September 16th, 2008
Second Lady Lynne Cheney spoke with Harry Smith at CBS’s Morning Show on Sunday where she endorsed marriage freedom.
Transcript:
Smith: Can I show another really personal question? Because we just ran the George Tokei story…
Cheney: Un-huh
Smith: … and because marriage is legal for gays in California. Would you wish that for your daughter?
Cheney: Well, I would wish my daughter to have happiness and freedom to make her own choices. The Vice President said in the debate with Joe Lieberman – ever so long ago in 2000 – that freedom in this country ought to mean freedom for everyone.
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Ben in Oakland
September 17th, 2008
She didn’t talk about marriage, she talked aobut freedom. world of difference.
Jason D
September 17th, 2008
I can’t imagine what it must be like to be the Cheney’s. They’re really up against the wall.
I wonder sometimes if Dick and Lynne would love to just say “YES, yes I support gay marriage, yes, I support my daughter being free from discrimination, hate crimes, and persecution, YES, YES, YES!!!!!”
but they’re afraid it cross the wrong people in the GOP, so they’ve gotta constantly tap-dance on the line, carefully choosing words. No wonder they got all bent out of shape when Kerry mentioned Mary Cheney! I’m sure in private it’s a Cheney-love fest (heather included, too!), but to the public they have to present some bizarre image that is pro-family without being pro-gay even though they have a lesbian daughter. I’d be irritable too if I had to twist my logic like that.
Eddie89
September 17th, 2008
I think the extreme, right wing faction of the Republican party was also behind why McCain chose Palin as his running mate. Word on the street was the McCain wanted Liberman, but the neocons would have nothing of that.
Ben in Oakland
September 18th, 2008
Gee, maybe this is inappropriate, but it strikes me as funny. If Cheney would actually stand up for marriage in spite of the President, could we say that Dick is sticking it to Bush?
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