M. Carlson - She's Here, She's Queer, Get Used to It

[realFedUp]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-carlson15oct15,1,697084.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

She's Here, She's Queer -- Get Used to It
MARGARET CARLSON

October 15, 2004

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Mary Cheney is happily in the public eye, an open lesbian whose job before she joined the 2000 campaign was as liaison to the gay community for Coors beer in Colorado. She now holds one of the most important jobs in her dad's reelection effort. And her life partner joined the Cheneys on stage in St. Louis after the debate. She'd have to be in deep denial to think her sexual orientation wasn't going to come up, given that Republicans have made gay marriage a defining issue of the campaign.

I also wondered if Mrs. Cheney has talked to Mr. Cheney to get their stories straight. It was dear old Dad who first made Mary Cheney a talking point in the campaign earlier this year, discussing how there is some daylight between his position on the gay marriage amendment and that of the president. And in last week's veep debate, he actually thanked John Edwards for making reference to Mary.

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Republicans know they have to be careful how they strike back for fear of alienating their moderates. For the first time, Log Cabin Republicans are not supporting the GOP. The constitutional amendment on gay marriage was too far to go for a tax cut.

You couldn't read Lynne Cheney's outburst about a cheap and tawdry trick without thinking that she herself finds homosexuality cheap and tawdry. Herein lies the irony of the flap. At the moment of Bush's evasion, it was entirely appropriate for Kerry to drive home the point that, as the Cheneys and millions of other American families know, homosexuality is about identity, not about a lifestyle choice.

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[Bill McBlueState]

1. M. Carlson

When I read your subject line, I thought Margaret Carlson was here and queer, and that we should get used to it. :dunce:

Anyway, she's right. It's not like Kerry surprised us all when he said Mary Cheney's a lesbian. Ole' Dick has used his daughter's sexuality to try to score points before.

[Hand]

4. Plagiarized...

Jon Stewart said this (better, needless to say) WEEKS ago after the VP debate! Margaret's having a slow brain day...

THPPPFFFT!

:evilgrin:

[TN al]

2. Lynne Cheney has always been behind the curve where Mary was concerned...

...does anyone else remember an interview during the 2000 campaign on This Week? Cokie Roberts made reference to Mary being a lesbian and Lynne seemed to deny that she was a lesbian. Cokie let the subject drop but looked puzzled by the response. At least Lynne admits her daughters orientation now.

[Not Me]

3. Mary Cheney is a bigger coward than her father.

I cannot believe she just sits there quietly. Self-loathing and spineless must be family traits.

[realFedUp]

5. kinda the way I feel about McCain....

How that guy can let Bush put him in a loving headlock
yesterday in the press plane is beyond me after
what Bush did to him and his family last election.

McCain and Abel.