I might as well start the inevitable Dr. Oz thread.
At least he is an actual M.D., unlike the proposed head of Health & Human Services. (What am I saying?! I saw his daytime show a few times. And if he quacks like a duck and ducks like a quack, he’s a quack.)
I’m holding out for Gilbert Gottfried as White House Communications Director and Don Draper for Foreign Affairs Specialist.
(Yes, the latter is an actual State Department job title.)
I heard that Jimmy Kimmel is going to be named Ambassador to Antarctica. And Judge Judy is said to be his next Supreme Court pick. (And if Martha Stewart doesn’t want Secretary of the Interior, I would suggest Sam Elliot. He could do some great voiceovers for public service announcements about why “Drill baby drill” is consistent with the traditions of the old west.)
In some ways I feel a bit of relief that Dr. Oz was named to head Medicare—because based on the campaign speeches I thought sure it was going to be Hannibal Lecter.
The argument in favor of Lecter running Medicare was that he would reduce Medicare costs by reducing the number of old people. One at a time.
Yes, that’s Vince McMahon’s wife of WWE wrestling fame and a TV celebrity in her own right. And another very big donor.
But won’t the position be short-lived? Didn’t Trump promise to shut down the Department of Education?
I suppose next we will hear that Simon Cowell has been appointed Director of the National Endowment for the Arts. (I suppose that’s a better choice than Brittany Spears.)
Exactly. A man who likes to dote on a fictional criminal like Hannibal Lecter would have no hesitation appointing a dead comedian.
Besides, if Trump held a press conference as President and didn’t want to answer a question, he could simply say, “Take that up with the White House Communications Director.”
I have been imagining Dr. Oz in a press conference and every time he starts to answer a question, you hear the distinctive Gilbert Gottfried AFLAC Duck say, “Big Quack!!!”
Apppointing a dead guy could actually be a very good thing.