Three generations of Bush and Cheney women extolled the virtues of Mr Bush and vice-president Dick Cheney to an adoring crowd of women at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Barbara Bush, the president’s mother, was there with her granddaughters Jenna and Barbara, and Doro, Mr Bush’s sister. Lynne Cheney, the vice-president’s wife, and daughter Elizabeth chimed in too. Conspicuously absent was Mary Cheney – who has played a far more significant role in the campaign.
What possible explanation is there here that doesn’t make the Cheneys look like ghoulish parents? I suppose we should wait for more information; perhaps she had an appendicitis attack and was immobile. More likely, either they discouraged her from appearing or she voluntarily exiled herself, not wanting to embarrass her dad, at which point dad should have said, “I love you. You belong up here with me.”
sadly, i guess i haven’t got much to worry about with regard to having to change my opinions on cheney, after all.
