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*Rick Santelli Fired Up: ‘If It Wasn’t for the Tea Party We’d Be Rated Triple-B’* - Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:40pm Rick Santelli — the man whose speech on stimulus and bailouts in February 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or-EKjfVCoA&NR=1> is credited with helping launch the Tea Party — was fired up in this morning about the lack of leadership in the White House and all the political wrangling around what is really a simple problem- the government spends too much money. During the CNBC segment, Santelli ripped into the “blame Bush, blame the sun” culture currently on display in the White House. He said it’s clear “we all know deep inside no country is the same it was five years ago,” and as for stocks going down, “we’re already Ralph Cramden on thin ice, now an infant’s jumped onto our shoulders.” More than anything else, Santelli was livid about the political accusations that the Tea Party is to blame for the U.S. credit downgrade. Quite to the Contrary, Santelli said, “If it wasn’t for the Tea Party, we’d have been rated triple B.” The Santelli portion starts around 3:10 into the clip below, courtesy of CNBC: <http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000037815> http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rick-santelli-fired-up-if-it-wasnt-for-the-tea-party-wed-be-rated-triple-b/ __._,_.___ Reply to sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Rick%20Santelli%20Fired%20Up%3A%20%91If%20It%20Wasn%92t%20for%20the%20Tea%20Party%20We%92d%20Be%20Rated%20Triple-B%92%09>| Reply to group<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Rick%20Santelli%20Fired%20Up%3A%20%91If%20It%20Wasn%92t%20for%20the%20Tea%20Party%20We%92d%20Be%20Rated%20Triple-B%92%09>| Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJzbjNwOW9iBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRtc2dJZAMzNTkxNjYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzEyODYzNjQz?act=reply&messageNum=359166>| Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbzBsY3NsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMTI4NjM2NDM-> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/message/359166;_ylc=X3oDMTM5M2IwcGJlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRtc2dJZAMzNTkxNjYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzEyODYzNjQzBHRwY0lkAzM1OTE2Ng-->( 1) Recent Activity: - New Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMTVqcWJyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzEyODYzNjQz?o=6> 1 Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America;_ylc=X3oDMTJmczQxamZhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzMTI4NjM2NDM-> IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM! Please visit: www.operationshoebox.com [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJldWJzYmEzBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTMxMjg2MzY0Mw--> Switch to: Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
