Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 1:25 PM
Edited Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 1:30 PM I have to say that I disagree with some of your guys here. And lemme say this, I am a Democrat and always will be. I don't think that Frist has any chance in 2008 and would never suggest that he is a good guy. With that said, I think the reason that he wants to be called, "Doctor," is because he is one! He is a respected surgeon who even provided emergency medical care to that insane guy that shot up the Capitol and killed 2 Capitol Policemen. Basically, I believe it is imperative to have healthy discourse but can we keep it to things that really matter: Social Security, Iraq, etc. And when we attack someone lets see what they actually said first. He is just saying that it is possible. Also, I just posted the transcript -- SENATOR BILL FRIST I don't know. I can tell you ... GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (Off Camera) You don't know? SENATOR BILL FRIST I can tell you things like, like ... GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (Off Camera) Well, wait, let me stop you, you don't know that, you believe that tears and sweat might be able to transmit AIDS? SENATOR BILL FRIST Yeah, no, I can tell you that HIV is not very transmissible as an element like, compared to smallpox, compared to the flu. It is not, but the first slide, because I think it's dangerous to show that and then sort of walk away. ALSO GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (Off Camera) Let me just, I wanted to move to another subject, let me just clear this up, though. Do you or do you not believe that tears and sweat can transmit HIV? SENATOR BILL FRIST It would be very hard. It would be very hard for tears and sweat, I mean, you can get virus in tears and sweat but in terms of the degree of infecting somebody, it would be very hard.
—Marc |
