Talk Elections

Alright lets say you're elected President in the year 2004, using actual politicians or political figures what would your cabinent look like?

Can someone list all the Cabinet positions for me? Sorry, I'm a little slow... :)

Sec. State - Bill Clinton
Sec. Defense - Tommy Franks
Sec. Health/Human Services - Howard Dean
Sec. Treasury - Greenspan (lol)
Sec. Interior - David Cobb
Sec. Transportation - Marty Meehan
Chief of Staff - Joe Lieberman
Nat'l Security Advisor - Tom Tancredo

Sec. State - Colin Powell
Sec. Treasury - ?
Sec. Defense - John McCain
Att. General -  ?
Sec. Interior - ?
Sec. Agriculture - John Long
Sec. Commerce - Thomas J. Donahue
Sec, Labor - Linda Chavez-Thompson
Sec. HHS - ?
Sec. HUD - ?
Sec. Transportation - J. Bryan Nicol
Sec. Energy - James S. Tulenko
Sec. Education - Jeanne Allen
Sec. VA - Max Cleland
Sec. HS -  ?

President: Akno21
Vice President: Al Gore
Sec. Of Agriculture: Tom Harkin
Sec. Of Commerce: Paul Sarbanes
Sec. Of Defense: Wesley Clark
Sec. Of Education: Edward Kennedy
Sec. Of Energy: Bill Richardson
Sec. Of Human Services: Elijah Cummings
Sec. Of Homeland Security: Max Cleland
Sec. Of Housing: Richard Gephardt
Sec. Of Interior: Tom Daschle
Sec. Of Justice: Russ Feingold
Sec. Of Labor: Lincoln Chaffee
Sec. Of State: Madeleine Albright
Sec. Of Transportation: Norman Mineta
Sec. Of Treasury: Bill Clinton
Sec. Of Veterans Affairs: John Kerry

Chief of Staff: Paul Begala
I don't feel comfortable with this, it seems very stiff. Wait...

Press Secretary: Howard Dean

Now its better.

Sec. State -  Colin Powell
Sec. Defense - John McCain
Sec. Health/Human Services - Bill Frist
Sec. Homeland Security - Joe Biden
Nat'l Security Advisor - Chuck Hagel
Attorney General - Rudy Giuliani

Only one Democrat I know but I wanted to make things fit together :(

Maybe I'll add some more later...

Well here are a few Cabinet posts and my choices...

Sec. of State - Senator Sam Brownback
Sec. of Defense - Rep. Curt Weldon
Sec. of the Treasury - Rep. Pat Toomey
Sec. of Education - Senator Rick Santorum
Homeland Security - former Rep. Bill McCollum
Attorney General - Mike Fisher (former AG of Pennsylvania, now a federal judge)
Sec. of Health/Human Services - Senator Bill Frist
Sec. of Veteran's Affairs - former Senator Bob Dole
National Sec. Adviser - Rep. Richard Burr
Chief of Staff - Senator Jim Talent

You have Rick Santorum as Education Secretary and I have Ted Kennedy. What is so polarizing about that position.

Anyway, if you ever got elected, I hate to say it, but I think I'll find a nice home in Toronto. (Not because of you neccessarily, but your cabinet)

My list looks tiny compared to everyone else....perhaps I should add on it it later...

Ok. Would you like me to pay for the plane ticket? :)

I'd like that.

Where would you go if my cabinet ever got in power? Most other nations are either more liberal than the USA, or they are third world.

I wouldn't move. You're administration would be annoy me (especially Begala as Chief of Staff) but I could never  become a citizen elsewhere.

Sec. of State
-- George H.W. Bush

Sec. of the Treasury
-- Steve Forbes

Sec. of War
-- John McCain

Sec. of Homeland Security
-- not sure

Sec. of Intelligence
-- not sure

Sec. of Attorney General
-- Rudy Giuliani

I'd abolish everything else (unless there's something I'm not thinking of).

VP: Kay Bailey Hutchison
State: Paul Wolfowitz
Defense: John McCain
Treasury: Chuck Schwab
Atty Gen: John Ashcroft
HHS: Tommy Thompson
Education: William Bennett
HUD: Linda Chavez
Interior: Brian Bilbray
Commerce: Robert Zoellick
Labor: Pete DuPont
Agriculture: Anne Veneman
Energy: Henry Bonilla
Vets Aff: Anthony Principi
Nat Sec Ad: Thomas Barnett
FBI Director: Robert Meuller
CIA Director: Richard Clarke
JCS Chair: Peter Pace
Chief of Staff: William Kristol
Press Secy: Heather Nauert
Transportation: Dan Lundgren

Well I would make my a bit more personal

Vice President-David Dreier
Chief of Staff-a good friend from work(someone I trust with my life)
Secretary of State-Condoleeza Rice
Secretary of Defense-General MacArthur (yes I know hes dead)
National Security Advisor-General Eisenhower (yes I also know hes dead)
Secretary of Transportation-fire Mineta, Jennifer Dunn
Homeland Security Director-John McCain
and im too lazy to rattle off anymore

Bidens my favorite democrat...

Would you like me to replace him with Carville?

My dislike for both of them are pretty equal (though Carville's yelling and interruption of guests gets me more annoyed at him.)

I like Begala better than Carville, partly because I want to understand what he's saying.

I'd build a bipartisan administration to help gain support.  It'd also be capable I believe.

Sec. Of Agriculture: Senator Byron Dorgan
Sec. Of Commerce: Senator Chuck Hagel
Sec. Of Defense: General Tommy Franks
Sec. Of Education: Senator Elizabeth Dole
Sec. Of Energy: Governor Bill Richardson
Sec. Of Human Services: Blanche Lincoln
Sec. Of Homeland Security: Fmr. Governor Tom Ridge
Sec. Of Housing: Senator Lincoln Chafee
Sec. Of Interior: General Wesley Clark
Sec. Of Justice: Senator Harry Reid
Sec. Of Labor: Senator John Rockefellar
Sec. Of State: Fmr. President Bill Clinton
Sec. Of Transportation: Senator Ted Stevens
Sec. Of Treasury: Alan Greenspan
Sec. Of Veterans Affairs: Fmr. Senator Max Cleland

VP: Norm Coleman
State: Joe Biden
Defense: Joe Lieberman
Treasury: Bill Owens
Atty Gen: Rudy Giuliani
HHS: Tommy Thompson
Education: J.C. Watts
HUD: Michael Steele
Interior: Christie Todd Witman
Commerce: Pat Toomey
Labor: Phil English
Agriculture: Zell Miller
Energy: Don Nickles
Vets Aff: Bob Dole
Transportation: Bud Shuster

I think you mean Bill Shuster.

J.C. Watts as eduacation secretary? The guy is like Alan Keyes, just calmer. I shudder to think what he'd do to the public schools.

No, I mean his father, Bud Shuster.

Oh, sorry. I thought he passed away recently.

Hmmmmmm...  He may have.  Come to think of it, that sounds about right.  I'll look it up.

I could say similar things for nearly all of your picks.

If it happened, I can't find anything on it, so I am guessing he is still with us.

Fine, go ahead.

I actually think yours are as a whole, ok, given the fact that you give most of the foriegn policy decisions to Democrats, Biden and Lieberman.

Yeah. Maybe he just retired.

Yeah, he retired, because he couldn't hold his chair-possition anymore.

President: IrishDemocrat
Vice President: John Edwards
Sec. Of Agriculture: Tom Harkin
Sec. Of Commerce: Paul Sarbanes
Sec. Of Defense: Joe Biden
Sec. Of Education: Edward Kennedy
Sec. Of Energy: Bill Richardson
Sec. Of Human Services: Nancy Pelosi
Sec. Of Homeland Security: Max Cleland
Sec. Of Housing: Ed Rendell
Sec. Of Interior: Tom Daschle
Sec. Of Justice: Russ Feingold
Sec. Of Labor: Dick Gephardt
Sec. Of State: Colin Powell
Sec. Of Transportation: Joe Hoeffel
Sec. Of Treasury: Jonathan Saidel (Phila. City Controller)
Sec. Of Veterans Affairs: John Kerry

Chief of Staff: Bill Clinton

Wow, I have the same picks as you about about 2/3 of the time on this.  

Why isn't your good friend Torsella in your Cabinet?

I could put Torsella in Commerce.  Sarbanes would be better though due to experience.

That would be the only Cabinet member of your administration that I could tolerate (since he's the only moderate Dem on there.)

I thought you liked Saidel.  I have him in Treasury.

Sec. Of Agriculture: Chuck Grassley
Sec. Of Commerce: Bill Gates
Sec. Of Defense:  Norman Scwarszkoph
Sec. Of Education: Elizabeth Dole
Sec. Of Energy: Jim Nussle
Sec. Of Human Services: Mario Cuomo
Sec. Of Homeland Security: Bill Owens
Sec. Of Housing and Urban Development: Carol Mosley-Braun
Sec. Of Interior: James Baker III    
Attorney General: Rudolph Giuliani
Sec. Of Labor: Dick Cheney
Sec. Of State: Bob Dole
Sec. Of Transportation: Laura Bush
Sec. Of Treasury: Bill Frist
Sec. Of Veterans Affairs: John McCain

Chief of Staff: Michael Reagan

That's a joke...right?

If you guys turn this into one of your PA fighting threads I'm putting a lock on it.

PBrunsel, why would Gates leave Microsoft to work in government?

VP-Michael Badnarik
Sec. State - Ron Paul
Sec. Defense - Aaron Russo
Sec. Health/Human Services - Abolished
Sec. Treasury - Richard Campagna
Sec. Interior - Charles Jay
Sec. Transportation - Marilyn Chambers (Why not?)
Chief of Staff - Gary Nolan
Nat'l Security Advisor- Don't know...Tamara Millay?!?!?

Just basically a list of Libertarians. Shocker, eh?
 
 
 
 
 

He wouldn't, but it is a make believe list. If any of us get to the Oval Office there will be unknowns who are now Mayors and State Senators as national figures.

Sec. of State - John P. Abizaid
Sec. of Defense - Tommy Franks
Sec. of Homeland Security - Max Cleland

That's all I could think of so far...

Sec. Of Agriculture: Bob Kerrey
Sec. Of Commerce: Arnold Swartzenegger
Sec. Of Defense:  Gary Hart
Sec. Of Education: Ron Page
Sec. Of Energy: Norman Swartzkoff
Sec. Of Human Services: Bill Frist
Sec. Of Homeland Security: Jeb Bush
Sec. Of Housing and Urban Development: Kenny Gamble
Sec. Of Interior: Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Attorney General: Tom Ridge
Sec. Of Labor:  Tommy Thompson
Sec. Of State: Condeleeza Rice (also National Security Advisor)
Sec. Of Transportation: Bud Shuster (called out of retirement)
Sec. Of Treasury: James C. Miller, III
Sec. Of Veterans Affairs: Don Bailey (called out of retirement)

Chief of Staff: Dick Cheney

Vice President:  John McCain

Sec. of Defense: General Wesley Clark
Sec. of Veteran's Affairs: Either Fmr. Sen. Max Cleland or
                                                  Fmr. Sen. Bob Dole
Sec. of Labor: Rep. Dick Gephardt
Sec. of Homeland Security: Sen. John McCain
Sec. of State- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
Atty. Gen. - Mayor Rudy Giulani
Admin. of the EPA- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

These are just some of possible picks....