Sunday, February 14, 2010

Cheney Breaks With Expectation--Slightly

Dick Cheney was on ABC's This Week this morning (unofficially facing off against Joe Biden on CBS), and despite his misgivings with nearly everything Obama does, foreign policy-wise, he does support the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

This means that Cheney is to the left of John McCain on this issue. No one should be too surprised about this admission--not only was Cheney speaking out against DADT back in 1991, but remember that he is also a nominal supporter of gay marriage and gay rights, due to his lesbian daughter (I'm willing to guess that Mary Cheney's homosexuality is the only factor keeping Cheney from spouting the party line).

As expected, National Review showers the expected praise, conveniently doesn't mention the one part of Cheney's appearance that readers would find disagreeable. However, they are having a book sale!

1 comment:

  1. I don't find this too surprising. Cheney supports gay marriage, albeit very quietly.

    You know what story got underplayed? That Bush didn't oppose gay marriage either, which came out (heh heh) in a book by a former speechwriter. Such hypocrites...

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