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CNBC’s Santelli melts down during tantrum over Obama’s ‘socialistic policies’

Tea party supporter and CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli on Wednesday threw another one of his signature tantrums because President Barack Obama’s administration was pursuing “socialism” instead of what he said were “pro-growth policies” like tax cuts and austerity. Santelli argued that payroll processor ADP showed that job growth was…

Santelli has hissy fit because pro-Obama CEO issues early dividends to avoid tax hikes

CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli, who is credited with helping to launch the tea party movement, flew into a rage and stomped off camera on Friday because a supporter of President Obama plans to pay shareholders a dividend before taxes are scheduled to go up at the end of the…

Santelli goes berserk when asked to defend jobs report conspiracy theory

CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli, who is credited with helping to launch the tea party movement, flew into a rage on Tuesday after he was asked to defend his apparent suggestion that the most recent jobs report had been doctored to help President Barack Obama get re-elected. Former GE CEO…

Tea party hero Rick Santelli predicts lower unemployment under Obama

CNBC analyst Rick Santelli’s Wall Street friends didn’t sound very happy Friday morning when he predicted that America’s jobs outlook would only improve between now and the election. But that’s what he said, and it sounded like he’s sticking to it. “Hey, I want to make a prediction for the…

Rick Santelli: Not America’s New White Jesus

Rick Santelli, who you may remember from his LARP rally trading floor rant of a few days ago, is now alleging that the White House has threatened his family. Politico has opined that Obama faces a “nation of Santellis” based on a misleading Rasmussen poll (is it just me, or…

The Revolution Takes To The Comfortable Chain Restaurants Just Off The Streets

Michelle Malkin is your one-stop shop for Tea Party ’09 information, the conservative answer to doing anything in order to save the economy. Rick Santelli, CNBC personality (the term being used broadly), broke into a rant on the trading floor on Thursday about how the mortgage plan is completely and…