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If you.ve done no wrong stop whining. Its true politics is merely the entertainment business for ugly people. When the world railed against Bush and his ignorance he kept his mouth shut. I cant really blame the guy since I pay my mortgage and bought less house than I really wanted to be sure I could afford it. Its true that we shouldnt have to bail out other peoples bad decisions. If i lose my place no one will bail me out. It will just be my tuff luck. Wall street and others could use a little tough love. Works wonders on responsibility. ALL THESE politicians set this up pre election to garner votes and fluff sentiments. Now its a snowball headed down from capital hill. Congrats Mr Preasident you wanted the job and you all got it. These things come with the job. BUCK UP AND DEAL WITH IT!!!!!

As a young American (who happens to be black and was born in America, not Africa then naturalized American) I am becoming very fearful for my country. And feel that if you do not want to be stereotyped or "profiled" then you should not fit the stereotype or profile.

I suspected during the primaries and election, but as time goes on it becomes more evident. Obama either has a piece of the spear of destiny, or he is the antichrist.

How else can it be explained that so many, otherwise intelligent, people turned into blind, non-thinking, non-listening, sheeple that practically worship the ground he walks on?

PLEASE INFORM ME WHICH CABLE TV SHOWS HE WAS WATCHING!!! HE SHOULD HAVE "CHANGE"D THE CHANNEL!!!!!!!!

Democrats had an opportunity to write a stimulus bill that would have given them a solid boost to their party but fumbled. Notice Bill Clinton said " Its quite...a good bill". Its not perfect but would have been better if they paid attention to the essential programs. But its uselsess. The mandate was -We won. We write the bill. Obama should have stepped up with some authority but hid in the hole. How can Pelosi claim to be an "ardent catholic"? I feel ashamed already.

Do you people have any clue what happens when you pump worthless money into the system.

Obama is a lawyer without a clue.

What would he do without his telepromter?

Gibbs is an idiot. Is he supposed to be a non -biased observer. ? What the devil ever happened to free speech ? Do we need Thomas Paine dug up or would reading his writings and the Constitution do ?

Kevin, your notion of what people know and do not know fascinates me. What is your secret?

No.

Rick Santelli does not know what he's talking about because, frankly, who knows what he's talking about? He uses hyperbole and extreme analogies to stretch the stimulus bill into some idea that we will all be paying eachothers mortgages until the end of time. The whole point of this is so we can return to normality. This is not reporting. This is stand up comedy.

And it's not funny.

Yeah, thank God the Democrats never tried to undermine the Republican administration. Oh wait, they did every day for eight years.
Hey, whatever happened to "dissent is patriotic?" Had that gone away now that His Holiness has built Jerusalem on the Potomac?
Honestly, the cult of Obama is creepier than anything wicked old George Bush ever did.

"If I would have just watched cable TV, I long would have crawled into a hole and given up this whole prospect of changing the country

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Its not too late Robert

No criticism allowed. How did NBC allow little brother to get out of line. Matt & Brian really looked like idiots this morning on the Today Show. Oh by the way, have they both agreed to the $500,000 salary cap yet? Even at that they would be grossly overpaid!

Why is it so bad for someone with an alternate perspective to voice his opinions? If the media is so right turned, as Gibbs said it was during the election, why is it so shocking when something like this happens? And how does a guy who spends all day looking at technical analysis for the markets not understand anything about the economy? Perhaps what would be a better plan is to enact a changing stimulus that would help the economy and then these type of tirades wouldn't exist. And whoever said that this mortgage plan was for people who are current with their mortgages are quite possibly the dumbest people in the world. Why would they bailout people that are not in trouble? And not help people who are in trouble?

At a time when this country desperately needs unity and pragmatism to solve this mammoth crisis, they’re screaming and yelling, like little brats.

So much for “Country first”

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No one wants a socialist dictator moron

And I, Mr. Gibbs, can be assured you don't know what you're talking about.

See ya at the Tea Party Rick !!

Dear Dwite so how come santelli believe banks should be bailed out?

Robert Gibbs is CORRECT! CNBC reporter Rick Santelli was at the very least highly unprofessional and completely irresponsible.

Truth in Media does not exist. Nothing but slogans remain:
The Most Trusted News Source'
'No Bias No Bull'
'Fair and Balanced'.

Poor, poor, baby, does the truth hurt!

I am not paying for anyones mortgage.

Some people can not help it that Obama is soooo Popular as our President......
Now let's see what they are about to do to destroy that instead of using it to make America great again!

none of this will matter when the economy gets fixed and it will Obama will be given credit by everyone but the rethugs either way they will not gain power for a while.

Thank GOD someone finally has the gut to say something about all this garbage on Cable News.Gibbs I would like to shake your hand.

BTW, CNBC is NOT a republican talking piece, I mean seriously??? So get informed..if they said Fox, Id believe the anti-republican spew you bloggers are spewing. CNBC and MSNBC are 100% in Obamas pocket!!!

Also, the earlier comment from mw, republicans don't feel it...you better get a clue genius! we ALL feel it, and yes a republican like me does too! leave the partisan stuff at the door or else consider yourself no better than the ones you criticise!

Santelli didn't have any issues with us bialing out Wall Street but God forbid we spend a third of that amount on homeowners. Just another example of Right Wing pricks taking handouts but hating anyone else who does as well.
The Santelli's of the World ARE the problem.

Go Gibbsy.

Usually it is the calm people(such as Nouriel Roubini) that are listened to. Anyone who has to rant, raise his voice or talk over their guests loses credibility with those who are really the movers and shakers in this society. It took the GOP 8 years to bring havoc and it may take even longer to fix their mess. Those who read and research know this. Those who watch reality shows listen to only those who always agree with them. Of course Wall Street does not like President Obama's ideas. The wealthy do not give a fig what happens to the little guy as long as they get more, more and still more.

This is funny...if you opened your eyes and watched the news you'd have seen the media got Obama elected. What a stupid argument that is so off base.

As soon as I hear someone start talking about poor old law-abiding homeowners who make their payments and how unfair it is that they have to bail out their dead beat neighbors, yadda yadda yadda, I know that person has gotten their talking points from right wing radio. You hear the same phrases over and over and over.... On the internet, in person in the office, on TV...etc. Rush Limbaugh and crew have great control over all their listeners.

@The Truth 6:18 pm

The fact that you can compare G. Bush to the great Winston Churchill, demonstrates that you wouldn't know the truth if it walked up to you and punched you in the face.

He had the main stream media to make up for it though.

What goes round comes round as they say. Bush was slammed from his first day in office and it continues even now by the rudest, nastiest people on earth on these sites even tho he has left office. So now the shoe is on the other foot and it's time for the dems to take their hits. Fair is fair, right guys? If you sit in a public office and try to screw honest hard working people to reward the lazy do nothings who just want their handouts....well, I say, cable news...go to it and give 'm everything you got. No one wants the country to fail and no one wants the prez to fail but he needs to demand that congress read and understand these expensive bills before they're passed and quit punishing the folks who pay their mortgages and their bills to help out those who didn't have sense enough to not get in over their heads. So, again, go for it cable guys.

"...if you're going to call us clueless, you should at least spell "Republicans" correctly."

Okay.

Republicancers

CNBC was licking Obama's shoes all through the election ... now they finally get this guy is a disaster for every citizen that works hard and plays by the rules! Santelli spoke the TRUTH!

just another example of the conservative bias that the media is. Bush got away with murder for 8 years as the media cheered him on

Santelli rocks!!!!

Beware of people who insist that they "break their back" every day to earn enough to "play by the rules" and pay their mortgage. Their outrage is laughable. If they actually do own a home, Mom & Dad probably provided the downstroke.

Don't you love someone who stands on the trading floor with all those crooks who gambled away America's wealth and listen to him complain about "irresponsible" spending?

A philosophical issue? Santelli said that government shouldn't come between a person and the institution they contracted with... does that also apply to CEOs to spend millions on bonuses then cry bankruptcy so they can "renegotiate" benefits, retirement, and wages?

What freaking hypocrites! They always want to privatize wealth but subsidize risk.

Gibbs is totally correct and Santelli is a idiot; i.e., he is stupid. My husband and I cannot figure out how he became a national news commentator. We switch to another channel when he's on CNN, because it is painful (and a waste of time) to listen to him rant and flounder around.

In fact, the largest portion of the mortgage relief proposed by Obama will go to homeowners who are paying their bills, but whose homes have lost value, thus preventing the homeowners from refinancing. Everyone whose home has lost value will be eligible, so long as they have been paying their mortgages.

The second portion of the bill addresses homeowners who may be experiencing income problems - who have lost jobs or have reduced incomes and can no longer afford their homes - but who have in fact continued to pay their mortgages. Finally, some portion of the bill will help out those faced with foreclosure. Yet all those whose mortgages are refinanced, including the third group, those facing foreclosure, will have to prove that they have sufficient income to pay their refinanced mortgages. Nobody is getting a free ride.

In addition, most of the burden of refinancing will in fact fall upon the banks, which will accept lower interest rates and a principal reduced to current market value in return for certain government contributions, including from TARP.

Moreover, the loss in value/interest will be written off by the banks, which will obtain tax benefits for the write-offs; the taxpayers are not subsidizing those losses. The additional government contributions to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will finance loans that will be affordable and will be issued only to those borrowers whose finances indicate that the loans will be repaid. I.e., we get the money back.

Santelli is a total moron and Gibbs is right for being ticked off. Don't shoot your mouth off, particularly if you are in a position of responsibility, until you've checked your facts and are sure that you know whereof you speak. Obama's plan is reasonable and avoids nationalization of the banks, which would be a really bad idea, since we don't want the government to run banks - we want the bankers to run them, but under supervision and government regulation. That's what FDR did, and it worked.

Rick, go back to school. You're not helping the problem by spewing ignorant, purportedly crowd-pleasing gibberish.

Obama has been president for exactly one month today. In that short time he has accomplished a great deal. Do not be so quick to judge. Bush left this country in a terrible mess, doubled the deficit, dragged us into an ill conceived war, wasted a trillion dollars, destroyed our credibility abroad, is responsible for countless deaths and untold brutality; everything he touched turned to ruins. Now is the time for us to stand united and support the president and his agenda. He is trying to clean-up a mess it took eight years to create. He can't do it all in four weeks.

I think we should all live in cardboard boxes.

Gibbs, you hit the nail on the head. They know nothing of what they speak. But this is their game. This has always been their game, spin, spin, spin. Now they are finding out that the people doesn't beleive their spin anymore and they are in an uproar. They are so use getting their way. That's why the country is in the mess its in now. Who do they think would want them to run this country anymore.
To PRESIDENT OBAMA , you do what has to be done to get this country going again. You have the american people behind you.
Continue to ignore these crazy hatemongers, they don't matter.

You guys put WAY too much trust in the government. There is "NO" way these people can trick the system? Apparently many of you live in a different country than I do. Where I live, the government (federal) is pretty incompetent, republican or democrat. By the way, the rant was awesome! By the way, don't tell me republicans are the only ones who yell. Try telling that to Howard Dean! The housing bill ticks me off to no end.

Who's looking out for the American people I'll tell you who....

FOX Business Network has filed a lawsuit against the United States Treasury Department over failure to provide information on the bailout funds or respond to FBN’s expedited requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA].

Why hasn't CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC asked for this information to be made available to the public or pursued it? The love Obama too much that's why...........

Don’t under estimate the growing negative sentiment throughout the country regarding Obama and his band of "bright guys" with "government only" answers for everything. Rick's comments are simply a reflection of the growing undercurrent against Obama and his "give it away" policies. The Obama folks recognize this and are concerned.

I would rather see a republican put down than one of my pets.

When they start ranting – I just turn them off. I will listen to a good argument but some of these Repubs are over the top – desperately trying to make us think – right or wrong – they are always right. None seem to have any better solutions, do they?

I think the real problem with the cable news networks lies in the fact thay the don't tend to separate opinion and news very well, and the viewers of these programs REALLY can separate the two. If anyone thinks that someone like Hannity is actual news then they are kidding themselves. Networks just try and get people to rant and shout, hoping it will pull viewers, and in turn, ad revenue. Facts and honest reporting tends to suffer. I can't say I blame the guy for disliking cable news at all.

Wow. You people are funny to listen to. If any one of you actually looked at the true numbers to see what was going on in this country you would realize that nothing the gov't is doing will fix it. the only way to fix this mess is for the gov't to stay out and People get off there bums to do something.... You can't sit back and wait for someone else to fix your porblems. My wife and i are laughing all the way to the bank at you people. It's a half off sale for everything right now. And if you had lived fiscally conservative like we have none of this would even matter to you. We have 0 debt including our house and have plenty of expendable income...so we can invest without using CREDIT. It's a joke that people get out of control with credit and cause this mess then the GOVT wants to fix it by doing what???borrowing more money? thats the definition of insanity.

ahem,
adidasansen7, I don't think the insertion of the word KLAN in tee's post about clueless republiKLANS was a mistake. just thought you might like to know that.

Oh, come on all of you. What planet are you on? The only reason Wall St. is not doing any better is because "We the People" do not TRUST them.Taking my money out of B of A and putting it into a bank that is solvent and does not make risky investments with my money on Wall St!
For Jennifer & Connie, As far as $13 extra on your paycheck. For crying out loud be glad you are working and not standing in line for unemployment or food. There are plenty out there that are. That is what the recovery plan is designed to do. HELP those people in need, not you & me. We are not hurting as bad as others-so get over it and get out there and volunteer your time to those in need.

Gee I work hard and save and PAY my mortgage Where is my bailout for my IRA, 401K, SEP etc...its not my fault! Can I at least use whats left without penalty to save my a...until I get my fair share of the BailOut. With all these tax dollars saving PUBLIC Co's when can I expect my shares to to show up in my portfolio

Awe, don't like free speech? Get used to it.

In case anyone hasn't noticed yet, Gibbs will go on and on like diarea and in the end says nothing.

'If I would have just watched cable TV, I long would have crawled into a hole and given up this whole prospect of changing the country."

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Its not too late.......

Journalistic standards sure have gone by the wayside.... Remember when reporters actually reported? Now most of them give their opinions, which of course makes them pundits, not reporters. What happened to being objective? Fox is unfair and unbalanced, Campbell Brown is all biased and full of bull, the list goes on and on.....

Looks like once again Obama can not handle the truth.
Watch what the DOW done today watch as it goes down and downon Monday. Watch people's retirement writher away.
Watch what gold done today. Watch it go up and up.
Obama is making things worst.
I hope people will keep speaking out against Obama. And calling things what there are.

What planet is Gibbs on?....or was he working for McCain during the campaign? McCain (and Bush, who wasn’t even running) clearly got the bad end of the media propaganda deal.

Frankly, I think the White House can find a much better Press Secretary than Gibbs. He won’t last much longer…..

I watch our country being torn in two by all of this.

1865. Lincoln.

2009. Obama.

He wants to be like him so much, he might get his chance.

The hatred is swelling to intense levels and I am curious to see how long until the news reports a revolt taking place. Website, cable, everything except paper press can be squashed, but if any one of those are squashed, it will light the tinder that is already in place.

–reading history

Rick Santelli knows more about finance and the economy than Obama will ever even hope to know. After all, Santelli's been reporting on the CBOT since Obama was a mere "community organizer". This just shows how the Obama team can't stand dissent and can't believe that anyone would question Our Dear Leader. Suck it up, Obamatrons, 'cause we conservatives aren't going to let up.

gimme gimme gimme more, gimme yours and don't touch mine. gimme till you hurt and gimme more more.

can u pay for my education grades 1-12 then pay for me to have kids and then pay me to go to school and pay for my childcare, and pay for my house? and i need some extra cash for the movies, gimme.

Cable news as an entity right now is just screeching. I am not singling any network out. All are guilty to one degree or another.

Mari, you silly girl. It says right in the article he was referring to CNBC.

If Gibbs thought the media was hard on Obama during the campaign he's crazy. They totally gave him a pass. It was Obama's attacks on Hillary that I remember.

Gibbs is in the wrong line of work if he can't handle the media.

adidasansen7

I believe that was part of tee's joke. Again, you just proved his/her point. Clueless.

Good Job Gibbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a trip!! Everyday my savings and sweat equity is going down the drain – for what – STFU and instead of grumbling about what is "not going to work" and "you should have listened to ME beacuse I know what's best for the country (even though you should have spoken up years ago when this mess was starting to happen)"! This is like a family crisis, Only one person can call the shots!!! He's our president right now, we all need help, you don't know the future so again I say STFU and let the process work!!!

Urg!! It is soddin' sick how you all can't just work this probelm out TOGETHER bc we're all going down the drain!!!

Way to go Gibbs!! The republicans rant and scream, but haven't a clue about what's going on. They hear Rush or hear something on Fix News which came from Rush and they never never check out the facts. They are idiots and that's why they are out of power and in 2010 there will be far less of them which means they will have to Scream louder. Hopefully by that time there won't be enough of them to warrant any air time at all.

WHAT CABLE ARE YOU WATCHING!!!??

Like most liberals, Gibbs is unable to argue with Santelli's ideas, and instead resorts to insults.

Too bad Gibbs didn't watch more cable news, or like he said, he would have given up trying to change this country. Unfortunately we're going to be getting a lot of change we don't need that threatens to take us back into the Great Depression. This administration is repeating the mistakes of the past. Apparently they haven't studied history or they have but think the same actions will give them different results this time.

It would be good for cable to know and use the facts. Just to have rabbid spokespeople shouting out does little to add clarity to the debate.

If that fool named Rick wanted to rant and rave why didn't he do it on Wednesday before President Obama left town? He waited until the President was out of the country so he would get no immediate response. He is not only an idiot but a cowardly idiot. Our country has no need for the likes of him. He needs to leave!!

garbage. he is critisizing someone (on an NBC station), who covers business and the economy full time as someone who doesn't know what they are talking about.

obama and most of the other clowns in DC have never run a business and have minimal understanding of how economics and markets work. that also goes for the Dem kool-aid drinkers on this message board.

STOP REWARDING BAD BEHAVIOR!

re: "Tee, if you're going to call us clueless, you should at least spell "Republicans" correctly. Way to represent yourself."

THIS from the party who can't pronounce "Democrat-ic" party correctly?

Santanelli is rich man, they are not like us, he just called struggling Americans losers.

lol – the news media has been Obama's best friend... He must not have watched the media cover McCain/Palin at all...

Now they get a little static from a "NBC" news channel (Obama's cheerleaders) and they start to whine like babies.

go get them gibbs

he is the face of the nation

real man real truths real change

i enjoy listening to him

nice job keep up the good work

Rick Santelli spent his entire career working in Chicago Mercantile and now reports from there for CNBC. He knows more in his little pinky about credit markets and housing issues than both the Bush and Obama administrations.

the republicans dont have to undermine Obama and the democrats they are doing a fine job of that themselves.

GIBBS IS RIGHT!!!

These Republicans are terrified by Obama's popularity not only in the USA but across the world.

They are trying everything in the book to stunt his momentum but it wont work it will backfire on them. They have nothing to add all they do is criticize while people are suffering and loosing they jobs and homes.

Come 2010 they will pay for this...

Turn off your idiot boxes and educate yourselves by doing some reading and research on your own, instead of having some idiot talking heads tell you what and how to think.

Talk about a welfare state, we now have a nation of idiots who rely on someone else like Rush, Hannity and the likes of these morons to "give you your opinions" – somehow saying "to do your thinking for you" falls far too short of the mark because these folks other very little thought behind their rhetoric!

Right on! Cable news is becoming America Cancer... Too much noise, too little responsible journalism...

These politicians are without a clue. I have an excellent credit rating, never late on any bills, but when I want to re-finance my house, to take advantage of a lower monthly payment I am told there isn't any money available, I am not below the poverty level where I live, not a minority, not on any assistance program. What happened to all the help the "MIDDLE CLASS" was supposed to be getting??? Oh yeah, that tax assistance amounts to $14.00 a paycheck. I can really buy a lot of food and stimulate the economy with $14.00.
This is the biggest joke on the middle class that has ever been done.

Time to find another job Mr. Obama!

on what planet is the press secretary on? obama got a love fest on every network, especially cnbc's brother msnbc...they virtually made a guy who had accomplished zero in public life into president b/c they foamed at the mouth over the first...president story...and i'm a dem...get a grip man. the media made obama. certainly wasn't his resume.

Robert Gibbs is paid to support anything the newest Socialist/Fascist Party is touting.

Wake up America. Unless we dismantle this giant parasite called the Federal Government, we are economically doomed. ECONOMICALLY DOOMED!

Responsibility in the news is certainly lacking. Part of the reason the economy is in a tail spin is because the news media constantly talks about the economy and it is like beating a dead horse. When you constantly talk about the "recession" it became a self fulfilled prophecy. When you consistently tell people not to spend, they listen, and then people wonder why we are losing all of these jobs...........it is because we were told to stop spending....and we did!!!
Rick Santelli was ridiculous yesterday..............I thought news reports were suppose to be unbiased.............ha.......

Is Gibbs nuts or just clueless? No one with the exception of JFK or Ronald Reagan has had the media's lips hermetically sealed to their backside like Obama. He has been treated like the second coming of Jesus. For them to complain about anything media related shows just how entitled they feel. I can't wait for CNN, MSNBC,NBC, CBS, ABC & PBS to stop being addicted to the kool-aid. It will be so refreshing to get some honest objective news for a change, instead of the spin crap we get now.

Santelli is right on the money. To heck with people who got into houses and now cant afford them. I bought a house I could afford and even if I lost my job I could make it through until things got better..... Its called being responsible and money management. To many people in this country are complete morons and when it comes to finances a dead monkey has more common sense. If you are one of them and are reading this then I say tough you know what.... let the bank foreclose on you and deal with it.

I don't get it. The media got Obama elected. How quickly do Americans forget things? As for Gibbs calling out Santelli for not knowing what he is talking about, well then maybe you should keep Geitner from saying anything.

@Independent: Democrats are always trying to undermine whatever the Republicans do, too. They just aren't very good at it.

Gibbs is a kool-aid drinker who spins the lies of nObama. Santelli is right – look at the stock market – Do you think nObama;s gloom and doom is inspiring us to "hope" that we will have some "change" left when he's out of office.

We have to understand that the Republicans were on the verge of irrelevancy after the beating they took in the last election and the horrendous job they did over the previous 8 years; they and their media voices are going to grumble about everything for a while.

Mr. Gibbs has to understand that in the time of 24/7 news coverage it isn't enough to report the news – reporters(?) have to create news. It's the only way to stand out anymore.

So most Repubs agree that we should let the irresponsible people hang right?

Cool, they can sleep in front of YOUR yard begging for change, it's not like homeless people bring down the value of homes, right? Right? Hello?

I also wonder if foreclosed homes affect the value of homes around it..........nah couldn't be.

But hey, everyone grab your gun and start eliminating the homeless, because you all certainly believe the government shouldn't help them.

So smart!

Gibbs is irrelevant in the scheme of things. His "agenda" is obviously BIASED - but that's his job. Clearly, he's just an Obama mouth-piece (but that's what ALL press secretaries do, of course, Obama or not). So knock it off, Gibbs, trying to sound "different." YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE JUST THE HIRED HELP! And you're NOT particularly good at it!

The DJIA, the S&P 500 Index or the Wilshire index are telling us something reliable? That is a laugh. Like what they were telling us just before each bubble burst?

The media sucks, but once in awhile they get it right. I just heard that republican's are trying to go 'hip hop' to gain younger voters. Isn't that a hoot. They have no clue. It will not work, but I am going to laugh my butt off watching Palin or Jindal trying to be cool and hip. You know, you either got it or you don't and I have not came across any repub who has a clue as to what it means.

I could not agree with Mr. Gibbs more! It s so true! I have watched hours of hearigs on C-Span. The Congress members, Big 3, Bank Ceo's, Wall St., Inv. Banks, etc and what they say in live on air time. The story is totally out of context and spun out on the news. Major channels and cable are all to blame for not reporting the truth. They will put eye popping headliners on and then you find the headline does not coinicide with the story at all!

Been waiting for the white house to fight back!!

So agree, between the CNN drama central soap opera and the 'experts' who simply don't know what they are talking about.......

It is refreshing to have WORLDVIEW and the BBC to watch....

The mortgage meltdown is the root cause but the banks are the ones to blame for getting greedy by doing sub-prime loans in the first place. I'm an Obama supporter 99% of the time but against any kind of mortgage rescue plan. Let the bubble finish bursting...home prices are over-valued and time for the greedy people to pay for their selfishness.

You mean like those mental giants on The View

I…think that it's tremendously important that for people who rant on cable television to be responsible and understand what it is they're talking about.

And democrats get their point across by ripping and republicans.
So both sides are pretty close minded I would say. I have yet to hear many people yell though.

adidasansen7: Um...I'm pretty sure that was an intentional misspelling.

ADIDASANSA7
YOU MADE MY POINT. I SPELLED JUST RIGHT. TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ WHAT I WROTE. YOU MIGHT GET IT BEFORE THE SLOW BUS COMES.

They are just mad because it is on TV. They don't care about me, my family, or my friends who all feel the same way. Because we don't have a voice or a platform to mount any sort of opposition.

Somehow people think that the people that lost their houses simply did it because they bought houses they couldn't afford what about the people that had a secure job and had the funds to buy a house then were laid off? Not their fault. What about the huge leap in gas prices which caused an increase in the price of everything else? Maybe THAT cut into budgets causing house payments to be missed. I say don't blame the people for getting approved for a loan...blame the banks. Part of their job is make sure they get the money back that they lent. I don't believe in socialism but I do believe that a nation should support its people instead of whining about having to care for them. Such a selfish nation.

Callahan, why can't you cut Robert Gibbs off if you don't like what he is saying? Your tv does have buttons doesn't it?

Rick Santelli is voicing how real homeowners feel. I did not go buying a house I could not afford or just as an investment. Who the hell is going to help me?? Maybe I should stop paying so they bail me out too. I guess I should read the fine print and see if I qualify...

Santelli went on later broadcasts to say his email was running 99% in his favor--really??? From the same Wall Street folks who have been running the markets down in protest to salary caps and such ?

I would have hoped for a cooler head's clarification; Dylan Rattigan has a chance to re-cast Santelli's whimpering.

So when many many $100 billions bail out Santelli's buddies, that's ok, but spend a fraction of that money on Americans losing their homes often due to medical bills and layoffs, and he rants NOW??? Give me a break!
My tea Party would be throwing him and his friends ion the trade floor into Lake Michigan like those tea chests in Boston.

Santelli is a raving lunatic who is obviously off of his medication as well as his rocker.Americans helping americans is what BUILT this country but extremists like him are making it sound like it's criminal.BULL!That's exactly why the republicans collectively got their clocks cleaned in November.

Finish the job in 2010.Continue the house-cleaning in Washington and help build a strong America and strong Americans again!Sweep out the rest of the republicans that have set this country back more than 100 years.The "FAT CATS" have milked this country bone-dry for long enough!

lol. So obama can get on tv every day and talk about the catastrophe, dire consequences, and great depression but a media guy on CNBC cannot give his opintion. obama is being a TERRIBLE leader by sowing the seeds of sorrow, dismay, and depression. it is a self-fulfilled prophecy

A great man once said "empower the people to stay to home and collect from the government."

Malcolm X

The only reason to watch cable news is to get a different perspective other than what the Dems are serving for lunch today. Get a brain – this housing package will NOT HELP people who have lost their jobs to keep their houses.....so with unemployment rising – duh – less houses will be saved. Gotta have that income. So just putting it out there that the 'mortgage package' will not save anyones house unless they still have that great job – good pay – moderately high credit score, etc. All the things needed BEFORE the banks claimed they needed the 750 Billion dollar bailout without one dime going to the American public. You folks are pretty blind. Glad to see the koolaide is still flowing. So lets see – change???? Humm, must be what's for dinner!

By the way Michael Perata.....your past employee won't be able to get help now either because without the income...no refi or help under this ill-conceived plan. Shameful that the Americans who are loosing their jobs won't get help vs. the ones who got in over their heads but still have their jobs. Very unfair setup.

Don't know what cable news he watched during the campaign but what I watched showed Obama winning everyday not losing everyday.

And there is just as much bombastic liberal ranting on MSNBC than there is at Fox any day of the year.

Just because you agree with the ranter doesn't change that it is indeed a rant.

Still waiting for a change.

I guess people see what they want to see. As for me, I thought the media, especially the cable networks, bowed at the Obama alter, eager to give him credit where it wasn't due, pitching nothing but slowballs. Funny.

Gov. telling what private folks should do. Stallin would be proud.This "family guy" Gibbs is really bad.He's worse that Scott Mc..

THE TRUTH

ARE YOU PALIN'S BROTHER OR SISTER?

In a free country, ranting is OK, and is protected by the constitution.

An opinion, no matter how unpopular and critical of The One (Oprah), The Messiah (Farrakhan et.al.) is OK.

There was ranting about Bush, there will be about Obama. Get over it and grow up.

It is obvious that Wall Street is manipulating the markets. Ask yourself if you know anyone that is currently selling. The answer is a resounding NO!! The average american is not selling anything. The only people selling is Wall Street themselves. Yeah, they are really great at predictions and managing money aren't they? Why should we care what Wall street thinks now after they proved how stupid and inept they are at economics?

The Santelli revolution is real. This is not going away.

Mr. Gibbs is so right. However, there's another side to his cable story and it concerns MSNBC whose hosts, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, who drooled and cooed over the now President Obama,
while bashing his opponents. Don't get me wrong, I like the President, but these news types can get pretty sickening, as Gibbs pointed out.

I listened to Santelli and his explanation. He did not seem to understand the broader implications of 20 million people losing their homes because of the domino effect that has begun. To let the "losers" who are having trouble making their mortgage payments stiff the banks is nonsense. When someone vacates their home. The bank is stuck with a house and is getting screwed.

If I loan $250,000 to John to buy a house, John pays me back $20,000 and then can't pay anymore, I have a house I can't use, and I'm out $230,000. I can only sell the house at the market value of $100,000. So, in this transaction, I just lost $130,000.

If you bank loses $130,000 on 10% of its home loans, it is in serious trouble. A bank with 10,000 mortgages, is out about $130 Million. In a city of 100,000 people with 10 banks, every bank is out about $130 million. These numbers may not be right – but – show me I'm not right.

Santelli thinks we'll be fine with no stimulus and no bailout of anyone – oh wait, that's right, we just need to bail out wall street. Hypocrite.

The White House staff and Gibbs must not own stock and bonds. The market is tanking and Americans are getting crushed daily. You can fight the facts if you want to lead the country. Waiting for Sec. Geithner to become relavant is O's only hope.

Tell it, Robert Gibbs! Until President Obama took office NOTHING was being done except give the Bush cronies money to not disclose.

President Obama inherited a mess that the Republicans made in eight years.

I am tired of the so-called experts that are on stations like FIX news saying about the medical plan when she is a paid lobbyist for drug companies.

Now we have Steele trying to make Republicans look Blacker with his Notorious G.O.P. ideas..........geez!

Holy crap! Where were you for the last 2 years Mr. Gibbs? You know, the last 2 years of the media fawning all over then Senator Obama. I guess they were okay then.

There is no journalism anymore. The job of media these days is to make money, and that takes sensationalism. People seek "news" channels not to get actual news, but to have their beliefs validated. No matter who you are, you don't have to look far.

Wow. What an immature administration. Do they think they are without reproach? They really need the NBC family of networks and owe them good will due to the favorable treatment CNBC and MSNBC has given them ever since the Ohio primaries. If this is how they act in press conferences, should we be worried about what happens behind closed doors?

You right wingers just leave me speechless. My head is going to explode. Have any of you even attempted to fact check all your radio pals (rush, hannity, etc.)? Those guys couldn't find the truth if it was hanging around the neck of a naked Anne Coulter. Why don't you THINK FOR YOURSELF for a change?

These are the same people that unquestioningly believed bush when he said Iraq has WMDs. But they won't even wait for the stimulus plan to start before they consider it a failure and spew lies.

And to the person who talked about the DOW being a reliable indicator is spot on!!! This is the same DOW that believed companies were valued at DOUBLE their current value just a year ago. That indicator is about as reliable as a bank regulating itself.

I'm glad Gibbs called them out on this!!!!!! Cable news stations need to make money and the antics of Rick Santelli make money even though he's a boob. Unfortunately, in this 24/7 media driven environment, whoever talks or yells loudest gets heard – Rush, Santelli – all the right wing whining non supporting Americans. Bush got us in this mess and laughed over it that he didn't have to deal with it. Obama has a plan. Give it time to work.

Don't know if you have ever noticed but repubs can only get their point across by screaming and yelling, and by talking over the top of others.

Go craw under a rock

Very true. By the way Rethugs Suck!

Tee, if you're going to call us clueless, you should at least spell "Republicans" correctly. Way to represent yourself.

I believe the majority of republicans are desperately trying the undermine anything this administration does. You can see it EVERYWHERE. And they’re starting to have some affect, judging by the most recent poll numbers on Obama.

I think they’ve frightened by Obama’s popularity and the fact that they lost power, and they’ve decided go on the offensive to try to slow his momentum.

At a time when this country desperately needs unity and pragmatism to solve this mammoth crisis, they’re screaming and yelling, like little brats.

So much for “Country first”

The "bailout" is for homeowners who are currently "MAKING THEIR PAYMENTS".
Nothing in the bill is intended to rescue fools, investors, cheats.
I recently had to layoff one of the best employees I have ever worked with. She and her husband bought a house in Sacramento near the top of the market. They were well qualified for a high LTV loan (not 100%) and are still making the payments, even though they have lost all of their equity and the value of the house is significantly below the outstanding balance of the loan.
These are the folks the "bailout" bill is designed to help.
Not the fools who bought five houses in Stockton, CA with nothing down hoping to flip the houses in a year for astronomical returns. To hell with those people The bailout is not design for the unsophisticated buyer who was sold a bill of goods to get a commission on a house sale and a commission for making a loan and now wants to walk because they never had a future with that house.

thank you Rick Santelli for echoing what middle America is thinking. Gibbs is CLUELESS.

this is from Obermans own network! wow

Get your facts straight:

Santelli does not work for Fox, but CNBC.
Santelli does not work at Wall St, but at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Santelli also ranted against the bailout of Wall St.

Now that Obama can no longer use the words "hope" and "change" effectively, he is resorting to use his spokesperson to discredit someone that is stating the truth.

Love,

Joe Vote (registered Libertarian, did not vote either Democrat or Republican)

@ Connie

"I watch the national and cable news and i swear i heard all the ranting about how great Obama is. So with this stimilus package i get $13 extra a week and the people on unemployment get $25.00 extra a week."

Small minds, get small money...

The "Democratic Socialist Party of America" (aka the DNC) wants to destroy, censor, or take over every media outlet that shows any independence of thought or refuses to blindly echo the propaganda of the Obama disinformation machine.

Once the "Free Speech Suspension Doctrine" (aka the Fairness Doctrine) muzzles talk radio, the Democrats will find some way to extend the censorship to include cable news. Though cable does not directly use the public airwaves for broadcasting, it does use them to gather video and audio and it also uses other infrastructure that could also be considered in the public domain (such as phone lines, power lines, roads, ect.).

In the 1930's, the Nazi Party understood very well the importance of gaining control of the media early on. It looks like the Democratic party understands this as well. It's just a matter of time.

Gibbs is in way over his head.....

Just for that, Obama should repeal the Telecom act of 1996.

Another Rush wannabe. I was embarrased for him. My good Lord, what is he trying to do? Be ready to take Rush's place if he dies? "From my mouth to God's ears". This gut is another idiot that the news networks have come up with. When the tabloides came out with such stories such as" Martian fathers a child with Jackie Kennedy", we all thought that they would go under in no time. Guess what?, they are still there. Unfortunately so will this moron.

Jennifer,

True, the S&P 500 Index would be a better indicator, and the Wilshire index even better. When you look at those, the market is saying that the Obama economic team is on the wrong track.

In any indicator you look at, the market is saying that the plans are bad and inept. Unless of course, you log into Whitehouse.org, there everythings great.

Mari said:
"For a while now, I have suspected...that the conservatives on Wall Street are holding back from entering the market to make a point."

No, dummy, we're holding back from entering the market because we don't want to lose our hat, coat and posterior. When the government says its going to nationalize banks, exactly how many investors do you think are going to invest the financial sector and risk losing every dollar invested?

When the frontrunner candidate campaigned for two years threatening the successful with messages of "spreading the wealth" and "economic 'justice,'" what the hell did you expect investors to do... I mean OTHER than run for the exits as fast as possible.

I had hoped to retire one day on my own investments and was quite well on my way... but with the effect Komrade Obama has had on investor confidence by his mere presence and business-unfriendly message, I'm not so sure I'll ever be able to retire now.

To all investors and "producers," I say let's head to the Rockies and go John Galt. Let the moochers and looters figure out why we no longer choose to work for free and get financially sodomized.

Every responsible, and hopeful person should pray for the country's financial recovery. Cooler, calmer heads and spirits must prevail and seek Divine guidance during these trying time. The rantings of Wall St. would be guru's and republicans are doing no good whatsever. To yell at President Obama, who, with the advice of many economists, is TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, is not doing any of us any good at all. Many Americans are hurting-pain an American politician cannot relate to-especially a republican- and some encouragement, some good ideas, some supportive rhetoric, some fervent prayer, some praise to our Lord from those of you who are rich and able to stock up on real estate and stocks because prices are so low now –that could go a long way in getting us all back on our feet. Pray, encourage and offer something constructive-not distructive banter-that is what we need.

I blasted cable news yesterday, sending an email to MSNBC, informing them that I was no longer willing to listen to Joe Scarborough and his band of snarky sarcastic old farts. They are disrespectful, utterly biased and have nothing to add to their frothing commentary that would in any way be helpful, either to a decision maker or to the millions of scared people who watch. This can be said for most of these shows and it's a real shame.

Sorry Gibbs...but just like you freely speak from the podium...
so too do the newscaster on cable....... the only advantage with the cable is ..if you don't like it..you can switch the channel (we can't do that with you, can we?:-) )

Mari,

How stupid are you? Santelli reports for CNBC, an NBC venture, not Fox News. You people are so determined to nail Fox News you can't even keep your ideology straight.

As a hard working mortgage paying employer, I say thank god for people like Rick Santelli that are willing to say the truth. I am sick of rewarding stupidity. Ever heard of "Moral Hazard". Look it up. If I make stupid decisions, who's gonna bail out my small business and save the 10 jobs it creates? No one will and nor should they. The sooner the housing market completely bottoms the sooner this mess will be over.

RIGHT ON GIBBS!

FIXEDNEWS, WANTS YOU TO FAIL TOO.

THEY STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU NOT ONLY BEAT THE CLINTON MACHINE, JOHN MCCAIN AND BURIED FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH ILL-PERCEIVED GLOWING WAR LEGACY IN THE STAND....AND FOR THAT THEY WILL MAKE YOU PAY 365X4.

HOW DARE YOU PRESIDENT OBAMAMAKE THE GOP LOOK BAD, AFTERALL THE ARAB/MUSLIM, RADICAL, AYERS/WRIGHT/RESKO MUDBALLS THEY THREW AT YOU. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

Thank you Mr Gibbs, that needed saying. Being an regular CNBC viewer, I found his rant disgusting.

I totally agree. I have long said that the cable news networks are trying to create the news rather than report it... it truly is sickening..You can't believe anything they say anymore.. They just throw anything out there and hope that it sticks...

Rick Santelli's said this morning that instead of people buying homes they should be renting..well what sense does it make to rent when renting cost as much as a monthly mortgage and you certainly can't file your rent on your taxes to get money back.Even if people tried to rent if they lose their jobs and they get evicted so what do they tell their landlord I'm sorry I just lost my job and could you give me a few months to see if I can find a job ? I don't think so...They seem to have answers but no real solutions.The president is doing the best he can and I doubt that if any other president Deomocrat or Republican was in his position they would not do things any different than Obama.I don't think these people realiize just how serious this recession is.Something is got to be done and right now doing something is better than doing nothing and since all these geniuses are comming up with all the right things that should be done where were they when they seen this disaster comming with all their bright ideas Get real people and grow up or shut up

Santelli was spot on. It is Obama that hasn't a clue as to what he is talking about.

I fail to understand why millions of Americans who pay their mortgage on time, bought a home within their means, and take personal responsibility for their actions are now being told for those that are not, they must sacrifice their families welfare.

This mortgage plan sound very very similar to the agricultural collectivization programs implements by Josef Stalin in the Ukraine – and we all know what a success that turned out to be.

It's obvious they hate FOX news. Only conservatives watch that network...people who aren't going to want to vote for Obama in 2012 anyway. So Gibbs shouldn't even mention them.

I agree with Gibbs completely. The part of the stimulus bill regarding homeowners isn't about someone who bought out of their means, it's about hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs, value in their homes, etc. and would be homeless if they don't receive aid. I never heard the Republicans complain year after year as Bush got us into this horrible mess, but now they don't want to help families, children, senior citizens – no one. What selfish pigs!!!!!

Well if he is talking about the FOX Channel, I can understand his views. Fair and Balanced????? I haven't heard that from Fox lately. Maybe they couldn't stop laughing at themselves for saying such a blantant lying thing? Those boobs are the Right-Wing extremists of the TV world.

Now they are carrying the comments from the GOP Senator from Minnisota that swears that the "Obama" Stimulus bill has millions in it for ACORN. Facts ..... There is not one drop, not one dollar in the bill for ACORN. But that does not stop Fox or the Republican Senator from lying to their listerners.

Do you remember at the very beginning of the war in Iraq the huge message that scrolled across the FOX screen? It read "Weapons of Mass Destruction found in Iraq"! A few short weeks later, those WMD turned out to be non-existent according to the Military brass, and the message on the screen disappeared, reluctantly I think.

fOX NEWS IS FOR UNEDUCATED PEOPLE WHO CAN'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES.

what people fail to realize is that the "News" is no longer about uncovering and reporting facts. It is all aobut ratings, hire talking heads that look good but are not required to understand the issues. Do no indepth coverage but only 30 sound bites (There is more time spent interviewing a holloywood start or a NASCAR driver than discussing real issues on todays "news" programs. Larry King interviews more "famous people" than Congresspeople.!)

All that being said it is important to realize also that the cable news companies (including CNN, MSNBC, Faux News) AND the major broadcast news (ABC, CBS, NBC) are all owned by a very small number of corporations (5) and, while the "talking head" might be a ultra left wing liberal, the people who decide WHAT the takling heads will be discussing are mostly ultral right wing religious nuts. (please note I said MOSTLY not all.. I can hear the cries of "What about Soros?" already) it is the topic of conversation, not necessarily what is said during the conversation that is important. (for example everyone covered rev. Wright for a long period of time, but very few covered rev. Dobson's speech about that mexicans and blacks should not breed with whites because the bible says each to its own) Many covered then Senator Obama support from radical black leaders but few covered Govenor Palin's support from the American NAZI Party and other White Supremisist groups. This is NOT saying she is a NAZI or a White Supremecist it is pointing out that who sets the details of the conversation is not as important as who sets the SUBJECT of the conversation.

I guess Mr. Gibbs never watched Keith Olberman or Rachel Maddow.

The only reason to watch cable news is to get a different perspective other than what the Dems are serving for lunch today. Get a brain – this housing package will NOT HELP people who have lost their jobs to keep their houses.....so with unemployment rising – duh – less houses will be saved. Gotta have that income. So just putting it out there that the 'mortgage package' will not save anyones house unless they still have that great job – good pay – moderately high credit score, etc. All the things needed BEFORE the banks claimed they needed the 750 Billion dollar bailout without one dime going to the American public. You folks are pretty blind. Glad to see the koolaide is still flowing. So lets see – change???? Humm, must be what's for dinner!

Got to agree with Gibbs I mean if I had only looked at cable news for my information I would have believed this was a close election race when it really never was. Good thing I looked at the electoral map and saw that Obama was going to win in a landslide.

REPUBLIKLANS REMAIN CLUELESS!!!!!!!!!!!

What a little weasel. He needs to SHUT UP....

Take a slap at cable news but don't say anything about the major networks that gushed all over presidential candidate Obama during the campaign and took nasty potshots at the Republican ticket. And don't mention the lack of tough questions NOT ASKED of then-Senator Obama during the debates by the network moderators. And don't mention the news sources (AP, UPI, etc.) or the networks (NBC, ABC, and CBS) that are given first crack at the questions during Gibbs' press conferences. It was okay during the last eight years for the major networks to lie and berate then-President Bush but not now that we have a Democrat in the Oval office. Gimme a break!

"Aware"

I'm sorry – the DJIA became a reliable indicator of the economy's health on what date? Because it's apparently been wrong for about 8 years. I see no reason to trust a statistic being put up by, for the most part, amateurs who have no idea what they are doing.

Media in America, especially Cable news media is just a money machine. Don't kid yourself for one minute that it's in any way a force for information alone. It has an agenda, that agenda is called from a corporate boardroom and you'll be eating what they want you to eat.

I predicted that within a year Obama would make George Bush look like Winston Churchill. Even I didn't think he could do it within a month.

News commentators are human beings and it is simply unrealistic to ask a human being not to have a bias on any significant issue. Everyone has a bias. People need to try harder to look at both sides and listen far more critically to all sides. All of them, from Limbaugh to Hannity to Olbermann to Stewart – every single one of them has an agenda and they are fed by public ignorance and indifference. Do not take anything they say at face value. Have the decency to do some research before accepting anything truly ridiculous.

Why would Mr. Obama choose someone who is in no way articulate to be his spokesperson?

I agree with Gibbs. Our negatively sensationalized media on cable seems out of control. Fortunately, the Internet provides access to a broader perspective of reality from many different sources.

"If I would have just watched cable TV, I long would have crawled into a hole and given up this whole prospect of changing the country."We would not be headed to a Socialistic government as we are now, and the government would not be going bankrupt because of our pork belly spending.

Our administration can trust the network TV to help cover for us and only tell the American people what we want them to think or know.

then again, mr. obama is also in the AIPAC / neo-con pocket.

Obama channel market news doesn't sit well with the idol/idle fans!

Oh please, don't tell me we have liberals whining about "conservative" bias in the media...

As was said in more proper times, "I find I am wracked with such hearty guffaws that, in addition to rolling about to-and-fro on the floor, my posterior has separated itself from my body."

Tell it like it is Gibbs. For way too long some media outlets on cable thinks just because they say it makes it true! Mathews had Santelli backing off on some of his words today!

My Lord. The audacity of that Sentelli guy! Why wasn't he bitching about the bank bail-outs. I guess it's OK to smear middle-class home owners who have lost a job or can't afford medical insuance. I wonder how much that guy makes in one year without getting his hands dirty? Give this hard working American stiff a break!

I get tired of people making comments about a subject they don't know about. Mr Santelli is on CNBC, not exactly Fox. Did you even watch what Mr. Santelli had to say? We are such an uninformed country, it's scary.

I'm not sure what Mr. Gibbs was watching, but I was watching cable news all during the election and I never heard anything, on any day, about Obama and company losing, so his claim that Obama "lost virtually every day of the race" is ridiculous.

." Gibbs added: "I would be more than happy to have him come here and read it. I'd be happy to buy him a cup of coffee, decaf."

I love Rick Santelli but he is wrong on this one. The most important thing to do is to stop falling home prices. Obama's plan will do that, everyone on Wall Street is acting like little baby's that can't get there way.

Unless Wall Street is making 10, 20 or even 50% on there investments everyday, they rant and rave. They are like spoiled little kids when there mom says No More Candy!

If you have a 401 K take out of the market for now. Put it into a fixed rate investment get a clue people. Geez, what a bunch of children these people are.

He got that right. Bloody media gets on my nerve sometimes.

Rick Santelli does not know how to do anything but scream, he is just a nothing little weasel.

This is not Fox – it is the Obama channel market news!

Santelli makes more sense than you or Obama do Robert!

The market today closed lower than it has in six years!

Democrat demagoguery is not working!

And obfuscating (dishonesty) sales rhetoric with doom and gloom to lower expectations and not a word of hope is not encouraging anyone either!

They know precisely what they're talking about Gibbs: it's purposeful lying and misinformation, not accident and ignorance.

Obama admitted he "screwed up". I don't see any way out now. You are all in for a rough ride. America values you. America needs you. Don't quit now. Its been a good escape for some unemployed to watch the slobbering love affair with the media.

Oh, but Mr. Santelli DOES know what he's talking about Mr Gibbs! And his "rant" has really hit home for countless law-abiding conscientious mortgage-payers who KNOW the intrinsic un-fairness of rewarding those who default from misfortune or their own budgetary malfeasance, by laying the burden on those who follow the rules and faithfully pay their bills and mortgage payments. Only socialists, who stand to receive benefits off the backs of the responsible, think Obama's mortgage bailout is a good thing. Because, you know, it's an entitlement society now, and they feel entitled to take and take, giving nothing back. This is how our country is now falling fast.

I watch the national and cable news and i swear i heard all the ranting about how great Obama is. So with this stimilus package i get $13 extra a week and the people on unemployment get $25.00 extra a week. That is fair and balance and the people who can't afford to make their mortgage payment not because they lost their jobs but because the had no business getting a mortgage loan they get to keep their house with gov't help and i get to rent a place because these people bought houses that they couldn't afford and where is the fair and balance here. Does Gibb (another fast talker) and Obama think people in America are stupid and will put up with this crap I am sorry but we aren't and anyone who is happy about the stimilus package are only looking for a handout for themselves not to help this country.

Robert Gibbs, you don't know what you're talking about. Santelli knows more about home loans than you do especially if you think watching cable news during the election cycle led you to believe Obama would lose. I watch and read as many different news sources as I can and anybody who watched Fox News during the election season KNEW FOR A FACT that Obama would win. It was completely inevitable early in the season.

Can you say thinly veiled reference to FOX Noise?

"Darn right-wing media."

You think you're joking, but you aren't. Look at the corporate entities that own the MSM – only a naive fool would consider the MSM to be liberal. That is a lie concocted by far-right pundits like O'Reilly and Limbaugh who want you to believe that their opinions are centrist and balanced.

Good job Mr. Gibbs! Santelli is an idiot who probably owns 10 homes and is probably a Republican with loads of money so he could care less about those who did everything right (but who are losing their houses anyways because of this crisis).

Keep on calling the idiots out on cable news!

Don't hold back Robert your not Dolly Parton but stand by your man.The media is just like a circus along with the republicans all tricks and no substance...Go get em Robert

Just like Spiro Agnew attacking the media, then Huntley-Brinkley

Report, one month into the Nixon administration. Gibbs wants it

his way. Sorry, Bob. Control your anxiety attacks.

"Gibbs also went on to criticize cable news coverage of the presidential campaign."

Riiiiight! All those hard-hitting interviews from Chris Shivers Matthews, Oprah, The View, etc. (eyes rolling)

I knew Gibbs was looney but didn't know he was so far detached from reality!!

You liberals have no right to take away MY rights! Be warned....if you push it, all the conservatives who have had to keep their mouths shut for fear of retaliation by rabid liberals, will rise against you!

Maybe you should read up on the first amendment!

"The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right of freedom of speech. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. The Supreme Court requires the government to provide substantial justification for the interference with the right of free speech where it attempts to regulate the content of the speech. A less stringent test is applied for content-neutral legislation. The Supreme Court has also recognized that the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence. The right to free speech includes other mediums of expression that communicate a message.

Despite popular misunderstanding the right to freedom of the press guaranteed by the first amendment is not very different from the right to freedom of speech. It allows an individual to express themselves through publication and dissemination. It is part of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression. It does not afford members of the media any special rights or privileges not afforded to citizens in general."

I agree with Mr. Gibbs I wish these news shows would quit giving these crazy floks 15 minutes of fame that is going no where. The Economy is bad enough we do not need the extra entertainment. Can we focus on the issues only , and please give us the truth instead of what you want us to hear. I am sick and tired of the lies, the finger pointing and the studpid stuff. Lets grow up and act like the adults for the children of our future.

Mari – Please be informed before opening mouth. Santelli reports for MSNBC. Not fox. And why is it not free speech when questioning the left????

This guy a joker. He is still running Obama's campaign in the white house and neglects American people. He thinks that Barack is a president is elected by democrats and he is the president for Democrats. They have not changed their mind to work for the country and all of the people. He cannot give press conference saying that he does not like Cable News. In fact Rick Santelli is absolutely correct. We have lost more than 50% of our savings. Barack Obama is responsible. Today stock market lost another 100 points. Does Gibbs or Barack Obam knows why the stocks went down. It is simply because nobody has confidence in this administration.

I thought Gibbs was spot on! Santelli looked and acted like a loon!

Wall Street is in a panic and playing games. They are trying to make a statement and not participate in the market. Just flexing their muscles.

Santelli was just evidence of that!

Easy solution, stop watching biased news and stop watching CNBC!

Of course he "blasts cable news" because cable news isn't in the tank for Obama and cable news is actually giving some detail about what a disaster this administration is already.

I'm an Obama supporter; yet, I don't know what campaign news he's talking about. Most news I saw didn't paint Obama as "losing". Perhaps it's in the interpretation and perspective of the viewer...

Finally!! Someone in the Obama administration called out the Right Wingers!!!

He's right. Look at how many headlines there has been on even CNN lately about Obama failing, or how many headlines they give to false Republican talking points. As I write this the headline is about how the newest poll shows a ratings slip for Obama. Oh, and of course Campbell Brown, Rollins and Cafferty are now all hot for ensuring there is responsibility from our public officials...where were these people during the 8 years Bush spent 5 trillion dollars, held himself above the law, and invaded another country without provocation.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but I'm beginning to think that big business, which is almost all media these days, has their own agenda, and being responsible and fair journalists is not part of it.

the man is right!!! no need to say more.

Judging from the blogs we really ought to take the tempter down in this nation. Everybody is griping about something. Can't we all just focus on Michelle Obama's hips and relax! She has a calming effect on me.

Judging from the blogs we really ought to take the tempter down in this nation. Everybody is griping about something. Can't we all just focus on Michelle Obama's hips and relax! She has a calming effect on me.

Mr Santelli knows for sure what he is talking about. Many Many people agree with what he said. It's about time it was said. As far as Gibbs go's, can't trust a word he say's.

That is one ragin' Robert Gibbs. Do not underestimate the smiling facade of his. Fury follows futile, foolish, and sometimes funny tidbits in cable newscasters' remarks on issues and guests of the shows. Blood is thicker than water.

I have been waiting all day to hear this on CNN. Mr. Vallenti is stupid. Did he do what he did yesterday when the banks were bailed out last year? His righteous indignation and that of many others on Morning Joe this moring was irreprehensible and it has racial overtone. Unless my eyes are too dim to see clearly I have watched at least on CNN many white people who found themselves on the receiving end of this bad economy. So, how is that Welfare and Handout.

People need to hear all sides of an issue–radio, tv, internet and Cable News included. This helps everyone to make an intelligent decision on their own without someone else telling them exactly how to believe or how to stand on an issue.

all republicans must burn in hell soon, please lord take these hypocrites, take these obstructionist and send them to hell so i can hear these terrorist scream .

Go get 'em tiger!!!!!!!!!

that was so great!! I really like this guy because he doesn't take crap from anyone – he's very real.

I agree with the press secretary, the journalist are afraid they'll loose their job and that's the bottom line........................................................they only say what they are paid to say#@$%><#!!!

Hate to say it – He is correct! FOX, MSNBC, CNN and the others are all interested in shaping peoples opinions and telling us what they think and therefore what we should think rather than reporting the news as it happens. Whatever happened to good old news reporting?

Apparently Obama isn't happy with CNBC Santelli – so he sends his attack-dog to pound a US citizen exercizing his free speech rights.

- Redistribute wealth to those who don't pay taxes

- Ram through an $800 Billion pork bill without giving our representatives more than HOURS to read 1100 pages

- Continue having high-dollar soirees at the White House while the American economy is in crisis

- Shout down your critics

Viva Chavez ~ Viva Obama!!

I watched the "venemous screed" by Mr. Santelli and agree 100% with Secy. Gibbs. Santelli is a financial "reporter" not a formally educated, trained, unbiased economic commentator so who the hell does he thing he is spouting off about something he's not an expert on, Gov. Palen?
But anything is OK for cable TV news rating, right CNN...

Rick who?

Ha! Rick Santelli's just trying to make a name for himself. What a tool.

Per Gibbs ....."I feel assured that Mr. Santelli doesn't know what he's talking about."

......I also feel assured that Mr. Santelli wants the other $350b in bailout money for his best friends on WALL STREET! Where was his outrage then?

Democrats show how weak they are by calling out news talk people by name. So pathetic. No President ever calls people out in public. Usually they are caught in off color comments on an open mic. Even then it is few and far between.

Obama better start acting like a President. So far he sucks.

"we lost virtually every day of the race,"

what campaign was he working on? Obama was the mainstream media's sweetheart.

"...Be responsible and know what they are talking about..." He must be watching Olberman and Maddow on MSNBC. Gimme a break. The rant on CNBC was an expression of how one helluva lot of Americans feel about the stimulus bill and the bailout of people who did really stupid things - like trying to live beyond their means. We and our children and grandchildren will be paying for YOUR greed and stupdity for years to come.

Governors across the country are running huge deficits now.
In the past eight years with republicans, there were only two things that mattered: Iraq and tax cut.
We have now a president who put American first before ideology.

He's right, everyone is just watching thier own version of reality. I can't tell you how many of my right wing friends said that nobody would remember Obama's name in six months.
Well, guess again!
I for one would like to see the Anti-Trust laws applied to the 5 major Media Conglomerates- Newscorp, GE, CBS, Viacom, & Disney. Break them up and allow for some real competition.
Obama needs to get into his Teddy Roosevelt mode and become the Trust Buster! We need to combat what has become nothing more than the mouthpiece of the Economic Royalists as FDR put it.

Mr Gibbs: "I…think that it's tremendously important that for people who rant on cable television to be responsible and understand what it is they're talking about," Gibbs said. "I feel assured that Mr. Santelli doesn't know what he's talking about."

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I agree. It would be real nice if Mr Gibbs would give America the same courtesy.,

Need the Censorship Doct... 'scuse me – Fairness Doctrine to include cable.

Right on, Robert Gibbs! I watched the news conference today, and I suspect that the "cable news" he was referring to is....... "Faux News"! There is a lot of ranting going on on Faux News. And Gibbs is right, Santelli does not know what he is talking about!

For a while now, I have suspected (gee that sounds paranoid! oops.) that the conservatives on Wall Street are holding back from entering the market to make a point. No surprise there!

With the Democrats in control the fat cats will see their nice tax breaks disappear! As the old saying goes "to whom much is given, much is asked".

Darn right-wing media.

If gibbs thinks Santelli doesn't know what he is talking about, then they must be bedfellows. gibbs is a moron.

Gibbs- SHUT UP!