[Blackirish]

George is happy...Mary Cheney's Happy....Heather Poe is Happy.....it's just Happy!!! That folks faces are starting to hurt.

[bahblahbah]

This is conservative moral relativism.

[derllak]

Sorry, but I can't be happy about deliberately bringing a child into this kind of relationship. It's abnormal and children have enough to deal with in this wacky world!

[cripplecreek]

A grandfather is a grandfather is a grandfather.

[BunnySlippers]

What do you expect them to say?

[reelfoot]

"Vice President Dick Cheney's pregnant lesbian daughter Mary will make a "fine mom," President George W. Bush said".

Barf alert.

This kind of thing is sick, not warm and fuzzy.

[razorbak]

Just shut-up, Mr. President, if you can't say something any more useful or intelligent than that.

[KarinG1]

I don't condone homosexuality, but when is the last time anybody saw an article apparently intended only to remind the reader that Rosie O'Donnell or Katie Couric is a lesbian? I won't talk about Hillary Clinton in this post because I don't want the moderator to remove it.

[zarf]

Seems like some Freepers here would ram a pitch fork into Mary's gut and toss here into the fires of hell for her evil act of having a child.

What in gods name do you expect the president to say? The times they are a changing and polite society will have to adapt. Sorry folks.

[WalterSkinner]

..just like his infamous "religion of peace" comment--sometimes it is best to just say nothing...

[protest1]

Mary Cheney, 37, and the unidentified father her longtime partner, Heather Poe, are expecting their first child

A clear error in the reporting, I thought I would correct it.

Ps you forgot the BARF allert in this post.

[montag813]

Bush could have very easily said "I am not going to comment on the personal life of Mary Cheney. I respect her privacy", and leave it at that. It is very disappointing that he chose ebullient praise of a homosexual artificial procreation, but certainly not surprising given his increasing wishy-washiness.

[DTogo]

Wow, so many perfect people FReeping today!

[Mr. Blonde]

I disagree that this is sidestepping his previous statement. That he thinks Mary Cheney will make a fine mom doesn't change that he thinks ideally a child would be raised by its mom and dad.

I wish I could say I can't believe all the crude statements on this thread, but I can. Aparently people forget that the president is a politician. Politicians can't always say exactly how they feel. And they have to say nice things in public, especially about close family of the VP.

[Finalapproach29er]

Bush withers when given a chance to tell the truth.

What about the dad, Mr. President?

[buck61]

Maybe I'm beginning to see why the president is asking people to pray for him.

[M Kehoe]

Nope, don't need a man to procreate. Now, if we can just get tax benefits for calling our relationship 'marriage,' then we can eliminate what used to be called the "family." The 'nuclear' family, where the Caucasian male ensures the safety and well being of the wife, and children.

Then, with the government's sanction, all sorts of deviant behavior will be allowed. Polygamy, and pedophilia to name a few, along with illegal immigration, and viola, the U.S. will cease to exist as a sovereign nation. Just like Marx and Engel foretold.

Be advised, one thing (among others) needed to allow this to happen is the confiscation of all firearms. Not to worry, I and who they send for my weapons, won't be around to see my prediction come true.

5.56mm

[marsh_of_mists]

I understand his public relations dilemma on this matter, but I would have said "While I personally disagree with Ms. Cheney and Ms. Poe's lifestyle choice and feel it ideal for a child to be raised by a mother and a father, I respect their privacy and freedom under the law to make this decision and I believe they will raise the child in a loving environment." I think that would cover all the bases. I would "gentlemanly", but it would also not ignore the truth.

[eleni121]

I would have said nothing...and privately would just pray against the sickness that is spreading in our nation. I guess I'm not "compassionte conservative" enough.

[Sloth]

G.W. is no conservative... but I can't bring myself to get up-in-arms about this. It's not like Mary Cheney has been making a big public spectacle about the matter, so the only reason the press is asking Bush about it is to trip him up somehow. Commenting on the family lives of private citizens is not in the President's job description. So simply wishing them well and changing the subject is the best response.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I kind of figured the reaction from some Freepers who call themselves religious conservatives would be, how shall we say, less than Christ-like...

It's her life as adult and her baby. Mary has the support of a loving father, which is more than I can say for Alan Keyes, which is why Keyes will never be president.