Showing posts with label David Vitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Vitter. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2008

They are definitely not Christian

Bush is credited with one diplomatic and foreign policy success -- his AIDS program. By this I think it is referring to his efforts to reduce AIDS in Africa. You would think a spending increase for this program would fly through Congress. Alas, no. Seven GOP senators disagree with the balance between two parts of the program. They want more for AIDS treatment and less for AIDS prevention. Reason? They don't want to talk about -- don't want field workers to talk about -- how gay sex affects the spread of the disease.

Now we're talking about a deadly disease here. It is very expensive to treat in America and difficult, if not impossible, to treat in the developing nations. The best way to treat AIDS is to not get it. And here we have a bunch of squeamish senators who would rather spend money on treatment than on prevention. Thousands will die from this moral rectitude. America's image gets tarnished some more. One of the seven is David "DC Madam" Vitter.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Why don't we make it easy for them?

This one has Democrats smelling blood. Larry "tap-tap" Craig and David "DC Madam" Vitter are two of the cosponsors of the Marriage Protection Amendment introduced to the Senate. Just in time to get votes recorded before the fall campaign. I seriously doubt the Democratic leadership will allow a constitution amendment to get very far. They're just happy to get Craig's and Vitter's names on the document.