Return of the Manly Men

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Reminders that Mary Cheney is "with her partner" make the word partner sound less domestic and more Western. You expect a tumbleweed to bounce by.

During the presidential campaign, W's nannies had him meet with the Log Cabin Syrup Republicans. Afterward--and after a shower, no doubt--he said, in typical Bush Vaguespeak, that he had learned a few things. It's true he hasn't worn any of those turquoise Western-wear bolos in public. But he seems to have had front-row seats at the movie Being John Ashcroft and liked what he saw. He wasn't the only one.

The Ashcroft-kissing Congress listened to the former senator's lies under oath about not obstructing Jim Hormel's …