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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (53139)	10/15/2004 5:44:38 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Don't ever stop your rants. That's an order! :•) Sioux

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (53139)	10/15/2004 6:19:49 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

oops, I ranted again. I swear it's the last time today. If you stop then I will pick it up. If I stop then someone else will pick it up since you cannot stop the truth. You know in our society we treat dogs better than gays. I AM VERY MOVED THAT AT A GREAT RISK TO HIS CANDIDACY, kERRY CHOSE TO STAND UP THE WAY HE DID. Great man and he is not even the President. Can you imagine the great heights he will rise to when he gets opportunities to do so as a President. He has always rallied for those who are struggling, whether it was Mr. Rassmann in Vietnam or Cheney's gay daughter. He will not abandon such people even if it means losing his own life (as in Rassman's case) or his Presidency (as in Cheney's daughter's case) Thank you President Kerry.

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (53139)	10/15/2004 6:52:01 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Poll Shows Disapproval of Cheney Daughter Reference washingtonpost.com By Richard Morin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2004; 5:00 PM An overwhelming majority of voters believe it was wrong for Democratic nominee John F. Kerry to have mentioned in Wednesday's presidential debate that Vice President Cheney's daughter was a lesbian, according to the latest Washington Post tracking survey. Nearly two in three likely voters -- 64 percent -- said Kerry's comment was "inappropriate," including more than four in 10 of his own supporters and half of all swing voters. A third -- 33 percent -- thought the remark was appropriate. Kerry mentioned that Cheney's daughter was a lesbian in response to a question from moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS News asking the candidates if they believed "homosexuality is a choice?" After President Bush had answered that he "did not know," Kerry began by saying, " . . . 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." After the debate, Lynne Cheney attacked Kerry for raising the issue of her daughter's sexuality during the debate. Both Cheneys have been open about their daughter's sexual orientation, which had been briefly mentioned by Sen. John Edwards and Cheney in the vice presidential debate the previous week. The latest Post tracking poll continues to show the race deadlocked, with each candidate receiving 48 percent of the vote. Independent Ralph Nader continues to barely register nationally and gets 1 percent of the hypothetical vote. But the survey also suggests that Kerry continues to claim a large lead in key battleground states. In these 13 states, Kerry held a 53 percent to 43 percent advantage among likely voters. A total of 1,555 registered voters were interviewed Tuesday through Thursday nights, including 1,203 likely voters. Margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for the overall results and plus or minus six percentage points for results from the battleground states and for the question asking views on Kerry's comment about Cheney's daughter, which was asked only of those interviewed Thursday night.

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (53139)	10/15/2004 7:10:22 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bush was planning a gay-bashing smear campaign against Kerry via his extremist rightwing "Christian" activists. Talking about Cheney's daughter was not something JK liked to do but it was a necessary way to stop the oncoming Bushie slander, that is to accuse JK of supporting gay marriage just because he's a "liberal from Massachusetts". Smear and fear politics from Bushies must be met with strategic truth-telling, even if it hurts a few feelings.