New Interior Nominee Scored 1% On Conservation

[Syrinx]

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush chose Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne on Thursday as his choice to replace Gale Norton as Interior secretary, a Republican official said.

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Bruce Hamilton, national conservation director at the Sierra Club environmental group in San Francisco, was highly critical of Norton and said he did not think Kempthorne would be any friendlier to environmentalists' causes.

"Although he is known as a very nice, personable, noncombative person, he has an abysmal record on the environment," Hamilton said.

The Interior Department manages national parks, wildlife refuges and other federal lands, which account for 1 out of every 5 acres in the United States.

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Kempthorne bonded with Bush when he played host to the president at his state's exclusive Tamarack Resort.

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-03-16T221609Z_01_N16348297_RTRIDST_0_BUSH-INTERIOR-UPDATE-2.XML

WASHINGTON, DC - League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Senior Vice President for Political Affairs and Public Education Tony Massaro today issued the following statement after President Bush nominated Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne to be his Secretary of Interior.

"During his career in Congress, Governor Kempthorne earned a paltry 1% lifetime LCV score. Enough said."

http://www.lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/page.jsp?itemID=28821333

[obxhead]

1. I'm no longer shocked......

ashamed once more, but no longer shocked. :(

[cap]

2. Minicon

Department of the Interior = Minicon -- ministery of conservation. what's black is white. Orwellian

[Syrinx]

4. exactly what I was thinking

The universe has turned upside down.

[jbnow]

3. Sounds about right

for a bush appointment. The opposite of qualified for the position, completely wrong for it.

It is scary not to be surprised.