Lynne Dick Six

I nearly forgot this one - Lynne and Dick Cheney welcomed their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, into the world last week. Samuel is the son of Mary Cheney and her partner, Heather Poe. I think that's great, and if Poe and Cheney provide a loving household, that's all that matters. Too bad an overwhelming majority of Republicans don't feel that way.

Here's hoping that Lynne and Dick, every time that look at little Samuel, realize what sell outs and hypocrites they are for supporting a president and a party that's so openly homophobic. Of course, when Dick is questioned about his absurd contradiction of having a gay daughter and shilling for an openly homophobic administration, he gets mighty defensive, decrying people like Wolf Blitzer for being "out of line" and saying that gay marriage should be "left up to the states to decide." I've written it many times: whenever a politician gives the "leave it up to the states" answer, it's merely a euphemism for "I don't want to answer that awfully awkward question."

Flashback: take a look at Cheney barking at Blitzer...

Being hypocritical is nothing new to Dick - who's the biggest war monger in this administration, but did everything he could to dodge the draft in the 1960s. Dick now has more grandchildren (6) than draft deferments (5). It took a while.

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