Now that daddy Dick Cheney is busy with that whole federal indictment thing, it's about time uber-lesbian Mary Cheney returned to the spotlight. Nah, she's not running for public office in a Brian Ellner sort of way — she's joining that Internet company that used to barrage you with popups in a Matt Drudge sort of way.

AOL has hired Mary Cheney to assist its vice chairman, Ted Leonsis, as he seeks ways to boost advertising sales, a company spokesman said.

She will join by the end of the year to advise on ways to attract more users to AOL's Web sites.

Huh. We didn't realize Weblogs Inc. was publishing a gay blog.

AOL hires Cheney's daughter [NYDN]