Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from public

This was a smart move because it might win him more conservative votes:

Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposedincreased federal funding in the search for a cure and saidhomosexuality 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 TheAssociated Press. Besides a quarantine, Huckabee suggested thatHollywood celebrities fund AIDS research from their own pockets, ratherthan federal health agencies.

Huckabee said Saturday that his comments came at a time when thepublic was still learning about HIV and AIDS and promised to do"everything possible to transform the promise of a vaccine and a cureinto reality."

So when you're learning, are you supposed to jump to conclusions like that?

Comments

[George]

in 2003, Bush was still learning about the middle east. Therefore we should excuse his historic blunder, comparable to nothing this country has ever seen in 240 years of existence.