"USELESS DYKE"?

She was a public relations manager for the Coors Brewing Company and worked as a gay and lesbian outreach coordinator, helping to end a national gay boycott of Coors.

She was one of her father's top campaign aides and closest confidantes. In July 2003 she became the director of vice presidential operations for the Bush-Cheney 2004 Presidential re-election campaign.

MARY CHENEY

AIN'T SHE SOMETHING ELSE?

Mary Cheney's sexual orientation is a source of public attention because of her father's political station as a staunch conservative, her political involvement with the Republican Party, and the 2004 Republican platforms in opposition to same-sex marriage. Some considered her presence during the campaign as bolstering, providing the Republican ticket with a "compassionate conservative" image

During the 2004 Presidential re-election campaign for the Bush-Cheney administration during which Cheney served as her father's director of vice presidential operations, the subject of her sexual orientation arose again.

Both Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and vice-presidential candidate John Edwards mentioned and praised Cheney's openness with regard to her sexual orientation when questioned regarding gay issues. Some commentators viewed these remarks as a cynical appeal to residual homophobia among blue-collar voters in key swing states.

The 2004 presidential election debates included mentions of the same-sex marriage debate and referred, initially indirectly, to Cheney.

During the Cheney-Edwards Vice-Presidential Debate, moderator Gwen Ifill asked a question to the Vice President in which his daughter was indirectly mentioned:

“ I want to read something you said four years ago at this very setting: 'Freedom means freedom for everybody.' You said it again recently when you were asked about legalizing same-sex unions. And you used your family's experience as a context for your remarks. Can you describe then your administration's support for a constitutional ban on same-sex unions?”

Dick Cheney reiterated his position of four years prior, stating the issue should be left to the states but that he supports the Bush administration. He did not mention his family nor his daughter in his immediate response to the question. In response, Edwards said:

“ I think the vice president and his wife love their daughter. I think they love her very much. And you can't have anything but respect for the fact that they're willing to talk about the fact that they have a gay daughter, the fact that they embrace her. It's a wonderful thing. And there are millions of parents like that who love their children, who want their children to be happy. ”

Although he was given 90 seconds to respond to Edwards' comments, Dick Cheney responded succinctly, "Well, Gwen, let me simply thank the senator for the kind words he said about my family and our daughter. I appreciate that very much." Ms. Ifill followed up: "That's it?" The vice president replied, "That's it," effectively ending the discussion of his daughter's sexual orientation. At the end of the debate, Mary Cheney appeared on the podium with her partner and the rest of the family.

During the third and final Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, moderator Bob Schieffer asked, "Do you believe homosexuality is a choice?" John Kerry replied, "If you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was, she's being who she was born as." This prompted an angry response from Dick Cheney, who stated, "You saw a man who will say and do anything in order to get elected. And I am not just speaking as a father here, though I am a pretty angry father."

Mary Cheney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In 2000, the Bush-Cheney Presidential campaign freely discussed Elizabeth Cheney's marriage and children, but treated Mary Cheney's private life as off-limits. Nevertheless, Cheney's sexual orientation was publicly known, and some considered her presence during the campaign as bolstering, providing the Republican ticket with a "compassionate conservative" image. During an interview with Lynne Cheney, Cokie Roberts brought up the topic of Mary Cheney's having declared herself a lesbian. Mrs. Cheney responded by stating that her daughter had "declared no such thing," and criticized Roberts and the media for their interest in the story.

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"IT IS MY CHILD."

In December 2006, Cheney was reported to be pregnant; circumstances surrounding the conception were not reported. Cheney and Poe were said to be "ecstatic" about the baby, due in late spring 2007. "The vice president and Mrs. Cheney are looking forward with eager anticipation to the arrival of their sixth grandchild," spokesman Lea Anne McBride said on December 5. Some conservatives were critical, however. The Concerned Women for America called the pregnancy "unconscionable."

“U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynne Cheney hold their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, born Wednesday in Washington. His parents are the Cheneys’ daughter Mary, and her partner, Heather Poe.”

On January 31, 2007, in a forum by Glamour Magazine at Barnard College of Columbia University, Mary Cheney stated that: "This is a baby... This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate by people on either side of an issue......It is my child."

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"Doing

THE RIGHT THING

for 

THE WRONG REASONS

has

NO MORAL WORTH."

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THE CHENEY'S

 IN A NUTSHELL

1. Conservatives on every issues except issues that affects them.
2. Topic of Mary's gayness acceptable only on LIZ & DICK's terms; even going as far as getting angry when the hypocrisy is pointed out.
3. Remaining silent when the Bush/Cheney used Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage as a wedge issue; having the money to hire lawyers protect their interest (throwing the gay community under the bus).
4. Mary using her gayness (as well as the daughter of someone with connections) as Coor's outreach to the gay community; her believing she worked hard for her money and deserves to keep it.
5. Mary waiting until after the campaign to voice her opinion when it would have been more effective during the campaign; trying to salvage her reputation with the gay community as well as make some more money.
6. Mary believing the gay community doesn't have a right to vilify her; as if the issue of same-sex marriage has nothing to do with ....."It is my child!"
7. The Cheney's believing they have a right to privacy on this topic period when so many people were affected by their actions (or inaction).

Amazing how thoughtless, indifferent, insensitive people can be hiding behind a wall of money.