An American Lion

Dana Perino

I never would have expected former Press Secretary Dana Perino to receive an Obama Administration appointment:

Former press secretary to President George W. Bush Dana Perino was appointed as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Wednesday evening.

The board governs all government sponsored, non-military international broadcasting outlets, such as Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and Alhurra. The BBG is a nine member, bipartisan panel.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged the Obama administration to appoint Perino.

Perino is currently a Chief Issues Counselor for the United States at Burson-Marsteller, an international public relations firm, and is a contributor to Fox News.

The Obama administration and Fox News have openly feuded for several months. The White House has accused Fox of injecting opinion into its news coverage of the administration.

There must be a shortage of Republicans or something. I don’t know what it really gains the administration to pick her, nor do I think it’s all bad of a job, really.  I just didn’t expect them to pick a partisan attack dog like Perino.