Hard pushed agenda?

Question

WASHINGTON – President Bush is ready to veto a contentious hate
crimes bill that was attached last week to a massive defense spending bill,
said the White House on Tuesday.

The Senate had attached the hate crimes legislation to the
high-priority defense spending bill – which includes funding for the Iraq War –
in a political maneuver to pressure Bush to pass the amendment.

However, the White House said Bush will not sign the hate crimes bill
into law.

“The president has said overwhelmingly that these are two separate
issues – that they should not be combined; and the president has
reiterated his commitment to vetoing the hate crimes provision,” said White
House spokesman

How does two items like this get tied together, it seems like a forced agenda to me what do you think?
The hate crime bill is not what you would consider a beating but a disagreement on life styles (Homosexuals)
Y do U being diffrent have to change us or go to jail?

Answer 1

It's called an omnibus bill and it's been going on since the days of George Washington. Disparate things are attached to one another in an attempt to either A)get something controversial or unpopular passed or B)set up anyone who votes against it for political attack. Republicans do the same thing all the time. In fact, in Republican primaries, they even attack each other over these things, there is nothing sacred in politics.

Answer 2

This type of legislative maneuvering has be going on for at least 200 years. If you've watch CSpan there are what's called a bill about x and for other purposes. So nothing new here, it's just posturing. The Democrats are using GWB'S bull headedness to discredit him and it's real easy now. He doesn't give a damn about electing Republicans He's trying to make his presidential legacy look better than it really is. Why did he allow Republicans to do the same thing when they were in power in the house, he never vetoed a single bill when they were full of pork and exploded deficit spending?

Answer 3

Did you lose your grasp on the English language at the last two sentences?

The hate crime bill has nothing to do with speech, nor does it have to do with just homosexuals. (It's meant to expand upon the existing hate crime laws by adding sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability to the list of already-protected classes, and I believe those are race, color, religion, and national origin.) This is about protection against violent crimes motivated by feelings of hatred and animosity against a protected class.

I'd suggest you read the bill first before making assumptions.