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RFKJrNews (760 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 10:49 PM
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Caroline Kennedy, RFK Jr. in Obama's Cabinet?
FROM THE RUMOR MILL

It appears that Senator Barack Obama is already thinking forward to January, and has some very firm ideas in mind as to who will serve in his administration.

According to Politico.com, a couple of Kennedys are on his short list, and RFK Jr. is one of them.

Citing “sources close to Barack Obama,” the article says that Caroline Kennedy may be tapped as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being given “serious consideration” for Secretary of the Interior.

The list of other potential cabinet officials is long and fascinating, indeed - how about Sen. Gary Hart as Homeland Security Director? Bill Richardson as Secretary of State? Al Gore as “Ambassador at large on climate change” (hey, is that a real job?) and even a few Republicans as well, most notably California Governor (and Kennedy cousin-by-marriage) Arnold Schwarzenegger as Secretary of Energy.

If Obama wins the presidency next Tuesday, it looks very possible that for the Kennedys, an Obama administration could become a “family affair.”

Full story at:
http://rfkjrnews.com/2008/11/01/obama-a-cabinet-full-of... /
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   Oh, yes we can! RFK for Attorney General!  HopeFor2006   Oct-31-08 10:50 PM   #1 
   nah, give AG to his law partner, Mike Papantonio  Adenoid_Hynkel   Nov-01-08 02:42 AM   #23 
      I can live with that!  HopeFor2006   Nov-01-08 02:20 PM   #27 
   Arnold for energy?  Frances   Oct-31-08 10:50 PM   #2 
   At least it would get him out  carnie_sf   Nov-01-08 03:18 AM   #25 
   Arnold S. as Secretary of Energy. Pls let that be a joke.  Kdillard   Oct-31-08 10:51 PM   #3 
   That was the one appointment that jarred for me too. Especially  Overseas   Oct-31-08 11:07 PM   #8 
   As much as I despise him he has been pro-active when it comes to climate change.  ej510   Nov-01-08 02:39 AM   #21 
   Michael Moore urged Caroline to pick herself as VP. Obama-Kennedy, could you imagine that?  applexcore   Oct-31-08 10:52 PM   #4 
   It's Halloween Trick-or-Treat  rpannier   Oct-31-08 10:57 PM   #5 
   just think, for the first time in eight years we will have.....  blue sky at night   Oct-31-08 11:04 PM   #6 
   Competence.  BlooInBloo   Oct-31-08 11:08 PM   #9 
   Arnold better not be on that short list.  political_Dem   Oct-31-08 11:07 PM   #7 
   He's not. He's too much of a girlie man!  FrenchieCat   Oct-31-08 11:09 PM   #10 
   I'm still a member of the reaching out is acceptable  rpannier   Oct-31-08 11:09 PM   #11 
      Lol, to you and Frenchie Cat. But, I think picking Arnold is a mistake.  political_Dem   Oct-31-08 11:16 PM   #16 
         The only thing I will say in support of giving a job to arnold is  rpannier   Oct-31-08 11:31 PM   #17 
   RFK Jr EPA?  ElsewheresDaughter   Oct-31-08 11:10 PM   #12 
   I like him as Administrator of EPA.  Unsane   Oct-31-08 11:12 PM   #14 
   Caroline Kennedy for Secretary of Education  PolNewf   Oct-31-08 11:11 PM   #13 
   This was a news awhile ago. Go Arnold!!!  Life Long Dem   Oct-31-08 11:12 PM   #15 
   Ew, yuck, gag!  tilsammans   Oct-31-08 11:51 PM   #18 
   Yeah, I know, Arnold is a head-scratcher for me, too  RFKin2008   Nov-01-08 02:35 AM   #19 
   Caroline immediately came to mind as an ambassador.  Hieronymus   Nov-01-08 02:39 AM   #20 
   The right wing nut jobs will go crazy  icetea   Nov-01-08 02:41 AM   #22 
      Wanna REALLY make 'em nuts?  damonm   Nov-01-08 03:06 AM   #24 
         While Clinton on SCOTUS might be a nice thought  orestes   Nov-01-08 03:20 AM   #26 
 
HopeFor2006 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 10:50 PM
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1. Oh, yes we can! RFK for Attorney General!
:bounce:
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 02:42 AM
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23. nah, give AG to his law partner, Mike Papantonio
save Bobby for EPA head
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HopeFor2006 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 02:20 PM
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27. I can live with that!
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Frances (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 10:50 PM
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2. Arnold for energy?
I hope not
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 03:18 AM
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25. At least it would get him out
of Cali
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 10:51 PM
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3. Arnold S. as Secretary of Energy. Pls let that be a joke.
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 11:07 PM
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8. That was the one appointment that jarred for me too. Especially
given Arnold's cozy relations with oil companies and questionable role in the Enron machinations.

Sure hope that one is WRONG.

Caroline at the UN would be okay if she has specialized in foreign affairs. If not, perhaps another post.

RFK at Interior makes sense due to his being an environmental lawyer by trade.
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 02:39 AM
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21. As much as I despise him he has been pro-active when it comes to climate change.
He sucks ass on economics though.
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applexcore (493 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 10:52 PM
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4. Michael Moore urged Caroline to pick herself as VP. Obama-Kennedy, could you imagine that?
Edited on Fri Oct-31-08 10:54 PM by applexcore
She does have a lot of experience with world leaders.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 10:57 PM
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5. It's Halloween Trick-or-Treat
Treat: RFK

Trick: the governor
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:04 PM
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6. just think, for the first time in eight years we will have.....
some people without gray hair that have ideas of the at least the present, if not the future working for us....so tired of the old bunch of political hacks that stretch all the way back to the nixon years on the Cabinet, such a bunch of ass-backward ahole yesmen.



moving forward at the speed of pie!






CHange, HOpe, OBama/BIden......!
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:08 PM
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9. Competence.
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:07 PM
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7. Arnold better not be on that short list.
I understand that Obama wants to reach out to the other side, but I think that approaching Arnold is like having Obama's arm being pulled out of its socket. Was he asleep when the entire recall business went down in California?

Obama has to remember which side he's on before that happens.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:09 PM
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10. He's not. He's too much of a girlie man! Updated at 6:59 PM
him and his face lift!
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 11:09 PM
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11. I'm still a member of the reaching out is acceptable
If he's reaching out to slap them upside their faces.
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:16 PM
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16. Lol, to you and Frenchie Cat. But, I think picking Arnold is a mistake.
Arnold is not to be trusted. He has brought California down to its knees--especially with the budget in shambles.

He needs to be shuffled out of the seat of power and back to managing his restaurant in Venice, Ca.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 11:31 PM
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17. The only thing I will say in support of giving a job to arnold is
it's better than that other idiotic story floating around that defense sec gates is on his short list to stay on as sec of defense.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:10 PM
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12. RFK Jr EPA?
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14. I like him as Administrator of EPA.
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PolNewf (333 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:11 PM
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13. Caroline Kennedy for Secretary of Education
That is where her passion is.
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:12 PM
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15. This was a news awhile ago. Go Arnold!!!
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tilsammans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 11:51 PM
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18. Ew, yuck, gag!
No way, not Ahhhhh-nold.

He just endorsed McSame!

:puke:
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RFKJrNews (760 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 02:35 AM
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19. Yeah, I know, Arnold is a head-scratcher for me, too
...but I know that RFK Jr. is quite keen on him (not just because he's family), and reportedly helped cousin Arnie to craft his "progressive" energy policy for Cali-forn-ia.
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20. Caroline immediately came to mind as an ambassador.
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icetea (21 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 02:41 AM
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22. The right wing nut jobs will go crazy
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24. Wanna REALLY make 'em nuts?
Bill Clinton as AG - or better yet, put him on SCOTUS!
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orestes (536 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 03:20 AM
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26. While Clinton on SCOTUS might be a nice thought
I'd rather we put someone younger, and who hasn't had a bypass. Apologies in advance if that comes across as crass.
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