Elizabeth Cheney, who stands against her sister getting married… at least if she were in Wyoming…

Liz Cheney said last week she is “not pro-gay marriage” and believes the issues of marriage should be left up to voters in their respective states, not to judges or legislators.
The statement, Cheney’s campaign said, was in response to reports of a “push poll” in Wyoming that was asking voters if they were aware Cheney “supports abortion and aggressively promotes gay marriage.”
“The people of Wyoming deserve an honest campaign,” Cheney said. “They should not be subject to the kind of dirty tricks this push poll represents.”

To be sure, Mike Enzi opposes Mary Cheney getting married in Wyoming too…

And on we go…

Cheney filled her 90-minute speech and question-and-answer session with red meat for the conservative crowd. She compared herself to Winston Churchill standing up to Adolf Hitler and suggested members of both parties in Congress are hiding information about Obamacare from the public. She wrote off the entire newspaper industry, but more specifically the Jackson Hole News&Guide.

You know.  It has to be tough to split the “objectivity” card when you’re the major newspaper outlet in a city or region, and a politician goes about trying to score political points by gratuitiously slamming you for reporting various news items about a candidate that… in this case it may be relatively slight, but it’s notable.

Three statements worth mocking.

“Nations go through moments where the people in those countries have to make a choice and have to make a decision,” she said.
Wyoming, she said, is “ground zero” for the president’s policies.
“I think it’s this election cycle — what we do will make all the difference,” and will determine whether the president’s agenda takes root or whether we experience “a rebirth of freedom,” she said.

Wyoming is Ground Zero for Jack Squat.

In a series of questions and answers, Cheney took on the local press after a question about the News&Guide editorial staff’s “left-leaning” bias.
“We have media outlets in the valley that are not fair and balanced,” she said.
She blamed the newspaper’s editor. “His name is Angus,” Cheney said. Editor Angus Thuermer Jr. wrote an article last week about Cheney posting a $220 bond for the “high misdemeanor” of swearing a false oath to obtain a Wyoming resident fishing license.
“Newspapers are dying, and that’s not a bad thing,” she said. “We’re not depending on the Jackson Hole News&Guide to get the news out. We’re depending on ourselves. We’re going to go over their heads.”
Cheney urged supporters to talk to 10 of their friends about her, rather than reading the newspaper. A member of the crowd singled out where a News&Guide reporter was sitting.
After Cheney’s remarks, three attendees declined to be interviewed for this story.

Yes, the notoriously left wing Jackson Hole News and Guide.  We don’t need them to report the news.  We can make it up ourselves!

As Wyoming Republicans debate … something or other?… Virginia Democrats debate their gubernatorial candidate…

Point:  Terry MacAuliffe is the ultimate soulless corporate machine Democrat who fulfills all the negative stereotypes about the party. He’s about as appealing as a used paper towel.

Counterpoint:  sorry, but you are wrong about Terry  he is very far from soulless –  he may not be your cup of tea on some issues but he is pro-marriage equality, pro-voting rights, pro-choice, fairly pro-environmental he is more corporate friendly than am I we have disagreements on education, but I have found him willing to listen and dialog with people with a different opinion but soulless is certainly not applicable

Hm.  The one thing I would add is Terry MacAuliffe is an extension of the Clinton Administration — to knock him is to knock the Clintons.  Also the great thing about Virginia gubernatorial elections — the candidate’s limited to a single term… if Terry MacAullife is something like the current Republican Governor (and former “Savior of the Republican Party from the crazies”), and a financial scandal waiting to explode, well — it can be turned over next time.

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