from the depths of

the bizarre and disgusting and the hold your head high while i spit in your face school of thought (what the hell WAS elizabeth dole thinking. ah, she WASN'T thinking)

Dole proposal to name AIDS-related bill for Helms sparks outrage
Muriel Kane
Gay activists are suffering from shock and disbelief at the prospect that a long time foe might be lionized as a hero if a Republican senator gets her wish to attach Senator Jesse Helms' name to a major bill which provides funding to fight HIV/AIDS.

On March 7, the "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" was introduced in the United States Senate.

The bill is named for two recently deceased former Senators, Republican Henry Hyde, who died in November 2007, and Democrat Tom Lantos, who died in February 2008. On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) submitted an amendment to add the name of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), who died this July 4........