Talk about “interesting times,” it’s hard to tell these days who’s a liberal, who’s a conservative or what they are. [Maybe those words are just outmoded terminology for reified nincompoops.-ed. You’ve been reading my blog. Only because you pay me.] Just the other day one-time sports writer Keith Olbermann took off after conservatives for overlooking the obvious business bonanza in gay marriage to the tune of billions. Though I find most of what Olbermann says, on those rare occasions I watch it, nothing more than reactionary bloviation, he had a point on that one. But then along comes the nefarious Dick Cheney, of all people, to become – to my knowledge – the first major elected federal office holder to come out publicly for gay marriage:
“I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone,” Cheney said in a speech at the National Press Club. “I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish.”
Now what do you suppose the likes of Andrew Sullivan and Olbermann would make of that, especially since their sainted President has been mum on the issue? I wonder if they would now reconsider what Cheney said about water boarding. After all, ironically, there might conceivably be a connection between his views on the two subjects, at least to an idiot like me. There might be some rights, some aspects of civilization, Enlightenment values or some such, that Cheney was seeking to protect in three times authorizing the extreme, but hardly fatal, technique. But I doubt Sullivan or Olbermann and their ilk could possibly see that. They would suffer personality disintegration. Meanwhile, congratulations to Dick Cheney for his progressive views. [What word did you use?-ed. It’s a brand of spaghetti.]
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