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One small voice in the proud tradition of FreeBlogging* Friday, October 22, 2004 posted by gbarto at 1:17 AM:First Lady: No Need for ApologyNEW LONDON, N.H. — Laura Bush (search) said Thursday that Teresa Heinz Kerry (search) didn't need to apologize for saying she couldn't remember whether the first lady had ever had "a real job." Hmm. It's kind of telling, isn't it, the difference between the Kerry team's cheap shots involving family members vs. the graciousness of the First Lady? Laura Bush, like her husband, is a class act, finding the charitable interpretation and seizing on it. On the other hand, though I haven't written a whole lot about it, I'm still ticked about Kerry's "Mary Cheney - she is a lesbian..." comment. One blogger - I don't remember who - said that Kerry had won over every gay swing voter with his answer. I don't know. Did the gay swing voters ask themselves how they'd feel being used as a point of attack against their parents? Kerry and the DNC have consistently attacked the GOP as closed-minded and intolerant, yet it was Clinton who signed the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and the same John Kerry who's oh-so-sensitive to gays has effectively repudiated one of the about four noble things he's done in politics, downplaying his vote against the DOMA and claiming his views on gay marriage are practically the same thing as the President's. And his campaign manager has made it clear that politically inconvenient gays are "fair game," leaving the question of when it's open season. The answer to that, at least, is clear. Dick Cheney, whatever his reservations or views about homosexuality, has made piece with and has a friendly relationship with his lesbian daughter. He is as close as a conservative Republican can get to doing what the Democrats say we all should without outright renouncing his socio-political worldview. And for that, his daughter wound up in the crosshairs when Kerry got desperate. My advice to gay Americans on Kerry: Watch out! He gave not a tinker's dam about Mary Cheney's privacy when he had a chance to scare a shot off pops and maybe enhance his prospects. Do you really think, then, that he won't be just as quick to use you when it seems necessary? Bush's answer about whether homosexuality is a choice - I don't know, but we should all be civil, regardless - showed the honest beliefs of a good man doing his best with something a lot of people his age and older aren't really sure about. John Kerry, on the other hand, wouldn't come out and say yes. He just implied that Dick Cheney's daughter would say yes, gave anecdotes implying he felt yes whatever she might say, then ended by giving gay marriage about the same prospects with Kerry that it would have under Bush. It was a big time dodge and an ugly sell-out. Despicable. And here, at least, there's no question of where Kerry stands - if a family member of yours is in my way, you'd better watch out or I'll use you to embarrass a loved one. Just what we want in a President. 
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