Re: If Kerry is elected...

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:07:55 GMT

Madelin McKinnon wrote:
> I think the low blows are actually being thrown by the Cheney family
> (specifically Lynne) and the republicans. It was pretty convenient for
> Lynne and *** to bring up their daughter when it makes Bush and
> Cheney look "compassionate." It would be one thing if they never
> brought it up in any speech or anything that furthers their campaign
> with moderates...but they have.
>
> For them to publicly talk about Mary being gay, then to turn around
> and say that it was a "low blow" or inappropriate should actually clue
> the moderates in on how they REALLY feel about gays and lesbians--that
> we love 'em but we would rather they stay in their 2X2 closets. We
> love 'em, but we don't talk about 'em (unless it will make people
> think WE are compassionate). It's like it is some kind of "painful"
> subject that shouldn't be raised instead of a simple fact of life.
>
> Would they feel so indignant if Mary had found the cure for cancer and
> Kerry mentioned that? Would they feel so indignant if Mary was a
> heterosexual and just had a baby and Kerry had mentioned that? Would
> they feel so indignant if Mary had MS and Kerry mentioned it and said
> we need to do more research etc. etc...
>
> NO, of course they wouldn't. So all this righteous indignation that he
> took a "low blow" or used "taaawdry tactics" is simply a symptom that
> they were lying through their teeth when they claim not to be ashamed
> of her. I think if I were Mary, I would actually be devastated by
> their reaction--it is like she is something "unmentionable" and
> something to be so ashamed of that no one but her family is ever
> allowed to mention her.
>
> I'm sorry that Mom and Dad Cheney are so ashamed of their daughter
> being gay that the mere mention of it makes John Kerry a "bad man."
> THEY are the ones that I lost whatever shred of respect I had left
> for.
>
> Gay people are deeply hurt when their parents react the way the
> Cheney's did. If they were really proud of her they would have reacted
> differently. For instance if she had been a doctor and Kerry had
> brought that up they would not have reacted the way they did.
>
>
> http://www.geocities.com/jacknichols123/johnjohn.htm

Mary Cheney was a former marketing liaison between Coors and the "GLBT"
community- she lists her occupation as "professional homosexual"- the
Lynn Cheney response was a false show of indignation. The entire family
is corrupt vermin.