Jan 6, 2005: You mean he couldn't find anyone else?: "Yesterday George Bush appointed Claude Allen to be his domestic policy advisor. That name may ring a bell — Bush tried to push Claude Allen onto the federal appeals court for two years, but there is a good reason why he never made it.

Allen served as a press aide to Sen. Jesse Helms — that would be the same Sen. Helms who fought against the Martin Luther King Holiday while Allen worked for him. During Helms' campaign against James Hunt, Allen referred to Hunt's supporters as 'radical feminists' and 'queers.'"

(Via DNC: Kicking Ass.)