Larry Kudlow to replace Cohn as National Economic Council Director

[7437]

I think it's funny that both Trump and Clinton were under the delusion they could do better than the TPP.
The ship has sailed, China is more economically important to most of these countries than the US.

Constantly talking about how we are going to break all our agreements probably doesnt help

 

[Lord Commander Palis]

I do not approve of this selection only because Kudlow was against the Trump tariff.

 

[Rod1]

hi therealdope,

yeah, i did the math on that too.

i'm still sitting here, amazed.

i mean, that's like a bowl of cocaine.

wtf?

- IGIT

I think he was paying a premium for it, i doubt he was shopping around.

Maybe he was snorting coke off the titties of high class escorts and he computed that into the price.

 

[Jack V Savage]

hi KONG-D'SNT-TAP,

i only care about how much coke he did, really.

for someone who is a functional drug addict, this is an inspiring story. its like reading about a legless man scaling Everest, or maybe one of those bring-tears-to-your-eyes stories from the Paralympics.

*IGIT beams brightly*

and now he's serving in a Cabinet level position!

its one of those "feel good" stories - politics and rational economic policy notwithstanding.

ten grand a month.

wow!

- IGIT

Good piece on him and his issues from the NYT in 1994:

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/03/business/a-wall-st-star-s-agonizing-confession.html

That's before he basically became a caricature of himself. One interesting tidbit I wasn't aware of:

Had it not been for the Vietnam War, Mr. Kudlow's years in the University of Rochester's class of 1969 might have been best remembered for his star performance on the tennis team. But at some point Mr. Kudlow, a history major, traded in his Porsche for a VW bus, let his hair turn "fuzzy" and joined the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society. Asthma saved him from the draft.

What distinguished his brief career as a radical and antiwar organizer was less what he accomplished than that he managed to have it chronicled by The New Yorker magazine in a piece about the leaders of a nationwide protest in 1969. That was an early sign of Mr. Kudlow's gift for attracting media interest.

What happened to you, Larry? You used to be cool.

 

[ShoelessRye]

Good piece on him and his issues from the NYT in 1994:

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/03/business/a-wall-st-star-s-agonizing-confession.html

That's before he basically became a caricature of himself. One interesting tidbit I wasn't aware of:



What happened to you, Larry? You used to be cool.

From that to championing war as good for the stock market. Seems like your standard (mostly) Republican Chicken Hawk. When his ass could have been on the line he was some sad sack asthmatic deep in the anti-war movement. By when he aged out all of a sudden war is great for his stock portfolio and for the American psyche.

You can bet he'll be selling Trump on the stock market benefits to bombing NK and invading Iran. And that is probably why Trump chose him in the first place.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I am going to hop in my Delorean and find 1987 Kudlow.

Remember to check the politics capacitor, it's in flux

 

[curryjunkie]

jesus h christ...........

 

[PolishHeadlock]

 

[Seaside]

hello and good late evening HT,

i have to admit, that's alot of coke - and i do like Mr. Kudlow more also (except i am not kidding).

ten G a month = daily. a bump at breakfast and a quick line before bed. and lots of snacks all day long.
he was making bank on Wall St. and coked up out of his brain during the 80's in NYC, well goddamn - he must have been a very hilarious guy to hang with.

ten grand a month. i have to respect that kind of excess....its kind of reminds me of Gucci, you know? anything vulgar taken to extremes can become sort of beautiful in its own way.

i have to think about this more.

and he's still alive.

good on him.

- IGIT

Wow the White House is gangtsa. I know the yayo mmmmm

I think he was paying a premium for it, i doubt he was shopping around.

Maybe he was snorting coke off the titties of high class escorts and he computed that into the price.

The two go together

 

[Makani]

I feel like this is almost obligatory at this point.