On the Wilson affair. Here’s Josh. Here’s Jonah. I’m with the latter. Make your own mind up.
KERRY ON AIDS DISCRIMINATION: My hat is off to John Kerry for taking the obvious and long-overdue position that people with HIV should not be barred from entering the United States and they should not be barred from becoming citizens. These days, it’s all but impossible for the U.S. to even host an international conference on AIDS because it would have to refuse entry to anyone with HIV. And the notion that HIV is a bar to citizenship is one of the most noxious and discriminatory laws in this country – perpetuating stigma and HIV-phobia. I wonder what Bush’s response will be. Does he favor lifting the ban on HIV-positive immigrants? His own AIDS advisory council is. Is there some “compassion” in compassionate conservatism that isn’t some kind of sop to the religious right? We’ll see.
The Dish 