[JedForbes]

Exactly imagine if he had cut her off, or disowned the press would have had a field day; not to mention the personal heartache for the whole family.

[snip] As I said before we do not need to agree with his position or his daughter's life style choices but at the end of the day I think the family deserve respect as to the classy and non confrontational way they have dealt with it.

[snip] I would put my family first too.

I never said he should cut her off or disown her. I said he should distance himself from the *issue* not necessarily the person. I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

As for putting your family first, in general I agree, but in this case not at all. This is a matter (for me) of immense national importance and the veep standing idly by while his daughter engages in this is essentially an endorsement of it.

That doesn't mean he shouldn't still love her, it just means he shouldn't let this pass just because she's his daughter. I've never know Cheney to fear the media or lib hysteria on anything else, why on this? I think potentially he makes it more difficult by not taking a credible position on it.

If a senior politician refused to criticise (say) corruption because his own daughter took bribes, would that be ok because he was putting family first?

[HostileTerritory]

I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

Perhaps he doesn't say so because he doesn't feel that way.

[DungeonMaster]

I said he should distance himself from the *issue* not necessarily the person. I think the veep should stand up and be counted and say he opposes this type of behavior.

Sadly, if he is not a Christian there is no reason to oppose it and quite a few reasons to support it.

[snugs]

What you are suggesting is the same as disowning or cutting her off but just said differently he may privately have said he does not agree but still loves her, we are not privy to his private conversations.

Publicly he is unlikely to say anything apart from she has his and his wife full support. To do otherwise would I am sure in her eyes convey they were disowning and cutting her off.

I and others may not like that they have to do that but I am sure if I were in this situation I would probably do something very similar to do otherwise you could loose your child. What you say in private is a different matter and one that is pointless to speculate about in this or any other case.