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'''Rick Santelli''', an editor for the [[business]] [[news]] channel [[CNBC]], <ref>http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837966/</ref> said of Obama's mortgage bailout plan, "The government is promoting bad behavior!" <ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-sun-phil-rosenthal-22feb22,0,7002362.column</ref> Santelli also compared the [[Obama Administration|Obama administration]]'s policies to the ones that destroyed the [[Communist]] [[Cuban]] [[economy]]. Santelli called for [[Capitalism|capitalists]] to join for a "[[Chicago]] Tea Party" to protest the "collectivist" mortgage plan. Santelli's impromptu speech became a hit and over a [[million]] [[people]] viewed it soon after it appeared on CNBC's site. | '''Rick Santelli''', an editor for the [[business]] [[news]] channel [[CNBC]], <ref>http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837966/</ref> said of Obama's mortgage bailout plan, "The government is promoting bad behavior!" <ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-sun-phil-rosenthal-22feb22,0,7002362.column</ref> Santelli also compared the [[Obama Administration|Obama administration]]'s policies to the ones that destroyed the [[Communist]] [[Cuban]] [[economy]]. Santelli called for [[Capitalism|capitalists]] to join for a "[[Chicago]] Tea Party" to protest the "collectivist" mortgage plan. Santelli's impromptu speech became a hit and over a [[million]] [[people]] viewed it soon after it appeared on CNBC's site. | ||
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Revision as of 16:58, September 18, 2009
Rick Santelli, an editor for the business news channel CNBC, [1] said of Obama's mortgage bailout plan, "The government is promoting bad behavior!" [2] Santelli also compared the Obama administration's policies to the ones that destroyed the Communist Cuban economy. Santelli called for capitalists to join for a "Chicago Tea Party" to protest the "collectivist" mortgage plan. Santelli's impromptu speech became a hit and over a million people viewed it soon after it appeared on CNBC's site.
His speech has also provoked a movement, called the Tea Party Movement, of much longer standing than anyone at the time realized.
"Rant of the Year"
Liberals attempted to dismiss the video of Santelli's call to fiscal responsibility as a "rant". [3] However, the video "caught fire" on the internet and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs responded with a condescending attack. [4]
Youtube link
References
- ↑ http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837966/
- ↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-sun-phil-rosenthal-22feb22,0,7002362.column
- ↑ http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/02/rick-santelli-on-his-cnbc-mortgagebailout-rant-we-really-really-tapped-into-a-nerve.html
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19083.html