by Doug Ireland
"Former Bush domestic policy czar Claude Allen (right) has been arrested in Maryland on charges of swindling at least $5000 out of Targets and Hecht's stores in a refund scam, the Washington Post reports this morning. When Allen was named by Bush as his White House domestic counselor a year ago, I wrote a profile of Allen for the L.A. Weekly detailing how Allen was "a notorious homophobe, a ferocious enemy of abortion and an opponent of safe-sex education who for years has been one of the AIDS community’s principal enemies," and explaining why his appointment was was "a huge victory for the social reactionaries of the Christian right."Bush doesn't do real well with his African-American picks, does he? Colin Powell, the shameless fool who lied to the entire world about Iraq and then turned around and lied and blamed others for duping him. Condi Rice, Bush's partner in incompetence when they both refused to act on the August 6, 2001 PDB and she then lied to Congress by saying no one could have imagined anyone flying planes into buildings. And now, this good 'family-values' Christian, Claude Allen-a guy who hates homos (I'm sure he is one-all homophobes are) and preaches how everybody else should act while he's out ripping people off. These's phony-ass Christian Republicans are so much alike.
