Bush's Bipartisanship : Appoint extremists to manage family planning and reproductive rights

It's official.

George Bush has appointed behind closed doors a Christian Fundamentalist extremist who believes too much sex affects the brain, birth control degrades women and abstinence (and by exstension forced pregnancy) should be the only choice in family planning:

From Washington Post :

Keroack, an obstetrician-gynecologist, will advise Secretary Mike Leavitt on matters such as reproductive health and adolescent pregnancy. He will oversee $283 million in annual family-planning grants that, according to HHS, are "designed to provide access to contraceptive supplies and information to all who want and need them with priority given to low-income persons."

The appointment, which does not require Senate confirmation, was the latest provocative personnel move by the White House since Democrats won control of Congress in this month's midterm elections. President Bush last week pushed the Senate to confirm John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations and this week renominated six candidates for appellate court judgeships who have previously been blocked by lawmakers. Democrats said the moves belie Bush's post-election promises of bipartisanship.

Unbelievable.

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