The crowd stood because CLINTON SOUNDED JUST LIKE THEM.

But wait a minute. What does this mean?
With HIV infection being a consequence of personal behavior….what might the country do if these were White women? Some of the same people who tell us “keep your morals off of our bodies” are the same people standing up and clapping at these empty words.

Now LOGISTICALLY how has this been borne out? Has AIDS funding been CUT since it shifted from a “Gay White man’s disease”? The hockey stick graph of federal spending says clearly that the answer is NO.

I must now ask Ms. Clinton to logistically identify what could have been done more now that Black females are becoming increasingly impacted by HIV? I have a blog post titled “Devices & Pills” http://withintheblackcommunity.blogspot.com/2006/11/bqpf-with-mic-in-their-hands.html
It talks about how certain people believe that devices and pills (and pamphlets) handed out from the government will mask the importance of CHOICES that must be made by the individual. I withhold using the word “moral” because I believe that moralism is subjective. Instead I choose the word FUNCTIONALISM where certain decisions must be judged based on their OUTCOMES and the greater goals of the society that we choose to bind ourselves to. In the end the pills and devices and pamphlets approach has FAILED.

A Christian is a Christian regardless of whether they are speaking about religion or politics. So we should exercise self control regardless of the topic of discussion.

Seriously, it’s nice to hear SOMEBODY holding folks to a higher standard and higher expectations rather than the ubiquitous “You have to meet folks where they are” claptrap. I thought the comments by LaShawn were as racist and stereotypical as anything you’d hear at a redneck banjo-fest. Pathetic.