…the probable reasoning behind the Bushies’ made-up anger over Kerry’s innocuous reference to Mary Cheney’s lesbianism:

“…The ensuing fake controversy is the GOP’s 2004 campaign in nutshell: Don’t let’s talk about Bush’s dismal record. Let’s talk well-spun trivia — or flat-out smears — instead.And when it comes to sensitive treatment of gays and families of gays, no one can match the record of Republicans — for wallowing so deep in the gutter of bigotry that they definitively make life quantifiably worse for gays, lesbians, and their families.”