Not that it seems to matter to many politicians these days. It seems that as long as they get elected, well anything goes to get the job done. Kind of makes one sick to the stomach really.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is holding up renewal of the Ryan White Act, the law which funds most HIV/AIDS campaigns across the country, and some health care workers in the field suggest that her expected presidential bid may have something to do with it ( 365Gay article )
Seems there really isn’t much of choice at the moment, between Republican and Democrat. To think that something like funding for AIDS becomes a political football or is used to help garner votes in key swing states, is rather sickening. No matter which party it is.
To me a real leader is someone who will do what is right, not what is politically expedient. I look at Jean Chretien who many think stole tons of money through the sponsorship scandal, but I know that money can be replaced, civil rights is another matter. Both he and Paul Martin risked their own religious souls to insure that all Canadians received benefit under the law.
It may not sound like much, but when you put aside your own religious beliefs to do what is right, isn’t that what a real leader does? Isn’t that what we should expect from a leader?
“If you look at the states she has to carry to become president — California, New York, Illinois, Florida – those would be the hardest hit if the formula were changed,” Charles Grant, founder of AbsoluteCare Medical Center Inc., the largest private HIV/AIDS medical center in Georgia told the Post. ( see 365Gay article )
8 Long years of Bush pushing his crap and making human rights a joke in the USA and now the leading Democrat is acting like she is no better. I mean who can support someone that takes financial aid and holds it up simply to garner votes in states she needs to win? I mean that is so callous and cruel that it makes George Bush look like a boyscout.
Is this how low politics have become in the States?
I know that the coming elections, the mantra is about change, but is it to change from one horror show to an equally disgusting one?
Perhaps its time to think outside the box and go looking for candidates who truly hold real values. Not phoney ones designed to simply get them elected. All this religious bullshit is show and nothing more. If they truly believe in God, in good Christian Values, then they would not hold up one dime for AIDS funding, nor would they even dare think of attaching strings to the money.
That is what a real leader does. I wonder who will step up to claim that mantle this coming election? Certainly won’t be Hilary Clinton.