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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
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Hussein threatening ANOTHER private citizen's home and livelihood.

Time to abort Obama!

21 posted on 02/20/2009 12:21:53 PM PST by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

22 posted on 02/20/2009 12:21:55 PM PST by narses (http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
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To: jessduntno

Santelli is the first MSM correspondent of any note to take issue with Zero and his policies. They can’t have that..they will beat him down and I bet Imelt has already had a call. Santelli isn’t very smooth, but he generally is on the mark..I always thought he was the best business correspondent on the tube.


23 posted on 02/20/2009 12:22:13 PM PST by Oldexpat (Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Bunch of thin-skinned pansies in the WH now, aren’t there?


24 posted on 02/20/2009 12:22:24 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: Retired Greyhound
“I’m not entirely sure where Mr. Santelli lives ...”

". . . But it would be a shame if anything unfortunate were to happen to it."

25 posted on 02/20/2009 12:22:43 PM PST by Maceman
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I have to get Obama credit in one thing. He knows how to work the media to his advantage.

Bush never understood how important it is to keep a good image.

26 posted on 02/20/2009 12:22:57 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Retired Greyhound

We’ll all know if he had any back taxes, any parking tickets ever, how many pairs of underwear he has, if he ever spit on the sidewalk etc......


27 posted on 02/20/2009 12:23:08 PM PST by Merlinator (January 20. 2009, A National Day of Mourning)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“Starve The Beast”. Live it, learn it, love it. Do what you can to remove equity from their oversight. Any little bit helps. If 5 million of us could remove $100,000 dollars each, that is $5 TRILLION from their control. Do your part. Starve the Beast.


28 posted on 02/20/2009 12:23:11 PM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: Texas Fossil

Just say when and where.


29 posted on 02/20/2009 12:23:14 PM PST by farlander (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Texas Fossil

Count me in too. This poor guy is going to be shunned by his cohorts in the media for daring to speak the truth.

You GO Rick!!!!

He needs his own show called Money’s Mad.


30 posted on 02/20/2009 12:23:35 PM PST by lone star annie
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Awesome. The Administration feels so threatened by a reporter that, “...Gibbs used Santelli’s name at least five times.”


31 posted on 02/20/2009 12:23:49 PM PST by Smogger (It's the WOT Stupid)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

"Mister Santelli. You were misinformed. Got that? Now tell the nice people."

32 posted on 02/20/2009 12:24:02 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Typical liberal - there’s never any legitimate opposition from principle, just uninformed people.

This condescending tone will be a major backfire in this administration.


33 posted on 02/20/2009 12:24:02 PM PST by scott7278 (It's going to be a rough four years on the good ship Obamapop.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

They are cretin! And Commies!

Cretin-

A Person that is: brainless, stupid, child-like, and full of pointless information that makes no sense and appeals only to other cretins.


34 posted on 02/20/2009 12:24:03 PM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Psycho_Bunny

“Bunch of thin-skinned pansies in the WH now, aren’t there?”

Hold on a minute, I’m going to try to imagine the MSM reaction to W doing this...................


35 posted on 02/20/2009 12:24:27 PM PST by jessduntno (Play it: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853&play=1)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Gibbs has the kind of face that just makes me want to punch him.


36 posted on 02/20/2009 12:25:03 PM PST by Merlinator (January 20. 2009, A National Day of Mourning)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
That video has hit a nerve and a weak point of Obama. If the dumbass republicans had a brain that would be running with the same theme and doing whatever they can to get their message on TV (Fox News, etc.).
37 posted on 02/20/2009 12:25:08 PM PST by HwyChile
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To: jalisco555

A hit dog hollers.


38 posted on 02/20/2009 12:25:12 PM PST by poindexter
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

F—k you Gibbs, and your illegal Usurper-in-Chief too.


39 posted on 02/20/2009 12:25:14 PM PST by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
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.

Gibbs, you a44hole. That's what liberalism IS.
Using FORCE to make the responsible pay for the consequences of the irresponsible.

40 posted on 02/20/2009 12:25:21 PM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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