Ashcroft's Homos - Now the DOJ Pride event is back on. I'm not too surprised. Outright cancellation was a dumb move, but it got the press agitated and hence all the right-wing fanatics took approving notice. But the Bush Administration is nothing if not politically savvy. By reinstating the group's access, while refusing to endorse the event, they throw the anti-gays a bone, but at the same time, they've avoided looking like bigots themselves by continuing to accomodate gay Federal employees. Really, it is not too different from the way Bush handled the Santorum affair. Oh, what a tight-rope act it is to be a Republican President. Such daring acrobatics can only be admired.