I know I shouldn\u2019t get all Big-Headed about this, but \u2026 the White House called today and asked if I would consider an appointment as Secretary of State. I was so taken by surprise I said I would have to take a day to consider this. Especially given the fact that I have no actual experience or expertise in world affairs other than a short stint teaching 8th graders American History. And, full disclosure, I taught them a version of Sociology 101 since that was my major and not history.<\/p>\n
But when your country calls, can you really ignore the request? Sure, I realize the position is only open because no self-respecting State Department employee would take the job. Not when the employer is soon to be under indictment for felonies and possibly treason. And yet \u2026 isn\u2019t this the moment for patriots to step forward? Nobody said a cabinet position would be easy, even if it looks like it might be a given that most of them lack the same experience I do. I haven\u2019t even been a pundit on Fox News like most of them. But I would be after my term, guaranteed, I\u2019m told, six figures, no background checks.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s bottom of the barrel time in America, obviously, but it\u2019s also a golden opportunity to rise to the occasion, help make it Great Again, maybe turn the ship of state around, help Kushner solve that sticky wicket of a peace process in the Middle East and finalize a deal with Little Rocket Man over there in whatever country he\u2019s running, Japan? Sure, I\u2019ll have to bone up a bit, but that\u2019s what Wickipedia is for. (I just looked up LRM\u2019s country, it\u2019s Korea, one or the other of the two.) And yeah, I know the Boss is hard on his employees, but I\u2019ve been working for myself most of my life and my boss is a jerk most of the time, so big deal, I\u2019m used to abuse. But the pay would sure look better!<\/p>\n
So I\u2019m thinking about taking the job. If I don\u2019t, chances are you\u2019ll get a call tomorrow. Maybe you should start thinking about it now. Chief of Staff is opening up this week and that cutie he just picked for Ambassador to the U.N. won\u2019t be there long. Zinke is a dead man walking over in Interior and Mnuchin or Munchkin or however you say it probably should be checking his emails. <\/p>\n
History makes great men, not the other way around. Might just be time to take your place in the pantheon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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