Video: Obama economic advisor goofs on “wingnut” Sarah Palin
posted at 9:08 pm on October 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
From last night’s “D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity” contest, it’s Austan Goolsbee in the second-funniest performance he’s ever given. Skip the first 1:50, which is all intro, and settle in for a 10-minute reprise of Kevin Nealon’s “Subliminal Man” bit from SNL. Highlights: A goof on Birtherism at around 2:40, some self-mockery about Marx and Trotsky at 3:30, and finally a minute’s worth of material on Republican governors at 8:30. I’m sure he doesn’t really think Palin will be arrested before 2012. Or does he?
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Could not pay me to watch this clip.
Branch Rickey on October 1, 2009 at 9:10 PM
When you goof on Ogabe you’re a racist.
Bishop on October 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
We care what this libtard says because why?
karenhasfreedom on October 1, 2009 at 9:11 PM
I prefer his stand-up schtick when he’s trying to explain obama’s economic agenda.
HornetSting on October 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Sorry, Goolsbe is funny enough in his real job…
d1carter on October 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM
not watching this bum.
hawkman on October 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
I think he’s found his calling…a really bad comic.
AUINSC on October 1, 2009 at 9:13 PM
neat.
Diane on October 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Everyone better find out more about what is happening with the prison in Hardin Montana.
infidelgranny on October 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Even the audience didn’t reward him with robust laughter. Very mild chuckles.
yogi41 on October 1, 2009 at 9:14 PM
My question….could this White House be any LESS PROFESSIONAL. Do your effing job, you pantywaist. There’s plenty enough to keep you busy there.
HornetSting on October 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
How lame. This guy, in his own mind, thinks he’s hilarious. Kevin Nealon is embarrassed.
I wonder what Dennis Miller must think of Goolsbee.
What the hell kind of last name is Goolsbee?
cubachi on October 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Why do we care what a comedian or other dumbass says about a politician? I’m 46 and it’s been going on since I first started watching T-V.Is this just a thread to bring about traffic? Maybe bring in trolls to argue with. What?
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM
You have strang tastes, AP, and an obvious dislike of Sarah Palin.
rlwo2008 on October 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM
He wasn’t kidding. They plan to arrest all of us.
SouthernGent on October 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM
I made it to the 1:34 mark.
heshtesh on October 1, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Austan? So his parents were illiterate?
angryed on October 1, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Think this is bad? Wait until or if she becomes the nominee in ’12. Last election’s crap will be schoolyard stuff compared to that.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 9:17 PM
OK, I have a new blog post up… and it addresses this issue perfectly.
Read the rest here…
doriangrey on October 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Wouldn’t it be simpler to move Washington to Chicago!!
canopfor on October 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Forget this clown. S.E. Cupp is on Hannity.
Well, not on Hannity…
JammieWearingFool on October 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Come on, how about that thread regarding Whoopie being a Toys R Us Spokesperson
Jeff from WI on October 1, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Hey, I’m one the guys responsible for ruining the economy!
But how about that Alaskan housewife- what an idiot, am I right?
jjshaka on October 1, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Now I’m having lurid thoughts of S.E. Cupp being on me…
JammieWearingFool on October 1, 2009 at 9:20 PM
The person who has the best chance to beat Obama is the person most maligned and made fun of today by the MSM and the White House.
tatersalad on October 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Couldn’t be any worse than these constant “some idiot said something stupid about Palin” thread.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
ROTFLMAO… You’re not the only one…
doriangrey on October 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
I thought this was a conservstive site. Yet the NYT MSNBC Huffpo WaPo etc and the idiot in this video (which I won’t watch)get so much play here. Why? I don’t go to those sites because I don’t care about the Liberal Hatefill perspective.
CCRWM on October 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I just skipped to the 8:30 mark and went from there.
By the way, can we expect a really good QOTD tonight, like Susan from Glendale, by chance? Please, no more threads today that bash Sarah Palin.
yogi41 on October 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Goolesby is a textbook example of the term “SIMPLETON”.
His mother should be ashamed for beinging such an idiot into the world for the rest of civilized society to contend with.
bannedbyhuffpo on October 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
also
Anybody actually doing their jobs in DC, or is everybody paying graba$$?
Terry_Dyne on October 1, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Won’t watch it either, and may not click on further posts by Allah that have to do with Sarah.
theenforser on October 1, 2009 at 9:24 PM
yeah Austan NAFTA Goolsbee is a tool, a tool I say!
a doublespeakin tool at that
ginaswo on October 1, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Not gonna click
Nope
No way
macncheez on October 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I particulary liked the jokes about how well the stimulus package is working and how Iran is a small country therefore not a real threat. Had me howling….
Hog Wild on October 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
How do you tell who’s the comedian in the Obozo Administration?
Cicero43 on October 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Go to the source. Go to the man who constantly brings up these nonsensical threads about Palin. I’m waiting for the next thread from AP that says “Palin took a dump today, did she wipe from the front or back”?
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Well, Bama is a “rock star”. Michelle has wonderful arms.
Why shouldn’t this punk be the king of stand-up?
Just get the local people’s committee to arrange it, shoot anybody who disagrees.
Harry Schell on October 1, 2009 at 9:26 PM
This Goolsbey guy is fun…..like a labodomy. His Kevin Nealon rip off was lukewarm, and his voice is…..g.r.i.n.d.i.n.g.
Meh. Don’t watc it folks. You’ll want the 10 minutes back.
portlandon on October 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM
I thought it was too. Michelle Malkin can have her book back if she supports this crap.
Ronnie on October 1, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Pfffft. Can’t get much worse. The ridicule only works when we start paying too muvh attention to it.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
This current Administration is a joke,and is SURREAL!
canopfor on October 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I don’t care about watching these people or mocking these people or hating these people.
I just want them to go the hell away and stop affecting my life.
There is no one in Washington even remotely associated with the Democrats who is not completely incompetent and wholly corrupt.
Down to the janitors who mop up the smegma at the DNC.
NoDonkey on October 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I take it the Joe The Plumber standup bit will be forthcoming.
DaveS on October 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM
So is this guy Obama’s Andrew Young?
Speedwagon82 on October 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
My kind of girl. Plus, she’s legal and I’m no Polanski. I’d ask her over but my wife might object.
BTW, doriangrey, nice seeing another exile from that place. I’ll have to look you up next time I’m in SD. Was just out there again this summer.
JammieWearingFool on October 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Oooh now Doc’s are protesting DC. Cool. Better listen to the Doctors Bambi.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Not wasting my time watching.
conservative pilgrim on October 1, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I’m shocked, shocked at the suggestion that Allahpundit would make a post for the sole purpose of attracting traffic.
/Captain Renault
malclave on October 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Another day, another schmendrick.
paragon27x on October 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
The skyrocketing unemployment rate makes me ROTFLMAO. This entire administration is one had joke.
txag92 on October 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
All say it again,this is a neverending Liberal sideshow,
just like the Clinton Scandals,and while Team Obama is
busy prancing around the world,
its feeling like DeJavu,leading up to 911 with
all these Lefty distractions once again!
Is anybody running the country or is it Comedy Central
24/7!!
canopfor on October 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Dollar short and day late, TCM concluded its Claude Rains Tribute last night!
Del Dolemonte on October 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
This entire administration is one
hadbad joke.txag92 on October 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
d’Oh
txag92 on October 1, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I thought this was a conservstive site. Yet the NYT MSNBC Huffpo WaPo etc and the idiot in this video (which I won’t watch)get so much play here. Why? I don’t go to those sites because I don’t care about the Liberal Hatefill perspective.
CCRWM on October 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM
CCRWM: Its get to know who,and what, the enemy is doing!!:)
canopfor on October 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I hope that Ghoulsbee improves his standup routine – he’ll need it. He’s a joke at economics.
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I c wut u did thar.
spmat on October 1, 2009 at 9:40 PM
more Stratfor….less Goolsbee/Behar/Meggie/Whoopi
aquaviva on October 1, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Damn. We spent billions of dollars developing and weaponizing the AIDS virus and this boy lover is still alive?
Just damn.
noblejones on October 1, 2009 at 9:43 PM
It is not really funny
CWforFreedom on October 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I would enjoy that, Oh and SE, she’s originally from Carlsbad California, that’s a small town here in SD… ;)
Have you checked out my blog? (link is in my nic) I just started and wanted to ask you if you are still accepting blogs on your blog role?
doriangrey on October 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
His joke about being separated at birth from Obama, in a village in Kenya, was kind of funny
Mark McNally on October 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Well, that explains the unfunny.
Terry_Dyne on October 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM
They may not go as far as arresting folks willy-nilly, but I will be surprised if there isn’t a serious push to try to stifle talk radio, blogs like this, and Fox News.
They will get an outcome that they will not like.
As for Sarah, they will continue to attempt to ridicule and marginalize her, to no effect.
hillbillyjim on October 1, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Terry_Dyne on October 1, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Terry_Dyne on October 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I’d rather watch Harry Reid light his farts on fire.
Excruciatingly unfunny.
The Ugly American on October 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Go Phillies!
profitsbeard on October 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I won’t watch the clip…as is the case many times these days. I prefer not to aggravate myself even more than I already am. I just prefer to say that lamp post #310 is reserved for this fellow.
Spiritk9 on October 1, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Now that’s comedy.
Terry_Dyne on October 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I kind of was considering myself a guest on this site and to me Allah was one of the host so I was trying to not be critical but, after reading today that he said “In fact, with sales of Palin’s book expected to blow sky high on the strength of campaign dish” then I finally had enough of him. What a miserable Godless cretin he really is. Millions of us rushed out to pre order the book because we are interested in the lowest common denominator (gossip)and not her incredible story and accomplishment of maintaining incredible composure and professionalism when she was enduring the most vicious and vulgar assaults ever seen against a politician in our lives because she walks her talk and lives her faith??? This says he thinks very little of us.
To get his jollies off by antagonizing his own site members who support Palin is immature and reflects very badly on him. I will ignore his Palin posts just like I do his stupid Meaghan McCain posts…
CCRWM on October 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
If this auto-refresh thing is not accidental, I guess I’ll see you all in the funny papers.
No thanks.
hillbillyjim on October 1, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I read somewhere she originated in Carlsbad. Oddly enough I spent some time there in July up at the Four Seasons. Nice place. We ate at the Coyote Bar one night. I think that was the name of it. Really enjoy that area and the coast heading south. I dig the beach down at Cardiff and Solana Beach. Would really enjoy retiring down there. Consider yourself on the blogroll. Drop me a line when you get a chance.
JammieWearingFool on October 1, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Dude, if you can’t handle a factual statement and take it as a personal insult, you need to get a life.
DaveS on October 1, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Sexist.
shomegirl on October 1, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Yes, it’s going from sublime to ridiculuous. Palin is the perfect example for some who think that since she is considered one of us, that is the perfect opportunity for US to be mocked. Prove to me AP or anyone else, that she isn’t smarter than Hillary or any other female politician in this country. Or for that matter any so-called pseudo-intellectuals in the media. Fark the east coast degrees. With the exception of MIT, I haven’t seen ANY evidence that having an IVY League degree makes you smarter than anyone else. I don’t have an opinion yet whether she is the answer simply because she hasn’t played her cards yet. But, she is in a position for us in the middle of the country to take her seriously. Ignore flyover country at your peril assholes!
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on October 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Thank you…
doriangrey on October 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Just think, the economy was continuing to tank while this moron was working on his “comedy” routine.
David2.0 on October 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
They should’ve let Gutfeld rip.
Now that would’ve been funny.
John the Libertarian on October 1, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Well…his name is kinda funny.
theTarCzar on October 1, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I have had enough, 4 minutes in and I haven’t heard anything funny. Great post Allah. Your incompetence continues unabated.
echosyst on October 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM
And relative to the self-congratulation thread going concurrently, there’s another reason I don’t stay with Hot Air continually.
Christian Conservative on October 1, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Who gives a s**t Allah?
RobCon on October 1, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Here,here.
So AP, when is your job review with the boss?
RobCon on October 1, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Ain’t gonna do it. Nothing could be funnier than the clownish performance he gave on Chris Wallace’s show. He even did the whole schtick in this weird, hoarse voice and faked some sort of flyover country accent.
Bravura.
Jaibones on October 1, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Yawn….RULE # 5 again?
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
Like Letterman……these guys will find out….you sow the wind…..you’ll reap the whirlwind!!!
PappyD61 on October 1, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Really what’s so wingnutty about Palin? Not being a pro-abort and a statist? I’m not clicking this video and seeing Sara Palin get slandered again by some backbencher in this administration. AP why do you insist on provoking us with this crap? Enough already!
bluestateconservative on October 1, 2009 at 11:20 PM
By the way if you haven’t printed this out you should.
You’ll need a copy of it everyday for the next 3 1/2 years.
http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/8925/alinsky.htm
For the few that don’t know about it. I’ts called Alinskys’ Rules for Radicals.
PappyD61 on October 1, 2009 at 11:22 PM
“my wife might object.”
Might…. so, would it be worth the risk?
notropis on October 1, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Why the f**k do you post something nobody will watch?
Sapwolf on October 2, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Watched 2 minutes of this and couldn’t take anymore. Is this guy supposed to be funny?
Susanboo on October 2, 2009 at 1:09 AM
This is the reason why conservatives lose the culture war.
We acknowledge and parrot the “TURDNESS” of the LIBERAL GIGS!
Say NO to Hollywood!
Say NO to MSM!
Say NO to Liberal Musicians!
Teach your children the VALUES OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, INDUSTRY AND SEL WORTH!
TheAlamos on October 2, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Say no to Palin and her allowing fornication in her house.
PrezHussein on October 2, 2009 at 2:31 AM
I would think that being mocked by a proven failure like an “Obama economic advisor” would be a huge plus!!
This is kind of like getting a lecture on seamanship from the captain of the Titanic.
landlines on October 2, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Didn’t watch the clip, but I just wanted to remind folks who this jackass is.
Remember when Obama was still in his duel-to-the-death with Hillary Clinton in February 2008 and he played to rust belt audiences in Ohio by bashing NAFTA? To reassure the Canadian government that he didn’t mean it the way it sounded, Goolsbee — then an economic advisor to the BHO campaign from the University of Chicago — went to the Canadian consulate to allay any fears.
From Slate.com, March 4, 2008 (a pic of the actual memo included):
L.N. Smithee on October 2, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Here we go again! Outraged Palinistas (who aren’t hyper-sensitive in the least and thinks Sarah’s as tough as Patton) are having a conniption fit because AP posted this video (which apparently proves AP must really, really hate Sarah).
Whaaatt??? Isn’t one of the first rules of comedy that if you have to explain a joke it’s not funny?
Or maybe he’s hinting that if Obama’s vision for America continues on track, conservatives will be arrested as a matter of course for thought crimes against the state.
Buy Danish on October 2, 2009 at 7:48 AM
I made it to the 3:30 mark and couldn’t watch anymore. The guy’s a moron, which doesn’t surprise me since he works for 0bama.
Torch on October 2, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Okay, here with a contrarian viewpoint. I was okay with most of it, since IMHO many of his ‘subliminal’ references poked fun at the left-wing Dems’ own hyper-partisanship. The inflections gave it away most of all.
However: There were a few notable exceptions, that didn’t have any ironic component AFAICT and sounded like he meant them as crude slurs. One was “FOX News correspondent”, and the other two were “wingnut” and “there will be a warrant for her arrest” (Sarah Palin). “Ungrateful bastards” (GM) was also in this camp and the snoring sound (Jindal, Romney) was right on the line.
By comparison, the early crack about “if the parole board says it’s okay” (Blagojevich) and even “quitter!” (Palin) were delivered differently and sounded more self-implicating than derisive to me.
RD on October 2, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Can anyone out there actually prove this nimrod was even attempting comedy? For all we know he was merely repeating a compilation of the briefings he has delivered to the ‘Won’.
That’s not funny.
Blacksmith8 on October 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM
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