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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (644434)	10/14/2004 8:48:38 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Kerry wants to bring up Republican Lesbians and his CAMPAIGN STAFF wants to put out flyers making fun of those fine folks in the Special Olympics: (CNSNews.com) - Leaders of the Special Olympics say they are "astounded and appalled" by an anti-Bush political flyer being distributed in Tennessee. It shows the head of President Bush superimposed on the body of a Special Olympics athlete; and it reads, "Even if you win, you're still retarded." "We see this communication as an egregious, gratuitous insult to our almost 2 million athletes in over 150 countries around the world and a stunning affront to the more than 200 million people in the world who have intellectual disabilities," said Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics chairman and CEO in a statement. "We cringe at the thought that any one of these capable and courageous athletes would ever have to endure the agony, embarrassment, pain and suffering that this flyer would certainly cause." The Special Olympics said it hopes the people responsible for the "outrageous political advertisement" would come forward and "explain to the people of Tennessee and everywhere else why they would choose to denigrate the spirit, courage, and accomplishments of the Special Olympics athletes." Shriver's statement noted that ignorance about mentally disabled people is common - among comedians, on America's playgrounds, and in society at large. "Our commitment in this political season and in every other is to reverse this ignorance and bigotry and to replace them with the stunning realization that many people with intellectual disability are, in fact, among the most gifted within our communities," the statement said. "There is no reasonable and legitimate defense of this hateful material," it concluded. "We would expect those responsible to make an abject public apology and a sincere, determined effort to clear the public domain of this offensive material." Shriver is a nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy. freerepublic.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (644434)	10/14/2004 8:50:09 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004 12:06 a.m. EDT Firestorm Erupts Over Kerry's 'Lesbian' Attack The White House blasted John Kerry Wednesday night for outing Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter as a "lesbian" during the third and final presidential debate. "I don't think it was appropriate to bring in the private life of Vice President Cheney and his daughter into this debate at all," White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity. "I thought it was inappropriate and I don't think people like that type of personal politics being brought into the campaign this late in the game," he complained. Kerry referred to Mary Cheney as a "lesbian" in answer to a question about whether he thought homosexuality was a choice. "I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was, she's being who she was born as," Kerry told debate moderator Bob Schieffer. While Ms. Cheney's sexuality has been reported previously, the information likely was news to most debate watchers. As the controversy heated up over Kerry's lesbian reference, his campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill, said that Mary Cheney's sexuality was "fair game." "There are a lot of questions here about gay marriage and she is someone who's a major figure in the campaign. I think it's fair game," Cahill told Fox. At least one debate focus group reacted sharply when Sen. Kerry mentioned Ms. Cheney's sexuality. "That got a very negative reaction in the focus group," said Fox debate correspondent Jim Angle, who noted that even reporters were disturbed by the stunt. "Here in the pressroom, there was a low groan when Senator Kerry mentioned that," he said. Fox debate panelist Mort Kondracke said Kerry's "outing" of Mary Cheney was a calculated effort to damage the Bush-Cheney ticket in the eyes of conservative voters. "I think it was totally underhanded - the outing of Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter. ... And it struck me as a low blow designed to weaken the Bush-Cheney team with right-wingers who might not know that Dick Cheney has a lesbian daughter," he said. "I think it's dirty pool on the Kerry-Edwards campaign's part." Fox panelist Bill Kristol agreed, and wondered if the Kerry campaign would have to apologize for the gaffe. "What John Kerry said was unbelieveable," he complained, zeroing in on Mary Beth Cahill's "fair game" reference. "What has Mary Cheney done to make herself 'fair game' for John Kerry to gratuitously introduce this in the debate? I wonder if Kerry's not going to have to apologize tomorrow." Former Clinton strategist Dick Morris said Kerry's lesbian tactic was "horrible" and "vicious." "Its worse than the private detectives Bill and Hillary used to use" against opponents, he told Fox.