Huckabee Hound: Very "P. C." Christian Leader

"Tax Hike" Mike seems to be cultivating his ignorance. He doesn't think evolution occurs, & as recently as 1992 he favored putting people w/ AIDS in "quarantine."

Mr. Huckabee said in a response in a 229-question survey that he believed that AIDS patients should be isolated from the public and that homosexuality was an “aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle” that posed a “dangerous public risk.”

Fears of AIDS spreading widely in the United States were common in the mid-1980s, as doctors struggled to learn about how the virus that causes the disease was transmitted. But by the time Mr. Huckabee answered the A.P. survey, it was well established that the virus could not be spread through casual contact.

From the commentariat @S,N!:

Me said,
December 8, 2007 at 19:42
I first misread the date as 1982, and thought, “Appalling, but pretty much par for the course in those days”. Then I saw that he actually said all that shit in 1992.

Must remember rule: conservatives always believe backwards-ass shit at least 10 years longer than everyone else. And that’s the minimum.

The maximum would be the approx. 4.5 billion yrs. that our little planet has been circling the local star.

More Huckabilly from the Gray Lady:

Mr. Huckabee said in a statement yesterday that there was still confusion at the time about transmission of the disease and that his “concern was safety first, political correctness last.”

Tell us, Hound Dog, how is considering gayness an “aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle” that posed a “dangerous public risk," anything but "political correctness?" That knife cuts both ways. Right wingers, by their authoritarian, "tell me what to believe" nature, are infinitely more susceptible to "correctness" than almost any "progressives."

Also: S,N! item. And choice quotes from the AP story that inspired it:

Besides a quarantine, Huckabee suggested that Hollywood celebrities fund AIDS research from their own pockets, rather than federal health agencies.

Further Rightie "P. C.": You can't go wrong picking on "Hollywood." It's the root of all evil.

"In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified," Huckabee wrote. "An alternative would be to request that multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor (,) Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research."

Huckabee said in a prepared statement released by his campaign Saturday afternoon that he called for quarantine when there was a lot of confusion about how AIDS is spread. He said he wanted at the time to follow traditional medical practices used for dealing with tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.

"We now know that the virus that causes AIDS is spread differently, with a lower level of contact than with TB," Huckabee said. "But looking back almost 20 years, my concern was the uncertain risk to the general population — if we got it wrong, many people would die needlessly. 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.

Looking back "almost 20 years," our ass. Try 15 yrs. exactly, you lying, ignorant cracker. Not "common knowledge" among the Babtists, it seems.

"What people do in the privacy of their own lives as adults is their business," Huckabee said. "If they bring it into the public square and ask me as a taxpayer to support it or to endorse it, then it becomes a matter of public discussion and discourse."

Oh, no. Have the queers started doing it in the "public square" & frightening the horses? Who is asking Huck, "as a taxpayer," to support or endorse anything to do w/ gay marriage? Is there a campaign to waive fees for gay marriages performed by justices of the peace, or to subsidize gay chuech marriagea? If churches want to perform gay marriages, is that any of the gov't.'s business?

Back to The Times article:

Mr. Huckabee has been popular among Christian conservatives, who appreciate his stands on social issues and his unabashed professions of faith on the trail.

Mr. Huckabee’s detractors, however, have sought to turn his pastoral background against him, saying his spirituality has made him too soft.

Just can't win, can you, Huck? Especially when you're calling for the quarantining of the innocent & the freeing of the guilty.

And he abuses animals. 'Fraid to go after anything your own size, Gov.?