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Huckabee Still a No-Show on Meeting with Ryan White’s Mother

Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) has yet to meet with Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of Ryan White and AIDS Institute board member, after the Republican presidential candidate stood by his 1992 assertion that people living with HIV and AIDS should have been “isolated.

Well, so far, that hasn’t happened. And after a month of stalling, the two groups are wondering exactly when Huckabee plans to keep his pledge and meet with White-Ginder:

“Governor Huckabee gave Ryan White’s Mother his word that he would meet face-to-face but since that phone call the Huckabee campaign has refused to return any calls. Is Governor Huckabee a man of his word or is this just more typical political double-speak?