CNBC's Rick "Tea Party" Santelli came THISCLOSE to stroking out on the air yesterday, accusing fellow reporter and tea party nemesis Steve Liesman of being like Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon:
Santelli: "Come on, Steve! Are we going to come up with excuses to break the rules? To break the law? You sound like Richard Nixon! Who did you vote for, Steve?"
Liesman: "All I was posing was the ethical issue here. If it helps out to stabilize the system, is there a compelling reason to not disclose? I am not advocating that."
Santelli: "You don’t break rules in a crisis condition!"
Liesman: "If you want to blow a gasket on that, Rick, well then, blow it on somebody else — not me!"
Santelli: "Well, then don’t open your mouth and say dumb things!"
h/t "CNBC: Cranky Nasty Business Correspondent"
For a moment I thought we would witness a Buckley/Vidal confrontation.
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