Did shrubya actually pick his cabinet? Or did poppy pick it for him?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Or did Cheney? Just thinking about this this evening. I mean, for a guy who squeaked into office, could he have picked a more sour, dour bunch of ideologues? Ashcroft? Rumsfeld? Wolfowitz?

Powell did not fit this mold, but was marginalized. Now he toes the party line and is worthless.

Thoughts? :shrug:

[jean]

1. the only thing I know for a fact is Cheney picked himself

[Skidmore]

11. ...and after he picked himself,

he picked the cabinet--all old holdovers from Nixon and Ford. I wonder if the Rs are ever going to do the soul searching needed to save that party. Dems are doing it now and we realize we need to return to basics.

[devinsgram]

15. Right on the money

Cheyney was picked before *. They just needed a puppet for him.

[JohnnyRingo]

2. Buxh would have a hard time picking anything...

....But his nose.

[greenbriar]

3. I have many friends in the military and they said in 2000

that most of them voted for shrubby because they knew powell would be in the cabinet.


They now wish they had their vote back

[Solly Mack]

4. Powell was part of that exact same Iran-Contra crowd

and he fit the mold perfectly. The cultivated myth is Powell isn't like the rest...the fact is, Powell is every bit like the rest of them.


and I'm sure Poppy picked his cabinet.

[LSdemocrat]

5. I'm guessing Cheney picked them all

[mikemayberry]

6. the parties have pre-fab cabinets ready for white house remodellings

of course all you see is old blood in high positions. it is not as if kerry/edwards is bringing a lot of young blood into their campaign and won't to their cabinet. whoever worked for clinton is who they will have. never ending string of the same people over and over again behind the scenes.

as far as who picked them, i would guess that the post was right on when they said cheney picked himself, as i would assume most others did as well.

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Hi Mike! Welcome!!

I grew up about an hour from you in nearby Charleston! :hi: Welcome to DU!

It's been reported that Cheney did, in fact, pick himself.

[thebigidea]

9. Nah, Kerry doesn't owe that much to the Clintons...

There's a much different dynamic at work with Kerry & Clinton than Bush I & II.

I take it you're not much of a fan of Mr. Bill?

[Aunt Anti-bush]

8. The Project For A New American Century

I would imagine they picked them all and they probably had them lined up since 1998. :(

[napi21]

10. I suspect Cheney chose most of them.

He worked with all of them in the past, and probably told shrub that this would make his best team.

[Junkdrawer]

12. Who runs this country has been one of the biggest mysteries of...

the last four years. And I think the mystery goes back to Reagan.

One thing seems certain: At some point Capital organized and decided to run their own candidate rather than appeal for help from existing Republican candidates.

But who they are, who leads and the mechanisms of leadership remain a mystery.

[Doctor_J]

13. I don't think *'s done any of the work

he didn't pick his cabinet, doesn't read anything, doesn't pay attention at the few meetings he attends. The only things he does are read off the teleprompter and attend official functions, at which "success" is if he sits up straight in his chair.

[Bettie]

14. I doubt they let him pick his own clothes...

....much less his cabinet or anything else.