Before today, CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer was known for his outlandish statements and crazed antics that would land him in the public spotlight.
However, Cramer got one-upped today by CNBC's Rick Santelli, calling for something like a "Chicago Tea Party" revolt against the redistributionism that is plaguing our federal government. Cramer, in his "Stop Trading" segment on CNBC's "Street Signs" on Feb. 19, remarked it was odd no one was talking about Exxon-Mobil (NYSE:XOM) downgrade, overshadowed by Santelli's revelation.
"I'm sorry not be screaming about class warfare and how you should have your house ripped out from underneath you, but I actually get excited about stocks," Cramer said.
"Street Signs" fill-in host Melissa Lee asked Cramer if he was a "buyer" of Rick Santelli's philosophy, now deemed as "Rick's Revolution" by CNBC and MSNBC.
"No, I'm not," Cramer said. "But I never challenge our own talent on-air. And I never will. There's no need to talk over our own talent and I like our own talent. We're very good ... I don't agree with him, but I don't want to be vitriolic about it because he's one of our team and he does a good job."
Cramer and Santelli have had some differences, however. Back in August 2007, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was hovering in the mid-13,000s, Cramer was criticized by Barron's for being overly bullish on stocks. Five months later, after the Fed made an emergency rate cut as economic conditions began to deteriorate, Santelli was the one to criticize Cramer for being a stock market cheerleader. Cramer had taken a shot at then-Wall Street Journal reporter Greg Ip. Santelli told Cramer he was too hard on Ip and suggested Cramer shouldn't be one to criticize. Cramer response to Santelli: "You ought to watch my show."
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I noticed Barnicle, who is
February 19, 2009 - 17:51 ET by bigtimerI noticed Barnicle, who is conveniently filling in for Matthews today had on Cramer at the top of the show, I could only handle a minute or two of it...
Of course he is jealous...and you can be sure he is secretly hoping he is fired.
Santelli is the Man!
If he did lose his job, Fox would hire him in a second flat!!
As an aside, the reason I said Barnicle was conveniently filling in for Rush today, is because Rush went after Matthew's today regarding the issues on Geoffrey Dickens blog post yesterday...he cleaned Matthew's clock!
Then which one sucks? You or him?
February 19, 2009 - 18:25 ET by JTP"There's no need to talk over our own talent and I like our own talent. We're very good ... I don't agree with him"
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
Rick Santelli has been
February 19, 2009 - 23:55 ET by Rush FanRick Santelli has been getting a lot of air time since he made those heartfelt comments, and Drudge publicized them on his website.
MSNBC brought him on so that Contessa Brewer could read emails criticizing him. To his credit, he didn't back down from his comments.
Mike Barnicle had him on Hardball (Barnicle was substituting for thrill up his leg), and complimented Santelli by saying something to the effect that Santelli was speaking for a lot of citizens.
Larry Kudlow had him as a guest, and of course, Larry agreed with Santelli completely, and offered to speak at Santelli's Chicago Tea Party Revolt.
Rick Santelli is a breath of fresh air. Although Santelli's comments conflict with the liberal NBC brass viewpoint, his job is probably safe since the publicity he is generating is worth his criticism of Obama's policies.
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RF... Darn, I posted
February 20, 2009 - 00:20 ET by bigtimerRF...
Darn, I posted somewhere today that I finally since the election turned on Hardball today, mainly because of Rush mopping the floor with him today (I think Chris is still hiding under his bed), anyway, Mike had on Cramer, I could only take a few minutes of him, so clicked it off...if I had known Santelli was going to be on I may have waited...anyway, this is great news what Santelli did, he spoke for millions of us today....I am so grateful he is getting the attention that is called for, and so needed during this time.
I hope this doesn't just disappear, but I know it will with the majority of the msm...anyway, I was glad to see Sean have what happened today as his top news story.
bt
February 20, 2009 - 00:55 ET by Rush FanCNBC already has a poll you can take here titled: Would You Join Santelli's "Chicago Tea Party?"
I hope this doesn't die, as well. After listening to Mr. Santelli all day today, it seems he really is intent on having this "Tea Party." As I mentioned in my post, Larry Kudlow was very enthused about Santelli's comments (as were some of Kudlow's other guests), and made it a point to ask Santelli if he could speak at the tea party. One of the other conservative guests on Kudlow's show was a member of a large organization (the guest said 400,000 members), and he told Santelli he was going to send out an email and invite all of them to Santelli's tea party. Let's hope more on-air talent come out against this socialist agenda.
Watching Sean's program is much more enjoyable now that Colmes is gone. I couldn't stand listening to Colmes' rants. I had to turn off Bill O'Reilly today as he had invited Colmes as a guest
RF... I'm glad our feelings
February 20, 2009 - 01:06 ET by bigtimerRF... I'm glad our feelings about Santelli are mutual...
I will be passing this link on...thank you.
I can only take part of BOR show anymore, if that...I agree about Sean's, I think it will improve as it goes on, I had a hard time listening to Danza as he slouched in his chair like a know-it-all big shot, typical leftist, who doesn't know much when he opens his mouth.
Anyway...did you happen to catch Rush ripping Matthew's from limb to limb in a matter of a few minutes or less?
I loved it!
Thanks for keeping me up to date regarding Santelli with the link provided...I do more people who will love to vote and pass on.
A much needed revolution may be starting as of this morning...via the cnbc channel of all places, I have listened to Santelli for years off and on watching the market...he is now one of my heroes.
bt
February 20, 2009 - 01:27 ET by Rush FanI missed the part of Rush's show today where he talked about Matthews, but I see that Rush has a transcript on his website regarding his comments about Matthews
Rush Fan
February 20, 2009 - 01:45 ET by bigtimerHey, thanks for the transcript too...nwahs and myself on another Rush thread topic last night were going back and forth about how much Rush and Matthews were buddies....to which I said 'I don't think so.'
Anyway, what happened today regarding all of this couldn't have been richer for me, rarely do you ever hear Rush talk about this (Hardball, let alone lower himself to Olbie)....I noticed the thread I am talking about is at the bottom of the transcript here, where the mention of NBs is.
Btw...haven't heard a peep from nwahs tonight regarding this...I think he still hiding under the bed with Matthews...lol.
On to top it off my day had me grinning because of Santelli...so what Rush did was a bonus.
I knew Rush read what I wrote long ago, he proved me correct...again. ;-)
...and they say WE follow him...tsk...tsk...
bt
February 20, 2009 - 11:03 ET by Rush FanI found the thread where you and nwahs discuss whether Rush and tingleupthe leg are "friends". I left a message for nwah also.
By the way, Rush has written an article online at the Wall Street Journal regarding the "Fairness" Doctrine titled Mr. President, Keep the Airwaves Free.