• 21 Oct 2010 at 2:55 PM

Bloomberg TV Burns Austan Goolsbee With His Own Tools

By Bess Levin

Remember when Council of Economic Advisers chairman Austan Goolsbee explained the Bush tax cuts debate on a whiteboard? Bloomberg does. The normally staid, restrained, non-confrontational network brought it up today in a segment that one might rate “3 trombones” on the “how many sad trombones for Goolsbee does this rate” scale.

Comments (19)

  1. 1
    Posted by Financial_Servicer | October 21, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

  2. 2
    Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    not a sad trombone.

  3. 3
    Posted by CNBC Staff | October 21, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    Whiteboard ain’t got nothing on our HEAT MAP.

  4. 4
    Posted by Financial_Servicer | October 21, 2010 at 7:20 PM

    But captures the sentiment, no?

  5. 5
    Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | October 21, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    In related news, Goolsbee was later seen in the green room handing out three rusty trombones

  6. 6
    Posted by Guest | October 21, 2010 at 7:32 PM

    “Hans Nichols, you are a madman. When you stole that whiteboard… I want to party with you, cowboy.”

  7. 7
    Posted by Sharpie | October 21, 2010 at 7:43 PM

    This clown’s brain is one big, sad thromboembolism. He should ping Ping for some help with the markers.

  8. 8
    Posted by InfiniteGuest | October 21, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    That magic debt boulder is fucking terrifying though, no wonder Indiana Jones is paralyzed.

  9. 9
    Posted by Guest | October 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    My question is what makes it magic? what is its powers?

  10. 10
    Posted by trojan | October 21, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    on a long enough timescale, all financial news providers become as shitty as CNBC.
    even DB if Bess runs.

  11. 11
    Posted by bigoldgeek | October 21, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    That might be the stupidest most off-point rebuttal I’ve ever seen.

  12. 12
    Posted by curious | October 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    When will you know for sure?

  13. 13
    Posted by Guest | October 21, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    I know how Indiana feels.

    -Superman

  14. 14
    Posted by Bob | October 21, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    A man in a suit holding whitboard markers is my kind of thing.

    -p.j.

  15. 15
    Posted by Debtburden | October 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    Invisible to most?

  16. 16
    Posted by Edgar Perez | October 26, 2010 at 8:17 AM

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  17. 17
    Posted by lauren | October 28, 2010 at 5:49 AM

    an example of the pervasive republican scramble for a platform. republicans, with the amount of funding you receive from the US Chamber of Commerce, it’s distressing your’re still gasping for air. the united states is in need of a two party system. republicans, when will you provide a legitimate challenge to democrats? (legitimate meaning viable policies, not sheer voter support.) these sorts of demonstrations, as well as Fox News, are going to be horribly embarrassing, once you get your act together.

  18. 18
    Posted by Elephant | October 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    “I dont agree with his color palette” is a simply devastating critique of the numbers

  19. 19
    Posted by Elephant | October 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    “I dont agree with his color palette” is a simply devastating critique of the numbers

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