Top 10 Worst Cabinet Members
Sometimes those purported to be the best and the brightest are anything but. In the spirit of not making the same mistakes twice, TIME examines some of modern history's less-than-fabulous Cabinet appointments
The fall of Butz brings to mind a good political rule of thumb: if you're a sitting Cabinet member in the middle of a presidential campaign, it's probably wise not to utter statements within media earshot that are racist, misogynistic and scatological all at once (we'll leave to look up the exact wording). It wasn't the first gaffe of his tenure; he had previously responded to a question about the Pope in a mock Italian accent and made disparaging comments about women. But it was, thankfully, his last—he resigned in ignominy within days.
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