Republican Family Values

[akirlu]

Atrios reports that Mary Cheney was not with the rest of the family onstage for the requisite display last night, though she was in the hall to hear her dad's speech. Diana Moon confirms and captures my feeling about it exactly: it's shameful. What kind of father lets his daughter 'volunteer' not to be seen as a member of her own family, so he won't have to be seen publicly consorting with a known lesbian?

I was going to say, if Jerry Pournelle can be a mensch about his lesbian daughter, so could Dick Cheney. But the truth is, although the family reports that Jerry coped well with Jennifer's coming out in private, I'm not so sure he's been showing much public pride since she left the military. And it's that public pride that's the sticking point so, um, nevermind.

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

It's just that Mary Cheney is evil and selfish, and if you don't believe that, just ask Alan Keyes.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I don't think Jerry's problem is so much with her being a lesbian, as with her resigning her comission.

Had she just let active duty, and come out... even come out and been cashiered for it... but to repudiate it... that hit him hard.

But Cheney... I thought he said his statement that he disagreed, but Bush gets to make the call, and he can't do anything about it was meant to play to the undecided, to show (the way that Arnie was supposed to) that the republicans are, "inclusive" (never mind that pesky platform thing, we know the agenda doesn't really matter).

But to put Mary on the podium... that would show a type of inclusive which might alienate some people (because they know Arnie isn't a player) so she has to accept being seperate, but mostly equal.

TK