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patriot wrote:Gratuitous? It may have been in bad taste, but it certainly wasn't gratuitous. I just don't think it warranted the pissing mad response from Mary Cheney. She said Kerry wasn't a good man. Why? Because he mentioned her daughter? I think it was a perfectly good example, and a perfectly good answer as well. Look at it this way, the first one to start slinging mud wasn't Kerry. They could have asked Kerry to apologize, or they could have said his comment was ill-advised, but a bad man? Not only that but now they're trying to score political points off of it. Making a baseless and disrespectful assumption about a man's character...that's what I would consider gratuitous.
Would it be appropriate for Bush to surmise what Kerry's ex-wife's opinion of her husband is?
Why was Kerry talking in hypotheticals? He doesn't know Cheney's daughter. I'm sure he knows plenty of gays, starting with Barney Frank (Mass -D).
I saw it as a cynical, strategic attempt to erode a few votes from Bush's base. Looks like it's backfiring though. What a jerk.
Mary is mr. Cheney's DAUGHTER. To the best of my knowledge it was LYNNE Cheney (Dick's wife) who responded to Mr. Kerry's statement.
Regardless, a man's family should not be held against him politically. Its supposed to be like in the mafia in the old days. We kill eachother, but the women and kids are off limits.
this all just shows that the republicans can dish it out but can't take it.
Aegis wrote:patriot wrote:Gratuitous? It may have been in bad taste, but it certainly wasn't gratuitous. I just don't think it warranted the pissing mad response from Mary Cheney. She said Kerry wasn't a good man. Why? Because he mentioned her daughter? I think it was a perfectly good example, and a perfectly good answer as well. Look at it this way, the first one to start slinging mud wasn't Kerry. They could have asked Kerry to apologize, or they could have said his comment was ill-advised, but a bad man? Not only that but now they're trying to score political points off of it. Making a baseless and disrespectful assumption about a man's character...that's what I would consider gratuitous.
Mary is mr. Cheney's DAUGHTER. To the best of my knowledge it was LYNNE Cheney (Dick's wife) who responded to Mr. Kerry's statement.
Regardless, a man's family should not be held against him politically. Its supposed to be like in the mafia in the old days. We kill eachother, but the women and kids are off limits.
harun wrote:for the first time in my life the democrats are actually fighting fire with fire. usually, when the republicans mudsling, the democrats just sit there and suck it up. this all just shows that the republicans can dish it out but can't take it. jeez, i'm bored.
svizzerams wrote:But then I am of the mind that being gay is NOT a choice, but something a person is born as
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