(A brief recap for those who have been out of the country: Buster Keaton defeated Charlie Chaplin in a very close Presidential election. President-elect Keaton, believing we can solve the problems of the present by looking backwards, then revealed his 5-point plan to save America called "America's Simple Solutions - Backwards" or ASS-Backwards for short. All of this ground-breaking history is documented in earlier posts)
Buster's previously announced cabinet choices were:
* Vice President: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
* Secretary of State: Mary Pickford
* Secretary of the Treasury: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
* Secretary of Education: Laurel & Hardy
* Secretary of Transportation: Mabel Normand
* Secretary of Energy: Ben Turpin
* Secretary of Defense: Harry Houdini
* Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Theda Bara
* Special Post: Secretary of the Cinema: Charlie Chaplin
The following choices round out his circle of advisors. Although all will be his trusted associates and colleagues, Buster wants the American public to know that the buck always stops with him!
Secretary of Agriculture - Greta Garbo
Ms. G loves to grow things.
Clara knows what sells, is not afraid to take a chance and she can sure rake in the big bucks!
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Harold Lloyd
Buster really snagged a big one here! Harold has his finger on the pulse of the city
Secretary of Justice - Mack Sennett
Buster knows Mack and his Keystone Kops can mete out justice!
Secretary of Labor - Gloria Swanson
Buster acknowledges that our country is experiencing some stormy weather at the moment
***** NEWS FLASH *****
Buster Keaton takes the Oath of Office. It's official! It's now President Buster!
More Buster coming soon. Follow his first 100 days:
* Buster meets the media (and it ain't pretty)
* Buster and Brown Eyes move into the White House
* The First Lady as a fashion icon
* Buster deals with Congress
* Buster puts America back to work
* SCANDAL!
* SCANDAL!
* And More!
4 comments:
How fun! :-)
I think 'the secretary of the cinema' will have everyone watching just Charlie's films. ;-)
But maybe a post for Charlie could be 'Secretary of the Treasury' since Chaplin knew how to 'stretch a dollar'.
Harry sounds good for Defense.
And maybe Mary as vice president. (She would step in as president, with ease, I think, or maybe even Doug, for that matter.)
(But, Mary couldn't be President, and maybe not even vice president- right??, since she was Canadian.)
That old, born in America rule...
But, fun!
I fear Buster has made some errors in judgment here, but only time will tell...
I loved it. Good choices.
that was me.. Kathy Farler
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