Rick Santelli: Tim Geithner Is ‘Lying To The American Public’
As the YouTube poster says, the vid quality is awful (indirect HT to Radio Equalizer; vid is also at Real Clear Politics if CNBC gets proprietary with YouTube).
But Rick Santelli has never auditioned to be Mr. GQ anyway, unlike someone else.
Santelli’s riposte addresses Tax Cheat Tim Geithner’s one-word denial, followed by a platitude, when asked if Treasury and the Fed are monetizing the debt. As Santelli says, it is very, very unlikely that they are not.
Also, don’t miss the trap question and the cynicism inherent in the comments coming from the other CNBCers in the second half of the vid:
- “Why is he saying it then?” (Goal: To get Santelli to say something personally hostile about someone else’s motivation. Nice try; Santelli didn’t take the bait.)
- “C’mon, they’re always disingenuous.”
- “Do you think he has a choice?”
- “I don’t think he has a choice, Rick, politically.”
The other CNBCers are in essence acknowledging that Geithner has to lie to us, either because we can’t handle the truth, or because the Obama administration can’t handle the truth being known.
“I don’t think he has a choice, Rick, politically.”
Of course not. The Obama Misadministration would always take the laziest, most politically expedient option that benefits them instead of the option that will actually benefit the country as a whole.
Comment by zf — June 3, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
Santelli should have his own show, so we can hear what he has to say without the yappers chimming in.
Comment by Lynne — June 3, 2009 @ 2:59 pm