Mary Cheney--softspoken, articulate and delusional

Today, I heard part (that was about all I could take) of Terry Gross's interview with Mary Cheney. She asked Cheney to talk about the report that she had almost quit the 2004 campaign when she learned that Bush was going to make banning gay marriage one of his major issues. Cheney said she stayed on for three reasons:

1. She really wanted to support her father.

2. She had made a commitment to work on the campaign (does that sound like a woman, or what?).

3. She could not afford to be a single-issue voter when she knew that George W. Bush was the only person who could keep the U.S. safe from terrorists.

It is number 3 that fascinates me. Cheney sold out her civil rights in exchange for invading a country that probably would never have bothered us if we hadn't invaded it. And even if Iraq had been a threat, nothing is as big a threat as a threat to one's civil liberties.