Keith Olbermann Worst: Rick Santelli's Rant

[666sigma]

Olbermann is full of shit, which probably explains his bloated misshapen belly.

Wall Street belongs in jail. The Democrats that backed CRA, Fannie and Freddie belong in jail. AIG executives belong in jail and so does Little Timmy Geithner who bailed out AIG at Goldman Sachs' insisrence. Goldman Sachs belongs in jail because they sold crap to their clients and bet against it.

Obama is another piece of Wall Street garbage like Bush.

[punktillidie27]

keith olberman thinks that santelli wanted the wallstreet ballout?! what a piece of shit talk about propaganda holy shit!

[mathman43]

Was this the show where Keith Olbermann started crying?

[strangeyoungman]

God damn right! We're fucking DROWNING because selfish creatures that Rick Santelli enables are demanding our money.

[namenderkrieg]

If people take advantage of easy credit to take out massive mortgages, and then find themselves unable to repay said mortgages, whose fault is that? It's not the fault of the lenders! People need to take responsibility for their own actions.

I thought American liberty was founded upon the time-tested principles of individual prudence and personal responsibility. Why is their left-wing establishment trying to bail out irresponsible speculators? They're just encouraging a culture of dependency.

[fr6313]

It's amazing that you right wing idiots blame the mortgage crisis on homeowners and not the banks or traders that caused the.debacle. For your information the bank bailouts were started under Bush and his administration . For you intellectually challenged idealogues, if nearly every member the Senate and House had voted against the bill as you dimwits suggested Obama, by law ,would not have had the power to put the policy in place . So he did force this law into place by himself

[fasteddie847]

Go Fuck yourself Olbermann

[rstryker27]

You mean bail out the bankers like Obama voted in favor of against the will of damn near every House and Senate Republican? Does the left want to give blame or take credit for that act? I'm confused. The Santelli rant was the spark that started the " Tea Party" which I call myself a part of so I know what side I am on. It seems to me that Obama either takes credit for it or assigns blame for it depending on what he is arguing. Olbermann plays the same game as well.

[bauler]

Olbermann is an idoit!

[foxriverfred]

All the bailouts did reward bad behavior. Bad behavior the Clinton administartion initiated when they twisted mortgage bankers arms, and threatened them with legislation if they did not make mortgages more available to people who traditionally did not qualify. So people bought homes with no downpayments. People bought houses they could only afford at very low ARM rates, and were underwater as soon as the rates adjusted up. Today some choose to go into foreclosure because they are upside down.

[juscurious]

The US government DID IN FACT promote bad behavior. They twisted the arms of the lenders to extend credit to those who were not worthy of it. Fannie and Freddy bought up the bad mortgages that were created. Many people speculated that they would over extend themselves on Mortgages and if they couldn't pay then they would sell the home at a higher price. At the least they would make a profit. But when the balloon finallly burst , things went to hell in a handcart. It was caused by government.

[bonfirejovi]

HE WAS AGAINST THE BAILOUTS OLBERDUMB!

[bonfirejovi]

Damn Olbermann is dumb, Santelli was correct on all counts. Olbermann just take that Obama might face a little criticism. He is a sad and pathetic shill.

[cnow123]

Santelli was against the bank bailout also you stupid fuck Olbermann.

[BurnOutXL]

Olbermann couldn't fix a flat tire, nor could Obama. & they certainly can't fix the economy, & not with the help of those that were part of the problem, like Congress & the Fed Reserve, etc. A few million people have a problem. Now, many more millions are forced to rent or pay their full ride, plus pay taxes to keep people in homes they couldn't afford or borrowed against. Olbermann should go back to his mustache & calling strikes, n balls, like the ones on his chin every night. C_Sucker Keith!

[tom12658]

Olbermann unfortunately can't think for himself. He needs to go back to ESPN. The first obama mortgage plan proved so successful than he needed a second plan that has been a total failure.

[DanMonDab]

Keith Olbermann,,,a name synonymous with idiot, stupid, elitiist, blind-follower, motard, ignorant, dumb, and last but not least, TAKE THOSE DAMN STUPID GLASSES OFF AND GET THE HELL OUT OF MY TV!!!!!

[travisklein11]

yes , don't bail out anyone!

[soxman17]

Keith doesn't like people picking on "His Boy"...sad idiot

[JimmyPyeahUknowMe]

Well, that cements it. Keith Olbermann is the biggest douche on television. He really reminds me of a teenage girl on the rag. The mercantile traders behind Rick Santelli weren't getting any bailouts either, but nice try grouping them in with the recipients of said bailouts.

[illinoisbadges]

Keith is a prime example of what's wrong in America...he's a typical Democrat!!! Rick is only voicing what real Americans feel.

[lordhighexecutioner]

Forgiving the debts and letting them keep the homes would be a better idea still. There's too much debt and a jubilee is required. The demand that debt be maintained was what sunk the Roman Empire, and will sink this empire if this continues.

[jaer57]

Screw paying off mortgages. Let this bubble burst! It is still >$250,000 to buy a townhouse in a Baltimore ghetto! How insane is that?! These prices have to come down! Bailing out idiot homeowners who took out a loan they couldn't afford just delays the inevitable crash...

[lordhighexecutioner]

They should have, instead of paying a penny to the banks, sent all the money to pay off the mortgages... Moreover, why depopulate neighbourhoods and create wastelands? In order to enforce some ridiculous principle that those on the top don't respect anyway?

[oriskany]

Ah sooooooo, OLBERMANN was the source of "The Big Bang".

I always thought the term was espouse, and now I learn that the term is actually explode.

[silverton7777]

Faney Mae Fane Mac and low interest are the problem

[ujw1974]

Olbermann does anyone watch your show???

[ddaann091]

No lol

[darkmannin]

Olbermann the moron. Did he just call Rick a racist? Bunch of politically correct nazis.

[B0thergirl]

Does anybody actually watch Olbermann other than on YouTube? He is so full of hate.

[B0thergirl]

People who can't afford the payments should not buy. What is with this attitude of entitlement we have these days? Anyone with any intelligence would not have bought in to the sub-prime mortgages. Get an apartment and save up. Do what your parents and G-parents did.

[devry1997]

Raise interest rates!! Please, I worked hard to keep my credit score good. Raising rate would deflate home prices to their actual value, as well as reduce the property tax. I pay more in interest, but some us save up money just for these occasions. Somebody tell Keith, enough with the Euro glasses, he's not really an intellectual.

[mickey2050]

Oberman is a complete quack on a cable news network that nobody watches. He is terrible at sports commentary and worse at politics.

[CloudStrife78]

Keith is upset because he's one of those "losers" he's talking about.

[stg2lewis]

Santelli was absolutely right. This country was built on CAPITALISM!!! It was their SOCIALIST policies that caused the sub-prime mess. If Clinton's cronies would not have forced banks to give these unstable loans, we wouldn't be here. OR if Senator Frank would have admitted to the Republicans that Fannie and Freddie needed more oversight...

[rrtodd95]

Yeah, the government should stay out of it.

That way guys like Bernard Madoff, Michael Milken and the Keating 5 can run off with billions of peoples money with no consequences.

[stg2lewis]

Yeah, that's right. The government saved us from these people. How about the lack of restrictions on the housing industry that congressional republicans warned about in 2003 and 2005. Those don't matter to you because that's not what MSNBC says.

Plain and simple, this country thrives when leaders cut taxes and reward success, not promote FAIRNESS. It's a matter of ideals vs. logic. You sir have the ideals, I have the logic.

[rrtodd95]

No the government deregulated the entire savings and loan industry so these guys can run wild.

You regulate driving because allowing people to drive as they wish is dangerous and not for the public good. I'm sure you'd agree that certain reasonable restrictions must be place on your liberties in the interest of a well functioning society.

I'm not saying marxism but Canada has a regulated private banking system and it's the only banking system in the world that's still solvent. So compromise

[MrMojoRisinII]

They need to regulate the financial houses because if they don't it will be anarchy , and its the deregulation that opened up this Pandora's box they led us here.

The right wing is all for privatising profits but wants to socialize losses. As far as I'm concerend when you don't regulate the banks and brokerage houses and they are left to do as they please, it leads to disaster.

If that's the case, your better off investing your money with a bookie...

[djangothecat]

On one of your other comments, you tell a conservative that you will explain slowly and not use too many multi syllable words. Then on this comment of yours, you misspell privatization. Embarrassing for you. Also, in your last sentence you were supposed to write YOU'RE better off. That is short for YOU ARE, which I think you meant. So after you learn about Government and the Constitution, try some spelling and grammar lessons. One more thing, multi-syllable is usually hyphenated. Good luck.

[MrMojoRisinII]

They controlled both houses back then, and didn't do anything about it. If they were so worried how come their are no bills to show for it. The republicans controlled both houses of Congreess and the WHite House.

This country doesn't thrieve by cutting taxes. Its creates huge deficits , and allows finacial houses to create schemes to hide money and steal it from the general public.

Then to make matters much worse they want the taxpayer to bail them out. Privatise profits, socialize losses

[moocowdad]

@stg2lewis it was theBush republicans who deregulated the banking/lending industry and allowed the sub prime crises

[MrMojoRisinII]

Just a couple of things. Since your a conservative, I'll exlpain them to you slowly and not use too many multi syllable words. The republicans all voted for deregulation which led us here. Second, no one foreced the bank to issue any loans. 87% of the loans issued were based on bank practices, and not the fed. In fact over the last 20 years, banks have been lobbying to be able to make these loans which have crashed and burned.

But most important, the biggest socialists are the banks.

[djangothecat]

Wow! You have a lot to learn. Do your homework and comment back to me in about a year when you've figured it out. Start with learning the difference between government regulations on a private company and regulation on a GSE.

I'll bet you think the Constitution needs to be updated also.

[puddletownpigs]

@MrMojoRisinII

"your" "exlpain" "foreced" "But most important".

FU.

[icouce]

Olbermann absolves the American people of any responsibility for the pickle we're in and lays it at the feet of business people. How convenient for him.

For a story of unfettered greed, let me direct you to an electorate applauding the raping of our economic future to the tune of trillions of dollars that don't belong to them, so they don't have to suffer the effects of decades of profligacy we the people demanded as our birth right! We have our heads so far up our own arses it's pathetic.

[MrMojoRisinII]

Your kidding right? The fault lies with the greedy finacial houses who lobbied for years for deregulation and got what they wished for which is economic anarchy, which now the American taxpayer has to pick up the tab for.

American business was like a degenerate gambler who keeps uppping the ante, and finally blows it all with one bet too much and now is compliaining about the rehab and the consequences...

[icouce]

No I'm not kidding. Perhaps you're unaware our public debt was incurred with the full support of the American people, in order to continue our unsupportable standard of living. For decades we rewarded politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, who told us we could continue on our merry way without consequence and punished those who told us otherwise! Both parties have led us down the garden path and I trust neither. However, in a democracy, it is with us that the ultimate blame rests.

[KapitanoUK]

"our public debt was incurred with the full support of the American people"

So the public determine economic policy. Right.

[icouce]

Citizens don't bear any responsibility? That's what you're arguing? Look, I'm 51 and I don't recall there being protests and public outrage over the enactment of any of the myriad bloated and inefficient public expenditures since the '60s. More specifically, I don't remember any outrage against the standard of living our profligacy bought.

Our standard of living is a gift from individuals who built this country by taking risks; doing things we may now deem unsavory, but thank god they did.

[memama2]

...we pause at this goobs show in the evening........and it NEVER fails!!...we LOL at every angry lie and lemon-suckin comment he pushes as NEWS! - then we go over to FOX to see the actual FACTS about the world and the Omama Administration!.....and we see so far it has been rated : O! CRAP!....sorry little Dim lemmings~~~here comes the ~~~CLIFF for the EPIC FAILURE that will be Omama's legacy!!~~all we will have is a TRILLION dollar bill in the mail and a jar of dimes~~ (THIS was the ?change?)

[padude64]

Fucks news is a joke and this dizzy dick Santelli sucks!

[ShootStyleZombie]

is this the first time Keith Olbermann has gone after someone on something NBC related?

[kclymer1]

Hey Prick Santelli, how about we take all the bailout money money we gave to your fatcat asshole friends on wallstreet. We will just insure the depositor's money and the banks, fuck em. Then we start immediate trials for all of your right wing motherfuckers. For causing literally trillions of dollars of collateral damage, I say the death penalty is in order. I have just the way to do it. We round you right wingers up, we make you dig a hole, then we shoot you. Problem solved.

[Bopjackdaddy]

Keith is BHO's #1 butt boy. Every time someone exercises their right to (God forbid) free speech and speak against a policy issue, Keithy jumps on them like the school yard bully and attacks them personally. Long, long, long ago the media was the 4th branch of government overseeing the politicians for us. Now they are the cheerleaders.

[JFBalz]

You're absolutely right. Keith burps and it smells like NObama's dick.

[dynocommander]

olbermann needs to die in a car accident!

[kclymer1]

Republicans like you need to be shot dead.

[JFBalz]

Angry boy. What's all this talk about guns and killing from an anti gun, freedom of choice, bed wetting, lib. So I should be shot because I think Barry is a douche... but you think an unborn child can get the coat hanger because you didn't but it in her mouth or on her back. You're all fucked up.

[JFBalz]

I hope Olbermann dies on the eve of his childs wedding.

[kclymer1]

I hope you shoot yourself in the face. Kill yourself fascist!

[MrFlyPerfect]

Republicans are crazy.

The Republican Party is dead.

Republicans are unpatriotic.

[SteevK69]

Obama 68% pos, 26%neg

GOP 26% pos, 69% neg

Keep hugging Limbaugh! ;o)

[SteevK69]

Crooks & liars has the scoop - Santelli is the front man for a GOP SHAM. The chicagoteaparty-dot-com website was set up in AUGUST, 2008! Koch (oil) is behind it, as are some RW think-tanks.

CNBC should have fired him. He's supposed to be a STRAIGHT NEWS reporter, not a political hack. Doesn't CNBC care about their credibility? Are they as bad as FBN? (OK, NOBODY'S as bad as Fox Bidness Net...)

.

[BrownsnBuckeyesfan]

Is Santelli's news supposed to be as straight as Olbermann's?

[SteevK69]

But CNBC is their financial channel - not political news, and not opinion.

If you want political opinion in the guise of a financial channel. go for FBN - oh, and lots of young cuties in short skirts and beefcake, too!

Cavuto's right, they have EVERYTHING! (/snark)

[SteevK69]

Olbermann's sort of the Brit Hume of the left - but nowhere near as pompous. His show is structured almost the same as Hume's (Baeir's now) - news and interviews (and teasers) with a dose of snark, in the first half, Oddball & best persons, another news segment, and a bit of fun on the back stretch, with Worst Persons and a (usually whimsical) last segment.

I find it enjoyable and informative. Rachel follows up well, too. LOVE her GOP in Exile segments ;o)

[DystopiaSticker]

Did someone just say Olbermann wasn't as pompous as another human being?

I'm sorry. That's impossible. You can literally see the pompousness seep from Olbermann's fake tan skin. You could fucking suffocate in that room.

How can you let pieces of shit like Olbermann lie straight to your face and somehow love him for it?

[johnnyk67]

"How can you let pieces of shit like Olbermann lie straight to your face and somehow love him for it?"

Folks who accuse ol' Keith of lying never seem to ever mention anything he has ever lied about.

[DystopiaSticker]

... How about just last week when Olbermann lied about Murdoch saying "we have never been a company that tolerates facts" when he in fact said "tolerates FAT"?

How about my favorite: when Olbermann played a speech given by Giuliani and goes on to completely misquote the clip HE JUST SHOWED and dedicate 15 minutes of attacks about something Giuliani didn't even say?

Have you ever watched this guy? His lies and distortions are easy to find. Everyone knows his lies but his poor, poor fans.

[johnnyk67]

See that's my point. You have to pick out a nonsensical clip that he obviously misheard, then you go all the way back to a Guiliani speech. Are you joking? So all the stuff about Bush, the neocons, McCain, Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity. All the statements he made about the past administration... all true? What lies have you found that are pertinent to informing America about our leaders? Can you come up with more substantive lies than Murdoch and Giuliani? Hannity & the rest wallow in them.

[uchihaangelus]

Rick Santelli is so full of shit. Matt Lauer ripped him to shreds

[elder99]

I accidentally switched on to MSNBC last night during Olbermann's show. Unfortunately, in doing so, I just doubled his ratings.

[TNation98]

@elder99

hahahahahaha awesome

[gutsyt123]

@elder99

ahhhh, I see what you did there, clever and funny

[pokercop40]

Olberman rocks! always has and always will! so take your right wing ass and fly to another country. your a tool!

[elvisbelt]

Olberman is a communist.

If he makes more than $10,000. per year, its too much. He should pay every American for his abusive speech.

[joppman845]

No one is paying any attention to this fool! Check his ratings, right where he belongs, at the bottom. What a ass!

[wls455]

Keith Olbermann is a moron.

[Euroman25]

don't he realize that some would lie about their income if they stood to loose their if homes? e.g. if they loose their jobs!

[ispeedtoo]

Olbermann is a loser!!

[Euroman25]

I wonder if Rick Santelli would like it if his neighbour burned down his house after down?

[kclymer1]

I think we should burn Rick Santelli's house down. Hey lets find out where he lives and post his address online so the fucker is forced to leave the country!

[generalbullmoose]

It's hard for me to believe that I actually once liked Olbermann when he did sports.

[the50calkiller]

Keith needs to STFU he is such a prick.

[bulldogger]

Just sit down and shush up ?

He sounds like Bill-O telling people, once the country goes to war it's your duty as americans to support the country or shut up.

[goldgrif]

i was forced to take a subprime loan, even with great credit

[HerrSchenkel]

I was forced into a bad loan too! Bankers came to my house with weapons and forced me to sign a loan for a 300,000 dollar house!

[goldgrif]

well arse hole, I was told I couldnt get the house loan UNLESS I took the subprime, so maybe I shouldnt have taken the house, I was also told by the bank agent not to worry after a time I could "refinanace" as house price would always go up and get a better terms

so idiot

[HerrSchenkel]

Still doesn't sound like force to me. There's something called "renting." Yea, it sucks that the bank agent didn't tell you everything, but they wouldn't have made that loan had Fannie and Freddie (backed by the government that wanted you to get that loan) not promised to buy it from them...completely eliminating Cost/Risk analysis.

[Frackin64]

And Liddy complaining about threats--it's the Twilight Zone.

[widgit007]

I love the way "i DON'T know where he lives" suddenly turns into "we know where he lives".