How do you feel about Cheney?
He’s in the ad willingly, all gung ho, because of his gay daughter who keeps having kids by sperm donors, to be raised by her and her “partner”.
I respect Cheney for the good things about him. I deplore what he has become on this issue.
The same is how I feel about LB. She is a child of the 1960s, that is, she came of age in that era. She lives a conventional lifestyle but she was indelibly imprinted with the idea that we have to accept a lot of stuff in other people that we wouldn’t choose for ourselves.
In addition to that, she was born and raised a Democrat. A Texas Democrat, to be sure, which isn’t like a NY one, but that doesn’t help her see things the right way. We had a few lib Dems in Texas such as Sissy Farenthold and Ma Richards and Molly Ivins (Gag on all three)...
Cheney is a turncoat. Of course, he was mum on the issue while VP, but suspect he was secretly pro-sodomy during that time. The Republican Party platform was decidedly more pro-marriage only a few years ago, and that platform carried the day without the Cheney's or Laura Bush's meddling.
At the risk of offending a lot of lady FReepers here, I'll say that Laura's position doesn't surprise me, as she's a woman - and women are MUCH more likely to be soft on this issue. That is the reality, and polls bear that out. That is why, in most high level politic positions, women in general are not suitable to govern. They are carried away by emotional issues that have no place in the hard decision-making, based on principle, that is often required at high levels.
I despise him. For lots of reasons.