Dems kill hate crimes bill

I'm not gonna defend 'em. Let our glorious leaders explain why, suddenly, their strategy of attaching the bill to the defense bill is a bad idea. Because earlier this year we were told it was a fabulous idea (and I think it is/was a good idea - but, it's only as good an idea as we're willing to defend it - more on that later). Just as we were told that adding the Ts on to ENDA was a fabulous idea. In both cases, our political leaders, months later, were suddenly shocked that the strategy looked like it wasn't going so well. Okay, then why did we go with those strategies to begin with? It's a lot like the debate over stopping the war. The Dems keep coming up with good ideas, implementing them by passing legislation telling Bush to do x, y, or z, and then when Bush says "they hate the troops" the Dems crumble as if no one could have ever imagined that Bush or the Rs would use that argument against us. Did no one really ever think that the Rs and the conservative Ds would complain about the hate crimes bill being on the defense bill? Did no one ever really think that members of congress of both political stripes might have some issues passing a transgender civil rights bill? And did no one ever think that the Rs would calls us unpatriotic troop-haters every chance they'd get? Every time someone complains, our side goes running screaming into the closet.

We really don't deserve to win.