Possible co-conspirator Dick Cheney's daughter
Mary Cheney got a
new job at AOL:
Time Warner's America Online has hired Mary Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, an AOL spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
Mary Cheney will work closely with Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of America Online and head of the unit whose function it is to increase AOL's Internet audience via Web-based programming and products, AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said.
Did she have the perfect resume? Relevant experience? Or is daughter Elizabeth's job at the State Department more cronyism than the Administration can handle at the moment?
Or does her new job involve government-regulated matters of telecommunications regulation and digital property rights?
"Mary brings a huge amount of talent and skills and insight to America Online from years in public policy, public affairs and business," he said when asked why AOL hired her. "Mary has a strong knowledge of marketing and the online industry in general, as well as the marketplace."
Mary Cheney recently worked as an aide to her father. A high-profile lesbian, she previously served as gay community liaison for Coors Brewing, which had been criticized for making donations to critics of gay rights.
Despite attempts to keep Mary Cheney out of the news, the subject of her sexuality came up during several debates in the 2004 presidential race when candidates were questioned about their stance on gay rights. The vice president had previously tried to stay quiet on the subject.
AOL has long been a leader in promoting gay-friendly policies and practices, including offering same-sex domestic partners and their children the same benefits as non-gay couples, Graham said.
Mary Cheney's only known previous work experience was as Coors' Brewing liaison to the gay community. Beer and internet are rarely used in the same sentence. Hmmm... that couldn't mean the Veep's daughter was hired because she's lesbian? We all know what happened to John Kerry when he mentioned that. Besides, as noted in the press release, it's not like gays haven't been using AOL's chat lines since Bush I was in office.
The second daughter did work on Daddy's re-election campaign, but is that considered "Web-based programming and products"?
I'm not suggesting that she would lobby regulatory agencies, who of course would have no idea of her father's government job. No, I'm just wondering what application process she went through to get her job. Monster.com, maybe?