PHOTO: Laura Bush poses with HIV drugs

[Bluebear]

Mrs. Bush visits St. Mary's Hospital, where she stands next to four cartons of anti-retroviral drugs — enough to treat 500 people over the next year. Laura explains that $163 million has been pledged by the US to help Africa with the epedemic this year.



P.S., Laura, this is nice but do keep in mind that 25.4 million, not 500, are infected with HIV in sub-Sahara Africa. Why don't you be a lamb and see if your monkey husband can divert a little more of the TWO TRILLION dollars that Iraq will cost our nation to help these people?
source: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3401780?source=rss

[SoCalDem]

1. GOPAC will re-title

Mrs Bush poses with HIV Dregs :(

[madeline_con]

2. Thanks for spittin' in the ocean, BEEotch! eom

[NanceGreggs]

3. And what was the 'bottom line' profit ...

... on those drugs to your hubby's Big Pharma friends, if you don't mind me asking?

We all know that generic drugs are cheaper and the money would have gone much further, and would have helped more people -- but, hey, Laura, when it comes to helping 500 people out of 25.4 million, let's not quibble, right?

[cap]

5. it is a disgusting 70% gross margin

big pharma averages 70% margins according to Moodys

[chat_noir]

4. speaking of drugs...

[Bluebear]

9. snap! nt

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. Just think of all the money that she has spent on botox that r/o

could have been used to buy HIV drugs.

[Sydnie]

11. That's from the wax museum isn't it?

That can't be real. What kind of drugs IS she doing. Damn. I want some of too. Anyone that can look at that kind of devastation and still smile, has to be using some serious stuff.

[Lefty48197]

6. Maybe if GWB's rich friends gave back a tiny portion of their tax refunds

to help fund AIDS health care, then more could be done?

[Deja Q]

7. An ego on legs; like the BIBLE says, the best donations are ANONYMOUS

[jazzjunkysue]

8. You know those 500 doses will go to cronies, not regular people or childre

[hatrack]

12. Just like her husband posed with HIV drugs during the 2002 SOTU

Like husband, like wife. They just love that prop thing, don't they?