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Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
And how would you use them? Just a hypothetical question for discussion, seeing as how tomorrow we'll be a exactly year away from inauguration day. Feel free to include non-secretary figures of authority (i.e. Fed Chairman, Chief of Staff).
I myself would probably choose Ron Swanson types who would try and limit the scope of their respective departments, I'll probably think of specifics later. I hate micromanaging, so for the most part I'd leave them be as long as I know that they're carrying out my overall vision. My exception would for big issues (primarily within the scope of authority for State, Treasury, DoJ, and DoD) and asking secretaries for advice when confronted by issues of their expertise (it's easy for the POTUS to get overly insulated by their staff).
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Lord Stanley
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Victor Davis Hanson and Mark Steyn, Press Co-Secretaries.
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Kaplony
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
The only two I know for sure would be Trey Gowdy as Attorney General and retired USMC General James Mattis would be my SecDef.
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HeartOfDixie
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
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stinkfist
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
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that was the name of many of my fantasy teams back in the day....I can't laugh any harder right now.....that was fk'n awesome!
I 'trump' that with the following as I feel a 'hyde' coming on....my two suggestions...
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dmacfour
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
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stinkfist
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
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shiftyeagle
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Ron, Rand, Justin Amash, Colin Powell
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EverRespect
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Commerce - Eliminate
State - Mearshimer
Press Sec - Rubio
Chief of Staff - Romney
Education - Eliminate
Defense - Not sure - a military brass
Treasury - Mark Cuban
Energy - Cheney
Attorney General - Cruz
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200yrs2late
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
State - Ted Cruz
Education - Eliminate
Commerce - Donald Trump
Defense - Allen West or General Hayden
Treasury - Steve Forbes
Energy - Joe Barton
Attorney General - Gowdy, maybe Chris Christie
Homeland Security - Rand Paul
Transportation - Eliminate
Health and Human Services - Bobby Jindal
Labor - Scott Walker or Nikki Haley
Interior - Inhofe
Agriculture - Chuck Conner or Rick Perry
Housing and Urban Development - Eliminate
Veteran Affairs - Josue Robles or Allen West
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EverRespect
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Homeland Security - Jeff Sessions
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200yrs2late
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
(01-20-2016 11:37 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Homeland Security - Jeff Sessions
That's a good one. If nothing else, I'd nominate him for his middle name.
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Owl 69/70/75
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
(01-20-2016 11:51 AM)200yrs2late Wrote: (01-20-2016 11:37 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Homeland Security - Jeff Sessions
That's a good one. If nothing else, I'd nominate him for his middle name.
I don't know about that. PGT wasn't all that effective.
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Sec State - John Bolton
Sec Treasury - Robert Shiller
Sec Defense - Ray Odierno
Sec HHS - Jindal
To replace Ginsberg when she croaks - Cruz
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
Johnny Walker Blue
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gsu95
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RE: Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
State - Jim Webb
Education - Phillip Lanoue
Defense - Gen. John Kelly
Commerce - Bill Gates
Treasury - John Hickenlooper
Energy - Maggie Hassan
Attorney General - Steve Bullock
Homeland Security - Rodolfo Llanes
Transportation - Jerry Brown
Health and Human Services - Jon Huntsman
Labor - Bernie Sanders
Interior - Robert Redford
Agriculture - Zippy Duval
Housing and Urban Development - Cornell West
Veteran Affairs - Bob Kerrey
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Who would be in your cabinet if you were POTUS?
