I am one of those folks who believes that there should still be some respect for personal boundaries, but Kerry apparently has no manners or respect for others. Mary Cheney is a person, not a cheap prop in Kerry's crass brand of demagoguery. He used her like a cheap prop, and that is what offends me.
I agree with Andy that the "outrage" was more politics than personal, but it was still a cheap shot by Kerry. The most telling thing to me was that the press people in the press pool apparently groaned when they heard his comment. That says to me they thought it was foolish of him to bring it up.
>Well it obviously did add something to his statement since it got
>people agitated.
>
>I'm not really defending Kerry on this. It's just that I see a double
>standard between who gets to mention it and since I don't see being
>gay as a negative, I don't see the outrage.
>
>-Kevin
>
>On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:49:14 -0500, Andy Ousterhout
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Neither. It is not immoral for Kerry to mention Mary (she as name). Just an
>> invasion of her privacy. Bad taste. Boorish behavior. And IMHO didn't add
>> anything to his statement.
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