Lynne Cheney novel churns controversy in Senate race

[Mark E. Smith]

October 29, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lynne Cheney is deflecting talk of the sexual content in her
novel "Sisters," a 25-year-old book that resurfaced in a campaign on Friday and is
stirring up controversy.

The novel, featuring a lesbian love affair, was brought up Friday amid a contentious
Senate race in Virginia. Soon a Democratic committee and Cheney herself--in an
interview on CNN--were weighing in.

Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, convinced the publisher not to
reissue the book in 2004 during the presidential election. Her attorney told the
media at the time that Cheney "did not think the book was her best work."

Cheney's biography on the White House Web site says she is the author or co-author
of nine books, and it lists six of them, but not "Sisters."

Reviews have long described the book as "racy" and "steamy." Excerpts highlight a
love story between two women and talk of sharing a bed.

"Sisters," which has triggered controversies in the past, returned to the news after
Sen. George Allen, a Republican from Virginia, pulled up sexual passages that his
Democratic challenger, Jim Webb, had included in his novels.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/29/cheney.lynne.novel/index.html

[Rose Siding]

1. Here's a clip of Blitzer calling her a sniper

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/29/blitzer-cheney/

He says he was "Surprised at her sniping at my patriotism."

[Straight Shooter]

2. How many $$$ did it take to "convince" the publisher not to reissue the book?

I read some excerpts. Lynne is almost as bad a writer as she is a liar, but I'll admit she is a much more prolific liar.

[judaspriestess]

3. if you look up red herring in the dictionary

there is a picture of this administration next to it. All of the warmongers. Good for Wolf in saying what he said.

[Skip Intro]

4. The passages from Webb's novels weren't sexual, were they?

They described a culture, a reality that he was witness to, correct? The lone example I've seen from Webb's novel involved customary actions of a non-sexual nature.

If so, that's some really bad reporting, even though I do like the focus on hypocrite cheney.

[Erika]

5. Lynne Cheney, the X rated sex author

You can't get much better than this.

[bdamomma]

7. Lynne Cheney and Scooter Libby should join up together

and write their own sex novels!!!!!!!!!! what perversion.

[daleo]

6. It amazes me that she thought this wouldn't come up in these circumstances

Honestly, the hubris of these people is beyond belief.

[Binka]

9. She Is So Fucking Out Of Touch She Thinks She's ROYALTY

I mean there she was on CNN getting in a huff whilst wearing a swatch of a Persian rug on her shoulders, the only things missing were the crown and scepter!

[Vidar]

10. LOL at Persian rug. You're a peach, Binka.

[Akoto]

8. T-two women ... sh-sh-sharing a b-bed?

Oh my god, the trauma. How will I ever recover from such scandal?

[grasswire]

11. well, well -- I wonder about those other books not mentioned?

She wrote other books that she doesn't want credit for?

Hmmmmm...

[katty]

12. great to see grand dame neocon dominitrix Lynne get slammed