Name 3 Repukes who should be in O's cabinet

[Doctor_J]

Having 3 sane repubs on board will further marginalize the Bush/Cheney/Rice wing of the GOP.

Hagel - Vet affairs
Crist - Interior
Grassley - Ag

[L0oniX]

1. A case of stump the GD:P

[Doctor_J]

4. I would REALLY like to pull the moderate Repubs away from the necons

Is Ben Nighthorse Campbell still around? I am pissed at him for defecting when times were tough in 94, but it would be great to get Colorado back to solid blue.

[BlooInBloo]

26. We could pull them away even BETTER if his WHOLE cabinet was republican!

Sheesh. Teh stupid! It burns!

[Tyler Durden]

2. SANE and Republican do not even belong in the same BOOK.

Let alone the same sentence.

[SurfingAtWork]

3. I say Crist should be nominated secretary of hairstyles and fasion

[non sociopath skin]

5. How About ...

.... Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and .... Whaddya mean they're dead? Didn't stop Dubya from choosing Dick Cheney ..:evilgrin:

The Skin

[rucky]

6. Dr. Fine for Surgeon General

Admiral Howard for Joint Chiefs
and Congressman Fine for Ambassador of Micronesia

[Forkboy]

72. This is a tough room when no one responds to a Stooges post.

;)

[rucky]

78. I'll be performing at Latest Breaking News next Thursday.

Hope to see you there.

[LeftCoast]

7. Why Crist for Interior?

Putting repubs in charge of US natural resources sounds like a great way to continue paving the earth. Not sure that's a good idea...

[Doctor_J]

12. I thought I read that he's been undoing some of the worst of Jeb's

envirodestruction. No?

[LeftCoast]

44. Hadn't heard that. Hope it's true.

Still wouldn't want to see a repub in charge of the Interior. :)

[mcctatas]

8. Lincoln Chaffee?

although, I don't have a suggestion as to where
Hillary Clinton - Sec. of Health and Human Services
Scott McClellan: Press Secretary :evilgrin:


That's all I've got, but I agree with Hagel :shrug:

[Ian David]

9. Hillary Clinton.

What?

What???

What did I say????

[L0oniX]

13. OMG you need help...

[TwilightGardener]

22. Bwahhh!!

[Indenturedebtor]

45. Bwahahaha she could be the spokeswoman!

Great at telling a tale that one :hide:

[harun]

80. I was trying so hard not to say it ........

[unhappycamper]

10. I'll vote for Max Clelland for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

14. he's already a Dem

[Ian David]

11. John Dean, Joe Wilson and Michael Bloomberg.

I think that if they quit The GOP after 2000, they still count.

[SharonRB]

17. They've already seen the light n/t

[otohara]

59. Hasn't Joe Willson Said

some pretty nasty things about Sen. Obama?

[Ian David]

83. Not that I know of. I could be wrong. n/t

[here_is_to_hope]

15. That guy None, his brother Noway and thier younger sister, Nada. n/t

[SharonRB]

16. I certainly agree with Hagel

I like Olympia Snowe, but I'm not sure where to put her.

I'm not sure who else I'd pick.

[rox63]

29. I believe Snowe has been good on environmental and small business issues

She works across the aisle with Senator Kerry on a lot of initiatives in both of those areas.

Hagel would be a good pick to lead the VA.

[SharonRB]

58. Maybe head of the EPA then?

Or Interior Secretary?

[SoonerPride]

18. John McCain

Czar of Septuagenarian Affairs

[Hippo_Tron]

66. We can make him Al Qaeda in Iran Czar

[TwilightGardener]

19. Oh, I'd have to go with Lugar, Hagel and Grassley. They're the stodgy old

"country clubbers" who just wish the world could go back to the fifties, culturally, and they have a rosy view of big business--that's what makes them Repubs, but not neocon nutcases.

[NatBurner]

20. i'd like to see colin powell come out of exile

he had too much common sense for dubya

[newmajority]

24. Hell no!

After what Colin Powell did at the UN, and after what his kid did to the FCC, never again.

[Stop Cornyn]

21. Pick your favorite three Repub Senators from states where a Democrat governor would appoint the

replacement.

If you can't find three Senators who meet the bill, fill out the docket with Congressional Representatives where their districts will get a Democratic replacement for the Repub who joins the cabinet.

[Stop Cornyn]

39. Lieberman (to get him out of the Senate), Snowe, Grassley, Specter, Gregg, McCain, Bond, Burr, Kyl

More or less in that order.

[GoesTo11]

23. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Patrick Fitzgerald

[Bluenorthwest]

25. Name 3 Repukes who deserve such a promotion

I can't. The GOP has been lock step all the way with Bushco. They voted in solid blocks and not one of them took action against the crimes. Hagel talked about talking about it, then did nothing.
Also, I'd like to know why on Earth any Republicans should be in the administration instead of in jail.
It stuns me that people promote Republicans for high office on this site at this juncture in history.

[TwilightGardener]

32. Lugar voted against Kyl Lieberman, and supported Biden's measure

in 2002 to make it harder to invade Iraq. Grassley goes his own way on some issues, most notably SCHIP. Hagel has done A LOT more than talk--he's both cosponsored and voted for measures to oppose the surge, end the war, and give troops more rest time at home and limit their deployments. He's also the chief cosponsor of the Webb GI bill that McBush opposes, and voted for habeas corpus restoration, and against K/L.

[greguganus]

27. Hillary, Lieberman, and Rove

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

28. My picks...

Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Nelson Rockefeller

Unfortunately, they're not available and the rest of the Republican Party is comprised of lying bastards. So let's just let them sit down and shut the fuck up for the next four years.

[Ian David]

30. I think every Republican in The State Department should be re-assigned to Iraq. n/t

[papapi]

42. I think every Repugnantcan in the country should be assigned to community service.

[JaneQPublic]

31. Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Everett Dirkson

Yeah, I know, they're all dead, but those are the last Republicans I really respected.

[Bleacher Creature]

49. You stole my witty reply!!!!!

I was just about to post the same thing -- swapping Dirkson for Chafee (so that at least one would still be alive). ;)

[JaneQPublic]

65. Great minds think alike! (nt)

[oviedodem]

33. Yes with Crist I WANT HIM OUT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA!!!

[fadedrose]

34. Wm. Cohen, Colin Powell

[Max_powers94]

43. I feel sorry for Colin Powell..Good guy just kept bad company around him

[CaptJasHook]

56. He kept me alive in Desert Storm. For that I am grateful.

Too bad he didn't give Junior the same sensible advise he gave his father.

[Bucky]

57. Pfff, he was in a position to stop a pointless war. He choose to preserve his career instead.

I'm glad he's sorry for his role in the Iraq mess, but he put big fat blinders on when he was in a position to have an impact.

[Gato Moteado]

35. bush, cheney, scummy rummy

ambassadors to the hague

[malik flavors]

36. Lugar, Powell, and Hagel.

[Blue-Jay]

37. Ron Paul as Secretary of Dimwits

[ieoeja]

38. Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.

Anything they can say today has got to be better than anything any other Republican could say.

[papapi]

40. Condi Rice as Lady in Waiting. Same post she already holds.

Hillary could be her under-secretary. And McCain could empty everyone's piss pots.

[billyoc]

41. I want Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater.

or I ain't votin' for him.

[JimGinPA]

46. I Think Three Is Too Many...

One, maybe two...Hagel & David Gergen possibly.

[Crunchy Frog]

47. Richard Lugar for something.

[SanchoPanza]

48. Secretary of Interior: Lincoln Chaffee

Honorary Chairman of Republicans for Environmental Protection. Conistent opponent of ANWR drilling. Repeatedly endorsed by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters.

For other positions, there's a swarm of Rockefeller Republicans who lost reelection in 2006, and several who either are in jeapordy in 2008 or not seeking reelection.

[Yanez Houston Jordan]

50. Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter -- better in the cabinet than in the Senate!

[fadedrose]

82. Arlen Spector, yes...

from a Dem state, Rendell would replace him with a Dem....

[LynneSin]

51. Jim Greenwood - I'd give him an EPA or other Enviromental position.

He retired from PA-8 but I have to admit that Jim Greenwood was one of those republicans that was a pretty decent guy. He was big with the environment and still is today.

[CaptJasHook]

52. Great post, something to contemplate.

As many know, Lincoln purposefully put dissenting voices in his cabinet. John Adams had to deal with a rebellious Thomas Jefferson arguing with Madison.

Dissent is healthy. It is the strength of the Democratic party and the Progressive movement.

Simple Hegelian dialectic

Thesis meets Antithesis
forms Synthesis

Synthesis forms new Thesis
new Thesis meets Antithesis
and the pattern continues

Growth mirrored in nature.

The fundamentalist, single minded, lock step of the Right wing is designed to confront Death and Fear. Unfortunately, Conservatives have learned to live... or rather learned how not to live by their continued politics and religion of Fear.

[Doctor_J]

53. One reason the last 8 years have been as bad as they've been is

that EVERYONE had to toe the company line or be fired. There MUST be various proposals put forth when challenges arrive.

[CaptJasHook]

54. In genetic terms, it is called in-breeding and it leads to insanity and birth defects

and lowered immune systems. The world continues to evolve around us, we must adapt.

[Bucky]

55. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and that US Attorney Gonzales fired for having integrity.

[iamthebandfanman]

60. they area already marginalized

theres no need.

cabinet should be packed with capable hard working democrats.

[zbdent]

61. 3 Repukes who would fit in with the next Repuke pres. cabinet ...

McVeigh, bin Laden, and Goebbels ...

[MilesColtrane]

62. There are plenty of bluedog Democrats out there he could appoint.

If Obama wants dissenting opinions he'll find plenty within our own party.

[Orsino]

63. No.

There are no such people.

[tekisui]

64. These three:

FUCK PUKES!!!











check it.

[Tippy]

70. I agree with your 3.......

Why do several of you think we need Republicans on our ticket? I believe it would be a mistake of enormous mistake....Remember Democrats wanting McCain on the ticket with Kerry....No ...NO ...& Hell NO

[Hippo_Tron]

67. Max Cleland deserves Veterans Affairs...

Although I would love the irony if Obama made him Secretary of Homeland Security.

And I agree about making Grassley Ag Secretary Culver would get to appoint his replacement. I wonder if he'd go for it, though.

[SoxFan]

68. He had the gig once before

Cleland was the head of the VA during the Carter Administration, beofre it atttained full Cabinet status.

[XemaSab]

69. Wally Herger

A random cabinet somewhere in the depths of the White House basement would be an excellent place for that asshole. :P

[Faygo Kid]

71. Abe, Teddy, Ike

Well, if you have to split hairs and make them living people, I will go with two of yours, but not Crist.

I know people who know him personally. Lightweight.

[lojasmo]

73. Here:

Chaffee-whatever.

He's technically not a republican anymore, so I fail on many levels.

[Mass]

74. What is there with GDP and the GOP today?

[Zodiak]

75. John Dean

He should serve somewhere....hmmm....as a political advisor to the white house. That way he can intercept and interpret all of the right-wing spin coming from the other side and help stop puke memes before they get started. Not only that, but his connections with the old guard of the puke party might make some inroads at getting rid of the neocons.

[T Monk]

76. name three that shouldn't be in o's federal prison system

[11 Bravo]

77. Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Strom Thurmond.

I am morally certain that none of those miserable bastards could do any further harm.

[LSK]

79. why?

[Arkana]

81. None.

Appoint moderate Dems--but for god's sake stay away from the Republicans unless you want to bring in Linc Chafee for something.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

84. I will not vote for him if this is even hinted at by him...that is where I draw my line!

[FrenchieCat]

85. Okay......and so, then.....

Clinton says could bring Republicans into cabinet

Bipartisan call: Hillary Clinton (AFP: Robyn Beck)

"I'm going to reach out to Republicans, all kinds of Republicans, because I think it's important that we try to have a bipartisan foreign policy," she said on CNN's Larry King Live.

"I have very strong convictions about what we should do, but I'm going to listen to and enlist Republicans, as well as Democrats, not only elected ones but distinguished Americans of both parties."

She added: "We need to try to have a bipartisan government. We've got to restore confidence and competence to the American government."

Senator Clinton conceded that John McCain, the Republican party's presumptive nominee for November's presidential election, had "extraordinary credentials".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/22/2224085.htm

[ElsewheresDaughter]

86. "reaching out and listening to republicans is far different then appointing them cabinet positions!

[Doctor_J]

87. Arnie Vinick for SecState

He shines his own shoes

[JoFerret]

88. Why not just fill the cabinet with them?

Put the stake firmly into the center ground and maintain the status quo.

Just what the country needs.

[CreekDog]

89. Lincoln Chafee (this is the only one I could come up with)

I was going to say Pete McCloskey but he is now a Democrat :applause: