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Hey, listen. . .
There are going to be a bunch of jokes here (and in other areas of the media) about you, about your dad, and about the fact that you're a lesbian. And odds are, I'm going to break down and make a few myself (though hopefully not ones utterly devoid of taste). Look, I'm sorry, okay? I know you can't pick your parents, and you can't pick their careers. And I figure that you love your father, and have some sort of peace with him, or you'd have brought it up by now.
But look, however he acts as a family man is between himself and his family. How he acts in public, how he acts as the Vice President of the United States, well. . . I'm sorry, but that's my business. And regardless of what kind of person he is privately, publicly the man is perhaps the single most corrupt, malicious, underhanded son of a bitch I've had the displeasure of not voting for. And because he is the Vice President of the United States, I am going to say so. Loudly. And often.
And it was your father who first raised the issue of your sexuality. From a political standpoint, it was an interesting move. I do believe that he was playing politics with it, because he assumed it would be just too taboo for anyone else to mention. It was your father's running mate that forced the issue of sexuality into the political playing field this election. If they were taking advantage of the facts at hand in any way, I'm certainly sorry for that as well.
And I'm sorry for the issue this country has with sexuality. I'm sorry that homosexuality even raises enough eyebrows to BE a political issue. I'm sorry that your father and his running mate are on a ticket that, historicly, has not always been the most tolerant of alternate lifestyles. I'm sorry that they are so closely affiliated with large political organizations that attempt to block equal rights for people regardless of their sexual orientation. I'm sorry for it, but I refuse to cut anyone any slack over it. If you take objection to this sort of thing, I might suggest you take it directly to your father.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that you're likely to get knocked around a little bit, perhaps from both sides, because you have suddenly become the center of "outrage" on the political right. I don't find anything that John Kerry or John Edwards said about you offensive in any way, though your parents certainly seem angry about your name being raised. I once again would advise you to refer these complaints to your father directly, for running alongside a man who chose to force same sex marriages as a completely unnecessary and highly devisive issue over the past year.
I don't want to see whatever family relationships you have ruined or damaged. And I would like to think that if they truly are strong, loving bonds, they can weather the brief political storm from now to November 2nd. I'm not the least bit ashamed to say that I hope your father loses this election by a landslide. I also hope you can resume a normal, happy, politics-free life come November 3rd if that's the road you choose. But until then things are likely to be quite nasty. And that nastiness started with how your father and his running mate have deceived and destroyed this country over the past four years.
It isn't fair that you have to pay (quite literally) for the sins of your father. But life isn't really fair. And that goes doubly so for politics.
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