Monocle Presents Its Dream Cabinet

Monocle, the international briefing on current affairs, recently put together its recommendations for the next President's ideal cabinet.

In a video narrated by magazine founder Tyler Brûlé, the magazine presents its "dream team of secretaries, directors, advisers, and peddlers of power."

Watch (read the list below):

The Dream Cabinet:

• Secretary of State: Richard Holbrooke: "just the set of hands the US needs to correct some of its most nagging issues abroad
• National Security Adviser: Samantha Power: "has the intelligence, authority, and steeliness to fill the post of National Security Adviser
• Press Secretary: Maria Park: "someone to field questions from al-Jazeera in Arabic and from Joong Ang Ilbo in Korean...her only drawback, however, is that she doesn't exist"
• Secretary of Trade: Indra Nooyi: "could turn around relations with the developing world"
• Secretary of Energy & Environment: Amory Lovins: "the perfect pedigree to oversee the energy and environment at this most crucial hour"
• Director of Overseas Development: Jeffrey Sachs: "suitable figure to share the love globally"
• Secretary of Urban Affairs: Michael Bloomberg: "would put efficient public transport, increasing housing density, and regenerating decaying city centers at the top of his agenda"
• Youth Director: Russell Simmons: "he'd certainly make tens of millions of American youth happy with his insights and policies to promote everything from entrepreneur programs to safer campuses"
• Director of International Branding: Mickey Drexler: "he sold Americana to Americans, so he's perhaps the best candidate to flog the brand elsewhere"
• Innovation Director: Steve Jobs: "imagine what he could dream up with 50 states to play with"

Monocle's October issue hits newsstands in the US Tuesday, September 23. The cover image is included below:

Comments

[JPHR]

Holbrooke's approach to international relations is quite close to that of the Neocon, so he will probably fit in nicely with McCain's cold war language.

http://buchanan.org/blog/2008/08/pjb-blowback-from-bear-baiting/

http://www.cfr.org/publication/14968/holbrooke.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/previously-unknown-hagel_b_127360.html

[republicratfascists]

I'll assume this is intended as satire.

[republicratfascists]

Horrifying

[SongBirdMcCain]

that was terrible.

thank God Monocle doesn't have a say in anything.

[honeydiva]

mess with their own lives and leave us alone. That was crap.

[BottomLine2008]

"Monocle."

Can they start with a more pompous name?

I'm just saying' ...

[proudoldlefty]

Those Monocle suggestions were ok, but YOU can make your own recommendations for John McCain's Cabinet here:

http://snitwits.wordpress.com

Just remember, depth of education and breadth of experience are NOT prerequisites. Nominate wisely. : )

[parisblues]

You lost me at Holbrooke.

[jukesgrrl]

Amory Lovins as Secretary of Energy? Ya gotta be kidding. This guy has a personal agenda a mile long and doing what's best and prudent for the country is not the theme of it.

[DocSue]

Why criticize? I think it's great that somebody's putting new ideas out there, and they are pretty interesting choices.

[ZekeCDN]

While some of Monocle's suggestions seem like bad jokes (Director of Branding?) others, like an Innovation Secretariat, make some sense. Good luck recruiting Jobs though.

[snarkwaupaca]

Is this a joke I missed? This is what is wrong with many feel good democrats. Lucky Barrack is probably more interested in having a great defense secretary or homeland security chief than "youth director". How serious could this be if they don't mention Agriculture, Interior, Justice, Defense, Treasury, Labor or Homeland Security. 28 years of failed republican control in Washington has de-valued the USA and requires more than re-branding.

[honeydiva]

That mess came for England...nothing feel good about it and the only black is a youth director? EEFY