Because he AGREED that Mary Cheney was a hedonist while not mentioning that his own daughter was one.
When the reporter asked the question about Mary Cheney, he had the opportunity to do the right thing -- the honorable, courteous, kind hearted thing -- and say something like "I'm not going to get into other family's personal heartbreaks," since he knew full well he had the same problem under his very own roof.
But instead he snatched the opportunity to grab face time by discussing the family of a sitting vice president, a man in his own party.
Main Entry: hyp·o·crite
Pronunciation: 'hi-p&-"krit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ypocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokritEs actor, hypocrite, from hypokrinesthai
: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
- hypocrite adjective
He wasn't asked about his daughter. He had already said that ALL practicing homosexuals are selfish-hedonists.
... he had the opportunity to do the right thing -- the honorable, courteous, kind hearted thing -- and say something like "I'm not going to get into other family's personal heartbreaks," since he knew full well he had the same problem under his very own roof.
That is a load of garbage. He was asked what his opinion of homosexuality was and he answered according to his beliefs. He was then pressed for a yes or no as to whether that included Lynn Cheney, an admitted lesbian. Saying no would be an obvious hypocrisy. Saying nothing or refusing to answer would have also been an hypocrisy. The interviewer deliberately drew that corner to force a political controversy. He stood on principle and refused to bend to that political blackmail and has been vilified for it. And here you are, right on cue, to dish out more.
But instead he snatched the opportunity to grab face time by discussing the family of a sitting vice president, a man in his own party.
A politician, running for office, invited to an interview, on radio, is "grabbing face-time?" Oh, my, the shock and horror of it!
It's bad enough trying to keep up with the two-faced deceit of sinkspur but I'm not going to spend time responding to FR's biggest Bushbot joke. Have a nice afternoon.