07/16/2008
Elizabeth Dole Wants to Improve Jesse Helms' AIDS Record Posthumously
Via Atomic Gay Wonk comes word that North Carolina GOP Senator Elizabeth Dole wants to change the name of an AIDS bill before the Senate, adding homophobic AIDS-enabler Jesse Helms to that of former Reps. Henry Hyde and Tom Lantos:
"Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) yesterday introduced an amendment that would have added the name of Jesse Helms to the title of the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria bill that is before the Senate...The name of the Act proposed in S. 2731 is "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008". The Act would be named after former Reps. Tom Lantos (D-CA-12) and Henry Hyde (R-IL-06), who worked together in their last years in Congress to achieve bipartisan support for federal funding for the fight against these diseases."
The language was as follows: "SA 5074. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 1, line 5, strike 'and Henry J. Hyde" and insert ', Henry J. Hyde, and Jesse Helms'."
(via Joe.My.God)
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I didn't even realize this poor ol' senile cunt was STILL in the Senate. Yikes. I think she needs to place husband Bob's bottle of Viagra back on the table and step away.
She is from heretofore to be known as Sen. Dolt.
Posted by: Brad | Jul 16, 2008 1:41:08 PM
I urge you to write your senators and demand that this attempt at whitewashing the record of this hateful bigot be fought in the Senate.
I have written to Boxer, and it was quite an effort to restrain from spewing the same hate that I displayed this morning when writing on this at Daily Kos (I am almost ashamed at my description of what I wish his last moments were but really, he deserved much worse). Helms was one of the most disgusting mean-spirited men ever to 'serve' this nation.
There is plenty of blood on plenty of hands, but Helms was awash in it. I hope he is being force-fed fecal matter in hell.
(Oops, see what I mean?)
Please, guys, direct this energy toward the Senate, if only to let them know we haven't forgotten the truth. And we won't.
Posted by: DwH | Jul 16, 2008 1:45:56 PM
Mr. Bedwell, I should have stated "in the US". Sorry I wasn't as clear on that as I should have been but I was on my way out of the house and wanted to get in a response to Jason before it was forgotten.
Posted by: Bob R | Jul 16, 2008 7:21:07 PM