Gould 0738 wrote:


Not so. The vast majority of folks who believe that having a lesbian daughter
is a "disgrace", something to be hidden or an indication of a personal
shortcoming were certainly not going to vote for Kerry in the first place.

Kerry's problem has nothing to do with old fashioned beliefs of
"disgrace", etc. It has everything to do with the fact that most
thinking people can see through the BS and recognize why he said it.
Kerry is unfortunately such an elitist that he thinks nobody is as smart
as he is. His condescending attitude is why he is going to lose.



Cheney himself discussed his daughter's sexuality in the VP debate. Does he now
feel "outed" by Kerry in the final Presidential debate, or is it that the polls
are running neck and neck?

He discussed it because John Edwards specifically brought up the subject
of his daughter. In contemporary America, this subject is still
regarded as a private matter. If Cheney and/or his daughter want to
discuss it, that is their right. Edwards and Kerry discussed it only to
try to gain a political advantage, period, no matter how "nicely" they
did it and the majority of the voters recognize it, IMHO.


and the new questions about how he
secured an "Honorable Discharge" from the Navy will do him in.


That's a streeeeeeeetch. GWB has demonstrated that a politician can easily
survive all sorts of disclosures and speculations about service and discharge.


This controversy is relatively new, Chuck. It may have some legs to it.
Having been in the service for 9 years in the same time period of
Kerry, I am familiar with the mechanisms of military discharges. His
was not routine.

Eisboch