Brad Walker sent me an email earlier this week, pointing out the similarity between Hammerin’ Hank Paulson and Neel Kashkari, the bailout wunderkind. Who knew the similarities were so very deep (from WSJ):
People are looking for clues on the experiences that helped form the thinking of the one-time rocket scientist, Republican contributor and Goldman Sachs banker. Since 2006, Kashkari has been one of Paulson’s regular advisers, sharing with his mentor a hairstyle, Midwestern roots, a Goldman alumni card and even the same taste in popular soft drinks.
He is also a fan of AC/DC and has a dog named Winslow. If that isn’t enough to make you trust a man with $700 billion – what is?
nin_man // Oct 9, 2008 at 9:47 am
Hammerin’ Hank and Nailin’ Neek?
LOLFed » Kashkari On “The Passion Of The Hank” // Nov 14, 2008 at 3:06 pm
[...] Hank Paulson’s Mini-Me, I mean, Neel Kashkari, has been hiding under a rock lately, it seems. (To give you an idea of how long it’s been since I really saw Kashkari, Brad Walker emailed me this pic of a non-Paulson Kashkari lookalike a full month ago and I had to wait this long to break it out.) He finally surfaced today to give testimony to Congress about that whole messy issue of why a troubled asset relief plan wouldn’t buy any troubled assets and was instead just subsidizing bank buyouts. Oh, and hey, guess what, Treasury is making capital injections into 20 more banks today that in no way consist of buying troubled assets. [...]