Siou, you aren't seeing the point.

Ronald Reagan gets credit for those things because those were the most important things affecting our country at the time and those were the issues he was voted into office to deal with.

AIDS/HIV was a totally unknown and not understood ailment that appeared suddenly with no warning.

We voted Reagan into office to fix the economy and fight the Cold War. He did that and did it brilliantly.

The booming economy he played a major role in creating was the driving force behind the amazing growth of our pharmeceutical and biotech industries- the same industries that eventually developed the various drug "cocktails" that make HIV/AIDS a more surviveable ailment.

Tragedies happen all the time. To single out the PRESIDENT for blame simply because something bad began during his administration is outrageous and hateful.

The threat of communism, the Cold War, and the economy were the most important issues of the 1980s. Trying to deny that is wrongheaded and is evidence of warped priorities.

Of course, a lot of people also think AIDS/HIV should get more research dollars than cancer and heart disease. That's warped too.