Never liked the Cheneys, they were alsways the rulling class elitist (anti-Christian) Republicans.
You are so right. Cheney is idolized by the right for being tough and articulate. He’s good on defense issues, the economy, and on bashing the Dems.
But he is terrible on social issues. He has an elitist Republican attitude, as you say, about those backwoods Bible-thumpers. He has rarely mentioned abortion, as far as I can recall. He doesn’t care if the Dems and their liberal courts and bureaucrats run roughshod over the institution of marriage and our religious freedoms.
The Cheney’s are wonderful people, Dick and his wife, Lynne and daughter Liz and, although I don’t know much about her, the other daughter is apparently a good person who has been in a long-term loving relationship.
I would lose all respect for them if they didn’t stand up for their daughter.
I always stood up for my kids.