I didn't think Kerry's use of Mary Cheney in the debate was that out of line, but apparently it's killing him with women voters...or more specifically, mothers. Even Howard Fineman, Newsweek Chief Political Analyst and Kerry cheerleader, couldn't help but notice:
But do you like one who mentions someone else’s child to make a nasty political point? There were no laughs but gasps in the press room when Kerry noted that Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, Mary, was a lesbian. It came during a discussion of gay marriage. Now, of course, everyone knows something about Mary — she is open about her sexual orientation and has worked in outreach programs to gays and lesbians, and even brought her partner to the vice presidential debate in Cleveland.
Still, what was Kerry's point in hauling her into a discussion of the pros and cons of gay marriage? Was he trying to highlight the fact that the vice president doesn't share the president's support for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman? Was he trying to say that Cheney should actively OPPOSE it because of his daughter? Cheney and Kerry actually seem to share the same views.
This little incident only reinforces Kerry's "unlikeability".
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Yeah, one candidate mentions that an out of the closet lesbian is in fact a lesbian, and everyone goes ballistic.
The other candidate advocates a constitutional amendment that would make that lesbian a second class citizen, and everyone thinks that's just political discourse.
If anything, Lynne Cheney's comments were the most disturbing, the shame of her own intolerance coming right through.
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