Petrelis Files

(Dick, Mary, Heather & Scooter)


Cheney Raises $ for Antigay IL Pol; Mary Silent

Dick Cheney, father of a lesbian whom he professes he loves, traveled to Chicago today to speak at a fundraiser GOP House candidate Dave Mcsweeney, who's running for Illinois' 8th congressional district seat.

Here's a little bit of what the veep had to say:

I'm delighted to join you in giving strong support to Dave in his campaign for Congress. He has deep roots in this part of the country. He's a person who clearly speaks with conviction. He's an active citizen, a common-sense conservative. And he knows the issues, he understands the needs of the eighth district, and he's perfectly in tune with the values of the people who live here. This is the kind of man who belongs in the United States Congress, and there's no doubt in my mind that Dave is on the road to victory on the 7th of November. (Applause.)

It's important that we elect public servants like Dave because these are times of incredible consequence for our nation.

Mcsweeney may be all those things claimed by Cheney, but there's one position the candidate holds, and it renders Mary Cheney and her partner Heather Poe second-class citizens, something the veep forgot to mention.

Yes, Mcsweeney favors denying Cheney and Poe equal marriage rights, and he wants a constitutional amendment passed keeping those two lesbians, and all gays and lesbians, from getting hitched.

Hey Dick, what does it feel like to cut your occasionally pro-lesbian conscience to suit this year's homophobic GOP congressional fashions?

And I have a question for Mary: Why do you suffer laryngitis when your father stumps and raises money for Republican candidates who endorse bigotry against you and Heather?

Oh, and the veep mentioned 9/11 seven times in his speech today, showing how he and the GOP continue to use the tragic events of that day for monetary and partisan political purposes.