Posted on 03/03/2009 9:40:07 PM PST by Lorianne
Before or after the knock on the door at 2:00AM?
“If anything, it is refreshing to see one of obama’s supporters go after him so hard.”
You’re way too polite. LOL
I just got wind of him 2 years ago. I like watching. He is entertaining and he has helped me to better understand the financial world.
I watched him today. He still says that he agrees with 0bama overall. That said he wants to make sure our portfolios are “0bama resistant”. Last week he used the term “0bama proof”. LOL
cramer is a nightmare on stocks, at least for viewers. beyond that he most certainly can be entertaining.
I find it interesting that cnbc seems to be the only channel with people giving obama flak. This is very likely because many of the commentators actually understand more about the markets than obama himself.
“I watched him today. He still says that he agrees with 0bama overall. That said he wants to make sure our portfolios are “0bama resistant”. Last week he used the term “0bama proof”. LOL”
You can bet cramer is getting some highly ranked flak regarding his obama comments. He commented once that he had received all kinds of pressure to quit bashing geithner prior to the nomination. It only stands to reason that the same folks are rather alarmed at him calling obama a leninist and this the greatest destruction of wealth, etc.
When he goes on a rant, he cannot seem to help himself though, and it makes great fireworks.
“He commented once that he had received all kinds of pressure to quit bashing geithner prior to the nomination.”
confirmation, not nomination, sigh, it is late...
Why? Easy. Because Marxists don't understand markets at all. Markets are an expression of free will, at bottom, and that concept is anathema to them.
Rick, millions of Americans will defend you. Keep telling it like it is.
We need your voice!
Silence critics through intimidation. Personalize the issues.
We’ve seen Obama’s America before.
One only needs to look at the Soviet Union or 1930s Germany to see our near future.
Man, you hit the nail right on the head!
I would bet:
If the election was done over today, with what we know now, 0bama would NOT win.
NO WAY, RICK!!
For the sake of The Republic, I hope -- no, I FERVENTLY PRAY -- that the President AND his 'stimulus plan' end up as a fiery political crater wide and deep enough to swallow all of Washington D.C.; a smoking hole of political wreckage and ruin from which neither the President, nor any of his hangers-on, will ever again emerge to appear in the public eye.
No, Rick, the survival of this Republic as a sovereign Nation of Free men REQUIRES the wholesale political destruction of the President, and "All the President's Men". Wishing them success in their horrific misadventure is tantamount to an expression of enmity against The Constitution, and the principles ensconced therein by The Framers.
Rick, I saw your rant, and I know you MEANT well, because I 'get' where you're coming from, and I agree with your sentiments, but WORDS HAVE MEANING, and you need to choose yours FAR more carefully. You can't come off with some amicable platitude about success as an olive branch to this current Administration when that success spells DOOM for EVERYTHING we've held dear for the past 230-some years.
If you would wish success upon anyone, wish it upon all of the everyday, hardworking, overtaxed, under-appreciated American men and women to bust it out on a regular basis to make this nation the best in the world. Wish all of THEM success, because THEY can succeed ONLY if The President's plans fail. Those plans MUST fail, or this nation is toast, "The American Experiment" is OVER, and you can just kiss it all good-bye.
O God Our Help in ages past, all we who have remained faithful do now humbly and urgently beg Thy fathomless mercy upon this Nation which Thou hast by Thine own Wisdom and Power raised up. We beg Thee suffer it not to come to ruin; that Thou wouldest have none of its children begging bread in the streets; that Thou wouldest see none of its widows in destitution; that the fruits of the labor of its many industrious citizens be not utterly consumed by this fresh plague of locusts. O Thou Mighty Hand of Providence, which hast birthed, and sustained these United States through great wars, hardships, and long toils, do Thou in this dire hour return again Thy favor upon these beleaguered shores; to preserve all that Thine own Hand hath wrought; to break this land free of the grasp of Thy foes, and restore its governance to the stewardship of Faithful and Trustworthy men; to godly lovers of Truth. To this end we pray that Thou wouldest stretch out Thine arm against the stated plans of this President, and of his Administration, and of its allies in government, and bring them all to complete failure. Sovereign LORD we beg that Thou wouldest turn back their own plagues upon them, and bring down upon their own heads the destruction they have purposed for this entire nation; that the pain, suffering, and hardship they would otherwise inflict upon these 350 million people would fall entirely upon them, and their cohorts. O Mighty Ruler of Heaven and Earth, consider the millions among us who know not even their right from their left; take note of them and relent we beseech Thee, lest ruin descend upon us all, and there remaineth no portion for them save hunger, and misery. O hear our cry, Thou which art alone Faithful and True; bestir Thyself from Thine own great throne in Heaven to intervene in these grave matters for the glory of Thine Own matchless Name. Cause that all men shall witness Thy deliverance from this present scourge; that they shall recognize among them The Hand of Providence; that they may know The One Who has delivered them, and rightly direct their prayers of thanksgiving to Thee alone. Hear, O LORD, we beg Thee, and do Thou answer swiftly, for we are hard pressed, and lest Ye interpose Thy mercy, many are there that shall not long withstand these growing afflictions. Save us, O God, we pray! In The Name of The Father, in The Name of The Only Son, Jesus, and in The Name of The Holy Ghost.
Amen.
I agree. I am thoroughly amazed this Administration would publicly comment on each criticism levied against it by relatively high profile individuals. Is it possible they cannot see how small they look when they respond directly to every negative story or word spoken against them.
Childish and amateurish only begins to describe these poeple.
That said, one needs to realize there is an autonomous group of people working round the clock and reporting every act of dissent to the authorities in some capacity. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197943/posts
If the authorities, in the case of Rick Santelli be it NBC, fail to take action will this lead to vigilantism. I have long observed the “left” projects what is in their hearts and minds onto conservatives. Everything they feared about Bush (Nazi, Hitler, etc.) was unfounded and yet here they elected their worst fears to office. They fear violence from the Conservatives, yet it is they who will instigate it because the authority figures in their minds won't act to silence dissent/resistance against them.
I agree with the conclusions you point out. Rick Santelli, the unintended Patriot of the American people, is under siege in a soft tyranny. I don't think he realized his “rant” would be the match in the woodshed.
Apology? I see nothing in what he wrote that is apologetic. All he did was refute what the Administration and their lackeys were saying about him. Not doing so would merely convince many that what the naysayers were tossing out was in fact true.
In this age of the Internet this is a very savvy tactic. Every public response to criticism tells his supporters what the talking points are and unleashes the barrage of bloggers, emails, phone-calls and instructs them as to the level of response needed. Bush and his press corp, nor us bloggers for that matter understood this. We often complained the Bush didn't 'fight back' against his critics. We now have a President that does, who is well connected to his supporters, and is organizing them into the fold of the DNC.
Santelli did not apologize. I think he was calling out the media who are trying to paint him into a corner. Way to go, Rick!!
GE’s about to go bankrupt.
I think it’s more an issue of him keeping his job in these “trying” times.
Of course the network wants him to toe the line, but they also have to admit that little rant probably attracted more viewers than anything they’ve done in the past year.
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