Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer, not a psychologist.  But there she was, acting like a good little wifey—poo, defending her husband's remarks —— and now the remarks of her husband's boss— — about the Cheney's daughter by analyzing Mrs. Cheney. 
 
Shame she decreed is what afflicts the Cheneys in general and Mrs. Cheney in particular regarding their daughter.  Edwards doesn't get it.  She just doesn't understand that having one's child smarmily exploited, having her personal life discussed by others in front of what? 40 million people? to make a cheap political point is painful.  Reducing their daughter to a mere  lesbian symbol; ignoring her as a complex individual, a loving daughter  is what the Cheneys don't like, not her sexuality.
 
But  what do you expect of Elizabeth Edwards?  She is married to John Edwards who channeled babies in the womb to win a case. 
 
Ethel C. Fenig   10 14 04