Kerry's gay ploy backfires

[Renew Deal]

This is kind of an interesting read if you go all the way through.
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The third Bush-Kerry debate may not change the outcome of the presidential election in November. But it may well be remembered as a milestone in the struggle for gay equality and acceptance. Give the credit for that to John Kerry.
Toward the end of the debate, moderator Bob Schieffer asked both candidates if they believed homosexuality was a choice. President Bush said he didn't know. Kerry said that it is inborn, and cited an authority on the subject. "I think if you talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she'll say she is being who she was, she's being who she was born as," he said.

Why Cheney's daughter? Kerry knows lots of famous people who believe - as he says Mary Cheney believes - that they were born gay. He could have cited Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank or New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. Both are public men who could offer personal testimony about the inborn nature of homosexuality.

But that wasn't the point Kerry wanted to make. He was crying Mary to send a message to presumably homophobic Christian voters: Just in case you hadn't heard, the vice president harbors a practicing lesbian in the bosom of his family.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/242994p-208345c.html

[sui generis]

1. that was funny

"at least she's not a democrat"

the broader issue though is whether innate or a choice, it's nobody's bidness to give a shit about.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. At lest she isn't a democrat

yep the kidn of words that lead me to believe we are in tbe midst of a cold civil war

[benburch]

5. Won't stay cold much longer, sadly.

If there is a theft of the election, I fear for my country.

[Fovea]

7. I agree

and I have been saying this since Newt.

[ismnotwasm]

3. The author's kinda obnoxious

I think Kerry is well aware he is not going to change the minds of the right-wing Chistian base. I think the comment had more to do with pointing out the hypocrisity of bushco than anything else.

[Cocoa]

4. underestimating the power of bigotry

Kerry knows as well as Rove how powerful bigotry is. It's the foundation of most of Bush's support, and republican support in general. Too late for Falwell, et al, to rein in the forces they've been riding on for years, some Bush supporters simply won't be able to bring themselves to vote for Bush-Cheney.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. There is no issue here. It's just our "Liberal" media....

doing everything possible to bring down a Democrat!