So today I had to run a few errands, pick up a few groceries for my Mom who was feeling ill, and when I come back DailyKos is in a righteous blaze over ... Rick Santelli. Seemingly dozens of diaries devoted to a Screaming Head from CNBC, who routinely says stupid shit, that once more said some stupid shit.
I've spent the last half hour checking various instruments to make sure that I hadn't walked into an alternate dimension or gone completely insane. As far as I can determine neither one of these has happened.
As best as I can determine that sometime around 2pm Eastern Rick Santelli became the Most Important Man in the World. He became the author of all our misery and the focus of all our indignation.
Supporting President Obama, electing Democrats, defeating Republican extremism, pursuing progressive goals like better healthcare and education for every working American became irrelevant in the face of the menace posed by Rick Santelli.
I've got to say I am proud of DailyKos. Most would've ignored Rick Santelli and his rants as distraction, media douchebaggery at its finest. But no! You all saw through it; you saw that Rick Santelli is indeed the source of all our ills and worthy of all our attention. Tonight when you go home, primed and ready to write another "OPEN LETTER TO RICK SANTELLI", and wonder whether its entirely necessary to write another diary heaping attention onto a clueless CNBC talking head I say to you DO NOT WAIVER! Without your input the Rick Santelli threat is liable to go completely unchecked and then where will we find ourselves?
By larrymadill at 2009-02-19