Friday, December 19, 2008

Odds on which cabinet appointee gets canned first

Have some fun picking by posting your comment which Obama cabinet appointee gets canned first by vetting, rejection, or resigning. The odds and appointees will be updated and modified until the contest is over.

Any person that gets the right person and the right date wins Cabinet post:

Odds on favorite, Hilllary Clinton: Even money.

Odds of a southern politican getting a cabinet post: Zero.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich: Secretary in charge of prison laundry. Send bribe for odds.

Vice President: Joe Biden: 180 to 1, provided Barry does not let him talk about anything important.

Defense: Robert Gates, 12 Russian missles sites to 1 new site in Poland.

HHS: Tom Daschle , 2400 infections to 1

Interior: Ken Salazar, 26 interiors to 1

Labor: Hilda L. Solis, 1200 jobs in India to 1 in America.

Transportation: Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) 6 chevies to 4 Ford F-150's.

Energy: Steven Chu, gazillion to 1 because no will ever figure out what he is talking about.

Treasury Secretary : Timothy Geithner- Trillions of your tax dollars to 1.

Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano, 666 to 1

National Economic Council: Lawrence Summers, 40 to 1.

National Security Advisor: Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, 8 gallons of kool-aid to 1.

Attorney General: Eric Holder, 2 frivilous lawsuits to 1.

Commerce: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, 40 unlawfuls to 1 legal immigrant.

Education: Arne Duncan, head of the Chicago public school system, 32 1/3 divided by the square root of 3. 4 to 1.

Agriculture: Tom Vilsack, a former governor from the major U.S. farm state Iowa, 6 bushel of wheat to 8 apples.

Transportation: Somebody named LaHood. Hails from home state of Illinois and is said to have a rapport with the president-elect, 6 cronies to 1.

SEC: Mary Schapiro, Even, no margins, calls or puts allowed. No short selling. Credit Default Swaps OK.

Labor: California Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis, 2 fruitcakes to 1 straight avocado.

U. S. Trade Rep: Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, 20 Bush extortion points to 1.

Director of National Intelligence (Domestic Spying): Retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair, 400 wiretaps to 1 used facility in GITMO.

1 comment:

  1. You've got a couple of folk listed twice and your joke about illegal immigrants when you talk about Governor Bill Richardson comes across as racist.

    Just thought you should know.

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