Obama Is Criticized on AIDS Program

[FreeState]

As he should be...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/health/policy/09aids.html?_r=1

As the Obama administration slowly unveils its global AIDS plan, the drive to put more people on drugs is being scaled back as emphasis is shifted to prevention and to diseases that cost less to fight, including pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and fatal birth complications.

AIDS advocates complained bitterly that they had been betrayed and that the Bush administration’s best legacy was being gutted — and they blame a doctor and budget adviser who is also the brother of the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.

“I’m holding my nose as I say this, but I miss George W. Bush,” said Gregg Gonsalves a long-time AIDS campaigner. “On AIDS, he really stepped up. He did a tremendous thing. Now, to have this happen under Obama is really depressing.”

But Dr. Eric Goosby, the new global AIDS coordinator and chief of Pepfar, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, denied that the administration’s dedication to fighting AIDS had shrunk, noting that more people would still be put on treatment each year. “We’re honoring our commitment, we’re increasing our commitment, we will not veer from that commitment,” Dr. Goosby said.

[racaulk]

1. Oh, so I suppose you'd rather have Sarah Palin as President?

(is the sarcasm tag necessary?)

K&R

[beyurslf]

2. No but anything that Bush did better than Obama has to be bad right?

Why is it when someone points a failure of Obama's we get asked if we want Palin as President?

[racaulk]

3. I guess the sarcasm tag was necessary after all.

:toast:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. lol

:rofl: :hi:

[QC]

7. Pol Pot. These people would rather have Pol Pot as president.

I just don't understand them. I mean, they got to see pictures of the president with his shirt off. Isn't that enough for them?

[Toasterlad]

5. BUSH Was Ahead Of Obama On Something?!?

I mean, I knew they were dead even on GLBT issues, but Obama SECOND TO BUSH? The mind reels.

[mitchtv]

6. Nothing suprises me any more

with regards to Barack