President Bush again proves he's out of step with his "fellow" Americans. The Commander in Chief has vowed to veto any hate crime legislation that comes his way. The majority of Americans, however, support expanding hate crime legislation.

According to a Gallup poll released yesterday, 78% of Americans support hate crime laws, while 68% believe we need to increase their size and strength. Astonishingly, 57% of self-identified conservatives think we should expand hate crime legislation. 68% of surveyed Republicans, meanwhile, also think President Bush needs to sign away. Maybe he needs to read this Gallup conclusion:

The religious and conservative leaders who are mounting a campaign against H.R. 1592 have their work cut out for them. The data reviewed in this analysis indicate that there is strong majority support for the expansion of hate crime legislation to include sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity among the general American population. Specifically, there is majority support among identifiable groups of Christians, frequent church attenders, conservatives, and Republicans for expansion of the legislation.

Will Bushie heed his people's call? Probably not, but it's nice to know not all conservatives are such hard-headed fools...

• The 911 call that's sure to be a classic.

• Keith Boykin on Bobby Brown's anti-gay tirade, sexual panic and hate crime legislation.

• Which Republican presidential candidate will shed the most publicist-endorsed tears for Jerry Falwell's death?

• Some gay San Franciscans won't be shedding any tears for Jerry Falwell. They're planning an anti-memorial. Whoa. That's a. unnecessary and b. makes gay people look like jerks.

• California high school student Johnny Vera has our undying respect. This ballsy fucker's not only transgender in high school, but he had the confidence to run for prom queen! And won! You work that shit, girl. You work that shit... (PS: We have to include the picture. Trannie prom queens forever!)

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Reality star turned homo-journo Will Wikle recently sat down with Elisabeth Hasslebeck, The View's token conservative. Ms. Hasslebeck makes no secret of her Republican love affair, so one would expect a torrent of anti-homo propaganda. The blond beauty surprises, however - not only does she think we need to rework marriage, she actually forms a coherent sentence! Shocker!

Hasslebeck also spends some time defending her beloved GOP, take on "radical judges" and urges her political allies to get on out their and befriend a gay. Quite the PSA...

Get some more over at Wikle's homo-journo boyfriend, Jason Bellini's blog. You'll be glad you did. Or, at least, moderately satisfied.

Republican Patrick McHenry may redefine “totally and irreversibly fucked”. The North Carolina representative has found himself in the middle of both a voter fraud and a gay sex scandal. CBS first broke the story on Friday, reporting that McHenry’s former aide, 26-year old Michael Aaron Lay, has been indicted for voter fraud.

The indictment charges that [Lay] illegally cast his ballot in two 2004 Congressional primary run-offs in which McHenry was a candidate. The charges indicate that Lay voted in a district where it was not legal for him to vote.

At the time Lay was listed as a resident in a home owned by 32-year-old McHenry but campaign records indicate Lay's paychecks were sent to an address in Tennessee. McHenry won the primary by only 86 votes. According to Gaston County, North Carolina District Attorney Locke Bell, Lay was indicted on Monday, May 7 by a local grand jury.

Too add innuendo to injury, Lay wasn’t the only young man living at McHenry’s house, proving that no one goes down quite like a Republican.

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Like everyone else in America, the Log Cabin Republicans are gearing up for the next election. The lavender branch of the GOP held their annual convention this weekend to address ways to move the party forward. While most Republicans don't endorse homosexuality, the Loggers insist that they must put their sexuality on hold and focus on the core issues.

President Patrick Sammon told the audience:

Our theme is how our party can get back to its unifying, core issues - limited government, getting spending under control, a strong defense and making the president's tax cuts permanent...We lost the last election because independents voted for Democrats in a way that they hadn't in prior elections. The way to get them back isn't to focus on divisive social issues.

Another speaker - former Senator Alan Simpson, who recently came out against Don't Ask, Don't Tell - urged members to stick with the traditionally homo-hating party, "Don't be impatient. Stay in the party. Don't leave, because you can change it." We suppose miracles do happen, but most likely not before the next election.

Gay Republicans optimistic about '08 [Washington Times]

We were absolutely astonished to receive an email from Jack E. Jett last night. As you know, we had a little fun with his Mike Jones interview, so we really didn't expect to be hearing from our favorite homo-journo television performer.

We hesitated before opening it, fearing some nasty tirade. Then we remembered that Jett's a totally sweatheart - a fact made all the more evident by his offering of an interview with Jeff Gannon.

We've had such a scandalous year, it's easy to forget Gannon's contribution to the annals of queer history: Gannon infiltrated the White House, questioned the President's conservative values, only to be revealved as an imposter and rentboy. While he no longer gets invited to the White House, Gannon's spirit lives thrives on his conservative blog.

After the jump, the boys discuss everything from politics to Anderson Cooper to Gannon's drink of choice. Seriously, it's packed to the brim. (Oh, it's worth noting that we've only edited two things: we uncensored the word "ass" and inserted the hypothetical "were". Way cutting edge.)

Thanks, Jack. We heart you like whoa.

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• In light of the Republican walloping, the Evangelicals need to do some serious thinking. [Dallas Observer]

• Britney Spears's one cold bitch: she broke up with K-Fed via text. The Daily Mail]

• Shock of the Century: Vatican Wants J'Lem Parade Squashed. [Ynet News]

• Okay, we get it: NJ residents still like the gay-marriage. [365 Gay]

• America's Next Top Model No-No's: Eating, shoulder-padded blazers, asking for health insurance... [The Advocate]

• The gay marriage debate in Mexico's getting hot. Or, rather, caliente. [Reuters]

What? You thought there wouldn't be some sort of Andrew Sullivan/Election Day interview? Sheesh, you're more far gone than we thought.

If you kids head pop on over to our friends at Radar (click here, silly), you too can enjoy John Cook's interview between the famed homo-journo-politico. It's definitely a good read, with Cook really sticking it to Sullivan (pictured, in a Boi From Troi artist's rendition).

Here's a taste from their discussion of the war in Iraq:

JC: We do know that perhaps hundreds of thousands of people that are dead now would still be alive.

AS: We don't know that, actually. We know what has happened because of the result of our actions. We don't know what the result of inaction would have been. Many people who opposed the Iraq war opposed the Afghanistan war. Not many of them are prepared now to admit it, but many of them did. All one can do is account for the decision one has made. But I don't think the hard left, which was against anything Bush did, and actually believed that America deserved what Al Qaeda gave us, has been proven right. Do you?

JC: No.

AS: You don't think Michael Moore, who said the Afghan war was about an oil pipeline deal, has been proven right. But I don't see you demanding that he take account of his own errors.

JC: I'm not interviewing him right now.

Girl! Slap on a wig, some over-sized glasses and stick a cig in his hand, and John Cook may be the next Oriana Fallaci!

Of course, the boys talk about than just the war. Sullivan calls himself a rebel for being a Thatcherite, glosses over Mark Foley like a pro and defends his love of Reagan. Wheee!

Here's a little satire we found on YouTube depicting what would happen if President Bush asked Osama bin Laden to help save the GOP. Sure, the production value's kind of shitty, but it's quite timely. Also, if you look closely, you'll notice that Wolf Blitzer's just been named the sexiest man alive (he's quite virile, apparently).

Enjoy! (And vote...)

In his undying quest to expose hypocrisy among government officials, Blogactive's Mike Rogers set his sights on Republican National Committee Chairman, Ken Mehlman (pictured).

Mehlman's sexuality has long been a Washington mystery and when asked, he's offered two contradictory answers: one, that people shouldn't have to answer such questions and, two, that he's not gay.

Tenacious to say the least and armed with a video camera, Rogers recently cornered Mehlman at a DC-conference to find out the truth. So, what did Mehlman have to say for himself?

Follow this here link to find out for yourself.

• Those gay animals in Oslo really know how to get down. [Celeb Hijinx]

• GOPper says that if Dems. win House, "Gay agenda will rule." (If only...) [365 Gay]

• AfterElton takes a look at "naughty" words. Fuck that. [AfterElton]

• The United Way throws the Boy Scouts some dough, despite their previous refusal over the group's anti-homo stance. Bollocks! [Proceed At Your Own Risk]

• We like hemp. And we like milk. But hemp milk? Gross. [US Newswire]

• People are bent out of shape over Kate Moss having a drink while pregnant. Whatever, her baby's lucky she's not blowing rails. Yet. [Best Week Ever]

• Speaking of coke: 7-Eleven is not down with Cocaine. The drink, that is... [Access GA via Agenda, Inc.]

• Anna Nicole puts her son to rest. Bidding on "exclusive" pictures begins tomorrow. [Radar]

• Banksy, everyone's favorite guerilla artist, breaks a personal record by raking in £50,400. The image? A Kate Moss-as-Marilyn Monrow portrait. Um, okay... [BBC News]

&bull, And yet another article on the GOP, the gays and the politics of outing. You know, just for good measure. [Salon]

• It may be easier for the House Ethics Committee might to ask Jeff Trandahl who didn't know about Mark Foley. [ABC News]

• Is LVMH ready to hit the road? They will be if they buy Aston Martin. [MSNBC]

• AfterElton's all over TK Knight being a homo. [AfterElton]

• We have more in common with God than we ever imagined! [Boozhy Blog]

• Don't forget the Timothy Cummings show! [Nancy Hoffman Gallery]