Rick Santelli

CNBC's Rick Santelli Rants, Calls For "Chicago Tea Party" (Chicagoist)

We know some folks have an issue with President Obama's new stimulus package, but damn, Rick. CNBC analyst Rick Santelli, reporting from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, went on an epic rant regarding the stimulus package saying, "The government is promoting bad behavior," before turning to the traders on the floor and whipping them up into a frenzy. He also calls for a Chicago Tea ...

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Rick Santelli Gives Washington a Taste of Chicago (US News & World Report)

The CNBC anchor goes nuts about the mortgage bailout.

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The case against the mortgage bailout (New York Daily News)

CNBC editor Rick Santelli let it rip on-air Thursday, leading a "mob" of Chicago traders in a mini-revolt against the government's mortgage bailout plan.

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CNBC Editor: The People Are Revolting! (Columbia Journalism Review)

In the annals of CNBC cluelessness, this morning?s outburst by the channel?s Rick Santelli is up there with the worst.

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About That Santelli Rant . . . (US News & World Report)

The trading floor is not a good statistical cross-section of America.

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