[Liz]

We understand your cynicism.

Recall that this same bill was defeated in 2002. Its backers are like the ghouls in the George Romero cult film classic, "Night of The Living Dead." You beat them back but they still keep coming.

The reason for the 97-0 Senate vote is b/c the "hate crimes" bill was sneaked into a defense appropriation bill as an amendment. There was a lot of stealth politics being conducted by the bill's backers.

[nothingnew]

I understand. We need line item veto badly.

Any thoughts on the rest of my reply?

FMCDH(BITS)