As has been reported here and here, Hillary Clinton made a major mistake earlier today, while being interviewed by Andrea Mitchell on the her memories/tributes of the Reagans.
For whatever unfathomable reason, Hillary credited them for their bravery in speaking-out for AIDS and HIV research — when no one else wanted to discuss the subject.
But what is perhaps even more amazing than that, is that after the public and twitter out-roar concerning that factually incorrect statement, NBC gave Ms Clinton a second try at the interview with Mitchell to get the story correct, before her out-of-touch mis-statement got totally out of hand.
This link has their updated new story labeled Nancy Reagan Laid to Rest After Funeral In California, but somehow inexplicably, Clinton now credits Nancy Reagan for her out-reach on Alzheimers research (instead of AIDS and HIV research) as she had said earlier:
[Around TimeMark 1:40, Hillary speaking to Andrea: ]
“It was very brave of her, to take a political stand on behalf of research, that she thought might help, prevent or cure Alzheimers.”
That is what NBC National News just broadcast as the National News (for their western edition).
With NO Mention of the earlier faux pas given anywhere in the entire 3-minute piece. None.
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If I did not check the Stories here at the Daily Kos, I would have thought …
It’s just like — the faux pas never happened. Because according to NBC News — it hasn’t.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first identified the disease in 1981, but Mr. Reagan, despite desperate calls for action and thousands of deaths, did not mention H.I.V. or AIDS publicly until 1985 and did not give a speech about the disease until 1987, when an estimated 40,000 people had already died of the disease and roughly 36,000 more had given a diagnosis.
www.nytimes.com/…
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It’s like their stonewalling approach to HIV & AIDS research never happened either — even though it painfully did, to anyone who lived through that era, and knew someone, stricken by this life-stealing disease.