"I'm just saying . . . "

Look, this is total fantasy, thanks to Huffington Post for the idea.   But, with the very real possibility since the debate that Mitt Romney might become president, I've given some thought to who might wind up being appointed to important posts by him.

By no means is all of this likely to occur, but they are all prominent people in the Republican party, and Romney could appoint any or all of them.   Democrats have some outrageous characters, too;  but I think not so many who have been taken seriously and occupied such high places.

So here's what could happen -- not just outlandish fantasies:  each actually has some pretense of expertise for the job.  And each, in my opinion, would be an unmitigated disaster.

Secretary of State:   John Bolton  (former U.N. Ambassador;  neo-con saber-rattler, no qualms about bombing Iran;  would restore our image as the Empire we were meant to be;  never mind that he hates diplomacy and is terrible at it.  Enough of this namby-pamby coddling of the terrorists.)

Attorney General:  Michelle Bachmann (after all she was one of the first graduates of the Oral Roberts Law School, which teaches the Bible as the first law book;  has worked as a tax lawyer, which should be important in this time of challenge to revise our tax laws and find new ways to benefit the wealthy.   She would also fill the role of token woman in the cabinet.)

Secretary of Treasury:   Herman Cain.   Highly successful business entrepreneur.   Has a plan to change our tax structure -- simple, catchy:  "9-9-9."   Excellent salesman for this plan;  not embarrassed by being made a fool of by his many disbelievers.   Token African-American.)
 
Secretary of Defense:   Alan West (Congressman, former career Army officer whose career was ended after notorious charges that he participated in the torture of an Iraqi policeman;  but the people of Florida have since elected him to Congress, where he has been one of the outrageous Tea Party crowd.  And he wouldn't be hesitant to order the bombing of Iran, for sure.  Another African-American;  see how tolerant the GOP has become?)

Secretary of Health and Human Services:   Rick Santorum (who better to complete the task of stamping out the bedroom sins of contraception and abortion and homosexuality and keeping the regulatory government out of our lives in every other way that affects our health and welfare?)

Secretary of the Interior:   Sarah Palin (former governor, negotiated a huge oil pipeline deal in Alaska, tv personality, avid moose hunter, and documentary film star of the joys and beauty of nature.  And she can keep an eye on the Russians, in case they even think about encroaching on our ice floes.  Oh!  I forgot;  they've all melted.   Nevermind.)

Secretary of Commerce:   David Koch.  Almost nobody has made more money than he and his brother (maybe Warren Buffet and Bill Gates -- but they're both wimps and want to give it all away. We know somebody who believes in making it and keeping it.

Secretary of Labor:   Scott Walker (successfully fought off the public sector unions as governor of Wisconsin.  It's time we had someone other than a union-sympathizer in the job.)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:   Donald Trump (who knows more about developing real estate than The Donald?   Look how many housing units he has built in New York city alone -- what couldn't he do for the nation?   Trump Towers everywhere !!!)

Secretary of Homeland Security:   Jan Brewer (governor of Arizona, who knows a thing or two about passing laws to keep Mexicans from sneaking across her borders and catching the ones that do.  Another woman.  Proves the GOP is serious about equality.)

Ambassador to the U.N.:  John Lieberman.    The man needs a job since he's retiring from the Senate.  He would be the token Democrat, but you can hardly tell it;  his best friends are Republicans, he thinks like a Republican, and he's mad enough at the Democrats for rejecting him.  
 
Supreme Court:   Robert Bork  (Yale Law professor, legal scholar, Solicitor General, judge and advocate of originalism;  rejected by the Senate after a bitter confirmation fight when Regan nominated him.  It's time to get this man on the Court.  Help Scalia and Thomas take us back to what our Founding Fathers intended) -- [which I believe included an accommodation to slavery].

Second Supreme Court Appointee:   Paul Clement (former Solicitor General under Bush,  currently being paid by the Republicans in Congress to defend DOMA, and by the National Organization for Marriage to defend California's Proposition 8-- both coming before the Supreme Court.)

Co-Chairs of National Science Foundation:   Two members of Congress and both members of its Science and Technology Committee -- Todd Akins (has important things to say about the science of impregnation and rape) and Paul Braun (Congressman from Georgia who says the earth is only 8,000 years old and that evolution is "a lie straight from hell.")

NASA Administrator:   Newt Gingrich (famous for his plan to colonize the moon.)

Press Secretary:    Chris Christie (Governor of N.J., lots of experience on the hot seat;  doesn't mind losing his cool and telling it like it is, when criticized.)

Wake up !!!  Don't let it happen.  Get out the vote !!!!

Ralph