The continued reference to Mary Cheney by the Dems

"I don't remember the plot."

"Let us go away together, away from the anger and imperatives of men. There will be only the two of us, and we shall linger through long afternoons of sweet retirement. In the evenings I shall read to you while you work your cross-stitch in the firelight. And then we shall go to bed, our bed, my dearest girl."

She (and obviously many others, considering Kerry's numbers went down after he mentioned Cheney's sexual orientation) was angry because he used her daughter, and bashed lesbianism, for political points.

You are free to have that opinion.

The press at the time, and polls, showed it hurt Kerry. He should have skewered Bush with his performance--instead he lost numbers because of that remark--and his wooden persona. His own team gasped when he said it. It was contrived to diss a lesbo, and that fact was unmistakable.

With Edwards--his insertion of her lesbo-ness was much more natural, because it had been brought up--so he didn't look so Machiavellian.

Kerry did.

But, I don't expect to change your opinion.

I do think links of him saying one thing--and then later--something conflicting should be easy enough to prove. But, I will put here--it doesn't have to be word for word--it just has to mean the same thing.

I feel more assured that one is straightforward enough. $100.

If we could find a judge both of us trusted, I'd go for the demographic. He's already done Southerners once. Wouldn't take long to do it again.

He's a loose cannon. He'll piss somebody off in a few months.

Conservative Democrats...hunters....Black Christians... Its a done deal.

PDid--

Lynne Cheney didn't say any such thing.

"This is not a good man. What a cheap and tawdry political trick."

"She's overreacted to this and treated it as if it's shameful to have this discussion. I think that's a very sad state of affairs. … I think that it indicates a certain degree of shame with respect to her daughter's sexual preferences. … It makes me really sad that that's Lynne's response."

"You saw a man who will do and say anything to get elected, and I am not just speaking as a father here, although I am a pretty angry father."

"kind words he said about my family and our daughter. I appreciate that very much."

"respect for the fact that they're willing to talk about the fact that they have a gay daughter, the fact that they embrace her. It's a wonderful thing."

Activists Dominate Content Complaints
December 06, 2004
By Todd Shields

In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell laid some startling statistics on U.S. senators.

The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, "a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes."


What Powell did not revealâ€"apparently because he was unawareâ€"was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003 (99.8 percent)were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.

This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.

Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaintsâ€"aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBSâ€" were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1. (The agency last week estimated it had received 1,068,767 complaints about broadcast indecency so far this year; the Super Bowl broadcast accounted for over 540,000, according to commissioners’ statements.)

The prominent role played by the PTC has raised concerns among critics of the FCC’s crackdown on indecency. “It means that really a tiny minority with a very focused political agenda is trying to censor American television and radio,” said Jonathan Rintels, president and executive director of the Center for Creative Voices in Media, an artists’ advocacy group.

Well they are demanding an apology, but not his head. I suspect the GOP chairman would not get off so lightly.

One comment came naturally. The Dem handlers backstage didn't gasp--no harm, no foul--though I bet my ass Edwards was told to work it in. Kudos for him. He came close to sounding sincere. Trial lawyers learn that after a while.

Kerry didn't fare so well.

Mary was used by Kerry to score political points against her father. I'm a little surpried you're still trying to act like you don't know it.

How'd you like Dean's first gaffe against the Black Caucus...? I'm a little miffed I had to wait a whole day for his onslaught of frigging lunatic insults to start.

The blacks should have him killed in about three weeks at the rate he's going...

Of course, I'll probably have to wait for him to go off on another demographic--because the blacks would let him burn a cross at their prayer breakfast before they'd take issue with the DNC. And, that is sad.

Just a teeny update.

Democrat Blacks--Lash owes you an apology. I was wrong.
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...and I'm proud of them. They are demanding an apology from Dean. As they should.