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WH lashes out at CNBC's Santelli
Politico ^ | February 20, 2009 | JOSH GERSTEIN

Posted on 02/20/2009 12:17:39 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

The White House is lashing out publicly and personally at a CNBC reporter whose attack on President Barack Obama’s anti-foreclosure plan caught fire on the Internet on Thursday.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs jumped at the chance to go after the CNBC journalist, Rick Santelli, when a question about his bracing critique was asked at Friday’s news briefing.

“I’ve watched Mr. Santelli on cable the past 24 hours or so. I’m not entirely sure where Mr. Santelli lives or in what house he lives but the American people are struggling every day to meet their mortgages, stay in their jobs, pay their bills, send their kids to school,” Gibbs said. “I think we left a few months ago the adage that if it was good for a derivatives trader that it was good for Main Street. I think the verdict is in on that,” the press secretary said, poking directly at the cable journalist, who reports from the trading floor at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Gibbs insisted Santelli was misinformed when he said Obama’s program would amount to a transfer of money from prudent taxpayers to those who had taken reckless risks.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: achillwind; acorn; chicagomafia; cnbc; concreteshoes; fanniemae; freddiemac; gibbs; liberty; mortgage; obama; obamunism; santelli; staterunmedia; teaparty; threat; tyranny
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Trading Places

"You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people."

361 posted on 02/20/2009 4:05:22 PM PST by Be Free (Liberalism is a disease.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Dear Whitehouse:

I will not infringe on YOUR Freedom of Speech, so long as you do not infringe on mine or the publics.

Your economic policy is socialist, fascist, and corporatist. It must be stopped for both the good of the people and the individual.

You promised transparency and all I got was a smoke filled room. It has been only 1 month and the room needs to be cleared.

Threaten Rush, threaten Santelli, threaten your freedom loving citizens...elections hold consequences and so do your choices. You want to control everything, only the government can save us now! YOU ARE WRONG! Only the people can save our country now.

362 posted on 02/20/2009 4:09:32 PM PST by EBH ( Directive 10-289)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Bookmark


363 posted on 02/20/2009 4:12:38 PM PST by tapatio
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
It's getting lively on CNBC...Santelli just tore up the plan talking with Kudlow...who is talking about the White House Bullying members of the Media...

Santelli may go to Washington!

364 posted on 02/20/2009 4:14:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (What happened to my IRAs)
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To: Nachum

See #364<>


365 posted on 02/20/2009 4:15:29 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (What happened to my IRAs)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

CNBC is gonna keep this thing going. They’re making too much money from it to let it go.


366 posted on 02/20/2009 4:16:00 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Steve Van Doorn
He knows how to work the media to his advantage.

He doesn't have to 'work' too hard since they're all in the tank for him.

367 posted on 02/20/2009 4:19:28 PM PST by fellowpatriot
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To: montesquiue

We have a We Surround Them party scheduled. Joined my state’s grassfire group and invited them as well. Thanks for the tip.


368 posted on 02/20/2009 4:22:19 PM PST by rightthinkingwoman
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To: DJ MacWoW
We have the other problem of Obama’s narcissistic personality disorder also. He won’t take criticism well.

...or at all!

I think we're going to need a LOT of....

...popcorn! Heh-heh!

369 posted on 02/20/2009 4:26:58 PM PST by luvie (SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!)
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To: LUV W

To live through the next 4 years we may all need tranquilizers.


370 posted on 02/20/2009 4:31:07 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: FlashBack
I’m not entirely sure where Mr. Santelli lives or in what house he lives but

If Santelli is smart, he'll keep moving from safe house to safe house so he can't be found by the junta.

371 posted on 02/20/2009 4:36:52 PM PST by PAR35
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The Obamaites are in way over their heads. Class warfare will backfire on them. Now renters and good homeowners alike are saying “what - I am bailng out these idiots that bought houses they couldn’t afford”. Main street wants no part of this bailout.


372 posted on 02/20/2009 4:40:52 PM PST by plain talk
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To: abb

It appears that way,....I am pleased!


373 posted on 02/20/2009 4:41:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (What happened to my IRAs)
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To: DJ MacWoW
To live through the next 4 years we may all need tranquilizers.

Or an extremely wild and inventive sense of humor!...like so many FReepers have!

374 posted on 02/20/2009 4:45:22 PM PST by luvie (SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
One of Obama’s Achilles heels is his intemperant intolerance toward any criticism. He childishly reacts to people that a President should brush off: Joe the Plumber, talk radio hosts, Rick Santelli and many more to come. He has a giant undeserved chip on his shoulder. If we just stay on him, he will destroy himself.
375 posted on 02/20/2009 4:48:24 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: Kennard

Or Obama will destroy us.


376 posted on 02/20/2009 4:55:54 PM PST by JusPasenThru (I'm not forgetting 8 years of Democrat Party treason.)
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To: racing fan

“...average joes next...”

They already did, BEFORE the election.. —Joe—
So, it’ll happened again..


377 posted on 02/20/2009 4:56:02 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: andy58-in-nh

“...They are permanently in conflict mode; always campaigning and attacking. No critique of them is allowed to go unremarked,...”

They are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, don’t have clue how to handle dissenters (haha) and they don’t know what respect or self-respect means. But the idea of power and socialism gives them tingles. Who the h*ll is really in charge?


378 posted on 02/20/2009 5:04:47 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

you can’t even have an anti bumper sticker without getting pulled over......sad state of affairs. thank goodness for heroes like Joe the Plumber and Sentelli!


379 posted on 02/20/2009 5:10:13 PM PST by tioga (oBLAHma)
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To: tioga

I found it a little ironic that they insulted him and then invited him over.

I think Sentelli already accepted too.


380 posted on 02/20/2009 5:12:17 PM PST by racing fan
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