Edwards defends choice to mention Cheney's gay daughter in debate

Associated Press and Charlotte Observer ^ | May 10, 2006 | BETH FOUHY

[Frenetic]

"You're making that up."

- Am I now ;/

[manwiththehands]

"And if John Kerry were elected President, Richard Reeves would rise from the dead and walk again!"

[WorkingClassFilth]

John Edwards defended his decision to mention the sexual orientation of Vice President Dick Cheney's openly gay daughter in a 2004 debate...

That's real nice, John. Since we're all so open, may I ask if you've done anything about that melanoma-screaming growth on your face? That was pretty ugly man. In some campaign photos it looked like you were sprouting a second head. Oh yeah, BTW, has your wife lost any weight yet, or does she still shovel in seconds or thirds whenever she thinks about you - too bad, she must have been pretty cute before she made her mistake and married you. Oops! Sorry, didn't mean to sound too harsh. Let me make it all better...you're a pretty man, John. Kiss, kiss, hug, hug!

[Frenetic]

There is a danrather.com? Are you joking or serious?

[RightWingAtheist]

In her book, "Now It's My Turn," Cheney called Edwards a "total slime" and argued that he tried to use her sexual orientation as a political tool against her father.

My great respect for Mary Cheney has been further affirmed.

[Inspectorette]

Pretty boy

Does he still have that big ugly zit on his lip?

[Radix]

J/K = Just Kidding.

[Frenetic]

lol...for a minute there I thought my 5 minutes of fame came and passed without me even noticing.

[bondjamesbond]

After additional Edwards' comments on gay marriage and civil unions, the vice president said, "Let me simply thank the senator for the kind words he said about my family and our daughter. I appreciate that very much."

It is called "killing with kindness", but you are too vulgar to understand such a thing, Johnnie-Boy. All Cheney left out was the "Bless your heart..."

[Heatseeker]

I loved it when he had Mary hold the Bible for his swearing-in, instead of Mrs Cheney. 'Hey Johnny, watch this, you slimeball.'

[Guenevere]

What exactly did Keyes do that was similar and outrageous?

[Soul Seeker]

Among the lowest stunts pulled during the campaign was the use of Mary Cheney to attempt to depress, they thought, the turnout of Christian conservatives. It backfired rightly in their faces.

Another all time was suggesting the lame would walk and the dead would rise if we elected "Brother Kerry".

Truly despicable soulless men.

[OldFriend]

If I am not mistaken, Letterman is not married to his son's mother.

Does he think that child will be fodder for other people to mock some day?

[TXnMA]

It's like if Bush just out of the blue brought up Kerry's wife being a hag. I mean, it's true, too, but beside the point of the debate.

~~~~~~~~

"...beside the point of the debate."

Au contraire!!! it was extremely relevant. One of the many reasons I voted for Bush/Cheney was to keep from having this:

as "First 'Lady'"!!!!!.

[Peach]

He said, unsolicited, that Mary was a selfish hedonist and a sinner.

[You Dirty Rats]

David Letterman uses Cheney's gay daughter in jokes? OMG. OMG. It proves true to me nearly every day what I've said for years: The self named party of tolerance is actually the least tolerant group of people in the United States.

Ah, but McCain takes the cake with this tasteless joke he told publicly in the late 90s:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is the father."

The McCain-Loving media buried that. A despicable thing to say about the President's daughter and the Attorney General -- but that's McCain. He stooped even lower than Bubba IMHO.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

It is called "killing with kindness", but you are too vulgar to understand such a thing, Johnnie-Boy. All Cheney left out was the "Bless your heart..."

You're right. Cheney's performance was masterful.

The best part was after Cheney "thanked" Edwards for his "kind words", Ifill turned to Cheney and asked him if he would care to comment on what Edwards had just said. Cheney reponded: "I'd prefer not to". There followed an awkward pause with Ifill and Edwards seemingly taken aback and embarressed.

The tone and body language spoke volumes. It was as if Ifill and Edwards the girly man were interviewing John Wayne.

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Edwards defends choice to mention Cheney's gay daughter in debate

Edwards defends choice to be a failed irrelevant leader without principle in an irrelevant political party without principle.

[ozzymandus]

The best part is that Mary Cheney could (and should) kick that little sissy's ass.

[gidget7]

I agree with you.

However, I don't support her support for gay marriage or gays adopting.

She had stated that she supports that. That is where I draw the line. She should have waited until her Dad left office if she wanted to say that in her book.

I cannot support either thing, regardless of who is saying it, and regardless of whose daughter she is.