a mention of Dole's opponent....

[Stuart G]

10. Kay Hagan for U.S. Senate in North Carolina...

here is a link:

http://www.kayhagan.com/home

[raccoon]

7. Truth is stranger than fiction. nt

[peekaloo]

8. All those years of sticking his head up his ass made him obsessed with sodomy.

might be more apt to name a medical procedure after him. Helmsoscopy? Jesseupmyass?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. These people are so frigging sick.