House 'Pubbies Really Feeling Their Oats

Get a load of this:

"House Republicans have infuriated homosexual advocacy groups, as well as Senator Ted Kennedy, by killing a measure that would have expanded 'hate crimes' law to include crimes against homosexuals. The measure, which the Senate attached to a defense authorization bill earlier this year, died Thursday in a House-Senate conference committee."

In a word, WOW. Coming on the heels of the GOP attempt to break up the Ninth Circuit, this finger in the eye of the lavender lobby is nothing short of astonishing. It might even be an indication of a much greater level of aggressiveness to ram through a second-term Bush agenda, or at least a shot across the bow of a potential Kerry administration that payback for Dem obstructionism of its predecessor will be coming, and it will be a bee-yatch.

The Massachusetts Manatee was all bitter defiance after this outcome: ""We will be back again and again, and we will continue to bring this legislation up every opportunity we can until it is signed into law."

Republicans have already given you your answer, Senator: "Bring...it...on!"

[Read here about House donks' failure to "Newt" Tom DeLay. What's that old nWo expression? "Too sweeeeeeeeeeet!"]