Word: cheneys
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Dick Cheney is allergic...
...Mary--an openly gay person--in his administration before saying sexuality wasn't a factor for him. As a Congressman in the '80s, her dad routinely voted for antigay bills. But he has never smeared gays in personal terms, and contrary to her reputation as a culture warrior, Lynne Cheney hasn't either. When Mary came out to her in the early '90s, Lynne quietly asked gay Republican friends for advice...
...Cheneys made clear last week that they love their daughter. And Mary Cheney seemed eager to get back to the Colorado outdoors (she loves to golf) and start business school. For now, she's keeping quiet about Dad's politics. "It must be very tough for her to feel that second-class status implied by his positions," says Dee Mosbacher, the lesbian daughter of Robert Mosbacher, Commerce Secretary under Bush's father. "I've come a long way with my own father, but it takes a lot of discussion...
...Gore counterpunched the Cheney choice? Lieberman is fresher than the "old guard" (read Cheney) picks like George Mitchell or even Bob Graham, more moderate than ideological (read Cheney) picks like Kerry or Gephardt, and yet doesn't leave Gore too alone at the top with a neophyte like Bayh or recent contender Edwards.Dick Cheney doesn't seriously out-heft Lieberman. Qualifications-wise, that is. He exudes ethics more than charisma, and isn't an oratorical superstar. He's from the Northeast, one of the few regions Gore can be confident of winning. He has no particular constituency, no ideological sweet...
...balances with a spin-heavy Cheney piece, in which Cheney "acknowledged in an interview that House Republicans bore some responsibility for the 'partisan bickering and backbiting' in Washington that he criticizes in his speeches." That was very triangular...