Any Republicans worthy of a cabinet position in Kerry Administration?

[TrueAmerican]

I can't think of any right now. Can you?

[NuckinFutz]

1. Retired General Eisenhower

son of Ike.

Ron Reagan.

I'm iffy on McCain.

[PSU84]

43. He's 82 (or older)

and not in good health.

[helpisontheway]

2. Nope.....

[samwisefoxburr]

3. No...

...I doubt many people will ever trust a Republican again, no matter where their position in the government is.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Kerry floated some Republicans for Sec of Defense a while back

I think he mentioned McCain & Warner. Hagel might not be a bad choice, either. However, if the Senate is 50-49-1 Republican, I don't see a Republican in a state with a Democratic governor like Arizona & Virginia stepping into the seat. Kerry also mentioned Sam Nunn as a possible, too.

Maybe Colin Powell for UN Ambassador (just kidding!!!!!)

[snippy]

60. Absolutely not a republican for Secretary of Defense or Homeland Security.

Democratic presidents appointing republicans as Secretary of Defense (and now Homeland Security) just helps the republicans perpetuate the lie that democrats are soft on defense.

[9119495]

68. Agreed. This needs to stop as there are many dems

that are qualified.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Yes...

Richard Clarke?

[bushisanidiot]

6. FUCK no! I'm sick and tired of the dems being the fair ones.

AWOL's administration has been the most secretive, vendetive in history. I"m not saying President Kerry's administration should be like AWOL's in that way, but he needs to keep the moles out and hire people he can trust. Playing mr. nice guy will get him screwed because the repukes will take any opportunity to lie cheat and steal to make President Kerry look bad.

[desi]

21. Double FUCK NO....

For every wingnut who may be considered there are probably ten or more LOYAL Democrats better qualified. And that includes McCain and Powell, two of the most devious "moderates."

[sendero]

28. Triple fuck no....

... Dems have tried again and again to be more bipartisan, they always get smacked down.

Fuck 'em, I hope Kerry picks nothing but solid Dems for his cabinet and for judgeships.

[desi]

30. Let's make it easy for those wanting "bipartisanship"...

Name ONE gawd damned Republican campaigning WITH Kerry and recommend that person. This BS calls for another Espresso...:mad: :wtf:

edit to add WTF...

[mindfulNJ]

82. Quadruple FUCK NO!(if i posted this in time)

We don't owe those bastards ANYTHING. There are plenty of competant Dems to fill the cabinet.

[Drifter]

7. If Kerry wants to stop ...

the polarizing effect of politics, thanks to AWOL, he must reach across the isle in good faith.

I think there are plenty of "good" Republicans that can find their way into a Kerry Administration.

I am very fond of John McCain. It bothers me when I see him with the blank koolaid stare as he monotonely praises AWOL.

Cheers
Drifter

[luaneryder]

11. And I think he'll do just that

He'll be honest and fair; a hell of a lot more than can be said for the outgoing administration.

[umtalal]

38. McCain is part of the problem. I like Hagel from Nebraska.

[txindy]

48. I agree about McCain.

I think President Kerry (I love typing that!) really does need to reach across the aisle and I think McCain is a good choice. Something is just not right with McCain these days. Yes, he's with Junior, but he so obviously looks like he wishes he were far, far away. :shrug:

I trust Senator Kerry's judgment. He's known McCain (and the other legislators) for years. If he chooses him, it is with just cause, I'm certain.

[r_u_stuck2]

8. Absolutely not

With the hateful attitude the repugs have shown over the last 12 years. Clinton tried that and I do not think it was successful. Can't remember the guys name but I see him on TV occasionally and he never has anything good to say about dems.

The atmosphere in the Senate has been absolutely horrible. Robert Byrd has been treated with great disrespect by committee chairs.

I say screw them all.

Edit: Remember the guy's name: Cohen

[rwheeler31]

9. Lincoln Chaffe

perhaps

[Doctor_J]

14. yes, then the RI gov

can appt a dem in his place ;-)

[auburngrad82]

32. I'd rather leave Chafee where he is because we need mod Republicans

in Congress. We need all the votes we can get. I'd leave him there since his vote can be counted on and do everything we can to get the right-wingers out of office

[9119495]

71. No Chafee is not needed as a rep. moderate.

He is needed as a dem. If the senate ends up 51-49 reps, it will be because of Chafee. If Chafee switched or gave his seat up to a dem to join the cabinet, we would onwn the senate with Edwards as the tie breaking vote. Hello judges and such.

I think if it goes 51-49, we need to lobby Chafee to switch.

[lil-petunia]

10. there are plenty of low key moderates who hate shrub as much as we

For Justice, DoD, HSA, if there is a realist, patriot, and honest person, his politics will not interfere with his/her sworn duties.

[Skittles]

26. trouble is

they are still members of a party that is anti-worker, anti-poor, anti-woment, homophobic, etc.

[TrueAmerican]

12. How about Cohen back as Sec Def?

He was pretty loyal to Clinton and did a pretty good job.

[r_u_stuck2]

16. Loyal!

I have seen him on TV and never seen him defend anything Clinton said or did. Absolutely not.

[madmom]

13. Zell Miller

NOT!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. NO!

I don't care how moderate they are, NO! Keep them away!

[blm]

17. Richard Lugar. He is an honest broker.

.

[Monte Carlo]

18. Richard Clarke is a registered Republican, right?

Stop me if I'm wrong, but he's a Republican, and I think he'd be great in continuing his job as the President's terrorism czar.

[Carni]

40. I agree with you he showed spine during the 911 commission thing

And he is knowledgable.

[terrya]

19. He's being a bastard now, but seriously....McCain for Defense Secretary.

He DOES have impeccable credentials for the Pentagon. And maybe, as someone who has seen combat, unlike the neo-con chickenhawks running the Pentagon now, he will be more cautious and temperate about sending American troops in the future. He would compliment President Kerry in that kind of thinking.

[Doctor_J]

22. plus that would take him out of the 08 race...

[txindy]

49. I agree. McCain knows, better than most, the consequences of war.

He'd probably make an excellent Secretary of Defense.

[Donna Zen]

69. Just paint a sign on our backs

"Dems need repulican to handle defense for them." What? Is there not ONE Democrat that you think can handle the job?

And what makes McCain so friggin qualified anyway? Do you like the fact that he backs pre-emptive wars....yep, he thinks they are great.

No McCain, the sell-out.

Give a Dem. a chance to run Defense and maybe in the next election you will avoid having a crack-pot like Bill Cohen stabbing you in the back.

[Doctor_J]

20. Ben Campbell (SecInt)

Dick Thornburgh (SolGen). I wouldn't mind seeing Fitzgerald, when he's done prosecuting people for PlameGate, be made SolGen, or even asst AG for civil rights. I bet if kerry sent him to FL to clean up the voting problems he would cut a wide swath through jeb's little monarchy down there. Maybe the classy Olympia Snowe. And, as someone mentioned, Linc Chaffee, who's practically one of us anyway.

[auburngrad82]

31. Not Campbell

I still hold against him the fact that he changed parties back in 1994. I wouldn't trust a man who abandons his party to be on the "winning side."

[Hand]

33. FEH!

Campbell has one objective--furthering Ben Campbell. He was a shill for the big cattle lobby even back when he was a Dem. Screw the bastard.

:grr:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. maybe Chaffee, Clarke,

[Doosh]

24. Ronald Reagan

he can be a paperweight

[BOSSHOG]

25. BUSH CAN BE A TRUSTEE AT LEAVENWORTH

although that is not an appointed position. And bush would no longer be a republican, he'd be a bitch.

[Liberalator]

27. Every republican Senator from a state with a Democratic Governor...

then fire their asses one-week after the replacements are named!

[July]

29. I like the way you think. nt

[auburngrad82]

34. Leave McCain, Lugar, Chafee, Snow, etc where they are

They frequently cross party lines and vote with Dems so why mess up a good thing? We need moderates in both parties that won't vote based solely on what party they belong to.

If I were to appoint a republican it would have to be one that wasn't already holding an office in Washington. Then I'd work to defeat the right-wingers and strengthen the Democratic positions in DC.

Eisenhower or Richard Clarke seem like good choices. They already support Kerry and can be counted on to do the right thing, regardless of their party affiliation.

[mooky]

35. Jim

Jeffords?

[Carni]

36. Hagle (sp?) might be useful for some type of anti "terror" position

I don't know that much about the man... but from what I have read he's knowledgeable about terrorism/defense and he hasn't marched to bush's drummer (as far as I know anyway)

He's been quite verbal against bush on many issues involving Iraq etc!

Other than that, no, I cannot think of any!

[umtalal]

37. Not this time.

[archineas]

39. just a simple and plain "no"

after the witchhunt against clinton, the demonization of democrats and the underhanded activities in the house, no.

this time we fly or sink on our own. we don't need any memeber of the GOP trying to sponge off our successes, or being able to expose failures from the inside. they need to be on the outside now.

make them take their medicine. hopefully it will moderate them some.

(on the other hand, i want the GOP to implode and split into a number of warring factions. let them philosophically cannibalize one another)

j

[MrTriumph]

41. NONE

NONE

[PSU84]

42. Lugar, Chafee, Hagel, Tom Kean,

Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins.

[w4rma]

44. No. Let them in and they will leak things to hurt President Kerry at just

the right moment, later. They will tell their Repug friends who are trying to defeat President Kerry all of what is going on inside the White House. Bush didn't hire anyone who is disloyal, I don't think President Kerry should, either. And you know right off the bat that these folks will stab Dems in the back at their first chance.

Do *not* higher Republicans. However it is fine to hire FORMER Republicans.

[Q]

45. Eight year witch hunt against Clinton...character assassination of Gore...

...with an INQUISITION under GWB*...and some Dems STILL think they can work together with the GOPers?

- It may be that some day we'll be able to work together again in a real bipartisan fashion...but not until the anti-democratic Neocons are completely out of government.

- Hayzeus...some of you just don't get it. They have cheated, threatened, blackmailed, intimidated and lied to keep us out of power. Do you think they'll suddenly want to play nice if they lose power?

[Homerr]

70. This seconds my "Make them come to us" statement.

[billyoc]

46. Sure, why not?

It makes Kerry look like a gracious winner, especially if he's going to be imprisoning a lot of republicans for various crimes.

Besides, they're appointed positions, if any of them start acting up, he can always cut their heads off. They serve at the pleasure of the President.

[louis c]

47. Powell

I'd take Powell in a gesture of continuity and reconciliation.

Sen. Hagel is a good choice for two reasons. First, he is a Kerry friend and a Republican.

I think he can be replaced by a Dem Gov in Nebraska.

Same thing for Arlen Spector in Penn.

[The White Tree]

56. I'd second that

Because he never really got to do his job under Bush anyway. It would be a good chance to reunite the country and move it back in a moderate direction.

[Homerr]

67. Powell could have only earned my respect back by resigning.

[Gyre]

50. Search and Destroy

All repubes that stick their heads out of their holes, pretending that they were supporting Kerry all along. (politically of course) :grr:

Gyre

[txindy]

51. We need bipartisan leadership. The status quo hasn't worked.

Will info. be leaked? Well, isn't it now?

Could info. be used to attack President Kerry? Actually, if the RW doesn't get info., it just makes it up, so what's the difference?

We need bipartisan leadership, IMHO. I trust Senator Kerry's judgment. I believe he makes very informed decisions and will only pick people he -- and we -- can trust.

[snippy]

61. I agree. n/t

[demokatgurrl]

52. NO!!!! unless there are NO competent Democrats to fill

a particular position, which I doubt.

[Lost Creek]

53. YES YES YES

BUT I WOULD BURN IN HELL BEFORE I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT

[Stuckinthebush]

54. Not McCain

That rat bastard blew his chance of being a go between when he slithered up next to Bush on his plane and went campaigning with him. Even McCain's daughter was horrified.

Screw him.

Lincoln Chafee is a good option.

[UpsideDownFlag]

55. hm....

[npincus]

57. Former NJ Governor Kean, head of the 9-11 commission

[DaveinMD]

58. we should appoint

one or two Republican Senators so we can win their seats in the special elections.

[snippy]

59. I think President Kerry should make a strong effort to unify the country.

This effort should include bringing republicans into his cabinet. I think such an effort will benefit the country and help marginalize the Reich wing fundamentalists which will benefit the country and the world even more.

[r_u_stuck2]

62. B/S nt

[txindy]

77. It would certainly go a long way towards neutralizing far-RW influence

When the gov't. is bipartisan to some extent, the wingnuts will seem openly divisive if they criticize our leadership. Right now, they're hiding behind the "Republican" banner. They couldn't do that with a bipartisan Cabinet.

I get a kick out of some of the comments that say, "B*sh didn't appoint Democrats, so we shouldn't appoint Repubs!" Oh. Well, there's an excellent lead to follow. B*sh. :eyes:

This country wants -- and needs -- a true uniter, not a deliberate divider. The last four years have proven that without a doubt.

[GeorgeBushytail]

63. Not unless Court Jester is a cabinet-level post

[siliconefreak]

64. here's one

Christie Whitman is probably ready for a new start. She left her position with the Bushies out of frustration and disgust. I can definitely see her becoming a Democrat.

[Homerr]

65. BIG PICTURE: Make the Repubs come to us.

Stop with the namby-pamby love-fest. These people have F'd our country big time and it is no time to "steer" to the left.

We need a one-time MAJOR CORRECTION.

Then let them come to us, let them be the ones to compromise. Bush did a major correction to the right when he appointed his cabinet, we need to counteract that, not a gentle steering to the center.

Now we don't need to be extreme left for this correction, center-left is fine. The important thing is that the Bush Doctrine, NeoCons, and warmongers be forced to compromise themselves and come to US if they want to be part of a Kerry Administration.

[Joefess]

66. NO

[leftofthedial]

72. maybe a trustee position at Gitmo

but no way in the cabinet

the repuke party has been too infested with neocon ideologues.

[bullimiami]

73. yes eisenhower, lincoln chaffee nt

[AmerDem]

74. no, none, not, nada, nilch

The Dem party has too much talent of longtime loyal people who's hearts are with real Americans.

[mooky]

75. Any centrist

who is not part of the neocon machine. Most of the Right HATES * and aren't happy with his divide and conquer methods. Marginalize the neocons.

Bill McCollum was "rewarded" for being head chief idiot of the impeachment proceedings by losing his house seat and getting snubbed by almost everyone in the Republican party. Marginalization complete.

If Kerry wins, the Republican party is probably going to split into thirds. 1/3 neocon, 1/3 Baptist, and 1/3 centrist (the Clinton Republicans). Get the Clinton Republicans back into the fray to keep the "opposition" alive, and let the rest form their own 3rd party (which won't help). With a viable conservative 3rd party, Kerry wins '08 in a landslide. See the 1992 electoral results:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/past-elections/1992.xls

If 32.1% of the Perot supporters voted Republican, Clinton would have lost. But since they hated shrub senior, they voted him out.

[Rockholm]

76. Former Senator Cohen from Maine...

was in Clinton's cabinet.

[BurtWorm]

78. Kerry should create a department of sinecures and stock it with

Congressional Republicans.

[DuaneBidoux]

79. Chuck Hagel, although I'm not sure what for he seems like a

decent man who can look at white and call it white.

[realcountrymusic]

80. On second thought

Any major republican senator or representative who condemns Bush and announces support for Kerry before Sunday should get a plaque.

RCM

[JI7]

81. Bill Weld of Massachusettes

[The Magistrate]

83. No, Sir, None

There are some figures who, if they repudiated allegiance to the Republican Party, and joined the Democratic Party, could perhaps be acceptable....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"