Mary Cheney almost quit campaign over gay marriage (but still supports *)

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1918918&page=1

Mary Cheney discussed the campaign, her feelings about President Bush, life with her partner of 14 years, and what it was like to come out as gay to her parents.

"I struggled with my decision to stay on the 2004 campaign," Cheney told "Primetime." Her personal challenge came when President Bush said the nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

When Bush proclaimed it in the State of the Union, she refused to go. Mary Cheney, a senior campaign advisor, was finally taking her stand.

"I didn't want to be there. No one banned me from being there. But I didn't want to stand up and cheer," she said.

Cheney has had to deal with hearing hateful names about gays and lesbians from the right-wing of her own party. And gay rights activists say that Cheney's silence is just a form of hypocrisy. They even made a milk carton that said, "Mary Cheney Missing."

Her reply to their criticism is simple. "We each have to choose our own path," she said. "I respect their opinion. But it is not the path that I would choose for myself."

She says the president offered to let her give a public statement in disagreement, and her father indicated publicly he disagreed with his boss on the issue. She declined but says she did talk with her family about quitting the campaign.

But she does say that if her father weren't on the ticket with Bush in 2004, she would still support the president.

"I think he's a very good man," Cheney said of Bush. "On these issues, he hasn't caught up."

yeah, she still gets the money and fuck everyone else.

'THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?'

"Brick Oven Nazis"?

but we still aren't sure if it's genetic or environmental. Nature or nurture, anyone?

Having constantly lived a life of privilege and connections, she trades on her sexuality for her cushy jobs while actively hurting others of her same orientation and then hides behind Mommy, Daddy and her sister instead of voicing her own hurt feelings over what Edwards said in the debate. She never has the guts to stand up and speak for herself, and now she tries to suck pity for her duplicity.

She's a user and a coward, and with any luck, she'll get her due. Still, she'll be set for life due to Daddy's ill-gotten gains, so she won't suffer too much.

Blech.