In what appeared to be a moment of compassion, ***** Cheney announced
last week that "With respect to the question of relationships, my
general view is freedom means freedom for everyone."
He was talking about gay marriage, and everyone oohed and aahed and
thought, gosh, maybe ***** Cheney isn't such a heartless ***** after
all.
Which is exactly what Team Bush wanted you to think.
Cheney has previously held the position that gay marriage should be
decided by the states, but flip-flopped when George W. Bush decided to
support amending the Constitution to discriminate against gays and
Cheney "said he'd support whatever decision Bush made," according to
USA Today.
The media would have you believe that social conservatives are up in
arms about Cheney's statement, with Family Research Council president
Tony "Psycho" Perkins releasing a statement saying in part, "We
support President Bush's commitment to a constitutional amendment on
marriage but we are left to wonder why the Vice President is allowed
to depart from this position when the top of the ticket is unified on
all other issues. I find it hard to believe the Vice President would
stray from the administration's position on defense policy or tax
policy."
Yes - it is hard to believe, isn't it?
Let's face it, ***** Cheney's comments make very little difference to
the FRC or their followers - they're voting for Bush this year.
In fact, despite Cheney's comments, the Republicans' platform
committee officially endorsed the Federal Marriage Amendment in the
party's platform last week, adopting the language unanimously.
So why did ***** risk such a fuss just a few days before the start of
the Convention?
Simple - he was told to do it by Karl Rove.
You think it's a coincidence that the Republicans will be hiding the
nutcase elements of their party behind Rudy Giuliani and Arnold
Schwarzenegger this week?
You think it's odd that a tiny minority of the Republican party -
moderates - will get a majority of coverage at the Convention podium?
It's no coincidence - and Cheney's comments were all part of the plan.
From The Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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