ORSZAG ON THE DAILY SHOW.
The guy is good. In particular, he's developing that trick where you answer a question and then...stop. No babbling. He also argues, as fairly few Daily Show guests do, that "the banking crisis is crucial to these next few years. But when you go out over time, over five, ten, fifteen years, the thing that's driving our fiscal future is the rate at which health care costs grow." Here's Part 1:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Peter Orszag Pt. 1 | ||||
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And part 2:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Peter Orszag Pt. 2 | ||||
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COMMENTS (7)
"In particular, he's developing that trick where you answer a question and then...stop. No babbling."
That was the first thing I noticed when I watched last night as well. That's a good trick to learn, particularly on the Daily Show.
Posted by: B | April 2, 2009 9:40 AM
this guy is so full of it. when you listen carefully, he doesn't really address the questions with any solution based answer, he merely just throws out numbers...half of that, half of this, doubled that, 10 years this and makes a veiled charge that Bush caused the mess (we inherited the problem). Basically, the O'bummer's way out is to spend more money and get us into even more debt and the public is fooled again thinking the gov't is making it better. Stewart is a tool to let this guy slide.
Posted by: waicool | April 2, 2009 6:23 PM
Exactly, waicool! when a guy in charge of economics keeps trying to explain things with dumb, dirty numbers i get mad. it's like hearing a linguist use sounds and words to describe other languages. disgusting!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 2, 2009 8:29 PM
So, because i'm in Canada, i cannot view this?!?
...and they wonder why they're losing viewers to the torrents!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 2, 2009 11:08 PM
I have to say, I don't think the inheritance charge was very "veiled" at all. But it was certainly matter-of-fact, and presented as a simple statement as opposed to a weapon in a partisan battle.
Who is talking this kind of sense on the right? They must be out there. The empty gainsaying is becoming painful to watch.
Posted by: stolichnaya | April 3, 2009 2:36 AM
waicool, you're wai a bonehead.
Posted by: Phaedrus | April 3, 2009 9:12 AM
Thanks waicool for taking the time to put your copy of "Atlas Shrugged" down for a second, and share your wise thoughts with the rest of us.
Posted by: Mike | April 3, 2009 11:27 AM