A warm round of applause to Politico and to White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee who took first prize in the 16th annual “DC’s Funniest Celebrity” contest.
Per Politico’s article;
[....] he did so in a very unconventional way. Instead of adopting a traditional comedic routine of joke buildup and punchline, Goolsbee peppered an otherwise expected stump speech on the Obama administration’s goals with subtle asides that constituted a humorous, sarcastic, self-deprecating and conspiratorial insight into the administration’s most accessible punchlines. The targets? Hillary Clinton, Sen. Ben Nelson, Rod Blagojevich, Sarah Palin and Fox News.
Take a look for yourself:
