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Poll: The "Nightmare" Cabinet...

... or what if American movie villains were members of the US government? (or the most important officials of the executive branch)

Which of these assignments would be your worst-case scenario?

After voting, you might discuss the list here

Results of 286 votes:

  1. 1.

    Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

     
    Nurse Ratched: Secretary of Health and Human Services
  2. 2.

    Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

     
    Daniel Plainview: Secretary of Energy
  3. 3.

    "Apocalypse Now" Marlon Brando

     
    Col. Walter E. Kurtz: Secretary of Veteran Affairs

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