Article: HELMS' VIEW OF AIDS FUNDING: A SAD COMMENT

BILL ERVOLINO
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-11-1995
HELMS' VIEW OF AIDS FUNDING: A SAD COMMENT
By BILL ERVOLINO
Date: 07-11-1995, Tuesday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early

IT PAINS me that I can't start this article off by calling Jesse
Helms a slime, or some other wildly derogatory word. That would
be...what?

Childish?

Cruel?

Unprofessional?

Tell me, though: How is it possible that this man, this senator
from North Carolina, can call for the reduction or blocking of federal
AIDS funding because the people dealing with this disease brought it on
themselves with their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct..."?

Is this a ...

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