Video: CNBC analyst totally incoherent

posted at 8:06 pm on May 20, 2009 by Allahpundit

A palate cleanser direct from beautiful Crazytown, USA courtesy of Business Insider. The guy to watch is Jeff Macke. In fairness, this is the logical end result of The One’s economic policies: The less economic certainty there is, the more likely it is that market watchers will go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs trying to predict who’ll be bailed out, or purchased, by the government tomorrow.

Don’t be too hard on him in the comments. By Friday night, after a week without Ed to carry some of the burden, I’ll sound like this too.

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Speaking in tongues under the influence of the One.

Benjamin9 on May 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM

Make this man Vice President!

Right now.

bluelightbrigade on May 21, 2009 at 8:33 AM

I like Macke, the Lone Wolf. He’s the only one on Fast Money that didn’t get sucked in by some good old HopenChange.

BadgerHawk on May 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM

Jeff Macke is the most verbally adept guy on the network. He’s a smart trader who is funny as hell. He was going for something in the clip. I have no idea what it was and it didn’t work.

I think, and after viewing it a second time, he woke up this morning had a talk with some auto executives and realizing afterward that we are so screwed from Obamnomics that he kind of lost it – he’s shell shocked. I understand. Read what happened to the UK today, this is where we are headed: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124289873815142839.html
Our credit rating is being reviewed today. If we get downgraded expect more of the good economists and financial guys to turn into babbling basket cases.

Ann NY on May 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Jeff Macke is the most verbally adept guy on the network. He’s a smart trader who is funny as hell. He was going for something in the clip. I have no idea what it was and it didn’t work.

Ann NY on May 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Jeff Macke is the most verbally adept guy on the network. He’s a smart trader who is funny as hell. He was going for something in the clip. I have no idea what it was and it didn’t work.

Ann NY on May 21, 2009 at 9:02 AM

That was funny. But why on earth would they go back to him a second time when after the first question it was fairly obvious the guy was insane.?

AmericanUnderground on May 21, 2009 at 9:02 AM

I am sorry about the triple posts, something funny was going on. Maybe the post generator had a talk with some auto execs…

Ann NY on May 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM

I like Macke, the Lone Wolf. He’s the only one on Fast Money that didn’t get sucked in by some good old HopenChange.

BadgerHawk on May 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM

Then explain to us what he meant…I have no idea what he was saying, or attempting to say. This is the kind of guy you in a padded cell, and tell him every is all right.

right2bright on May 21, 2009 at 9:34 AM

right2bright on May 21, 2009 at 9:34 AM

I have no idea what he was saying in this clip. He almost sounds drunk. I watch Fast Money as regularly as I can and he’s never sounded anything like this.

BadgerHawk on May 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM

Ann NY on May 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM

lol

p.s. I agree with you about his melt-down.

bluelightbrigade on May 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM

BadgerHawk on May 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM

Whew…I thought I was maybe missing some sub-text, some ultra-sarcastic in joke…
Stress will do this, time for him to take a vacation…

right2bright on May 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM

What else is new?

CynicalOptimist on May 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Stress will do this, time for him to take a vacation…

right2bright on May 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Could be stress I suppose. He’s about as far away from the European ‘capitalism’ that CNBC is trading in these days as anyone at the network, so I imagine his job is starting to wear on him a bit.

BadgerHawk on May 21, 2009 at 10:52 AM

The “car people” he is talking to are those from GM and Chrylser. the ones that are “hoping” that Obama saves them.

unseen on May 21, 2009 at 2:58 AM

Or the car dealers who’ve had their private property stolen from them by Obama and given to other, in some cases less successful dealers, in a secret process that smacks of corruption.

FloatingRock on May 21, 2009 at 11:54 AM

Well, now we know who’s advising He Who Will Grant Us Utopia, regarding the ongoing plan to confiscate the fruits of our labor.

2 = 2 = 5.

Right?

I think.

Wait.

What?

OhEssYouCowboys on May 21, 2009 at 12:30 PM

2 + 2 = 5

OhEssYouCowboys on May 21, 2009 at 12:30 PM

Poor guy sounds like he is in the middle of a stroke.

darcee on May 21, 2009 at 12:59 PM

Jeff Macke reminds me of Billy Bob Thornton.

kozmocostello on May 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM

No I symathize with the guy
Anybody who has given a planned speech and started off with a lame joke that went bad and then forgot some of the rest of the speech due to the embarassment of the lame joke can relate to this. Been there

kangjie on May 21, 2009 at 3:29 PM

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