LAURA: "YOU DID WHAT!?!?"

Atrios points to an interesting nugget from the WashPost's Al Kamen about a recent Dubya hiree:

The White House made a number of recess appointments last week as Congress fled for spring break. One was April H. Foley, a "homemaker," according to campaign contribution disclosure documents, from South Salem, N.Y. She was named to the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank. The appointment is good until Congress adjourns next year.

So why a homemaker for this job? Well, "early in her career," the White House announcement says, she was director of business planning for corporate strategy with PepsiCo Inc. and director of strategy for Reader's Digest Association. More recently, she was president of the United Way of Northern Westchester County, N.Y. Not all of it, just the northern part.

Still not locked in on the merits? Did we mention she used to date George W. Bush when both were at Harvard Business School and has remained friends with him?

Hmm, of course we'll all be waiting patiently for the outrage to pour in from the right about how the President is getting a job for his girlfriend. Oh wait, you mean he's not president anymore? And Bush is? Oh, nevermind, we'll be waiting a while.

TFM INJOKE ALERT: Was Ms Foley "somewhere in LA" when she heard the news?

And just in case you were curious, no, this isn't the girlfriend for whom Bush paid for an abortion.