ANOTHER ANTI-BUSH MYTH BITES THE DUST: RACIST HOMOPHOBE BUSH AND HIS FIGHT AGAINST AIDS AND HIS AID TO AFRICA

AP/NYTIMES:

President Barack Obama is trying to bring home some of the much-lauded strategies his predecessor used to fight AIDS around the world.

The national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS the Obama administration released Tuesday credits the Bush-era international campaign against AIDS for setting clear targets and ensuring a variety of agencies and groups worked together smoothly to achieve them.

George W. Bush launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR in 2003 in 15 countries, 12 of them African, that bear most of the world's AIDS burden. It has helped to treat more than 2 million Africans and supported 10 million more.

''The people here are so incredibly grateful for the impact it has had,'' said Kate Bistline, an official with Right to Care, a South African AIDS group that receives PEPFAR funds.

Bistline said a key to PEPFAR's success has been having simple, compelling goals -- preventing new HIV infections, treating people with AIDS and caring for orphans and others affected by AIDS.

''It's there, it's clear, and it's something you can grab onto,'' she said. ''PEPFAR's been quite good about communicating what its overall goal is, and ... making everybody feel we're working toward the same goal. And that's not always the case with a big international donor.''

Bistline also praised PEPFAR for encouraging government agencies, aid groups and private companies to work together.

The fact that Obama is going to try to replocate Bush's policies disproves the idea that Bush was a racist homophobe.

In fact, Geldof and Bono have long praised Bush's efforts:

Mr. Geldof praised Mr. Bush for his work in delivering billions to fight disease and poverty in Africa, and blasted the U.S. press for ignoring the achievement.

Mr. Bush, said Mr. Geldof, "has done more than any other president so far."

WHY DID THE LEFT LIED SO MUCH ABOUT BUSH POLICIES - GITMO, THE TAX CUTS, AFRICA, ETC?

AND WHY DOES THE LEFT LIE SO MUCH ABOUT THE TEA PARTY - CALLING US RACISTS!?

WELL, WITHOUT THEIR LIES, THE LEFT HAS NOTHING.

WE CAN TEACH THEM A LESSON THIS NOVEMBER: VOTE GOP!