Obama selects cosplay fetishist for cabinet

Obama's mostly been killin' it on the transition so far. He's built a national security team that even Cheney has to respect, and he's allayed the fears of those who thought he was going to impose a special 10% surtax on white people.

But then there's this guy:

Say hello to Ken Salazar, our next Secretary of the Interior. I honestly don't know a whole lot about Salazar. But I can tell you this: He goes to work every day in a cowboy costume.

Salazar is apparently a "rancher," which I guess means that he owns some cattle or ostriches or some other tasty species. So that also means he gets to dress up like his line employees every day. Imagine if every millionaire in the Senate got to do that!

He additionally likes to dress up in costume to emphasize his "Western roots." I'm inspired to start wearing a Speedo and a gold rope-chain to work. Gotta represent the F-L-A!

Now, do you trust land policy to a man who wears a ten-gallon hat? Does he look like the kind of guy who's concerned about methane and CO2 destroying civilization? Because, you know, that's kind of a real problem.

Comments

[jfruh]

Ha, and here I thought you were talking about Agriculture Sec.-Designate Tom Vilsack:

http://wonkette.com/405018/oh-wait-its-vilsack-for-secretary-of-agriculture

[Rox]

I've tried to write this comment several times, but the Speedo and gold rope chain thing is somewhat distracting.

ANYWAY, when my mom ran for Congress, she proposed dressing up as one of her constituents each day she was on the Hill. (Yes, she let me play with Barbie dolls when I was little, too.) I'm going to ring her this morning to see if she finally feels vindicated.

[Roberta]

Y'know, it's funny. I saw the unveiling of Salazar live on CNN yesterday, and I didn't even blink at the bolo tie and cowboy hat, because this sort of attire looks totally normal to those of us from Ye Olde Wilde West. Seriously. I know I'm home when I walk through the Denver or Albuquerque airports and see lots of guys dressed like Salazar. It doesn't look out of place in CO, but here in DC he could be mistaken for a Bush leftover (places for miles around DC were sold out of cowboy boots for Bush's first inauguration).

[jjm]

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