Cheney Defends His Silence on Gay Marriage in 2000

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Cheney Defends His Silence on Gay Marriage in 2000

WASHINGTON July 30, 2012 (AP)

Dick Cheney says he didn't see the point of raising the issue of gay marriage in the 2000 presidential campaign, even though he supported it.

The former vice president suggested it wouldn't have done much good and probably would have sunk President George W. Bush's prospects for office. "Why?" he responded to ABC News when asked in a televised interview whether he should have pushed harder for gay couples to marry.

Cheney's daughter, Mary, married her longtime partner this June.

Cheney said of the wedding: "I'm sure it was fine. We wished them well. She wanted to avoid having it be a media circus or having it become part of the political debate. So Lynn and I were very proud and happy and congratulated them."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cheney-defends-silence-gay-marriage-2000-16884847

[spanone]

1. go away, dick

[lunatica]

2. The vampire comes out to show his fangs in case anyone dares forget

[bullwinkle428]

3. Wait, so Cheney is admitting he didn't even attend his daughter's wedding?

"Cheney said of the wedding: 'I'm sure it was fine. We wished them well.'"

What a schmuck. I have no doubt he was an utter master of ceremonies at the wedding of that absolutely vile spawn Liz.

[pipoman]

4. ..

[karynnj]

5. Bigger question is why he and his gay daughter helped make it a wedge issue in 2004

It is easy to defend not bringing up something not asked, but in 2004 a large part of Republican strategy was to bring out millions of people by telling them that Kerry would force their churches to perform gay marriages and putting anti gay resolutions on (I think) 23 state's ballots.

This interview is designed to make Cheney look moderate and improve his image. As to whether that could happen - I thought his extremism would sink them in 2000 - until I saw the VP debate where the Lieberman/Cheney lovefest made him look grandfatherly - rather than bring up his opposition to a funding school lunches and condemning apartheid. (Imagine is Gore would have ignored the people saying he needed someone to counter the Clinton/Monica issue and picked John Kerry - that debate would have been so different.)