CNN Advice for Obama: Why not appoint an all-GOP cabinet?

[alcibiades_mystery]

Wouldn't that be bold and in keeping with your campaign pledges to bring everyone together?

Why not consolidate all cabinet posts under a "Secretary of Business" and appoint Mitt Romney to it? Wouldn't that be BOLD!

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These people done lost they minds. They hear the part of the speech where "we want to work together," but never listen to the part where he says "if the price of peace is .... that's not change, but surrender to the status quo..."

They're in for a rude awakening.

[TeamPooka]

1. CNN is full of idiots

[GiaGiovanni]

2. No one ever suggested that Dubya have an all-Dem cabinet

What is CNN (Time Warner) doing?

[Ikonoklast]

68. Massive amounts of cocaine?

[redqueen]

3. !

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. You think I'm joking about the Secretary of Business thing...I'm not...they really said that

Appoint Mitt Romney "Secretary of Business."

[bulloney]

15. My suggestions would be Secretary of Offense or Secretary of the Inferior.

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Undersecretary of State for Pissing Off Allies

Obama gains negotiating leverage with foreign leaders by threatening to send Romney to their countries on diplomatic missions.

[theKed]

27. How about

"Secretary of Staying the Hell Away from Policy"?
or just
"Secretary of the Cayman Islands"?

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. Ambassador to the Cayman Islands

That would be hilarious.

[theKed]

46. Oh MAN

That would be a perfect jab at him.

[AikidoSoul]

52. Baby, baby, baby you are adorable!!!!!

and totally right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


!

[woodsprite]

20. He shouldn't even be appointed dog catcher. n/t

[vankuria]

25. LOL

Something my Dad would say!!!

[TBF]

43. Especially not dog catcher - he is horrible with dogs. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. Especially NOT dog catcher.

[redqueen]

39. This is what I pictured when I read those words... just replace "FOX NEWS" with "CNN"

[flamingdem]

40. If that happens I want my money back n/t

[WinkyDink]

55. RIGHT. I'm SURE they'd love such a major intrusion in BUSINESS!

[caraher]

57. You sure that wasn't Secretary of Bullshit?

Gosh, while they're at it why not suggest Obama simply instruct his electors to vote for Romney and resign?

[sarcasmo]

61. Secretary of hiding money.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

74. SMH.... nt

[BlueMan Votes]

4. if rmoney had prevailed- would they be telling him to appoint a Democratic cabinet...?

of course not.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Dear Wolf Blitzer: Your tax increase is coming, motherfucker

[txdemsftw]

9. LOL

[sarcasmo]

62. +1

[argiel1234]

67. .

[Ganja Ninja]

6. My advice to CNN.

Leave comedy to the Daily Show.

[sabrina 1]

7. On the contrary, he needs to appoint a totally Progressive cabinet this time.

There were too many concessions to the Third Way and even to Republicans last time, and what good did that do as far as appeasing Republicans?

Republicans should never be appeased, they should be confronted and rolled over. It's about the country, not about making extremists feel wanted.

[Skink]

10. He tried that

Atleast his financial team.

[sellitman]

11. Heck, why not ask him to step down along with VP Biden and make the Orange man boss?

It would make as much sense.

What a bunch of fucksticks!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. We are now going to have to suffer through 4 years of zombie media

who are walking around with remnants of their exploded heads slapping around their shoulders.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Gahahaha

Newest: "Democrats now will think they have a mandate to let that top tax rate expire."

Yes, I wonder why they would think that? It's not like Obama mentioned it in every single commercial and campaign speech he made, or anything like that. OH, right. That's exactly what he did.

[redqueen]

41. Good god...

That is just pathetic!

[Angry Dragon]

13. CNN is full of shit

Is it time to clean house in the cabinet??

[cynatnite]

14. Oh, for shit's sake...

[hifiguy]

17. Bill Clinton for Secretary of Explaining Things.

What the fk is in the water at CNN? Hallucinogens?

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. I think the pro-Obama ayahuasca shamans sent a special delivery to the CNN newsroom

Secretary of Business!

They're demented!

[former9thward]

65. It was Obama, not CNN, that suggested a 'Secretary of Business'

Which I don't understand since we already have a Commerce Secretary. http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/economy/264587-obama-calls-for-a-secretary-of-business

[JHB]

44. It's not what's in their water, it's what's in their paychecks

Rest assured, there is no incentive system for accuracy. Maybe there's a "wishful thinking" bonus, but nothing reality-based.

[Whisp]

18. figures CNN would say something so IDIOTIC.

they never give up tonguing the GOP

[Ya Basta]

19. Message for CNN

Your opinions are irrelevant.

[TRJuan]

22. Better idea...

Why not arrest all the GOP members for their racist ways and lock them up forever? They have a disease and they need to be "treated" accordingly.

[seabeyond]

24. jeeezus. these people are pathetic. nt

[Zorra]

26. Republicans are completely out of touch with reality. nt

[DisgustipatedinCA]

28. Republicans need their own reminder: Elections have consequences.

Suck it, CNN.

[tularetom]

29. Which one of those douchebags said that?

No matter who said it, it doesn't surprise me.

It really is kind of sad what has happened to CNN over the last 15 years or so.

[eShirl]

30. Obama is the one who knocks.

[PowerToThePeople]

31. CNN is obvious Rethug. n/t

[fugop]

32. Remember that a-hole from NH?

Did they even mention Gregg? And how the president reached out to him only to have the guy spit on his hand and then crap all over Obama every time someone put a microphone in his face?

President Obama tried to be bipartisan with his appointments, and those idiots acted like they were entitled to the offer while simultaneously turning their backs on him. Uppity president. How dare he.

Anyway, the president is a better person than I, and he may very well try to reach out again. But CNN should shut up unless they actually gave the background story, which is that he tried and they said NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO and NO!

[theKed]

33. In other news...

...CNN has reportedly moved their offices to Boulder, CO.
Interns were last seen taping up the windows, giggling, and ordering "like, 50 extra-large pizzas, dude". In a surprise move, Wolf Blitzer has been promoted to "special correspondent to High Times and the X-Games".

[amborin]

34. Ted Turner abandoned CNN yrs ago due to its right-wing drift; now it's faux lite eom

[Supersedeas]

45. I even flip to FOX from time to time to see the Crazy, CNN is just dead to me...irrelevant

Never in bother to check in with them at all last night...not even to watch them wallow in frustration.

[LynneSin]

35. If there was a secretary of Business I hope Obama would pick someone who knows how to BUILD one....

and not tear them apart and sell them to the highest bidder while shipping jobs overseas.

[cali]

36. lol. that's a riot. please, please give a link.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

38. WTF

Talk about maximum stupidity! They would NOT be calling on the Republicans to do something like this. Hell, even after the whole 2000 (s)election of George W. Bush, which practically demanded a bipartisan cabinet, NOBODY demanded that he appoint more Democrats to his cabint.

[SalviaBlue]

42. Wow. The stupid hurts.

[TwilightGardener]

47. Ridiculous. If we wanted a cabinet full of GOPers, we'd have

voted for Mittens. What part of "not in power" do these people not understand?

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. It's truly remarkable, their stupidity

They said "He should appoint a Republican as SecTreas if he wanted to be bold and dynamic, but we hear he will appoint Lew from within his administration" (the implication being that doing the former would be lame and conventional). Yeah, it's so conventional to appoint your own people who share your philosophy and approach to key positions in your administration! How droll.

These people are not going to quit. Luckily, Obama outsmarts them every time.

[lpbk2713]

49. The CNN brain trust never ceases to mystify me.

I don't know whether to laugh or stare in amazement.

[gollygee]

50. HAHAHA

Yeah, right.

[WCGreen]

51. And I remember how George W. Bush appointed a whole mess of Democrats....

to gloss over the fact he had been given the election by the Supreme Court...

[redStateBlueHeart]

53. What the fuhh???

Lincoln's idea was innovative: appointing a cabinet made up of the other Republican presidential nominees he beat in the primaries. All GOP cabinet? What the hell are they smoking???

[WinkyDink]

54. Are you SERIOUS?!?! Oh, RIGHT. BUSHES can appoint Scalitos, Thomases, Roves, Cheneys, ...but Obama

should appoint REPUBLICANS?!

THE GALL OF CNN IS, AS THEY SAY, UNMITIGATED.

[Autumn]

56. My advice for CNN fuck off assholes

bold my ass .

[Simeon Salus]

58. While we're asking questions

Why doesn't CNN just go ahead and have an all Republican lineup?
Since he's on all the time, when is John McCain going to get his own program?
How in God's name did an ex-Murdock employee who hacked Great Britain's phone system end up with a primetime show on your network?
Glenn Beck? Really?
Would it be too much trouble to fire the recklessly incompetent Wolf Blitzer?

and more importantly

"Why doesn't CNN suck my balls?"

(Sorry, potential jurors.)

Noticed nobody else had said that last yet. It needed to be asked.

[arely staircase]

59. well they do have a point

i mean the very reason for winning an election is to give all yhe power to the people you beat.

[sarcasmo]

60. Idiots!

[hiphopnation]

63. when did CNN become SO un-watchable?

what unmitigated horseshit

[L0oniX]

64. My advice to CNN ...STFU ...you obsolete POS tv network.

[graywarrior]

66. Let's all stick pins in our eyes and then spray them with bleach!

[SammyWinstonJack]

69. CNN must be out of their damn minds

[Bucky]

70. Possible Obama unity gesture #1- Have dressage replace baseball as the national pastime.

[Gold Metal Flake]

72. Didn't they say that 4 years ago?

Weren't they referencing "Lincoln's team of rivals"?

http://tinyurl.com/bdm388c

[SaveAmerica]

73. If anything, he should send home the compromise positions

he's filled.