At a fund-raiser for the American Foundation for AIDS Research on Feb. 3, actor Richard Gere praised President Bush for his proposal for the African AIDS epidemic.
Gere went even further and scorned Sen. Hillary Clinton by saying, “I’m sorry but your husband did nothing about AIDS for eight years,” reported New York Daily News on Feb. 5.
Let’s see if Gere gets black-balled off the silver screen for making a statement like that!
Gere’s comment definitely broke from the typical rhetoric coming out of Hollywood lately.
Unlike Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte and a slew of other leftist celebrities, Gere has been willing to give credit where credit is due.
Liberal Democrats love their record of fighting the AIDS epidemic and often accuse conservatives of ignoring it.
But, let’s take a quick look at the record on whose fighting AIDS.
Andrew Sullivan, a homosexual columnist, reported that the most Clinton ever gave the AIDS problem in Africa was $225 million in one year.
Bush gave $15 billion over five years. Who is putting the money where their mouth is?
Bush has increased the spending on AIDS 13 times that of Clinton’s package.
You’ll never see the NY Times or Washington Post report that, at least not on the front page.
Ah, the fear that the Bush administration might win some favor on this issue.
Bush does not really want to help those with AIDS in Africa but we all know he just wants to steal all their oil, right?!
Sullivan also reported that the openly homosexual director of the Office of National AIDS Policy has praised Bush for his deep caring towards those who suffer with the disease.
In his State of the Union address Bush said that of the 30 million people with AIDS on the African continent, only 50,000 are being treated.
Will Senators like Tom Daschle allow for such a package to be sent to Africa?
We’ve already seen how Daschle and friends have blocked everything from judicial nominees to unemployment packages for those seeking work.
Commentator Brett Schaefer, made a great point today by saying that the terrorists such as al-Qaeda can more easily sway peoples in crisis.
In sub-Saharan Africa the average income in a year is only $568. Who can afford medical treatment on that income?
If a terrorist group like al-Qaeda came in and made promises of economic prosperity and health care involving AIDS treatment, Africa could fall into their tyrannical hands.
Three million children under the age of 15 have AIDS in Africa.
Groups such as the Christian Medical and Dental Associ-ation often make trips around the world to fight disease.
They are ready, as are others to answer the call and put that $15 billion to good use by caring for those with AIDS in Africa.
As Bush pointed out in his State of the Union address, “Seldom in history have we had the opportunity to help so many.

Author