Press secretary Robert Gibbs commented on Rick Santelli’s Chicago Teaparty today as covered in the following article by The Washington Post. Santelli was there to respond:

Santelli, appearing on CNBC today quickly after Gibbs’ comments, appeared to be enjoying the attention.

“This is exactly what we want. They are making things clear,” Santelli — who was hardly a household name 48 hours ago — said. “If you listen to the clip yesterday, we never referred to any specifics. It was the notion of not going down the road subsidizing other people’s
mortgages. I think its terrific that this has been opened up to national debate.”

He added: “I think its wonderful that he invited me to the White House. I’m not really big on decaf though. I think I prefer tea.”

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We are receiving hundreds of comments and emails from supportive advocates of this event. Event sponsorship, media inquiries, and supporters calling for a Teaparty in their hometown have been flooding our inbox today and we are pleased with the support.

Some Details:

This event will be held in early July, 2009. (We are leaning on Saturday, July 4th, however the date will be more definite when event permits are secured and sponsors are finalized. )

We have decided to hold 3 Major Tea Parties, however, we may hold more in other areas of the country depending on support levels. (Boston, Chicago, and LA)

There are some prospects for venue locations for these events however we are in the process of securing permits and working out logistics. You can find out more information on the events by clicking on the links to their respective Facebook Pages in the right sidebar of the homepage.

Make sure you pledge to attend by using the widget in the right sidebar. We are working on a widget that displays the total number of pledges so users can keep track of how many people are attending!

The New York Times posted an article about the Tea Party:

Yesterday Rick Santelli, who reports from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade the for CNBC, unleashed a rant against Obama’s newly announced housing bailout plan, intended to help some homeowners refinance mortgages and avoid foreclosure. The clip was quickly linked to and embedded in Web sites everywhere, and provoked intense reaction that pretty much broke along partisan lines.

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Digg the Tea Party!

Make our voices heard!

FOXNews wrote an article which draws comparison between the 1976 film Network and Rick Santelli’s call for a Chicago Tea Party.

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

In the 1970s, that phrase was made popular by the movie “Network,” where anchor Howard Beale parodied what TV news might become. In 2009, millions of us are mad as hell –- not at TV but at politics. Americans are mad because most of us play the game the right way and if we do, we are now the ones who lose.

Ordinary Americans try to do the right thing, just like Spike Lee told us. We get up, we go to work, raise our families, obey the law and pay our debts. We are mellower versions of the Clint Eastwood character in “Gran Torino.” We just want to be left alone –- by government especially.

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Draw your own conclusions:

Peter Schiff puts a smackdown on CNN WorldWide:

“You think bureaucrats in Washington know what kind of cars Americans want to buy? Socialism doesn’t work. Centralized government planning doesn’t work.”

“Our economy is in trouble because we are suffering the consequences of too much government.”