2008 Woodie Awards
Stuck in the Middle: Obama's dream team
By Megan Baker
Last Updated:2:10 PM EST 12/2/08 Section: Lifestyles
President-elect Barack Obama is working on selecting his dream team of a cabinet. He has announced a few nominations, with Hillary Clinton being named secretary of state. Just for the sake of fun, I decided to put together the cabinet I think he should choose (but definitely won't).
White House Chief of Staff: Morgan Freeman
I'm not sure why, but he just screams chief of staff to me. He played a government official in Sum of All Fears, and that seemed really convincing. Plus, if God had a voice, it would be his. Who could say no to him?
Secretary of State: Angelina Jolie
The lady basically has a kid from every country, so she must be great with foreigners. And she's totally hot, which I think foreign dignitaries would be into.
Secretary of the Treasury: Jimmy Buffet
He makes $100 million a year off his record sales, tours, restaurants and other successful business ventures. If he can make that much money off "Margaritaville," just imagine what he could do for the U.S. economy.
Secretary of Defense: Daniel Craig
James Bond as Secretary of Defense; what could be more awesome than that? It's time to get rid of the camouflage and dress our servicemen up in tuxes. It's classy and hot.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Kanye West
We all know how he felt about Bush, so I bet he'd be psyched to fill this spot. And have you heard his latest CD? The man not only raps, but he can sing too. The sky's the limit for this guy.
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Derek Sheperd
McDreamy is a genius brain surgeon and I think that this job would be less stressful for him than dealing with Meredith Grey. Now that girl has some serious issues.
White House Press Secretary: Perez Hilton
As the self-dubbed queen of all media, he would be the perfect, well, queen for the job. He knows everything about everyone, so not only could he handle media relations, but he could help Obama keep tabs on everyone. Plus he would draw funny stuff on all of the pictures and let's face it, Washington needs to lighten up a little bit.
United States Attorney General: Edward Cullen
Alright, so he's not a real person, but that Robert Pattinson guy is ridiculously attractive. He totally laid down the law with all those bad vampires in Twilight, so dealing with regular people should be no problem. Besides that, I don't have a real reason for wanting to choose him besides the fact that I'm desperately in love with him.
Director of the National Drug Control Policy: Amy Winehouse
Something tells me that if there are drugs around, she will know about it. I know it is kind of dangerous to pick a drug addict for this post, but once she gets rid of that loser husband Blake I think she will be on the road to recovery.
I can't blame Obama for going with the more traditional picks, but a girl can dream.
White House Chief of Staff: Morgan Freeman
I'm not sure why, but he just screams chief of staff to me. He played a government official in Sum of All Fears, and that seemed really convincing. Plus, if God had a voice, it would be his. Who could say no to him?
Secretary of State: Angelina Jolie
The lady basically has a kid from every country, so she must be great with foreigners. And she's totally hot, which I think foreign dignitaries would be into.
Secretary of the Treasury: Jimmy Buffet
He makes $100 million a year off his record sales, tours, restaurants and other successful business ventures. If he can make that much money off "Margaritaville," just imagine what he could do for the U.S. economy.
Secretary of Defense: Daniel Craig
James Bond as Secretary of Defense; what could be more awesome than that? It's time to get rid of the camouflage and dress our servicemen up in tuxes. It's classy and hot.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Kanye West
We all know how he felt about Bush, so I bet he'd be psyched to fill this spot. And have you heard his latest CD? The man not only raps, but he can sing too. The sky's the limit for this guy.
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dr. Derek Sheperd
McDreamy is a genius brain surgeon and I think that this job would be less stressful for him than dealing with Meredith Grey. Now that girl has some serious issues.
White House Press Secretary: Perez Hilton
As the self-dubbed queen of all media, he would be the perfect, well, queen for the job. He knows everything about everyone, so not only could he handle media relations, but he could help Obama keep tabs on everyone. Plus he would draw funny stuff on all of the pictures and let's face it, Washington needs to lighten up a little bit.
United States Attorney General: Edward Cullen
Alright, so he's not a real person, but that Robert Pattinson guy is ridiculously attractive. He totally laid down the law with all those bad vampires in Twilight, so dealing with regular people should be no problem. Besides that, I don't have a real reason for wanting to choose him besides the fact that I'm desperately in love with him.
Director of the National Drug Control Policy: Amy Winehouse
Something tells me that if there are drugs around, she will know about it. I know it is kind of dangerous to pick a drug addict for this post, but once she gets rid of that loser husband Blake I think she will be on the road to recovery.
I can't blame Obama for going with the more traditional picks, but a girl can dream.
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