Comments on: Mike Huckabee wanted to quarantine AIDS patients http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: AtomicFruitbat http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472840 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:40:59 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472840 I could understand him making a statement like that in say, 1984 when we didn't fully understand the disease IIRC. In 1992 its completely inexcusable ignorance. I could understand him making a statement like that in say, 1984 when we didn’t fully understand the disease IIRC. In 1992 its completely inexcusable ignorance.

]]> by: Peter, High Sea Lord of the Order of the Golden Rubber Duck http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472713 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:38:15 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472713 Looking back, practically speaking, it is even more twisted. While there was never even a hint of scientific truth to it, a majority of Americans polled fairly early in the epidemic reported believing that gay men could get AIDS even if they had never had sexual contact with anyone, infected or not. The "AIDS is God's punishment" idea had sunk in to the degree that many people heard "quarrantine all infected people" as "round up the queers." Which, if the policy had gone forward, would certainly have been the intention. Looking back, practically speaking, it is even more twisted. While there was never even a hint of scientific truth to it, a majority of Americans polled fairly early in the epidemic reported believing that gay men could get AIDS even if they had never had sexual contact with anyone, infected or not.

The “AIDS is God’s punishment” idea had sunk in to the degree that many people heard “quarrantine all infected people” as “round up the queers.” Which, if the policy had gone forward, would certainly have been the intention.

]]> by: Esme http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472695 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:59:49 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472695 Nothing says freedom like internment! Nothing says freedom like internment!

]]> by: Mister Nice Guy http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472694 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:55:59 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472694 I also note that there were a lot of people repeating Huckabee's soundbite word for word around that time: "first time a disease has been looked at as a human rights case," blah, blah. It was widely denounced at the time as being profoundly untrue, BTW: http://www.e-alliance.ch/resources/documents/html/Theology%20in%20a%20Time%20of%20AIDS.htm I also note that there were a lot of people repeating Huckabee’s soundbite word for word around that time: “first time a disease has been looked at as a human rights case,” blah, blah.

It was widely denounced at the time as being profoundly untrue, BTW: http://www.e-alliance.ch/resources/documents/html/Theology%20in%20a%20Time%20of%20AIDS.htm

]]> by: Nobody in Particular http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472682 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:44:12 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472682 OT: A <a>city councilwoman in Colorado</a> quits her job rather than remove a joke from her website that slurs blacks, gays, Jews, the disabled, and various other groups. OT: A city councilwoman in Colorado quits her job rather than remove a joke from her website that slurs blacks, gays, Jews, the disabled, and various other groups.

]]> by: J.C. http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472677 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:11:56 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472677 All you need to know about Huckabee can be found in these 4 links. http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_21_04/huckabee5.html http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_14_04/huckabee4.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/05/exclusive-the-complete-h_n_75373.html http://www.taxhikemike.org All you need to know about Huckabee can be found in these 4 links.
http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_21_04/huckabee5.html
http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_14_04/huckabee4.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/05/exclusive-the-complete-h_n_75373.html
http://www.taxhikemike.org

]]> by: mcc http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472672 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:20:16 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472672 <i>"My concern was safety first, political correctness last.”... When Huckabee wrote his answers in 1992, it was common knowledge that AIDS could not be spread by casual contact.</i> Yet another case where "political correctness" has been mistaken for actual correctness. “My concern was safety first, political correctness last.”… When Huckabee wrote his answers in 1992, it was common knowledge that AIDS could not be spread by casual contact.

Yet another case where “political correctness” has been mistaken for actual correctness.

]]> by: ginmar http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472648 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:48:10 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472648 Goper dopes is redundant. Looks like he's running ahead at this point, according to the evening news, on the 'want to drink beer with' ticket. God, I just despair for this country. Goper dopes is redundant.

Looks like he’s running ahead at this point, according to the evening news, on the ‘want to drink beer with’ ticket. God, I just despair for this country.

]]> by: CParis http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472634 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:36:10 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472634 "I was ELEVEN and I knew that it wasn’t possible to transmit it by casual touch or that it wasn’t airborne in any way" Sounds like you were smart enough to run for President, especially given the current crop of GOPer dopes we have. “I was ELEVEN and I knew that it wasn’t possible to transmit it by casual touch or that it wasn’t airborne in any way”

Sounds like you were smart enough to run for President, especially given the current crop of GOPer dopes we have.

]]> by: Rob, (verb)er of (noun)s http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472620 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:57:15 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/09/mike-huckabee-wanted-to-quarantine-aids-patients/#comment-472620 <blockquote># waldteufel December 9, 2007 at 3:30 pm Huckabee is probably a nice fellow, he is clearly a delusional nutcase unfit for high public office of any kind. </blockquote> Might not even be all that nice. In the "Do Not Fear the Huckabee" piece I linked to above, somebody in the comments wrote this: <blockquote># Your Jewish Master Says: December 3rd, 2007 la 2:50 pm But his is going to be President. And I for one, can’t wait to watch those that hate him say “President Huckabee” through gritted teeth. Awesome. Hell, I’m not even a supporter, but I can see the writing on the wall. </blockquote> And in response: <blockquote>MGK Says: December 3rd, 2007 la 2:54 pm All joking aside, YJM, he really, really isn’t. <i>Conservative</i> newspapers in Arkansas don’t like Huckabee, and not just for his economic populism, but for his track record of being greedy, nasty and sarcastic. Americans don’t like to elect jerks. George W. Bush’s presidency was largely predicated on him convincing the electorate that he wasn’t a jerk. Huckabee doesn’t have nearly the same level of poise, which says a lot. He might win Iowa, but he won’t take New Hampshire once the spotlight really gets focused on him.</blockquote> I don't recall the details, but I recall thinking "what a prick" after hearing Huckabee say something snarky. Maybe it'll come back to me. So the "nasty and sarcastic" description doesn't surprise me. And maybe somebody is now manning that spotlight he mentioned, aiming it squarely at Huckabee.

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waldteufel
December 9, 2007 at 3:30 pm

Huckabee is probably a nice fellow, he is clearly a delusional nutcase unfit for high public office of any kind.

Might not even be all that nice. In the “Do Not Fear the Huckabee” piece I linked to above, somebody in the comments wrote this:

# Your Jewish Master Says:
December 3rd, 2007 la 2:50 pm

But his is going to be President. And I for one, can’t wait to watch those that hate him say “President Huckabee” through gritted teeth. Awesome.
Hell, I’m not even a supporter, but I can see the writing on the wall.

And in response:

MGK Says:
December 3rd, 2007 la 2:54 pm

All joking aside, YJM, he really, really isn’t. Conservative newspapers in Arkansas don’t like Huckabee, and not just for his economic populism, but for his track record of being greedy, nasty and sarcastic.

Americans don’t like to elect jerks. George W. Bush’s presidency was largely predicated on him convincing the electorate that he wasn’t a jerk. Huckabee doesn’t have nearly the same level of poise, which says a lot. He might win Iowa, but he won’t take New Hampshire once the spotlight really gets focused on him.

I don’t recall the details, but I recall thinking “what a prick” after hearing Huckabee say something snarky. Maybe it’ll come back to me. So the “nasty and sarcastic” description doesn’t surprise me.

And maybe somebody is now manning that spotlight he mentioned, aiming it squarely at Huckabee.

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