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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
To some extent you're right, and certainly the B/C04 campaign has been quick to draw attention to George P. Bush's being (and looking) Hispanic. But the Mary Cheney thing sort of stings of John McCain's "black child" in my mind. While the McCain whisper smear was untrue, the intent was to get voters not to vote for him based on their own prejudices.
Also this is disturbing. I was searching for a reference to the South Carolina whisper campaign and this ended up in the serch results:
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The big thing we're forgetting here is that Kerry didn't out Mary Cheney. She was already out, and somewhat activist. Nobody invaded her privacy. She had already made her sexual orientation a public issue. Her parents support her in that activism and advocate her right to be treated like any other American. The fact that he's Bush's Vice President and presumably knows Mary and should know that her orientation isn't (a) a choice or (b) a threat to "our way of life" is a valid point to call Bush on.
For the third time now, if she had been outed, or even if she were simply living her own life and not actively participating in both the campaign and the gay movement, then my feelings would be 100% different.
