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Hey, it fits right in with the conservative myth that Reagan could do no wrong.
I don't think anyone believes that Reagan "could do no wrong." But he sure as hell was a damn sight better than this failure, who is worse by far than even jimmy Carter, and will probably go down in history as the worst president in the history of our country, if we survive.
He is trying to destroy America, and he is succeeding. That was his purpose all along, and the Leftists are helping him. If we survive the next few years, it's going to take forty or fifty years to rebuild America.
Reagan ignored AIDS and look what happened. Last stats I read, there are over a million people in the US infected with HIV today. HIV was badly handled by Reagan. There is no doubt about it.
Does acknowledgement of Reagan's failures to recognize the impact of AIDS on Americans mitigate Obama's failures to do the same, including appointing a LAWYER as Ebola Czar, make you feel better, safer, happy? Good grief.
Last I heard you couldn't get AIDS from someone sneezing.
Your comparison is no where near analogous.
That's easy to say with the benefit of 30+ years of science under the belt.
There was indeed Aids Hysteria in the early 80's that persisted into the 90's. Heck fear and ignorance persists, today.
Back in the 80's not enough was known. Some scientists warned it was either airborne or mutation was just around the corner and that bodily fluids on surfaces could spread the virus.
Here and there, across the US, school districts sent letters home to inform parents that a child was enrolled in the district who was living with someone with Aids in their household. Then came initiatives to ban gay teachers in classrooms because they would infect the children.
There was an abundance of moral panic within churches.
Employers faced serious, serious challenges when they became aware one of their employees had Aids.
Landlords and communities faces challenges upon learning someone with Aids was in their community.
The biggest differences between then and now was the absence of 24/7 fear mongering on political cable TV/radio, the internet and social media.
Actually, there was a lot of criticism of Pres. Reagan over his handling of the AIDS epidemic. I am actually surprised that some of the posters here would not remember that. When the AIDS epidemic hit there were the same concerns now with Ebola. Would it mutant? How did it spread so rapidly? How do you contain it? Why aren't we spending more to find a cure?
There are no easy ways to contain an emerging epidemic in this day and age. If posters are intellectually honest they would all agree. That there are only two confirmed cases since Duncan shows that the government is doing some things right. Undoubtedly more to do and we are in the early stages of the spread of the disease so we can contain it, but I hardly doubt that anyone else would have done things much differently.
the election was november 2008. all throughout the election process nothing he did would stick to him. don't get mad because democrats are going to get mutilated in november. senate buh bye.
A lot of conservatives and Republicans have been criticizing President Obama for mishandling the current Ebola situation. Why didn't these same people criticize President Reagan when thousands of Americans were contracting HIV/AIDS?
Personal bias, void of logic, based on party preference, prejudice and apathy. Welcome to politics.
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