January 24, 2007 -- 6:23 PM EST // // Post a Comment
WOLF BLITZER TO DICK CHENEY: "WE LIKE YOUR DAUGHTERS."
Here's a really wonderful moment from Wolf Blitzer's interview today with Dick Cheney. Wolf gingerly brings up the question of the baby that Cheney's lesbian daughter is expecting, and, well, watch:
Here's a transcript:
Q: We're out of time, but a couple of issues I want to raise with you. Your daughter Mary, she's pregnant. All of us are happy. She's going to have a baby. You're going to have another grandchild. Some of the -- some critics, though, are suggesting, for example, a statement from someone representing Focus on the Family:"Mary Cheney's pregnancy raises the question of what's best for children. Just because it's possible to conceive a child outside of the relationship of a married mother and father, doesn't mean it's best for the child."
Do you want to respond to that?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: No, I don't.
Q: She's obviously a good daughter --
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I'm delighted -- I'm delighted I'm about to have a sixth grandchild, Wolf, and obviously think the world of both of my daughters and all of my grandchildren. And I think, frankly, you're out of line with that question.
Q: I think all of us appreciate --
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I think you're out of -- I think you're out of line with that question.
Q: -- your daughter. We like your daughters. Believe me, I'm very, very sympathetic to Liz and to Mary. I like them both. That was just a question that's come up and it's a responsible, fair question.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I just fundamentally disagree with your perspective.
Q: I want to congratulate you on having another grandchild. Let's wind up on a soft note.
No question, the guy's scary. But come on, Wolf! Backbone!
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