Elizabeth Dole Tries to Rename the AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms

I would try to think of something that would be less appropriate, but even with my disregard for convention it would be hard to do that.”
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How about a George W. Bush Education Act? Or Global Warming Act? LOL!

I emailed this to the Senator. I hope one of her more savvy assistants reads it.
Are you nuts? Jesse Helms was a foe to us AIDS/HIV activists for much of the remainder of his sad, sad, sad life. He was a hateful, hateful man and it is a despicable act to try to name a bill for AIDS funding with his name in it.
Please remember these highlights to his litany of pathetic acts thwarted upon us caregivers and survivors:
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as “so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up.”
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1988 vigorously opposed the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS research bill, saying, “There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.”
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their “deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct.”
Jesse Helms, the man who in 2002 announced that he’d changed his mind about AIDS funding for Africa, but not for American gays, because homosexuality “is the primary cause of the doubling and redoubling of AIDS cases in the United States.”
Senator Dole, I know you are a little daft and always have been. But please, come to your senses and rescind your request.
NY, NY
BTW- My mother lives in SC and she will NOT be voting for you during reelection.

“As the Band Played On” and Ronald Reagan wouldn’t utter the word AIDS and Jesse swaggered across the Senate floor and in his homestate used very, very, very bitter words there were thousands and thousands dying and begging not for a cure (they knew it was too late), but just for recognition that they were human beings. Mrs. Dole has shown herself before to be shall we say less than discrete – this time she crossed over the line. I have major differences with her from her handling of the American Red Cross to this day regarding legislation which she has voted for, endorsed and supported under this Administration – but this major difference now is beyond forgiveness. Her action is beyond offensive and it is not forgiveable.

Not every politician has gray matter. Ms. Dole proved that to be 100% correct – she only has name recognition.

Stitch – looks like great minds think alike LOL sorry to copy your post. I was spell checking and didn’t notice yours when I posted LOL

Jesse Helms epitomized ignorant hate. So he finally decided to help out some Africans a little in his old age? Selective compassion is not worthy of honor.

Virginia – don’t rewrite history and Mrs. Dole shouldn’t make an attempt at putting Helms’ name on a humanitarian bill. Briefly: Helms changed little over 55 years. Long before Rush Limbaugh, Helms pioneered the use of television to rally public sentiment. While Ronald Reagan was losing primaries to Gerald Ford, Helms mobilized the religious right and built one of the most profitable political fundraising machines ever. And long after die-hard segregationists like George Wallace and Strom Thurmond began courting black voters, Helms fueled white fears by opposing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whistling “Dixie” while standing next to Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and supporting apartheid in South Africa. He has departed this world, but to put his name on a bill regarding AIDS when thousands died while he turned his back is disgraceful and whether you and Mrs. Dole want to admit it is wrong.

What the point in posting here??? ABC will just censor you. It’s is lunacy that a man so hated for being another other than a humanitarian would be put on a bill. Sen. Dole…Hello?? anyone in there??? Michelle, Everett wa

Perhaps Mrs. Dole wanted something good to happen in his name.

As a life long North Carolinian, I will say that Elizabeth Dole is worthless as a public official. This is her own election year attempt at a toned down “White Hands ad” play for votes. As for people who say we loved him, he never got over 55% in any election and used fear and divisiveness to stay in power. Those days thankfully are over and Libby should resign her newly wrinkle-free self to that fact.

Because of his predjudice….
Helm’s name should be forgotten, not remembered

Senator Dole is one of the Senators representing my state NC. I have written her and told her I oppose any such action to put Jesse Helms name on any humanitarian bill, let alone anything that has to do with aids or aids research. She must be losing it.

Has Dole lost it? I can’t figure what she’s thinking here, and I can’t believe she meant this as a joke.
Next, she’ll propose an agreement on global warming named after George W. Bush.
The Daily Show ought to have some fun with this one!

My God, I thought the headline was referring to Bob Dole… at least then there was an excuse for this senile action. Helms should go down in history with all the other bigots.

Well, what can one expect from a Pineapple heiress?

“There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.” – Sen. Jesse Helms
Sen. Dole must be suffering from dementia. What else could explain this?
Her next proposal: the George W. Bush Freedom of Information Act.

What in the hell!!! Never much liked Elizabeth Dole. She always seemed to be pretty much out of touch with reality. Remember the “repeal the 55 mph speed limit over my dead body” comment in 1986?

Hey NY NY -
two states NC, SC – Dole is NC so guess your mother won’t be voting for Liddy.

It is time that the elected in Washington consider the needs of US
citizens over those in foreign countries
We seem to be throwing money toward every little problem around the world when our people here are hurting too much. We can’t be the foster parent now. I wonder how much of the aid actually gets to the sick person and not to some bureaucrat.

Just when you think Republicans can’t possibly top their past stupidity …

Picky, picky, picky. This is completely consistent for a party that allowed increased particulates under the “clean air act” and first growth cutting under the “save our forest act.” George Orwell’s laughing aloud somewhere.

WHAT??
Jesse had AIDS???

Some people just prove that old saying that “only the good die young.”
Jesse Helms RIP, I don’t think so…
Lizzie some one gave you a fools errand.

She has A NERVE, is all I can say!!-Jesse Helms name doesn’t need to be put anywhere, but on his headstone!!-I am a NC native, & I know first-hand the embarrassment he was to our state. He was A bigot & a homophobe of the worst way possible!!-

As a NC resident I find Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr to be worthless and nothing but lackeys of the Republican party. We hear from Mrs. Dole about twice a year and it is usually something irrelevant or downright stupid like this suggestion…Now she is running for re-election stating what a good job she has done representing NC. What a joke!