White House spokesman to Santelli: You don’t know what you’re talking about
posted at 3:35 pm on February 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
I’m going to put him down as a “no” on attending the Tea Party. Stick with it, as it gets snottier as he goes along.
Think Santelli will fire back on Monday? Watch the clip of him below, jacked up on this morning’s Today Show. This ain’t over.
Update: A good point from HuffPo: Why would Gibbs single out Santelli for a reply when conservative pundits have spent weeks dumping on the stimulus? Maybe it’s because of the huge play Drudge gave the story yesterday — or maybe it’s because Obama benefits from having derivatives traders seen as the face of the opposition on this issue.
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Wonder how long before the Administration starts finding out about and leaking personal information on Rick Santelli ala Joe the Plumber…
txmomof6 on February 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Santelli’s cat now wearing kevlar.
whitetop on February 20, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Fibb’s is way ahead of you.
“I’m not entirely sure where Mr. Santelli lives or in what house he lives,” Gibbs said during the daily briefing.
faraway on February 20, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Decaf? There must have been a talking point. Has Matt Lauer joined the Rahm’s morning coffee call?
Laurence on February 20, 2009 at 5:04 PM
great comment on the huffington site (I’ll paraphrase it):
Was gibbs as adamant about having members of congress read the porkulus bill as he was about having Santilli print & read the housing plan?
mctowler on February 20, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Back to the Future? What is this? The mid- to late 1960s?
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Stephen Colbert’s next Word:
Decaf.
starfleet_dude on February 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM
You can watch Robert Gibbs press conference on C-Span: http://www.c-span.com/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-A-15681
kagai on February 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM
To see his press conference comments on Santelli, go to about 14:35.
kagai on February 20, 2009 at 5:10 PM
How ’bout we all pitch in and buy Gibbs a tie that isn’t some gawdawful-marvel-at-my-betaness pastel color. Maybe it’ll help him to at least appear a little bit authoritative.
innominatus on February 20, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Use your comment and your junior high cliche user name to gain a clearer image of yourself.
Gibbs is actually worse than Deer-in-the-Headlights McClellan, the single worst Press Secretary since Ron “That Statement is Now Inoperative” Ziegler. He will be tossed under the Great Obama Victim Bus some time very soon, and we will all laugh about what a pathetic douche he was.
You, however, will be left to wonder how it was that you didn’t understand this.
Jaibones on February 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I know we all want The Failed One to keep Gibbs as his spokesweasel. But, realistically, what’s the over/under on his “resignation”?
Tax day. April 15th. I’ll take under for $50.
Wingo on February 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM
INC on February 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM
The July Tea Party may get the most media attention. The real tea party starts on April 15th.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 5:14 PM
let me say as someone who has done mortgages for a bank for 15 years, i did print the plan and whomever wrote it has never written a mortgage. It is so vague as to not be viable at all. And by the way, the person speaking with Mr. Santelli (sp?) is wrong, it does buy down the persons principal payment in 5 years of on time payments by $5000. I guess we all need to follow cheese to be able to see the benefit of not going late on our payments. Obama’s press secretary is the biggest pompous ass I have seen. Did anyone notice how lauer et al asked the questions in a very snarky manner??? This is going into effect on March 4th and noone knows the specifics. Did you see that small printout Mr. Gibbs had of obama’s plan? An underwriting guide for one portion of a mortgage application is longer than that, that is how little information is included in the plan. The biggest hole in the plan is the 31% cap on mortgage payment in the “plan”. I have already gotten numerous calls from people who want me to lower their payment to $200 a month because they get paid cash and do not show income on taxes. These are the same people that took advantage of the no income loans that were out there to claim the cash to get the loan. We have completely lost track of individual responsibility in this country. It is true that having a foreclosed house in your neighboorhood is bad, but instead of rewarding people who can’t pay why not reward people willing to buy that foreclosure and hold it until the market comes back? Bringing the housing market back is going to require that people start buying houses, not refinancing. lowering the rates by buying MBS is having some impact but a tax credit for a foreclosure purchase would be better. I wanted to ask Mr. Lauer et all how many houses in their neighborhoods are in foreclosure????? i would guess none. Sorry this is so long, but really makes me mad.
momof2 on February 20, 2009 at 5:15 PM
No thanks. I prefer people who can speak in complete sentences and form cogent thoughts =)
Kelligan on February 20, 2009 at 5:15 PM
July?? Who picked July? The 4th? I can’t imagine that the pent-up outrage will not spill over before then.
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Wanted: All crooks, liars, tax cheaters and groups under federal investigation for voter registration fraud needed for obama administration. Please send resume (and criminal records) to:
ATTN: Rahm Emanuel
1600 Pennslyvania Avenue,
Washington, DC
TN Mom on February 20, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Thanks for your comment and the info.
One slight suggestion to make a longer comment more readable would be to use the enter key to break it up into paragraph breaks or main points. The breaks don’t show up in the preview feature, but they will come through.
Thanks!
INC on February 20, 2009 at 5:19 PM
“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril. ” -Sun Tzu
;)
kagai on February 20, 2009 at 5:21 PM
“Mr. Santelli has argued, I think quite wrongly, that this plan won’t help everyone,” Gibbs said. “This plan helps people who have been playing by the rules….I would encouraged him to read the president’s plan….I’d be more than happy to have him come here to read it. I’d be happy to buy him a cup of coffee—decaf,” the press secretary said, in a not-so-subtle jab at Santelli’s frantic style.”
And
“I also think that it’s tremendously important that for people who rant on cable television – to be responsible and understand what it is they’re talking about. I feel assured that Mr. Santelli doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Gibbs said during the daily White House briefing for reporters as they were laughing.”
Crushed like an insect.
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Call it Baghdad Bob II??
HEY – maybe if we check the whitehouse payroll, we will see old Baghdad Bob on the payroll.. just wondering…
bullseye on February 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Who died and made Robert Gibbs the economic expert?
Santini IS an economic expert.
Robert Gibbs is a stinky sock puppet.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Whoever told this bastard he was capable of being White House Press Secretary? Oh that’s right a filthy liar who has no business leading the nation. Peas in a pod. An incompetent corrupt pod, but a pod nonetheless.
Exit comment: How snotty is it to give directions about how to download the filthy liar’s plan to reward the nation’s deadbeats by robbing from the good productive citizens?
highhopes on February 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Santelli, my apologies.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
I understand exactly what you’re saying. Many of us have folks in our neighborhoods who should never have owned homes. I would prefer they leave. They don’t maintain the homes, drag down property values because of their negligence, and in many cases (mine) we now have crime problems due to drug trafficking.
We’ve had two murders in the last year. There were none prior to the flood of new, “proud” homeowners.
Call me a racist. I could care less. I couldn’t sell my house now no matter how hard I tried. Oh… and I worked my ass off to pay off my mortgage.
So much for “social engineering.” It sucks. Big Time.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Nothing you wrote supports your conclusion. Nothing. You spin your wheels.
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM
1, maybe like a stinkbug. You think you are real smart squishing it until you realize the smell won’t go away.
2. So, some people who went to marxist journaljism schools laugh at something they don’t have a portion of the intellectual capacity to fathom. Once again, the fourth estate shows that it a fifth column.
3. Mr Santelli has a lot more credentials than the jug eared community organizer. Hell, my teenage had more credentials than obama.
bullseye on February 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM
(emphasis mine)
In the boldface type, Gibbs is talking about Obama, right?
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
After what Obama’s sock puppets did to defame General Petraeus’ it was TOO OBVIOUS to rate any nuance when Gibbs glibly referenced Santelli a
traitortrader who deserved to be punished, punished, punished.maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
I think Gibbs has found his power and voice to challenge the blowhards of cable entertainment.
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
The war is on .It will be long and hard but we will get our country back.
thmcbb on February 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Jesus…..
BigWyo on February 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Like it is so obvious that Obama/Gibbs know what they are talking about on a daily basis…Someone needs to let him know that everyday Americans do NOT like snide Establishment types talking down their nose to ordinary Americans, and since they won the election Gibbs is now the Establishment.
On second thought maybe it would be better for him to continue to “endear” himself to the general public in such a way…
txmomof6 on February 20, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Well, I’m glad we got that settled. Still, I can’t picture the name Gibbs and the word power in the same sentence–not even the same paragraph–unless I’m calling him a power tool.
Gimme a break.
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Uh, all Gibbs said was “read the plan” and “he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” That argument wouldn’t win out at a junior high debate club.
Jim-Rose on February 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Yup, a person who makes their career in the financial sector “has no idea what he’s talking about”.
Put your trust in the guy who was elected President after working 1 1/2 years in his first full time job, said that running for President qualifies him to be President, got into Harvard solely on Affirmative Action, was elected to be the Law Review editor without ever writing an article on the basis of an Affirmative Action-like rule change and who’s career as a community organizer resulted in the communities being in the same or worse shape than before he organized them (the only difference is that many more dead people vote now).
Yeah, that makes sense.
The most disturbing part of this is that Obama’s strongest economic credential is his relationship with Bill Ayres.
Damiano on February 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I think Gibbs has found his power and voice to challenge the blowhards of cable entertainment.
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Take a nap, will ya? Gawd, you are boring and tiresome. Does someone pay you minimum wage to post this drivel?
Send me their number and info if that’s the case. I could use some spare change.
/sheesh
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
This is so absurd, I cannot stop laughing. Minutes later I am still laughing and shaking my head. getalife, are you for real?
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Really? When did Gibbs tell off Olbermann and Matthews?
Damiano on February 20, 2009 at 5:38 PM
O’Reilly must be shaking in his Gucci loafers. :-0
Seriously, I never thought there would be somebody in that job that was more incompetent than Scott McClellan. I was so wrong. So very wrong.
highhopes on February 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Racism.
Santelli is a gruff, fast talking Italian-American with a New Yawk accent and a white man.
All of these are anathema in Obamalot.
Gibbs is singling out Santelli because he’s Italian. Pure racism.
pabarge on February 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM
The administration doesn’t need to. They’ve got apparatchiks outside it that would be more than happy to, eh, do the plumbing work. Guarantee you they’ve already started, too.
spmat on February 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM
This is so absurd, I cannot stop laughing. Minutes later I am still laughing and shaking my head. getalife, are you for real?
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM
He’s a reflection of the administration. All they can do is give one another endless BJ’s. That’s what lib Dems do. It’s all they can do when they’re not stealing from taxpayers.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Santelli should respond that he’ll read the mortgage plan as soon as Gibbs can find just 5 Democrats who READ the stimulus bill BEFORE they passed it.
Oh, and those 5 Democrats will be subject to a lie-detector test. Trust but verify.
GarandFan on February 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Talked to a friend of mine today who is VERY senior at Deutsche Bank. He is not a political guy and never cynical. He told me that the Administration is a joke and will fail. He said they won’t find a single loan originated in 2006-2008 that is eligible. He said they are either incredibly naive and stupid about what’s really out there or they have deliberately designed a program to fail so they can come back later and demand an even more monstrous government takeover of loan servicers.
The three largest mortgage servicers’ stocks fell to 25-year lows today. These three banks service half of all mortgages. Investors have clearly examined the plan and found it wanting.
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Go RicK Go…..
Where I live (Fresno County) first time home buyers are at a record level,.. due to declining values-foreclosures….
RaisinsofWrath on February 20, 2009 at 5:44 PM
TRANSPARENCY VS. DISTRACTION
We double dog dare you, Mr. President, to take the Santelli Challenge Poll–without tying both hands behind the voter’s back by victimizing name per vote and fixing the results with ACORN-esque dirty dealing.
Washington “couldn’t tell a lie” referencing the lovely cherry tree. And Lincoln could split logs as well as anyone.
But along with Marxist perversions of all words by definition, Obama ruins the connotation of ACORN that no longer represents the makings of a great oak, but now permeates terminal rot and ruin. Let his deceit be his own undoing, not ours.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Gibbs is an absolute idiot i
and is in way over his head. Typical of the radical left though, they respond by attacking.
rplat on February 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Hey that is great news – I hope they will be able to pay for the record tax increases that are coming!!!
izoneguy on February 20, 2009 at 5:47 PM
[HarneyPeak on February 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM]
Well, like most of these terms, they can be quite vague. Like you, I have a problem with the term flipper when it is too encompassing. There’s a guy down the street who made a job of “flipping” if you will. He buys a rundown house or one severely out of date, buys it, and fixes it all up and then resells it. He does a great job and he adds major value to the house. He chose the one on our street because it was owned by an older couple that had lived there 50 years so it was mostly out of date, but because of the mortgage crisis/tanking real estate values, he can’t sell it now, so he’s just living there, though he isn’t into the mortgage problems.
I’ve got to say though the flippers aren’t so much a problem as those bought a house they couldn’t afford and those who refinanced to sub-prime with the intention of taking out value for whatever reason and now they are in trouble because they can’t pay. Those are the ones who should not be bailed out.
The market is the Great Professor and those who want a ‘bailout’ on the grade they got, because they ‘put in a lot of effort’ but didn’t learn anything, ought not be spared the lesson they won’t forget.
Dusty on February 20, 2009 at 5:49 PM
The fix is in.
Obama has signed into law our tax dollars be directed into the hands of the globalist FOREIGN bankers who in turn “lend” us our tax dollars at incredible interest.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I’m reminded of Blazing Saddles.
Hedley Lamarr: I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.
Does this mean Obama is Le Petomane?
InCali on February 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Obama makes Lepetomane look like Washington.
reaganaut on February 20, 2009 at 5:57 PM
I feel sorry for Santelli for what is going to happen to him.
jay12 on February 20, 2009 at 5:57 PM
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Not surprising. I’m surprised that this crisis didn’t occur much earlier. When I discussed it with friends they thought I was crazy.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Mr. Santelli, Sir, you rock! 4/15/2009 at your local Capitol, throw mud in the reflecting pool or pile high some manure on the steps. Include a sign that says: ‘Thanks DemoCRAPS’.
getalife, I either LOL at your post or poke myself in the eye to block the stupid.
ammon_of_cs on February 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I think it’s because they can always minimize the republicans and say things like “they’re in the minority”, but Santelli had real live people behind him cheering him on and that is something the administration does like or want.
Topsecretk9 on February 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM
This is a complex problem to begin with. It could be that the administration is wrong with this kind of mortgage relief efforts. It could, potentially, ALSO be that this relief hurts the lenders and the banks (if the primary residence loan terms get re-negotiated), so they are speaking out of a conflict of interest.
There is definitely a HUGE conflict of interest here. A large number of guys who took the loan conveniently forgot how they could not afford to pay for it once the subprime rates set in. HOWEVER, there is an equally large number of mortgage lenders who were unbelievably eager to have people sign the papers, without going through their credit history or explaining the terms properly to them. One cannot have a discussion on the former type, without talking about the latter.
Say you ask for a million dollar limit credit card. You would expect your credit history to be checked fairly rigorously, correct? It’s insane to blame only you for getting that card if the bank never checked your background, and you declared bankruptcy.
Thanks for allowing me to rant. Incidentally, while I am on this, I have heard negative comments from people when I claim I am on neither of the political extremes. I am an engineer by profession: in my line of work, if I only dealt with ideals (like some in the academia do), I would NEVER get ANY product out the door.
Have a great evening!
peter_griffin on February 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Gibbs lacks the intellect and good sense to respond to Santelli’s comments in a rational way. These White House jokers are pulling everything out of their backsides and playing it by ear . . . God help us because these fools will lead us into the abyss.
rplat on February 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Rick Santelli – Truth to Power.
Surely there were some in that Press Room who had the thought cross their mind. I doubt that they have the guts to express it yet (notice the uncomfortable laughter at Rick’s expense), but I bet it will simmer in the backs of their minds. Especially since even though he is not a actual journalist, and he is on cable, he works for a pseudo-news organization. Who knows maybe the press will eventually become less enamoured of Obama as a result.
txmomof6 on February 20, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Gibbs is reminiscent of Scott McClellan.
Cr4sh Dummy on February 20, 2009 at 6:14 PM
That “uncomfortable laughter” you heard was the reporters realizing that if a revolution really does take place, their necks are on the line due to their absolute slobberfest over Obama; they have no excuses. The wrath of the common man scares the sh*t out of elite liberals. And for good reason.
RickZ on February 20, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Careful – that’s a slippery slope. Wrath of the common man brought Socialism to Europe and Communism to Russia and China.
peter_griffin on February 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Here it is in a nutshell.
The [once] white house KNOWS that Rick got The Party’s talking points, but he went against The One. The outrage is caused by NO ONE is allowed to go against Da Bama.
Rick should look to Fox for his next job. He won’t have one for long in the Obamamedia.
DannoJyd on February 20, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Intentional goading. These folks would love civil unrest so they could call martial law and do even more. Evil.
PrincipledPilgrim on February 20, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Well, obviously, GIBBS doesn’t know what he is talking about (or is lying), because I just went to the gov dot com page and found this, about reducing the principle of the loans:
* I owe more than my house is worth. Will the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan reduce what I owe?
The primary objective of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is to help borrowers avoid foreclosure by modifying troubled loans to achieve a payment the borrower can afford. Lenders are likely to lower payments mainly by reducing loan interest rates. However, the program offers incentives for principal reductions and at your lender’s discretion modifications may include upfront reductions of loan principal.
* I heard the government was providing a financial incentive to borrowers. Is that true?
Yes. To encourage borrowers who work hard to retain homeownership, the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan provides incentive payments as a borrower makes timely payments on the modified loan. The incentive will accrue on a monthly basis and will be applied directly to reduce your mortgage debt. Borrowers who pay on time for five years can have up to $5,000 applied to reduce their debt by the end of that period.
I guess this White House thinks none of us can even read.
Alana on February 20, 2009 at 6:27 PM
OOOH
I just watched the whole clip. Did Gibbs REALLY say “people who rant on cable TV need to be more responsible in what they’re saying?”
Anybody remember how much grief Ari Fleischer took for saying “people need to watch what they say”?
Santelli is a REPORTER. All he did was REPORT what he was hearing on the trading floor in Chicago. These are not fatcat Wall Street hedge fund managers – they are TRADERS who are not millionaires and who live in modest suburban neighborhoods just like Robert Gibbs does.
What a troll.
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Because they don’t want anymore Santelli’s!
Make him a target,, make him an example,, mention something about “where he lives”,,,, in other words,, intimidate, intimidate, intimidate! Conservative bloggers are one thing. A revolution of Santelli’s and Joe the Plumbers are another!
JellyToast on February 20, 2009 at 6:32 PM
getalifeshould be getmyheadoutofmybuttocks.idiot
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 20, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Unbe-freakin’-lievable! Talk about your arrogant, screw you public servant! I got two words for Gibbs – **** YOU!
This isn’t over. This is just beginning. This economy is on its way to total collapse due to its government. This arrogant power-hungry socialist government will continue to try to extent its power and it will cross the line.
King of the Britons on February 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Correction: Liesman video, sorry. I thought it was Gibbs who said that.
From the Liesman video (what a name!):
“First of all, they’re not lowering the principle amount of the loan, that’s just wrong.”
Alana on February 20, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Uh?
Mr. Gibbs hasn’t seen his cods since January 19th.
jrab01 on February 20, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Why would God want to help us as a country? The government of this country hates God. Hell, our government fights for the rights to kill babies – not only in the womb, but the ones who fight their way out of the womb. Why would God bless a country like that?
King of the Britons on February 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Alana said:
I guess this White House thinks none of us can even read.
Um…. well I’m not gonna even go there. ;-)
Let’s just say that the White House is banking on that phenomenal public education we got. Somehow a few of us learned to think despite it.
PrincipledPilgrim on February 20, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Just clicked on the HuffPo link above and read a few of the comments over there. They love Gibbs, someone called him the People’s Press Secretary (how ironic since they are describing a socialist/Marxist mouthpiece). This isn’t a red/blue country. It is a night/day country. Unbelievable. I didn’t think I lived in the People’s Republic of the USA, but maybe I am wrong…
txmomof6 on February 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM
I thoroughly enjoy your comments, and hope that you won’t write any more without the words filthy bastard. EVERY time I read those words, I picture him… and smile.
Thank you for brightening my day!!
Califemme on February 20, 2009 at 6:53 PM
It is coming apart at the seams my friends…uhbuma sort of smells it but the full blown stench is right around the corner!!!
winston on February 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Again with the “The verdict is in” garbage.
- The Cat
MirCat on February 20, 2009 at 7:09 PM
It looks like you have a crush on Fibbs too? Isn’t he just betalicious!
Laura in Maryland on February 20, 2009 at 7:18 PM
“They call me Mr. Gibbs……”
BobMbx on February 20, 2009 at 7:25 PM
getalife, Santelli has forgotten more about finance than you’ll ever know. And that miserable flop-sweaty creature Gibbs… of him the less said the better.
DrSteve on February 20, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Who knew that Baghdad Bob’s real name was Robert Gibbs?
btenney on February 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM
I have been watching Rick Santelli for several years and he has been a Ron Paul supporter for awhile. He loved to stick it to the Bush administration ever since this whole thing got started back in Aug. 2007. I would caution making him in to some kind of hero for GOP/Republicans, you might not like the rest of his world view. Anyway, at this point I have little respect for anyone who works for Wall St.
SocratesShadow on February 20, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Exactly! What was the point of that remark? Intimidation? What is the implication? That Santelli lives in a nice home and he doesn’t want others to do so? Is this supposed to make Santelli a perpetrator of the “two Americas” that Obama wants to eliminate by having everyone own what Santelli does?
The Alinksy personalize/demonize effort of Obama and his helpmates in the media is rather obvious.
And what’s with the malarkey about Obama having wanted the American people to sacrifice? How about asking the people who lived beyond their means to sacrifice the homes that they are not paying for?
onlineanalyst on February 20, 2009 at 7:33 PM
getalife……..please do
t on February 20, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Gibbs just told Fox News that homeowners who did not make bad decisions concerning their mortgages can also take advantage of the loan modification program to reduce their payments and/or principal balance. The program will, in that way, help everyone.
This is how the Administration has decided to handle the storm now surrounding the “alms for the stupid” kerfuffle brought to light by Santinelli.
BobMbx on February 20, 2009 at 7:35 PM
“Wonder how long before the Administration starts finding out about and leaking personal information on Rick Santelli ala Joe the Plumber…
txmomof6 on February 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM”
THIS JUST IN: Rick is actually Santelli’s middle name. His first name is actually Samuel. We’ll keep you up to date on this story as it develops.
Bobbertsan on February 20, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Head Exploding
Couldn’t hear much the first time over my own screaming. Had to listen again….And the caffine comment? First our ammo, next our lattes!! I think as a “tea party gesture” we should each or collectively find a “representative” to dump in the drink.
FinallyRight on February 20, 2009 at 7:39 PM
McClellan 2.0 just made this guy’s Career
- The Cat
MirCat on February 20, 2009 at 7:42 PM
People care about Santelli’s opinion because he actually knows things.
People are interested in Gibbs because he’s the messenger boy between reporters and the people who allegedly know things.
DrSteve on February 20, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Did White House Press Sec Robert Gibbs just tell someone to “READ THE WHOLE (Mortgage)BILL/LAW”….
Funny, I thought Obama/Dems were against Reading Bills.
So, which is it? Ummm… To Read, Or Not To Read? My head hurts trying to keep up with all the daily Change(s)!
TN Mom on February 20, 2009 at 7:48 PM
“This plan helps people who have been playing by the rules”
Why the heck would they need a plan?
I’m renting to save up enough to get my first house? Does this plan help me? No.
But if I’d gotten a nothing down loan on a house I couldn’t afford… if I were that stupid; then this plan would do wonders for me.
Odd, this plan would only help someone in my situation if they did something stupid and irresponsible… and it punishes people exactly like me who were responsible.
Brilliant plan, do I get dinner first?
I’m going to be “Crushed like an insect” too; at least financially; because I was fiscally responsible. Was that what you meant getalife? That fiscally responsible people, people who don’t make stupid spending/loan choices will be crushed like an insect?
If that was your point, then I agree. Otherwise I have to wonder why you’re robbing me to help people who were less responsible than me. Are you trying to teach me to be less responsible? Trying to teach others that their choices have no consequences? I’m just not sure I see the point.
gekkobear on February 20, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I wonder if any of the mocking media clowns could define exactly what is in that Obama plan. Maybe they should download it and print it. Maybe Gibbs should, too.
The nonsense of portraying those who object to this blatant theft from the productive and expecting them to pay the bill in order to reward those who made poor decisions or who are (probably temporarily) on the downward slide in the Wheel of Life’s Fortune as uncaring about their neighbors. I don’t have neighbors in Ft. Myers or Phoenix, and I don’t feel obliged to encourage their economic folly.
Are the media trying to perpetuate another class of victims, the kind that Coulter skewers?
Statistically, it is emerging that too many who have refinanced their mortgages renege on their payments within months.
onlineanalyst on February 20, 2009 at 7:53 PM
He’s either an idiot or a liar if he thinks there are 9 million such responsible homeowners who will be helped by this program.
I’ve been in the mortgage business since 1995. At the peak of the housing boom almost nobody in southern California or Las Vegas or southwest Florida could buy a home with a regular 30-year 20 percent down fixed-rate mortgage. They all took a leap of faith – or worse; many of them committed outright fraud and knew it. There’s an old saying that anything that looks too good to be true probably is. Anyone who really thought they could buy a $500;000 house for $2000 a month was either a crook or a moron. There was a lot of willful blindness by lenders but there was just as much by the buyers. None of them deserve a dime of my tax money to fix their mortgage. They need to let the house go and be renters again for a while. It isn’t the end of the world. Once that house is foreclosed and the price cut in half someone who REALLY is deserving can afford to buy it without any government help.
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Stalin’sObama’s Party Line veers wildly hourly. If it’s tough for us non Kool-Aid drinkers to keep up, imagine how hard it is for the Obama acolytes to keep up with the defensive talking points. It would be funny if the implications weren’t so serious.RickZ on February 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Get a life – why don’t you get a life?
Your conclusion is based on no argument that you presented. You remind me of my children when they were young – Why? Because. Why? Because. Why Because….
How old are you anyway? You write and sound like a child.
Old Country Boy on February 20, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Gibbs just told Fox News that homeowners who did not make bad decisions concerning their mortgages can also take advantage of the loan modification program to reduce their payments and/or principal balance. The program will, in that way, help everyone.
anniekc on February 20, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I do not respond to childish name calling but do enjoy entertainment:
“In an interview with Fox News, Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter, 18-year-old Bristol Palin…said, ‘A year ago, I never would have thought I would become a mom or that my mom was going to be chosen to be a vice presidential candidate.’ Oddly enough, both things happened because some guy failed to take the proper precautions.”
—Jay Leno
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“I think everybody should just calm down. Give Obama four years. See what he can do. Then if he’s a miserable failure, we’ll do what we did with George W. Bush and elect him to a second term.”
–Craig Ferguson
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“How about President Barack Obama’s first primetime press conference last night? He was cogent, eloquent, and in complete command of the issues. I’m thinking to myself, what the hell am I supposed to do with that?”
—David Letterman
getalife on February 20, 2009 at 8:23 PM
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