So Mary Cheney used to appear with "Mr. Leather" in gay bars?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

hawking the homophobe Peter Coors' beer?....

"...Before she became a public enigma, she used to earn a nice living as a corporate liaison for Coors Brewing Co., going into gay bars (sometimes with Mr. International Leather 1999, who would wear his chaps and straps, according to the Advocate) to convince everyone that Coors had changed. For a long time, gay people were implored by activists to boycott Coors, based on its funding of anti-gay causes. Mary got in there, talked about Coors's new domestic-partner benefits for employees. Mary said, here, try a Coors. She was good at that, and the boycott wafted away, and you didn't see as much Bud Light in gay bars...."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43375-2004Oct18.html

I don't know if this is true, but man it would be the summit of hypocrisy for the Cheney's if it is!!! (and one wonders why they don't want to talk about her)

[Wickerman]

1. Pictures, we really need pictures

:7

[RobertSeattle]

2. Boy, be careful with that Google Search...

[arewenotdemo]

25. LOL!

[nostamj]

7. here ya go!

gotta LOVE those Cheney family values!!

THE CHENEY CLAN - with apologies to Sammy Davis Jr.

WHO CAN FAKE AN OUTRAGE
WITH A TAWDRY LIE
MAKING UP AN ISSUE
THAT THEIR FUNDIE BASE WILL BUY?

THE CHENEY CLAN, OH THE CHENEY CLAN CAN
THE CHENEY CLAN CAN 'CAUSE
THEY LOVE TO TWIST THE TRUTH
AND MAKE THE LEFT LOOK BAD

DADDY'S TALKING DIRTY
MOMMY'S WRITING SMUT
WHO THINKS THE WORD 'LESBIAN'S
ANOTHER WORD FOR SLUT?

THE CHENEY CLAN, OH THE CHENEY CLAN CAN
THE CHENEY CLAN CAN 'CAUSE
THEY LOVE TO TWIST THE TRUTH
AND MAKE THE LEFT LOOK BAD

THE CHENEY CLAN'S BLITZ AND THEIR ANGRY FITS
SO POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
RICK SANTORUM THINKS SHE SHOULD BE HATED
BUT YOU WERE NOT AGGRAVATED.

OH, ALAN KEYES CAN DISS HER
IN A NASTY WAY
WHO IGNORES A SLUR
BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE USED TO SWAY?

THE CHENEY CLAN, OH THE CHENEY CLAN CAN
THE CHENEY CLAN CAN 'CAUSE
THEY LOVE TO TWIST THE TRUTH
AND MAKE THE LEFT LOOK BAD

THE CHENEY CLAN PLAYS HARDBALL EVERY DAY
WITH HYPOCRISY THAT'S SHAMELESS
REPUBLICANS ARE ALWAYS BLAMELESS
EVEN WHILE THEY MAKE THE SAME MESS

WHO THINKS GREED'S A GOOD THING?
WHO PROFITS FROM THE WAR?
WHO SHILLS FOR THE RIGHT WING
LIKE A TWENTY DOLLAR WHORE?

THE CHENEY CLAN, OH THE CHENEY CLAN CAN
THE CHENEY CLAN CAN 'CAUSE
THEY LOVE TO TWIST THE TRUTH
AND MAKE THE LEFT LOOK BAD

YES, THE CHENEY CLAN CAN 'CAUSE
THEY LOVE TO TWIST THE TRUTH
AND MAKE THE LEFT LOOK BAD.....

[Wickerman]

10. Ooops, should've been more clear - Pics WITH Mary

lol, wow, that was entertaining.

[nostamj]

11. tried again, but, there's nothing...

glad you enjoyed the ode to hypocrisy!

[Wickerman]

12. lol, yep - have you seen this?

[nostamj]

13. LOL! and I have this t-shirt

in my online store!

[AntiCoup2K4]

19. Did Dick actually endorse the stupid ammendment?

Last I remember, he was making a public statement that the matter should be left to the states. And in the VP debate he dodged the subject as much as possible.

[KurtNYC]

3. Another source

But Mary Cheney has been open about being lesbian for years. She didn't hesitate to use that fact in her former job as Coors Brewing Company's liaison to the gay community. Gay groups had long boycotted the company because the Coors family bankrolled conservative, anti-gay causes.

http://www.progressive.org/mpvdmk00.htm

Boycott Coors btw.

[sr_pacifica]

23. Coors was also anathema to many lesbians for their funding of right wing

projects like the Contras in Nicaragua. Adolph Coors and his boys are extreme conservatives, never mind the gay/lesbian liaison business. Of course, Coors wanted to pander the the G/L community---for the bucks they bring in.

[DenverDem]

4. Mary has always been a wrong wing insurgent in the gay community.

She made her fortune as an apologist for the homophobic, hypocritical nazis at coors. They instituted the domestic partners benefits to be able to sell millions of dollars of coors in gay bars, and for no other reason.

She is still a traitor to her orientation group.

[realFedUp]

5. pushing alcohol and leather....

sounds like an upstanding career choice
for a young woman.

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. It also shows Pete Coors' total hypocrisy.

He continues to pander to the gay community for their money while embracing the homophobic Repuke platform as a candidate.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. I just added that fact. Thanks

Man oh man no wonder they didn't want to talk about her, and she's been way under the radar (even under the sonar!)
This will definitely help peel off some Bush base, as Margaret Carlson pointed out the other day.

[txindy]

8. When I read that I just about fell over laughing!

Oh, yeah, there's a woman who REALLY needs her mommy and daddy protecting her from supportive words in a debate.
Pfffffffft!!!!!

Mr. International Leather and Milk Carton Mary. Wow, Coors is set for life, now! ;)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. So it's true.

damn we need this to get A LOT of press. http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/820/820_cvr_cheney.asp

[lebkuchen]

15. Yes, and her mother used to appear before the army's kids

hawking her patriotism book, with the kids asking her, "Was your husband ever in the military?"

[Lucille]

16. Here's a link to the Mr. Leather International site

Be sure to visit the photo galleries. Too bad they don't go back as far as 1999, which was when Mary toured with Bruck Chopnik, Mr. Leather International for that year.

The photos, dating back to 2002, are sure to put some fundies in a coma. In the meantime, here is another one of Mary's touring partner:

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Good Lord!

Thank god he's hiding his rocket launcher with some camoflage.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. But... But...

Wm. Safire says only "political junkies" knew she was gay, until mean ol' John Kerry outed her!

(Apparently in this country, if you're paying attention to anything on the news besides Laci Peterson, you're a "political junkie".)

[Stephanie]

21. She was on the board of the Republican Unity Coalition (gay outreach org)

Her goal was to raise $1 million from the gay community for Republican candidates.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

20. kick

[sr_pacifica]

22. I'm sure it's true

To do her job, she'd have to be making contacts with the community. Coors used to sponsor the S.F. Lesbian and Gay(now LGBT)Pride Parade and then they were dropped because of the discrimination expose. Then Budweiser became the parade's beer sponsor. Last time I went to the parade, it was still Budweiser (2001, I think). Am I correct on that?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

24. her "job"

was professional lesbian liaison. Apparently the GOP wanted us to not know this.

[sr_pacifica]

31. Correction

She was the gay and lesbian community liaison. The GOP of course would prefer she was in the closet, but even her old man has publicly acknowledged his daughter is a lesbian.

[Octafish]

26. Sneer likes leather too. So does Smirky. (Photo)

[nostamj]

29. and, in their 'softer' moments....

[Octafish]

32. Spit on monitor... twice!

Vampire Dance.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hardy har har!

They're not monsters, though. They're crooks.

[seabeyond]

27. coloradians.....is this getting out there.

should be it for the asshole coors

[NewYorkerfromMass]

28. Whoa! Great idea! Can this help us win COlorado? nt

[Minimus]

30. To assist with picture search -

Mr. Leather 1999 was Bruce Chopnik, he was a good friend of Mary's from Denver. He was also Mr. Rocky Mountain Leather.

Since they were such good friends, you would think there would be pictures out there somewhere.

[mitchum]

33. Mary Cheney = professional homosexual...

Why are the repub's so upset about mentioning her orientation? Apparently, it's the only career asset she has.
Fuck her and her whole vampiric family.