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VP Dick Cheney's Achilles' heel, lesbian chat
By Stone Martindale Jan 25, 2007, 14:18 GMT
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If he didn't have a bad ticker I bet he would have been over that table. Typical media slam.
The Bush-Cheney administration are becoming more hilarious with every passing day. For the first few years, one can pontificate, obstruct, ignore, and 'stay the course' and actually appear to be in control. After awhile, all those strategies start getting real old and that's when people begin to look like buffoons. Dick Cheney is now caught in the middle with his lesbian daughter and the most he seems to be able to do is bluster.
I think that Wolf Blitzer shoul follow Dan Rather. Go!I would recommend that no Republican ever appear on Blirzer's program. He depends on the draw power of his guests. This was deliberate. It was a gross intrusion into Mr. Cheney's
family privacy.
It strikes me as rather hilarious that Cheney would be upset at someone playing a little hardball with him. This paragon of decency (not) would not think twice about going after the spouse of someone who held his dirty machinations up to the light, but thinks Blitzer is 'out of line' for asking a question that is raised by the very mindless zealots that got him elected. He is not only sneaky and mean, but is the poster boy for the art of double standards.
It is the standard practice of Mr. Cheney, and his Commander in Chief, to attack the messenger rather than discuss the message. He's just afraid, apparently, to confront the 'our way or no way' religious group by stating he has no problem with the G&L community having their rights so he tars those who put him in the position of doing so.
Of course he's pissed as his hypocrisy gets thrown out there for the world to see. He panders to people who would love to see his daughter's happiness stripped away from her. I wish Blitzer had lit a hotter fire under his ass on this one.
This is just another media slam on the administration.
'Before Blitzer could say a word, Cheney snipped...'
Snipped? Come on, I saw the interview, Cheney did nothing of the sort. The question was out of line and Cheney just let Wolf know it.
I agree with Mr. Cheney's comment to W. Blitzer, and concur that the question was 'out of line'. He COULD have said'..none of your damn business' but he did not. Whatever 'Focus on the Family' feels about Mary Cheney's pregnancy is irrelevant. What IS important is that Mr. & Mrs. Cheney fully love and support their daughter, and THAT is what is important.
Why must journalists (and I use the term loosely) go for the sleazy and sensational headline? Because it sells papers -- because it boosts TV ratings. The end result is mistrust of the media and those who would sponsor them.
Your question, Mr. Blitzer, may have been fair, but it was NOT responsible. I must ask why you posed the question in the first place.
VP Cheney and his family are entitled to privacy. But as a public official, I think it fair game for news people to ask about their positions regarding gay rights, same sex marriage, etc. I also think that the Cheney's are in a very difficult situation and that a skillful interviewer can tease out the relevant issues without personalizing it by referencing their children's situation.
VP Cheney has the reputation of being a real smart guy. He was wrong about the California energy crisis when he said it was 'our fault and there was nothing the federal government couod do to help the situation.' Enron and friends ripped us off to the tune of 10 billion dollars.
He has been wrong over and over again about Iraq.
And yet people still refer to him as being smart; I don't get it.
I think just another cheap shot by the press to try to embarrass the Cheney's
While I do not have any daughters who are lesbians, but if I did, they would
have my love and understanding.
As a grandfather of 11, i am thrilled and happy with each of them, 'why shouldn't the Cheney's be?'
But in reading most of the headlines, anythng the press can come up with
to embarrass is open game day.
More power to good people like the Cheney's.
Just because their daughter Mary, happens to be lesbian, would Wolf Blitzer deny her the happiness of being a parent.
It was a fair question that once again points out the hyprocrisy that right-wing politicians seems to live under. Bush, Cheyney & Co. are all too willing to court the right-wing conservative christian groups when it comes down to trying garner votes at election time, but when asked how this squares with their own personal situations don't want to give an answer for fear of offending one group or another. If Cheyney is truly proud of his daughter's choice to have a child, no matter how it has come about, then he should stand up and say, and do so in no uncertain terms, instead of trying to do the ol' political two-step shuffle or trying to blame the media for doing the job that the media is there to do.
Too bad, he got hit with the talk show equivalent of an IED--but at least he still has his arms, legs and life, unlike the boys he's consigned to death in a meaningless 'war.'
Yes the Iraqis are so backward with there burkhas, get with it. In america free women have turkey basters. Land of the free? Home of the ?
Typical media slam? Gimme a break!...the conservative media has been slamming the gay community about raising children for YEARS!...Now that it's in their own backyard, Cheney thinks the question is out of line? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Oh...wait...maybe Dick Cheney is really very liberal when it comes to sticky issues like these...he just doesn't want to upset the conservative billionaires that are lining his pockets!
If it was a Democratic Vice-President, there would not be a single Republican in the nation that would think that Blitzer was out of line. In fact, it is probably due to the fact that Cheney is a Republican that the adminstration fared so well on the issue.
Sometimes ya gotta dance with them that brung ya, and for Dick Cheney, that includes the social conservatives that put him in power and kept him there. He and Bush have pandered to them for years. And he knows as well as anyone that their number one agenda isn't abortion anymore (they've mostly won that battle) but targeting any and every aspect of gay/lesbian relationships, especially childbearing. It's a perfectly legitimate media question to ask a politician who's curried favor with the very movement that's castigating his daughter and her partner how he feels about that. It's a part of the whole 'selling your soul' process in politics. Dick Cheney helped Focus on Family put targets on the backs of women like his own daughter, and by God, he ought to be held accountable for it.
The problem, Mr. Donovan, is that Mr. Cheney is defending for his daughter what his party, and base supporters, deny for others. Therefore, it is not just a private family matter. It involves public policy and is a legitimate matter for discusssion. It can't be OK for his family but not for others. That violates a basic premise of this nation that everyone is equal before the law. Blitzer was essentially asking Mr. Cheney, 'Where do you satnad on the issue?. And all he could respond with was to attack the right to ask a question that involves a very public and contentious matter.
Aww, give him a break. He and Bush are just emotionally and intellectually immature. (hand to mouth muffled cough)
If Cheney can't support his own daughter clearly and coherently in an interview what is he doing trying to parent the nation?
I seriously doubt that we will ever know what this man actually thinks about. Is that what this country needs?
I can't help but laugh even harder at the folks that think Blitzers question was 'out of bounds'. Perhaps this would be true if you were speaking to your neighbor about their daughter, but not when you are dealing with an individual in a legislative position. This is especially true when that individual is representing a group who has climbed to the top on the backs of the G&L group by cranking up the single issue bible thumper crowd who love to let cheer leading take the place of rational consideration of issues. 'None of your business' my foot. It becomes fair game when you begin to promote legislation affecting the lives of others who are in the same boat as his daughter.
I believe Dick Chaney to be a man of great integrity. Dick is wise enough to know the danger involved in allowing the public to shame an individual when it comes to questioning their personal character. Dick knows that more harm than good would result in helping someone who suffers from any addiction not considered to be in their best interest. This would be especially true when it comes to wanting what is best for his daughter.
Typical media slam? How about typical conservative BS. The Cheney's and other conservatives like to bash homosexuals, then expect an exception to the rule when it comes to 'their' gays.
While I do not care for Wold Blitzer or CNN I would venture as far to say that the question was perfectly legitimate and meaningful when considering conservatives harsh stance against homosexuals.
Good for Wolf. Cheney is a public figure, responsible for making public policy on this issue. Don't let him bully his way into avoiding an inconsistency that the voting public has every right to understand.
He is getting what he deserves. They have pandered to the hate filled religious right for years and now it has come home to bite him. Perfect.
Dick forfeited his rights to privacy when he ran for public office. No one forced him to take the limelight; that was his choice. Further, if he so resents having his daughter share that limelight with him then he shouldn't have taken her campaigning with him.
One cannot have it both ways. He chose a public life, and he forced his daughter into that public life as well. He made his choice, and now he doesn't want to deal with the consequences. Typical.
There isn't enough punishment that anyone can heap on this spiritually bankrupt, morally challenged Cheney. It's not just the hypocrisy that invites scorn; it's the fact that no matter how many times he is confronted with the reality that he and his zealous bigots have lied, contorted, deceived the American public on every issue whether it's energy, Iraq,workplace issues, gender issues,he refuses to face up to his sins. He is just like Bush: reality means nothing to him, only the spin matters. As they say, Karma is a pitch (s); can't wait to see it.
Are some of you retarded? It's clear as to who is in the fundamental Republican cheering section despite any issue or circumstance and who are simply the clear thinkers (I'm a Republican that disavows myself of this Administration). To say that this is a 'media slam' or an 'inappropriate' or 'unfair' question is disingenuous. This Administration has made it a cornerstone of their public policy to get in bed with groups like 'Focus on the Family' that rail against gays for any and all reasons. So to say that it is unfair to try to analyze the sheer irony that Cheney's daughter is gay and attempting to start a family which conflicts directly with what they have publicly stood for, is a joke. Sheesh guys, why do you have to keep bringing up the war too? That's just irresponsible. You've never heard the Administration talk about that either, have you?
I apologize for not being political minded, but this particular case is not about politics. It is about moral standards. Mr. Cheney can be proud of his grandkids.
He should also be aware that his daughter Mary is guilty of two immoral acts:
First her sexual preference, Secondly her pregnancy out of wedlock. I understand that Mary has a right to live her live as she chooses. It is not right for the Vice-president of this great country to publicly approve of his daughter's life-style. Do we remember out pledge of allegiance ' Under God '. Meaning guided and directed by GOD.Maybe our entire National Government body needs to ponder that, 'Under GOD'.
I think it's amusing -- but sad and kind of scary -- that so many who apparently feel they are 'conservatives' are so disengaged from simple logic that they feel the have to attack Blitzer, simply for repeating the comments of some of Cheney's right wing supporters on the issue of gay parenting in the context of questioning Cheney on those very comments.
It is CERTAINLY worth asking the VP what he thinks about his own supporters often virulent comments about gays and parenting -- these are some of the key people who got us to where we are today by their support of Cheney and Bush and their agenda.
Typical hypocritical double talk from NeoCons - beware the end of the world!
Mr. Kieffer: I recommend that you re-allocate some of your time to go back to school to study English, including grammar, spelling, and punctutation. And it is clear that you're not politically-minded, because this is clearly a political issue - it has to do with legislation that his evangelical proponents and Administration are on their pulpit about. I truly hope that you don't vote - since you're self-admitted not to be politically minded and clearly don't understand our system - but sadly I'm sure you do. Religious people like you make religious people like me sick to my stomach. If Christ were amongst us today, the scripture I follow leads me to believe he would be walking with all people - including gays - instead of trying to eradicate them.
Classic Cheney- he can dish it but not take it. Of course it's a relevant question, the radical hard lined conservatives who are anti-gay are the groups that had a large assist in the two Bush/Cheney 'wins'.
According tho these groups Cheney's lesiban daughter is part of a ' cabal' ready willing and able to recruit your innocent children to their decandant ways of living, the end of the family as we know it.
The question was out of line. The 'news' person was a jerk, and Dicvk Cheney SHOULD have gone for him more strongly. Becoming a politician doesn't negate your rights to privacy.
If this has already been discussed, forgive me. If Mary Cheney did not want her life discussed publically, she would not have written a book.
The media, driven by ratings, will ask inappropriate, personally intrusive questions.
Politicians, driven by votes, will pander to whomever will elect them, providing media with fodder for the above mentioned questions.
The American public (and that most likely means you, gentle reader) will continue to prefer to be entertained by funny little stories about Cheney's temper rather than press politicians and the media for more disclosure on uncomfortable issues such as Iraq or Iran. Nothing new there.
I thank he was wrong to bring the question up but I do not thank that guy is OK. I do not thank the question had a think to do with real news.
This is the FIRST question I would ask Cheney if given the chance, and is fundamentally the most important. It boils down to the question of why he has supported evil policies and evil organizations in pursuit of power.
The fact he supports and apparently loves his daughter is commendable, but it highlights his continued support for evil policies and a bad President. If he disagrees with a President who was hired specifically to make his daughter's relationship illegal, he should resign. If he doesn't support the evil anti-gay policies of his party's mainstays, he should say so clearly.
Cheney's entire career has been based on lies and half-lies in pursuit of power. He should apologize to his daughter and all gay people for the harm he has done.
Rights for G&Ls is a matter of public policy and Mr. Cheney is influential in it. He can't support one policy for his family and another for everyone else. That's the heart of the matter. Saying he is proud of his daughter has nothing to do with whether he supports public policy that protects her right to do what she is doing. It's his official position in relation to his daughter's actions that is involved because that involves many others. Being a family matter just adds the pressure to come clean. Rather like requiring those who claim support for the Iraq war to name which loved one of their's they are willing to have killed there as a result of that support. Absent that it's only support if it is others who pay the price. Same thing. The old goose and gander situation. Mr. Cheney needs to answer the question. It's fair.
Wolf Blitzer is funny, humorous. Vice-president Cheney is a hypocritical stiff. Harry Truman: 'If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.' So Cheney should shut up---if you go on the talk show, you'd better be ready to handle any question.
The 'right of privacy' should not be one-sided - such, as favoring right-wing elements no matter what while lambssting left-wing individuals for doing the same.
Cheney's party lives to pass legislation (thus judgment) based on discrimination and hypocrisy. So as a public figure who belongs to such a party, he should be better prepared for such questions--which are not 'out of line' as his daughter has publicly discussed her own pregnancy. I hope that he loses sleep at night at the fact that he's actively involved in denying his own child the right to have her own child (his grandchild) born in wedlock. Hypocrite.
I would be surprised if Hillary is not asked about others' negative opinions regarding her continued relationship to her husband. Of course, I would also expect Hillary to respond similarly. Wolf's question was not posed in complete journalistic curiosity; he knew the answer to his own question. Instead, he poked for a reaction that, while clearly personal, did not necessarily cross the line of decency...just good reporting.
I love my Daughter. Does she always make the 'right' choice? No. Do I want to discuss her private life in front of 30 million viewers? No.
We're talking about the 2nd in line to the most powerful leader in the world. Blitzer asks about his lesbian daughter's pregnancy? Is that the best he could come up with? Shock journalism. CNN is no longer about news, strictly entertainment, but that's what brings viewers earning a premium for commercials. Let's have a discussion about Iraq, Halliburton (sp?), the cia leak, all the turmoil this administration has faced. I'm no Cheney lover, in fact the opposite.
Blitzer is a weasel who has come to prominance at CNN not because of his excellent reporting, rather, because he has been there forever. You know, he's the guy in your office that has no friends, no personality, is in a good position making good money and nobody knows why.
The Bush administration is anti-homosexual in it's 'morals'. Cheney, as part of that administration hasn't voiced any opposition to anti-homosexual legislation. The Bush administration (including Cheney) has no problem dictating the personal lives of homosexuals; and coincidentally making their personal lives public. I'm amazed that homosexuals are able to maintain their composure under the barrage of conservatism aimed at them. But when the conservative scalpel and microscope is focussed on him, suddenly he thinks it's 'out of line' questioning. That screams of an unjust double standard and really should get more attention to illustrate that fact.
The comments on this post are indicative of the problem at hand. Blitzer WAS out of line because he obviously has a fundemental disrespect for the office. He questioned Cheney like he was talking to a local mayor or something. This man is the vice president of our country! Like him or not, his POSITION demands respect, not necessarily the man himself. All that aside, it is the latest example of how CNN, with Blitzer leading the way, is nothing more than a propaganda network/anti-Bush machine. They bash Fox news for being biased, which they are, when in fact they are much more so. They just act like they are not in their typical smarmy way. Yes, go away Blitzer. You are nothing more than a very small bump in the road for Cheney who forgot you even exist ten seconds after he left the interview.
It is typical of Dick Cheney. He can not have it both ways and it really shows the how this administration tries to have their cake and eat it as well. Wolfe Blizter was not off base. Is this personal? Yes, was Bill Clinton's behaviour personal? Did it stop the religious right and the Republicans from going after him? No. So sorry Dick, no ground to stand on.
The Republicans are just getting a dose of their own medicine and is a bit bitter.
How could that possibly be out of line? Gay bashing was the centerpiece of the republican strategy to get him re-elected.
It is unfortunate that the commentator did not ask how the Vice President personally felt about the untold thousands of lives that have been lost due to his business commitments. We understand that as a former Director of Haliburton, who is the main beneficary of the disaster in Iraq, that the Vice President has directed billions of dollars of monies to citizen solders of fortune. My neighbor is a security person for this corporation, has dedicated 2 years of his life to this endeavor, and is compensated far beyond what he could ever earn here locally. Mr. Cheney is a man with untold blood on his hands and a minor pang of conscience such as the question directed by the news commentor, pales in comparison. Great opportunity but foolishly invested.
Wolf had no right on nation TV to ask Cheney that question (or remark, however you want to look at it). I think Cheney is a great man and I am sure he loves his family very much. I think he should have reached over that table and thumped Wolf in the face. But, once again like I said VP Cheney is a great man and did not fall in to Wolfs little trap.
I agree with Cheney on one point: the issue IS out of line. So they should stop bringing it up.
Its the GOP leaders who raise the issue of gays, gay marriage, and gay parenting in order to pander to conservatives, stoke fear and win elections.
If its okay for them to stir up bigotry among the hoards, and attack what's going on in my home, while I am minding my own business, then they need to answer for their own double-standard at home. What is private for Mary Cheney ought to be private for all Americans - regardless of political affiliations.
Blitzer, another 'SP' DUMBACRAT! His prorities are showing.
When Mr. Francis J. Donovan (above) says that no Republican should appear on Blitzer's broadcasts (or at least I think that's what Francis writes) he reveals the same closeted notions infecting this administration, the Republican party, and ole Dead Eye himself.
Apparently Mr Cheney has no problem bashing gays and making political hay denying them civil rights--should we forget that Bush & Co were elected (if that's what one calls what happened) doing exactly that?
On the other hand, if Mr Donovan is arguing that Republicans should cover their ears and shout nah-nah-nah whenever someone challenges their bigotry, effectively removing themselves from the discussion, well, perhaps that's a good thing: the rest of can carry on very well without them. I suspect that we will do so again very shortly.
For my own part, I like to see Dick squirm. He causes a great deal of grief in the world--and makes a lot of money doing it--and turnabout is certainly fair play in this case.
One last observation: had Mr Cheney supported gay marriage, then perhaps he wouldn't be the grandfather to a little b@stard. (I fear I may no be able to use that word--not even with precision and propriety.) Then this child would have been afforded the rights and benefits any other child might receive. So. Who's to blame for that?
Good ole family values--payback's a......paybacks' really tough--ain't it, Dick?
By the way, Focus on the Family (Dick will remember that group of broad-minded individuals) has a great service: they'll send a book or video along with a brief and godly message to someone you feel needs preaching to. So Dick, be expecting an e-offer for a little volume entitled _A Parent's Guide To Preventing Homosexuality_ by James and Nancy Nicolosi. I realize that it's a bit late for prevention, but perhaps you can pass it along to some other domineering and hateful, foulmouth. They have all sorts of books on homosexuals--perhaps Mary can be cured.
'It was a gross intrusion into Mr. Cheney's family privacy.'
Yeah, sort of the way the GOP intrusion into the Terri Schiavo deal was, right?
For all of you morons that keep using the 'Cheney is a good man' defense that bears no relevance to this topic, I would simply say: Stick around. History puts everything in perspective in its light of truth and time, and methinks that this Administration will be rightly deemed one of the most destructive and shameful periods in American history. That's if we even last much longer beyond their reign and the exponential increase in anti-American activity beyond our borders now. For those intelligent people out there, just remember that even after Watergate, Nixon and his administration had close to a 30% approval rating from mindless yes-men and women, much like these incompetent apes get from their supporters (see earlier posts to discern who they are).
Blitzer has been out of line for a long time now. I agree with the earlier statement that he should go the same way as Dan Rather. Wolf was involved in the knowledge that thousands of Iraqu's were being killed by Saddam and CNN never reported it even though there was direct knowledge of it by their correspondents.
Was Cheney stunned that Wolf was actually mimicking the behavior of a real reporter for a nanosecond?
And Wolfie was only raising the same points that Cheney's 'base' had raised -- i.e., the nutcake Dobson folks.
Every question in politics is a legitimate one - and all the more so when it exposes hypocrisy. If you can't stand the heat of having your personal life analyzed, then you shouldn't be in politics. Kudos to Wolf Blitzer for not backing down in the face of such a temper tantrum.
Too bad for the VP--he and his administration (and Karl Rove) have used us as a wedge to rev up the conservative (so-called) Christian base, and even though he loves and supports his daughter, he is still part of an administration which has successfully tried to demonize gays and lesbians in America. The question, whether he likes it or not, is fair game because his family, in spite of their obvious Halliburton wealth, is now going to be subject to the same discrimination that all gays and lesbians experience from those in the Christian Right. Why shouldn't he have to answer the same questions? He's a hypocrite who deserves to squirm in his seat. Tough noogies, Mr. Cheney! Good going Wolf Blitzer!
Obviously Vice President Cheney answered the question in a perfectly conservative way which is he does not approve of Mary Cheney's lifestyle even though she is his own flesh and blood. I would prefer him to answer the question without the 'snipping' and own up to his political beliefs.
I would say the Vice President was not happy with the stupid question but far from having a cow. He's a class man and Blitzer is not. This was a tacky personal question obviously meant to embarrass the Vice President. There were so many other hardball questions Blitzer could have asked him about Iraq and other national and homeland issues but he decided to take the tasteless road. It was apparent when Dick Cheney said no to answering the question and remained silent, Blitzer was squirming to recover. Why he decided to be interviewed on a show and a station that very few people watch is the question.
If only they could all be Cheney's children or grandchildren, maybe then homosexuals would be able to make free choices under this intolerant regime.
Dick Cheney and his Republican Party once courted the 'righteous right' wing of their party and used them as attack dogs against gays and lesbians. Seems like there is an old saying about reaping what one sows! If only the Vice president and Mrs. Cheney had the common courtesy to renounce the negative politics they courted so eagerly in the past.
I think the question was not out of line because he is an elected public official and he gets elected based on his life or else whats to say that he should get votes and I shouldn't? You dont vote for someone just because he looks young, dresses nicely, or speaks with a good tone. Sure these things influence your decision but the thing that matters is the said persons political and moral values and at the moment he is doing whats in his best interests, like all presidents and vice presidents with no self respect or dignity do. His scapegoat and his administrations is that 'this question is out of line' or 'lets look at the good things weve done'. That is not a good way to conduct politics, lying to the people about your political postion compared to your moral position is not good for government because then we could assume that this administration went to Iraq for oil instead of its advertised motive of freedom and security of the nation. Having a public position does not negate your private life but publicly advertising this said 'private life' actually does make it more than fair to criticise his decision. If I supported the American army I wouldn't go sign up for Al Queda because they offered me money or power. The same should be said about our public officials.
The question was not out of line... that is why Mr Chaney is upset. Chaney knows that the media have him boxed in. If he does not care for the heat he should step out of the boiler room... not ask the boiler to cool off. I sympathize with Chaney to a certain degree. He knows that Focus On The Family is correct, and at the same time he still dearly loves a daughter who happens to be making bad life choices at the moment. Its tough sledding for him.
Gratification is achieved via relationship between male and female,considered by many the norm, for pleasure and the reproduction of like kinds, experencing it in other forms range from the bazzaar to the unbelievable. I consider it bad taste for an individual to smoosh on in and around an area where human waste is discharged,and should not be glorified on public tv.
US politicians have it easy. Should try going on BBC's Newsnight...that I would like to see.
Seems to me in this case his opinion on his daughter's choices should be aired to the public since they are related to policy that his party is promoting.
Whether Mr. Cheney's daughter is straight or gay, and whether she wants to have a child or not, is absolutely no one's business. There is no immorality on the part of Mr. Cheney, nor his daughter. Blitzer was absolutely out of line. Even if it appeals to a great many (sick) Americans, that kind of interviewing/reporting goes to the very lowest levels of media gutterism.
I am frankly surprised that Mr. Blitzer would lower himself to that level. Mr. Cheney responded approrpiately - it is none of Blitzer's or anyone else's business.
You don't have to distort what comes out of Cheney's mouth to make it sound terrible. All you have to do is listen. Cheney is a sick, demented moron!
I think it's perfectly legitimate to ask the question about the sexuality of Cheney's daughter. Our leaders or their family not held to higher moral, ethical, and lawful standards should not be in the office in the first place, and as such America is such a messed up place.
Cheyney and his ilk are being exposed for the hypocrites they are. His base is the conservatives, they are anti-gay, his daughter is a gay and pregnant, why not answer the question? unfair? Unfair is lying to the American people about WMD in Iraq and then changing stories and serving up solgans like 'stay the course'. If he can't take the pressure from Blitzen, then don't accept the invitation to an interview. Cheyney knows the rules in US politics. He's just a bully and needed to be confronted.
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice should all be shot and hanged for committing the horrific crimes against the American people. They did 1000 times worse than Enron, and the executives of Enron only got some jail time.
I am not afraid of terrorism. We created terrorism via our activities overseas. When will all this stop?
He can come over the table all he wants, but, since he chickened out on going to Vietnam, eventhough he supported the war, tells you something about his guts. 'He's a man with an alligator mouth and a hummingbird behind'. All talk no action.
oh poor cheney.. caught between family and his wanna-be fascist party. To sympathize with his daughter on tv would make him appear weak to his cronies. If he sided with the conseratives he supposedly leads his daughter might disown him. So he chooses the only way out, question the questioner.... wait... is he a scientologist? hmmm
Because the people in the office are held higher in moral, ethical, and legal standards, it is every right of every American to question about their personal lives. I congratulate Wolf Blitzer on doing such a fine job on the coverage, he should do such coverages more often and ask the right questions.
Wolf Blitzer was not out of line, he is merely trying to show the American people what morality of the Cheney family is. And the morality of Cheney family is ill-suited to lead America.
It's hilarious to see people posting here outraged that the question was even asked, because it's a private matter. So is a president's sex life, but that didn't stop Republicans from slamming Clinton. Back then, it was responsible media. Today those same morons are complaining about the liberal media.
What the real outrage should be among all Americans is the fact that Cheney has the audacity to tell us that the credibility of this administration being linked to the Iraq war is 'hogwash'. Apparently he and W missed the memo that came out last November. Talk about reasons for impeachment...sadly it appears that the president will himself have to receive a bj in order to be considered.
When you are in the office, your lives are no longer private. And as stated before it is every right of every American citizen to question the leader's moral, ethical, and legal status. Why you suppose there are Secret Service agents that protect the President and Vice President but not the general public?
I believe that Wolf Blitzer was doing his job, and doing it well. Let's face it folks, a reporter has got to do what a reporter has got to do! Consequently, that sometimes means asking the inconvenient question in a respectful and polite way. That is exactly how Wolf gently and skillfully segued into this question for his guest. As the Vice-President, Mr. Cheney could suddenly find himself becoming the President if George Bush were to become incapacitated for some reason. Therefore, the public has a right to know his feelings on certain issues. Bear in mind, Mr. Cheney volunteered to become a public servant, he was not drafted. Did he think that his private life would not be subject to scrutiny? Nevertheless, there are deeper issues at stake here other than Mary Cheney's happiness, or gay rights. For one thing, no one has asked Mary where she obtained the sperm. Did she buy it, or was it donated by a friend? Does she know or even care to know the identity of the donor? Without getting into the questions and issues of same-sex parents, gay parents, or even single parents, we need to think of the children. At this time in history, if you are rich, famous, gay, straight, married or single, you can have your very own child to bring up as you see fit. If the lines are too long or the red tape too discouraging in America, you can always hop a jet to some impoverished third-world country, and buy yourself a child. Now, having said all of that, I want to mention one more thing. In roughly fifteen to twenty years or maybe sooner, these fatherless children will reach adulthood. Maybe it is happening right now; but as you know, one does not need to be an adult to reproduce. They will be meeting and mating and producing off-spring of their own. Do we even dare to think of the DNA consequences of people without any known genealogy meeting and producing children? I think we had better give this some serious thought. Never mind your religious beliefs concerning these things, or even your ethical beliefs; sooner or later we shall reap the consequences of our actions. However, if Mr. Cheney is not concerned about these things, then maybe we should all sleep more soundly at night. And Wolf, we love you baby! Don’t ever change!
Cheney is immorally reprehensible, ethically challenged, and politically incorrigible, so is his family. Why, would anyone tell me, that he is still in the office?
I believe that Wolf Blitzer was doing his job, and doing it well. Let's face it folks, a reporter has got to do what a reporter has got to do! Consequently, that sometimes means asking the inconvenient question in a respectful and polite way. As the Vice-President, Mr. Cheney could suddenly find himself becoming the President if George Bush were to become incapacitated for some reason. Therefore, the public has a right to know his feelings on certain issues. Bear in mind, Mr. Cheney volunteered to become a public servant, he was not drafted. Did he think that his private life would not be subject to scrutiny? Nevertheless, there are deeper issues at stake here other than Mary Cheney's happiness, or gay rights. For one thing, no one has asked Mary where she obtained the sperm. Does she know or even care to know the identity of the donor? In roughly fifteen to twenty years or maybe sooner, these fatherless children will reach adulthood. Do we even dare to think of the DNA consequences of people without any known genealogy meeting and producing children? Never mind your religious or even your ethical beliefs; sooner or later we shall reap the consequences of our actions. However, if Mr. Cheney is not concerned about these things, then maybe we should all sleep more soundly at night. And Wolf, we love you baby! Don’t ever change!
Cheney would never become the president if voting were to prevail, even if Bush is incapacitated. However, we all know that voting can and will always be manipulated. If voting were to prevail, Bush would not have had second term and Gore would not have won his presidency.
I guess one of the bad things about being a public person is that you or your family get these unpleasant questions. If the question was directed to Mr. Cheney about something he did, then that's fair. Raising such questions about his family members is not just impolite but rude. His daughter is not an elected official and even if she were, her personal life is her business and the media has no place raising this in a discussion about Republican policy. As to the thorny issue in the Middle East, there is just a ton of history out there going way back to the late 1800's where various Colonial powers attempted to straighten out borders and even occupy countries viz, Turkey, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Sometimes this works in a benign way is it sort of did in India until Mr. Gandhi came along and told the British that they were no longer welcome. Middle East politics seem to still be in the dark ages where the tribal system prevails whether you are Bedu or this kind of Christian, Muslim or Jew. I really dont know if it can all be sorted out and I admire the courage of a President who I am sure has the best of intentions of trying to fix it. History will tell.
Raising questions about our leader's personal lives is not rude, as they must be constantly checked about their morality, ethics, and legality. If your leaders allow their family to be gay or other things, who knows what other things will damage the Americans? Why they choose to be in the office in the first place if they knew this sort of things would come up?
The 2004 Bush campaign was run largely under the anti-gay marriage banner. Cheney is a major component of an admistration that sees gays, like his daugther, as a cut below straight America. Wolf Blitzer is not the one who should feel ashamed.
Cheney's just lucky he wasn't on the BBC. Deal with it, Dick.
The question should have been - 'Can you explain to the American people why your position on gay marriage seems to contradict your acceptance of your gay daughter and her unborn child?' A totally fair question!!
Paul
Funny how for six years you get to drive a car an scream out the windo at the othe drivers an
blitzer is insensitive,callous and qiute frankly out of bounds with his questions to the vice president
Dick Cheney got exactly what he deserved. It is a fair question when people of his own part are raising it. You can't condem a life style olny part of the time or with the exception of your family members. Too long have the people in this administration said what their backers want to hear only to get what they want. It is time for exactly these sorts of questions to be posed to the these people.
If Cheney can't stand the heat,get out of the kitchen.I am sick of him,Bush,Rove and all of those other hypocrites.The day I see Jenna and Barb suit up and join up along with all of the kids of these other asses who support war as long as they or loved ones don't have to get their hands dirty,I'll support the war in Iraq.Until then as long as working class whites,blacks and Hispanics do all the fighting and dying,I'll support our miltary but not the fools who run it.Plain and simple,this is a repeat of Vietnam.If this war was so vital to our security why not go all out,draft kids,all kids,no distinction race or class.When rich white kids start dying
we will see how important this is.By the way I am white also and not a Democrat.
Mr. Cheney is part of the 'Good Ol' Boy' Network in Washington that, frankly, is killing this country 'deader than a doornail.' IMHO, he and his 'pet chimp' are symbols of what's wrong with 'Amerika'; i.e., spoiled rich kidz (who ridicule the working class and pander to the elite) continuing to pillage and plunder! Cheney was too busy to be drafted and serve honorably. And his 'pet chimp' had his daddy make sure that he was trained to fly an obsolete aircraft that never would serve 'front-line' duty in Vietnam. Now, these two brave 'lads' are only too ready, willing and able to send others in harm's way! What a farce! Yes, it would all be only too laughable if it weren't so tragic, disgusting and humiliating to our country. The sooner these sob's sneak back to their holes, the better.
The question Wolf should have asked is 'Why do you fundamentally disgaree that it is not an appropriate question?' When you have a republican majority that increasingly is opposed to gay marriage and gay adoption, and you are a major party leader... it's just hypocritical not to show your logic, regardless of your perspective.
Cheney doesn't want to say 'You know, when it comes to my daughter and grandchild, those things really don't matter'. If he said that, then the entire evangelical right would run him out of town.
I love watching that man squirm...
Wait, didn't Lynne Cheney write a book that involved lesbian lovers? Isn't their daughter the one who's putting herself out there in the media? Intrusive, please...Wolf is not out of line for 'outing' these hypocrites...seeth all you like Dick..it only makes you more lovable...
I see no problem with Wolf's question to Mr Cheney especially since Wolf rererenced Focus on the family. Cheney should have simply added, I think FOF is out of line for their comments. I love my daughter and soon to be grandchild. Or, if Cheney did not want to respond for all for the benefit of the listeners, A simple No, I have nothing to say about that would have been appropriate. Don't attack the messenger.
JA
If an administration that supposedly believes in Christian Conservative values that are Anti-Gay, wouldn't it be important to discuss the values of their elected official's lifestyle?
We as a nation and people should have evolved but I guess that isn't happening. What a sad state of affairs when newscasters have to trash someones lifestyle when we should be concentrating on more important issues such as will we all be alive next year and where is this war in Iraq going. Cheney's daughter and her partner have been together longer than most husband and wife teams that I know, give them credit for their union being a success. For myself, I care more about what someone can do to help our world, whether or not they are good people and how involved they are in helping this world get back on track. If these idiot people who scorn Cheney's daughter would deal with facts they would know that children from homosexual couples do far better than those from mommy and daddy families. Wake up people, deal with what is important, everyone can chose who they prefer in a relationship. Seems we have a woman, Clinton, who will run for president, facts were well hidden that she swings both ways. Maybe these same people, such as Wolf need to dig into that situation more seriously. How about it Mr. Wolf or are you having another slow news day. Wolf, you are disgusting.
It is amazing how many Republicans still are living in denial. Cheney's privacy? He's a public figure. What about the private act of 2 consenting adults in their bedroom being a crime?
More importantly, what kind of father is he that cannot speak up on behalf of his daughter? Is that the kind of family values he promotes? I love my kids unless they are different from me.
I cannot imagine having my father turn his back on me...especially on national television.
Frankly, I don't care what Richard 'Dick' Cheney thinks - unless of course he has a statement about the religous brownshirts that think his daughter should be rounded up like the Jews in WWII. Wonder if 'Dick' might weigh in at that point?
Nah, probably not.
Funny thing. I thought Focus on the Family was one of those ultra-conservative evangelical Christian organizations that has been tight with the Bush White House from the start! Mr. Cheney, Blitzer was merely reading the group's criticism of your daughter, and then Blitzer asked for your response. If you want to tell someone that the comment (or as you, Mr. Cheney, erroneously stated 'that question') is out of line, direct it to the ones who actually said it. Go after Focus on the Family -- not Blitzer. I wonder what your response would have been if it had been a host on Fox News making the comment...
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