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All conservatives are naturally going to be targets of the Left; this is a given. The MSM will drag out all sorts of garbage if they think it will topple their opponents, for example, the revelation that President Bush received a DWI citation in Maine in the 1970s, just before the 2000 presidential election, and the National Guard document forgeries in the 2004 presidential election. Alan Keyes, for all his academic skills, lacked a full understanding of the hostile nature of the MSM and liberals. I think he was set up to make that remark regarding Vice President Cheney's daughter. He was baited and fell for it. Keyes may have known that his daughter was a lesbian at that point. His remarks regarding Cheney's daughter would thus appear hypocritical. If he didn't, you just don't insult the family members of a high ranking official of your own party.

Scripture admonishes us to be as wise as serpents, and as innocent as doves. A young George Washington warned British General Braddock about the foolishness of European style maneuvers in the Appalachian wilderness during the French and Indian War. Braddock didn't listen, and his forces were successfully ambushed near present day Pittsburgh. Keyes, the academic, should pay more heed to those who are familiar with practical politics.

The reason Conservative are targets in this is that they empatically state that if you do such, the result will always be so. In this case, as far as we know, such was always done, but so didn't turn out as expected. We hear absolutes are the key, yet gray areas are often found when an absoute doesn't fit a situation. We hear stand on the courage of your convictions, yet wiggle words and actions always seem to be found. The MSM will always point out and rub conservatives noses in situations since we often come off like church lady on SNL. They yuck it up when one of our absolutes blows up. And with good reason. For until it does, we are absolute about it. Then suddenly we need to find that place where compromise in our actions and words suddenly need to be found.

A friend and I often joke when this occurs. It falls under the class of "that's different" when it applies to us.

Keyes may have known that his daughter was a lesbian at that point.

According to the Catachism of Keyes religious tradition, that wouldn't have mattered anyway, but there is a VERY big difference between going to him and saying "Daddy, I'm a lesbian" and saying "Daddy, I'm a Queer."

Scripture admonishes us to be as wise as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

Nowhere does Scripture implore us to lie, be phonies, excuse the bad conduct of others based on political affiliation or weasel-word our statements. Christ had a term for people who did this: whitened sephulcres.

Alan Keyes is actually the only one not being a hypocrite in this sad circumstance. He's stuck to his position on homosexuality (the proper position, I might add) despite the fact that his own daughter has turned against him.