Video: Stewart rips an absent Santelli

Stewie keeps saying over and over that Santelli is “mad at the homeowners”. A bold faced lie. Santelli’s cry went out to and was reciprocated by homeowners. Big big difference.

Guardian on March 5, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Santelli isn’t mad at homeowners. He’s mad at morons who cannot do simple math, don’t understand basic budgeting, and sign any piece of paper that the nice salesman shoves in front of them.

Illinidiva on March 5, 2009 at 9:12 PM

Conservatives keep picking the wrong guys saying the right messages. I can see the merit in what Joe the Plumber, Santelli, and Limbaugh have to say, but as long as most Americans see them as ignorant anti-intellectual jerks, they’re the wrong ones to deliver those messages day in and day out. Jon (for once) is right. Professional traders and cable TV analysts shouldn’t be the ones badmouthing Obama’s mortgage bailout; economists, politicians, and political reporters and pundits should. If conservatives want a sure way to lose, having the right ideas with the wrong spokesmen is a surer way to do so than even having the wrong ideas with the right spokesmen (as we’re seeing in the White House).

calbear on March 5, 2009 at 7:01 PM

Agreed… Hey I’d be willing to be a spokesperson against Obama. Here’s my deal.. I graduated Summa Cum Laude at UIUC, so no one can call me an intellectual. However, I am 27 and make only $42K per year and I rent an apartment because I cannot afford a condo in Chicago. I knew that I couldn’t afford a condo, so I didn’t even look in 2006 or 2007. The bailout is benefiting those who were irresponsible and bought homes that they couldn’t afford on the tax dollars of those who are responsible. I also do this cute innocent victim act (5’1” and look about 18) which really seems to work with many people.

There are probably similar people like me on this board… The best way to finally “trap” the Messiah is to have one of us ask him a question on the meeting. As long as that person comes off reasonable and logic and has a certain background, it’ll be really hard for the Messiah’s minions to debunk them. They can smear Joe the Plumber as a blue collar hick and Rick Santelli as a rich trader, but how exactly are they going to smear a middle class woman in her late-twenties who works as an entry level financial analyst making fairly low wages, had an upper middle class upbringing, and graduated from college with honors.

Illinidiva on March 5, 2009 at 9:25 PM

Nice sentiment, but the left will smear anyone who gets in their way…..remember Judge Bork, and the confirmation hearings for Justice Thomas?
The key, IMO, is to not let them smear you; fight back and do it with a smile, but fight…

Red State State of Mind on March 5, 2009 at 9:50 PM

I’m still trying to figure out what they will smear me on… Hmm. I’m basically a “white” person, but am not dumb enough to vote like most “white” people (Y’all who read the blogs will know what I mean). I graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of IL. (It isn’t Havard, but I don’t think that I’m a low class hick). I don’t have any parking tickets, back taxes, secret pregnancies, or vindictive boyfriends. I also look about eighteen even though I’m twenty-seven and am very good at playing the victim. I want to see the liberal bloggers gang up on sweet li’l me; I could probably even shed a few tears on TV. Ganging up on a big plumber might work for the Obama minions; ganging up on a petite woman won’t work so well. I’m sure that I’m not the only one out there.

Illinidiva on March 5, 2009 at 10:18 PM