It's not often I have to defend President Obama, but truly, he really didn't mean he was funding AIDS--he meant he was funding the fight against AIDS. There's a huge difference you know. Get that man off teleprompter and you just don't know what he's going to say! Many extremist groups actually believe that the USA has released the AIDS virus on innocent Africa. But twice during his speech in Bridgeport, where he was be heckled not by religion clingingRepublicans or angry Tea Partiers, but leftist radicals, he said he was funding global AIDS. Even if he had said it correctly, it was Bush's program PEPFAR that was successful beyond their wildest dreams, and Obama hasn't been able to come even close. That's what the hecklers were mad about. Their guy stinks on their one and only issue.
"Obama was interrupted by college-age hecklers demanding more funding for the global fight against AIDS. They chanted, "Keep the promise," and unfurled banners with the same message. The protesters were booed. "Excuse me! Excuse me, young people!" Obama said, trying to regain control. "These folks have been, you've been appearing at every rally we've been doing. And we're funding global AIDS, and the other side is not. So I don't know why you think this is a useful... Link
Obama Is Heckled by AIDS Protesters - NYTimes.com
However, even when
Bush is acknowledged as a leader in this area, he is disparaged by the media. Obama has done next to nothing, but arouses no criticism in the press.
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