Some ideas for filling those cabinet posts
Some ideas for filling those cabinet posts
With the election literally days away, the choice of who will be President is now in the hands of the voters. No matter who is elected it will be a first for America. There will either be the first black president or the first female vice-president.
Maybe the winner will also decide to stir up things a little with some unique choices for key positions. The question is, what will each of the two candidates staff, cabinet members, and cabinet ranking members look like? Here are a few possibilities to consider.
Obama’s Potential Picks
White House Chief of Staff
Louis Farrakhan
The National Representative of the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. He is also an advocate for African American interests and a critic of American society. Farrakhan allegedly said Judaism is a "gutter religion." He has allegedly been associated with leaders of the Neturei Karta as well, a Jewish group that is well-known for its association with and support for anti-Zionists. Farrakhan has made controversial statements about race, including "White people are potential humans — they haven't evolved yet."
Farrakhan has referred to Jews, Koreans, and Vietnamese who bought up property in poor black neighborhoods as "bloodsuckers" and maintains that "Murder and lying comes easy for white people."
Clearly he was out of the office the day they passed out the memo on being "politically correct." Here’s a guy who could use a class in how to win friends and influence people or at least practice the time honored tradition of, if you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.
Secretary of Energy
Don King
King has continued to be among boxing’s most successful promoters. Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Aaron Pryor to mention a few boxers who chose King to promote many of their biggest fights. Considered a lightning rod for controversy throughout his career, ironically, he has actually been struck by lightning three times in his life.
This guy is like the Energizer Bunny and a Timex Watch all rolled into one. He keeps going and going and he takes a licking and keeps on ticking, not to mention an advocate of harnessing an alternative energy source.
Secretary of Homeland Security
William Charles Aires
One time fugitive in the 1970s when he was part of the "Weather Underground," an anti-Vietnam War group that protested U.S. policies by bombing the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and a string of other government buildings. The Weather Underground were labeled by the FBI as a "domestic terrorist group."
This guy is a shoo-in, who better to keep the fox out of the hen house? Like they say, it takes one to know one… terrorist that is. Oh, and he's the other white guy.
Secretary of Education
Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, the President of Bennett College for Women, summed up her feelings regarding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: "The man
is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early, like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person." Five years later, the conservative Media Research Center singled out Malveaux for recognition, of sorts, bestowing on her one of its "Dishonor Awards for the Decade's Most Outrageous Liberal Bias", with Justice Thomas accepting the award "on behalf of" Malveaux in her absence.
I think her problem is she could use a little more fiber in her diet.
McCain's Potential Picks
Secretary of Defense
Arnold Schwarzenegger
This is an easy one, he is the one and only true Mr. World and Mr. Universe. Schwarzenegger is an accomplished actor, successful businessman, and politician. A member of the Republican Party and married to one the most influential Democratic family’s in America. He is an avid cigar smoker and a true Hawk.
For God’s sake, he was Conan the Barbarian and the Terminator too.
Secretary of the Interior
Ted Nugent
Nugent and the animal rights movement have long had an adversarial relationship.
Nugent has reported receiving death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists. " In 2006 he stated in an interview that "anyone who thinks hunting is terrible can kiss my ass."
He owns a hunting ranch called Sunrize Acres and anti-hunters claim this fenced facility offers "canned" hunts. Nugent has said, "I understand the criticism from those who say canned hunting
violates the ethic of fair chase." At Sunrize Acres Nugent personally guides customers on hunts for trophy bull bison ($5,000), Russian boar, or white-tailed deer ($1,000 each)
Yellowstone, Yosemite, just think how quickly we could balance the budget.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Donald Trump
Trump is an American business magnate, socialite, television personality, and author. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer. A natural at recognizing hidden value in once dilapidated pieces of real estate - then using other people’s money to invest, refurbish and flip sometimes profitable projects.
Think what he could do with some of our failing public housing projects - casinos, hotels, and office space for the poor. Who says everyone can’t have the American Dream?
Secretary of Transportation
Jay Leno
Leno is an Emmy Award - winning American stand-up comedian and television host, who succeeded Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show. Admittedly not a Conservative, "I'm not conservative. I've never voted that way in my life," said Leno in a September 2004 interview with the left tabloid L.A. Weekly. But a vintage car enthusiast he is. His collection includes an original 1912 Stanley Steamer and a very rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti, as well as classic sports cars like Bugattis.
Leno's passion for classic cars led him to an affiliation with the Automobile Restoration Department at McPherson College. Today he serves on the National Advisory Board for the college's automotive restoration program and helps fund the Fred Duesenberg Memorial Scholarship.
Since 2006 Leno has had his garage work on a biodiesel, turbine powered car in collaboration with GM, the EcoJet concept car.
Leno might not be that bad of guy to have on your team. And as of June 1, 2009 he will be officially unemployed.
