Bill Clinton's advice to beat Aids: stay faithful

belfasttelegraph.co.uk ^ | 6 August 2008 | NA

[neverdem]

Bill Clinton made a plea yesterday for a new emphasis on monogamy as a key element in the battle against Aids.

The former US president, not noted for his ability to keep his own marriage vows, said it was very important to change people's attitudes to sex.

In an interview with the BBC recorded in Africa, Mr Clinton said that increasing support for monogamy was not just a problem for the continent worst hit by Aids but for the world.

"To pretend we can ever get hold of this without dealing with that – the idea of unprotected sexual relations with unlimited numbers of partners – I think would be naïve," he said.

Experts believe that the nature of Africans' relationships may help explain the continent's high rate of Aids. Research suggests a higher frequency of overlapping sexual partnerships.

Mr Clinton said the main challenge to fighting Aids in Africa was improving health services, not a lack of money.

"You can get the universal treatment – the money's there now, if we spend it most effectively. But we don't have the health care systems."

[poobear]

Is ol’ “pump head” having a moment of clarity in his STD rotted mind or was he paid to say this?

[hdstmf]

Awwww. This is just too easy. I think I’ll just have another cup of coffee

[MamaB]

Now that is the funniest thing I have read all week.

[TigersEye]

"To pretend we can ever get hold of this without dealing with that – the idea of unprotected sexual relations with unlimited numbers of partners – I think would be naïve," he said.

Would this advice apply to homosexuals too, Mr. President?

[ZULU]

HAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the funniest thing I read in YEARS!!!!

Only Hugh Hefner saying the same thing would be funnier.

[neverdem]

When did the correct spelling of this virus change from AIDS to Aids?

It's probably when we gave up control to word processing programs on capitalization. The name for the virus is HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Some deniers don't believe that virus causes AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. I do. IMHO, there's a ton of literature that HIV causes AIDS. You can find a bunch of threads posted by me using the keyword hivaids.

[WarEagle]

Once again, the Slickster has left me speechless and spluttering....

As the Kimmer would say, un-freaking-believable.

[SmithL]

Legacy!

[Convert from ECUSA]

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[neverdem]

Could there BE a better example of hypocrisy???

I would be hard pressed to find another.

[dforest]

This has to be Scrappleface.

There is no end to the insanity that has gripped us.

[dforest]

Apparently not via a cigar.

[rfp1234]

[dr_who]

Talk all you like. It’s Bill Clinton who should STFU.

[neverdem]

It's easy to make jokes here, and they do write themselves - but I'm going to give credit where credit is due: what he's saying needs to be said.

The fact that it's him, of all people, saying it means more people may hear it.

That could well be true. Regardless, I don't believe this happened in a vacuum. Obama has not been made the nominee of the donkey party yet.

[MEGoody]

LOL This is rich.

[andy58-in-nh]

Al Gore with his Gulfstream jet, fleet of SUV’s, oversized mansion and massive houseboat will do nicely as well in the Hypocrisy Sweepstakes.

[hometoroost]

This from the man who’s chief contribution to Western culture is “eatin’ ain’t cheatin.”

[avacado]

"Leave Slick Willy Alone!!! He has a small penis, it's bent,
and it burns!!! Bahahawawaaawaaaaaa!!!"

[doug from upland]

According to troopers, he had literally hundreds of affairs. He was serviced in the bushes by a black crack cocaine addicted hooker while out jogging. There is a toss-up as to who visited the WH the most -— Arafat or Monica. The man is human debris, yet he has the hubris to tell others what to do.