Posted on 10/01/2009 9:43:53 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Austan Goolsbee, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, took part in the "DC's Funniest Celebrity" contest last night at a Washington comedy club. Goolsbee won the contest with a routine that mimicked the famous "Mr. Subliminal" skits on "Saturday Night Live" in which Goolsbee said something in his normal voice and then revealed his inner thoughts sotto voce. For example, Goolsbee said that veterans of the Obama campaign "share this bond, and we came here because we knew that the president had a lot of things to do. Number one on the list, we wanted to make sure -- all the Clinton people got their jobs back -- that we were going to do something to help the country." (Video of Goolsbee's performance is below, from the Politico.)
Goolsbee described how he had worked with Obama when both were on the faculty at the University of Chicago. "The president, I'm happy to say, is still pretty much the same regular guy that he always was in Chicago, and that makes me feel good," Goolsbee told the audience. "He and I always kind of got along, we had kind of the same temperament, we had the same sense of humor. We really could see eye to eye. We would always joke that we were the skinny guys with the funny names."
"Look," Goolsbee joked, "I'm not saying that in 1961 we were, like, separated at birth -- in a village in Kenya -- what I'm saying is that we're friends."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
We’ll see how funny they think it is when they are
transferring the contents of their desks into boxes.
Kenya Gee who would have guessed?\s
They’ll take all the “O” keys off the keyboards.
This kind of skit is funny only if there’s a ring of truth to it, and I’m sure Goolsbee (correct?) knows it. The Clinton team DID get their jobs back. So ...??
Keep yucking it up Austin, because this will eventually blow up and you are now on record.
Good humor is based in truth.
I should take that bet because I know he is not.
The city of Mombasa is more than just a village in Kenya.
I PRAY every day that will happen - soon!
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