CNBC’s Rick Santelli, the man TheBlaze regularly credits as being the spark that ignited the Tea Party, during a Monday broadcast of “Squawk Box” weighed in on tomorrow’s presidential election.
“[S]omething happened in ‘08. You know, people go with the current. You have an election, you wake up the next day, there’s continuity. 2008 was a crisis and the water turned from a steady current that people were used to (maybe people that haven’t voted for awhile) into white water rapids,” Said Santelli.
“All of the sudden we find ourself, to many, on a course that isn’t exactly where the current was leading them before the crisis. I think that’s why the 2010 midterms were such a large factor in change with respect to the government,” he added.
“I don’t think tomorrow will be any less large in terms of its results. I do think people want to be proactive when the current of the country doesn’t match the direction they want to country to go.”
Considering that the infamous 2008 Santelli “rant of the year” would be the thing to embolden small government, low-tax types across the country, and the fact that the Tea Party has been a prominent fixture during the Obama White House years, TheBlaze thought it would be fitting that on the morning of the election we present Santelli’s thoughts on the race between President Obama and Gov. Romney.
Enjoy:
And for old time’s sake, here’s the original Santelli Tea Party rant:
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abinitio
Nov. 6, 2012 at 12:51pmIt’s time to start talking about charging politicians with crimes. How about all these fake government budgets and unpayable debts and deficits. In California, they “balance budgets” like the mafia would do, it’s all bull*hit, they say “yeah, it’s balanced now, so shut up and go away”; meanwhile it’s billions upside down. The press is part of the politico-mafia too, they’re pitiful. “There’s no story here, what are you talking about?”, and they just repeat the lies of the politico-mafia in their stories. They don’t do any original real investigative reporting anymore.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Nov. 6, 2012 at 11:52amCompromise? I don’t think either side wants compromise.
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Ironeagle
Nov. 6, 2012 at 11:46amGod bless Santelli and all those who speak the truth.
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Philip Ross
Nov. 6, 2012 at 7:39ammaybe we should make sure our Founding Fathers stop rolling over in their graves and make sure the right people are held responsible
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ObserverOnTheHill
Nov. 6, 2012 at 6:16amIt’s been taking place for over 100 years now.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Nov. 6, 2012 at 5:49amI always chuckle (actually laugh) when I hear / read Ron Paul’s minnions claim that Ron Paul and his “La Revolucion” started the Tea Party Movement. THIS is the guy who started the Tea Party Movement… Rick Santelli Movement. And boy did people move.
This mantra about Paul starting the Tea Party has been going around for a while propagated by Paul’s over-zealous minnions to give Paul credit for something… anything. All Paul and his followers did was use the Tea Party anniversary to push for donations and campaign for Paul. Alternately, it was used by the media to paint Tea Party rank-and-file members with the same brush as Paul’s acolytes and thus discredit them to the larger American audience who don’t “get” them. Some could argue the ideological paternity of the movement rests in part with Paul but the implication is always that the man himself coordinated, planned and executed this vast groundswell of grassroots activism. Couldn’t be farther from the truth.
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bobsmallcraft
Nov. 6, 2012 at 6:13amRick is right on the money, as per usual. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Nov. 6, 2012 at 11:34amToo bad Dr. Paul lives rent free in your head. Gotta suck that your main contribution to the message boards is basically to knee jerk post to any mention of Ron Paul.
And by the way the Tea Party started at a Ron Paul rally on December 16, 2007.
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Chris.underhill
Nov. 6, 2012 at 5:49amLook i don’t know what any one else thinks. But if i had my way, I would want the blaze to hire rick Santelli. I generally agree with every thing he says but man the guy just gets it. He speaks from the heart that speaks volumes. I know i link rick too much to the blaze and i want to thank you guys for keeping him up on your site. He is a great patriot.
Praying for today.. today is going to be the longest day in my life and the most i proly will ever talk to god in one day heh. and i do alot lol.
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MittensKittens
Nov. 6, 2012 at 5:48amIf I wake up tomorrow and find out Obuma won, I’m gonna puke, then make preparations for a civil war…cause you know that will be on it’s way!
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sbenard
Nov. 6, 2012 at 3:03amSantelli is the lone voice in the wilderness of CNBC!
Unfortunately, because his voice is so rare, I gave up on CNBC nearly 4 years ago! It is now the Obamanomics Channel!
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Ghandi was a Republican
Nov. 6, 2012 at 12:52amRick Santelli is a prime candidate for Time’s Man of the Year. He definitely lit a fire.
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Max jones
Nov. 6, 2012 at 1:07amThe conspiracy of the left to rewrite history and create of whole cloth a rendition of America that has never been considered just or favorable to the U.S. has been exposed. This is an election delineating the Morality of the two political parties…..You can fool the people, until they choose to see…….we have chosen to see the president as he IS, not how the media tells us he is. Thank you Blaze and thanks to fox news. The only truth we get.
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