OH, THIS IS RIDICULOUS – AT 11:21 A.M. ET:   Hillary Clinton, who appropriately attended Nancy Reagan's funeral, praised Mrs. Reagan for having a national discussion about AIDS.

Well, you'd think she was praising the Devil himself.  The anger of the political left came down on Clinton, demanding she apologize for getting it "wrong."  You see, the approved narrative is that the Reagan administration was indifferent to AIDS.  You must not stray from that narrative, even though it is entirely inaccurate.  It tries to suggest that the Reagans, who were the first presidential family to have a gay couple stay overnight at the White House, were anti-gay.  In fact, both Reagans, in Hollywood, had worked with gay people every day. 

Little was known about AIDS during a good part of the Reagan administration.  However, as researchers began to understand the disease, Reagan financed more research fully.  The administration was all in.  But the party line doesn't permit that truth.  From The Hill: 

Hillary Clinton penned an article in Medium Saturday, expanding on her previous apology for praising Nancy and Ronald Reagans' response to HIV and AIDS.

“Yesterday, at Nancy Reagan’s funeral, I said something inaccurate when speaking about the Reagans’ record on HIV and AIDS," she wrote. "I made a mistake, plain and simple."

On MSNBC Friday, Clinton applauded Reagan for her contributions to the fight against AIDS.

"It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was to talk about HIV [and] AIDS back in the 1980s,” Clinton said. "Because of both President and Mrs. Reagan, in particular Mrs. Reagan, we started a national conversation where before nobody would talk about it."

Clinton immediately received pushback on the comment; the Reagans have been harshly criticized for initially ignoring the AIDS epidemic.

“To be clear, the Reagans did not start a national conversation about HIV and AIDS," Clinton wrote. "That distinction belongs to generations of brave lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, along with straight allies, who started not just a conversation but a movement that continues to this day.”

Clinton went on to call for a continuation of research and legislation to help people with HIV and AIDS.

COMMENT:  This is why Hillary ranks low in ratings for integrity.  The truth, which she actually told on Friday, ranks far behind political gain. 

I understand the politics, but the apology was a lie.

March 13, 2016