Hillary under fire for crediting Nancy Reagan on AIDS awareness

[bad seed]

"It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980s. And because of both President and Mrs. Reagan -- in particular Mrs. Reagan -- we started a national conversation. When before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it, and that too is something that I really appreciate with her very effective, low key advocacy but it penetrated the public conscious and people began to say, 'Hey, we have to do something about this too.'"

http://gawker.com/hillary-clintons-reagan-aids-revisionism-is-shocking-i-1764346878
She's been forced to walk back that statement, but not before getting wrecked and destroying all her liberal cred.

Its astonishing that a politician as savvy as Hillary could make such a foolish blunder. Surely she is aware the Reagans are directly responsible for worsening the AIDS epidemic through their inaction and personal biases.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Ronald Reagan looked at AIDS like an evangelical Christian looks at a science book.

 

[ISWThunder]

That's totally what she meant.

"By completely ignoring and vilifying AIDS, Nancy and Ronald forced us to deal with the problem and have a national conversation as it reached epidemic proportions and ravaged Africa." Right?

 

[bad seed]

and remember how the Reagans opposed all stem cell research until Ron got alzheimer's and stem cells provided the only path to a cure.

proto-Trump.

 

[bad seed]

The Reagan administration considered Mandela a terrorist, while supporting Osama Bin Laden as a freedom fighter.

The nerve of Republicans trying to criticize Obama for not attending Nancy's funeral. Its a travesty to shed even a fake tear for her.

 

[Skip Reming]

Well, HIllary was in a way right
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/3/06/remembering-nancy-reagan-her-involvement-aids-crisis

Nancy Reagan is sometimes credited with pushing her husband to do something about AIDS, and he eventually supported some funding for research. The death of their friend, actor Rock Hudson, is often referred to as a pivotal moment.

In February 2015, BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner reported on a previously overlooked moment in history when Hudson, dying of AIDS in a hospital in France, had sent a telegram to the White House looking for help. He wanted to be admitted to a French military hospital that was believed to have special treatment, but he needed the Reagans to intervene on his behalf to be admitted because he wasn’t a French citizen.

Nancy Reagan responded to the telegram in July 1985 and denied the request, reportedly because helping a Hollywood friend was seen as unfair. But she requested the press be notified that President Reagan had called Rock Hudson.

Hudson had been a guest of the Reagans at the White House, and former social secretary Gahl Hodges Burt recalled the story on MSNBC today of the actor learning of his diagnosis because he'd seen a spot on the back of his neck when looking at a photo of himself at a White House dinner. Burt said Nancy Reagan called her friend Elizabeth Taylor about it and urged her to get involved.

The Reagan administration considered Mandela a terrorist, while supporting Osama Bin Laden as a freedom fighter.

The nerve of Republicans trying to criticize Obama for not attending Nancy's funeral. Its a travesty to shed even a fake tear for her.

Was Ebola some new disease people did not know much about like AIDS was during the early 80s???

 

[ripskater]

Ronald Reagan looked at AIDS like an evangelical Christian looks at a science book.

How's that? Don't have sex unless it's with your wife? That's from the Bible. You know that would wipe the AIDS virus out if everyone did that?

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

The person who put Aids on the national stage was the kid named Ryan who caught it through a blood transfusion.

it is funny this is being turned into fuck the Reagan's instead of Hillary is a dumbass.

That is some beautiful spin

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

The person who put Aids on the national stage was the kid named Ryan who caught it through a blood transfusion.

it is funny this is being turned into fuck the Reagan's instead of Hillary is a dumbass.

That is some beautiful spin

Ryan white. That was a big deal when I was a very little kid in grade school at the time.

Didn't they make some big unity type quilt for this kid.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

if you're under 30, I think it would be hard for you to gauge how little we knew about it. The unknown. Except for the fact that it was primarily gay people who got it.

then a few years later it was the druggies who was getting it because they were sharing needles.

 

[bad seed]

Well, HIllary was in a way right
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/3/06/remembering-nancy-reagan-her-involvement-aids-crisis

Nancy Reagan is sometimes credited with pushing her husband to do something about AIDS, and he eventually supported some funding for research. The death of their friend, actor Rock Hudson, is often referred to as a pivotal moment.

In February 2015, BuzzFeed's Chris Geidner reported on a previously overlooked moment in history when Hudson, dying of AIDS in a hospital in France, had sent a telegram to the White House looking for help. He wanted to be admitted to a French military hospital that was believed to have special treatment, but he needed the Reagans to intervene on his behalf to be admitted because he wasn’t a French citizen.

Nancy Reagan responded to the telegram in July 1985 and denied the request, reportedly because helping a Hollywood friend was seen as unfair. But she requested the press be notified that President Reagan had called Rock Hudson.

Hudson had been a guest of the Reagans at the White House, and former social secretary Gahl Hodges Burt recalled the story on MSNBC today of the actor learning of his diagnosis because he'd seen a spot on the back of his neck when looking at a photo of himself at a White House dinner. Burt said Nancy Reagan called her friend Elizabeth Taylor about it and urged her to get involved.

Somewhat true. Without Nancy, Ronald Reagan wouldnt have done anything at all and dragged his feet until the end of term. But they stoked stigma against the gay community and allowed thousands to die before any action was taken.

The person who put Aids on the national stage was the kid named Ryan who caught it through a blood transfusion.

it is funny this is being turned into fuck the Reagan's instead of Hillary is a dumbass.

That is some beautiful spin

 

[Jack V Savage]

Keith Law had the best line about this:

"Like saying George Wallace helped start a conversation on integration and civil rights"

 

[ripskater]

if you're under 30, I think it would be hard for you to gauge how little we knew about it. The unknown. Except for the fact that it was primarily gay people who got it.

then a few years later it was the druggies who was getting it because they were sharing needles.

It's still mostly gay men getting it. After that, it's women who get it from gay men.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

How's that? Don't have sex unless it's with your wife? That's from the Bible. You know that would wipe the AIDS virus out if everyone did that?

So it took until the 1980s for God to realize people are having sex.

What about th thousands of years before that.

To me you're the shining example of scientific literacy.

 

[bad seed]

Ryan white. That was a big deal when I was a very little kid in grade school at the time.

Didn't they make some big unity type quilt for this kid.

Yeah he was a huge icon that was held up as THE INNOCENT VICTIM of AIDS. Unlike you know, those sinful homos in bathhouse gangbangs.

 

[ILLogic]

How's that? Don't have sex unless it's with your wife? That's from the Bible. You know that would wipe the AIDS virus out if everyone did that?

What if your wife is bitten by an AIDS monkey because, ya know, wild animals?

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

 

[ripskater]

Somewhat true. Without Nancy, Ronald Reagan wouldnt have done anything at all and dragged his feet until the end of term. But they stoked stigma against the gay community and allowed thousands to die before any action was taken.

That's what AIDs does. It ends up killing you. Unless you have the money for the expensive drugs. And even that probably takes it's toll on the individual.

 

[ripskater]

To me you're the shining example of scientific literacy.

I know. It's amazing what a little common sense and wisdom from the Bible will help you avoid sometimes.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

Ryan white. That was a big deal when I was a very little kid in grade school at the time.

Didn't they make some big unity type quilt for this kid.

They did..To my recollection, it made it mainstream so to speak