Frank Rich NYT: G.O.P. pseudopopulism ran riot last week as right-wing troops rallied around their latest Joe the Plumber: Rick Santelli, the ranting CNBC foe of Obama’s mortgage rescue program. Ann Coulter proposed a Santelli run for president, and Twitterers organized national “tea parties” to fuel his taxpayers’ revolt. Even with a boost from NBC, whose networks seized a promotional opening by incessantly recycling the Santelli “controversy,” the bonfire fizzled. It did so because — as last week’s polls also revealed — the mortgage bailout, with a 60-plus percent approval rating, is nearly as popular as Obama. The Santelli revolution’s flameout was just another confirmation that hard-core Republican radicals are now the G.O.P.’s problem, not the president’s. Rick Santelli's Facebook friends are mad as hell. Buy your Tea Party trinkets here.
In keeping with my pledge to give FNC's Glen Beck another shot, I saw his chart presentation of historical home values over the past hundred-some years, all adjusted to today's dollars. I still need to verify his numbers myself but, if true, it's highly likely that the popularity of both President Obama and his mortgage bailout will tank in the months ahead.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see if the media gives that reasonable coverage.
As for me, I'm stocking up on Maalox.
ReplyDeleteYeah I am a coffee drinker so I guess I'm already stimulated enough:)
ReplyDeleteJust Say No More Stimulus!...unless it's caffeine Got It!
To be politically correct we need to call it a Starbucks Party. That company needs the bucks to survive.
ReplyDeleteStill waiting here for any of the Stimulus Package to trickle to me.