Dads and Daughters, a national nonprofit org committed to providing "tools to men to be better fathers and advocates for their daughters," just put out a great action alert: Get the White House to Value Achievement Over Looks in Female Officials.

The "Dads" are justifiably pissed that in discussing the appointment of Dina Powell to Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs, White chief of staff Andrew Card and budget director Joshua Bolton essentially focused on how cute she was.

So they want Dads across the country to send a letter to Pres. Bush; here's my favorite part of their sample message:

The first words that your chief of staff, Andrew Card, used to describe Ms. Powell were “extremely attractive.” Before articulating Ms. Powell’s numerous achievements, your budget director Joshua B. Bolten described her as “young, attractive.”

We doubt that you or your staff ever promoted a senior male appointee because he was “extremely attractive.” Such a double standard seems to reveal ignorance of an essential truth: a person’s value is in what she can think and accomplish, not in how she looks.

Thanks to Rebel Dad for the link.