It is nice to see that Santelli got some air-time for his point – which he is spot-on right about, btw.
Apparently, he got his wish – Obama was ‘listening’ – at least listening in the way that he ‘listens’ to Sean Hannity – in other words, allow no discontent or negative points of view without a response.
For instance, after Santelli’s ‘rant’, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs came out and said that Santelli doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Why do Obama and his ‘team’ have such thin skin? The modus operandi of the Obama team is to try to belittle the messenger, rather than address the issues that were raised.
Here is another view that agrees with both Rick, Jeff and I:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mary-kate-cary/2009/02/23/rick-santelli-rant-on-unjust-democrat-bailouts-hit-the-nail-on-the-head.html
