Sliding Menus with subtext or buttons

OK, y’all. I’m about to pull my teeth out with a pair of rusty pliers. I don’t think I’ve ever had this much trouble in Flash before. Anyway… enough of my whining. Here’s the situation…

I have sliding menus. They are movieclip with a rollover state on the back panel. You can view it at: http://www.tsneville.com

Now… the problem is that when I place submenus in this movieclip, whether it is a button or text with a link, it acts as a RollOut of the movieclip. What’s up with that? I’ve tried the getBounds method, but it’s just not smooth or fast enough. Just wondering if anyone has ANY suggestions?

I’ll be here all day.

Tim