Comments: Shhhh - she's gay

Elizabeth Edwards was correct in noting how ashamed the Cheney reaction was to their daughter being brought up in the debate. It was a cool move by Kerry in that his answer spoke the truth, and defensive, in that a move against Kerry's statement only brings out the bigotry from the Bush/Cheney camp. (for their own daughter for that matter!)

Posted by jimmy at October 15, 2004 12:03 PM

You have missed the point of the outrage regarding Kerry's answer to the question. The outrage has nothing to do with the fact that Mary Cheney is a lesbian. The outrage is based on the idea that a candidate’s family, especially their children (of any age), should not be used to score political points. It comes with the idea that politics or at least campaigning should have at least a little dignity and class to them. I certainly hope you are wrong in your assumption that our generation’s worldview does not find anything to be upset about in this. I think the response would be much different provided the ploy was used against Kerry instead of by him. Hypothetically speaking and excluding the issue of medical privacy, if during an abortion discussion and specifically parental notification on teen abortions a statement had been made to Senator Kerry along the lines of "Senator, you say you oppose parental notification, but when your teenage daughter had an abortion in 19XX as a 15 year girl, I am sure you would have wanted to know what was going on." Again, this is a hypothetical using another hot button issue and for a moment not concerning ourselves with the medical privacy issue that this would address. I believe most people would be very upset with anyone who made a statement similar to this based solely on the idea of using the Senator's children in an effort to score political points. If I am incorrect, and Chris is correct that our generation doesn't care about the limits of good taste, then I fear the future.

Posted by tk2 at October 15, 2004 04:50 PM

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