Bush Hates Our Troops, Wants to Protect Others Who Hate

The President has issued a veto threat against legislation that would expand federal hate crime law to include attacks motivated by the victims' gender or sexual orientation, which (predictably) has also met outspoken resistance from conservative groups and their Republican allies in Congress.

So, Bush has vetoed a whopping two bills in his 6+ years in office. One that would have expanded stem cell research, and the bill he vetoed yesterday that would have not only funded the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan but also brought them home by 2008. Now he's threatening to veto legislation that simply expands the definition of a "hate crime" to include attacks motivated by the victims' gender or sexual orientation. He's also recently threatened to veto legislation that would give the District of Columbia its first full seat in Congress. Oh by the way, citizens of D.C. pay federal taxes and fight in the military, in case you were wondering why they might deserve representation in Congress.

So I have two questions:

1) Why does Bush only veto legislation that promotes medical progress, brings our troops home, protects people from hate crimes, and gives U.S. citizens representation?

and

2) Why are conservative always so concerned with protecting hatred?