Judging the Bush gang by the company it keeps

The Carpet Bagger Report: I heard from a friend of mine on the Hill that Claude Allen, a White House domestic policy advisor and Bush confidant, was on James Dobson's radio program the day after the Focus on the Family chief compared stem-cell research to Nazi experiments.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has the right idea here: he's written to Allen to demand an explanation. Among other things, the senator writes:

It is shocking that the President's top domestic advisor would participate in such a program after these horrendous remarks by its host. Not only did you participate in the program, but you showered Dr. Dobson with praise, stating "It is such a privilege to be on your program… thank you for your leadership on so many issues that are important to the family and our nation."

Dr. Dobson deserved not praise, but repudiation, for his malevolent remarks....read on