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Originally Posted by guthmund
It was fair game. The Veep introduced her to the millions of folks watching to score political points (just like every other politician) and placed his daughter's sexuality in the public domain.
Sen. Kerry was asked a question to which Cheney's daughter's sexuality was relevant. He used it to score political points with the television audience (again, just like very other politician.) Also, I might add, had Sen. Kerry tried to anecdotalize his response and speak of some illusionary "parents" with a gay child, he would have been lambasted by these same people. "We know who he's "really" talking about, right" would flood the airwaves along with talk of how disrespectful the candidate had been. It was a lose/lose situation for Kerry, but I think he did the right thing. There was no denigration. I think he tried to handle as best he could considering the options.
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I think the outrage from Mrs. Cheney is actually probably genuine, but not in a way that reflects positively upon her.
I see it as one thing to mention your own family situation in order to provide an understanding of your perspective on the issue, and an entirely different thing to drag your opponent's family situation into a point you wish to make. There was no explicit denigration, but the less-than-compassionate motive could be seen by reading between the lines.