Peter Schiff, Santelli: Online Superstars
Capitalists Rick Santelli and Peter Schiff are striking a chord. From the Business Insider:
Pirated versions of “The Rant” were watched over 400,000 times on YouTube in just 30 hours after Santelli went on his tirade, according to video analytics service TubeMogul. We’re guessing the number could easily have doubled through the weekend. And though Drudge had it as his red-letter headline for much of Thursday, all that traffic was sent to CNBC.com, so that’s potentially hundreds of thousands more who saw the official version.
Elsewhere the fed-up crowd raised $20,000 to urge Peter Schiff to run for Senate in Connecting in 2010 against Chris Dodd. Schiff hasn’t said he’ll run, and he’d be a pretty big longshot if he did.
But between Santelli and Schiff, who already had a cult following online, we can start to see the outlines of an angry opposition.
Gary Gale said:
After reading about Obama’s latest money give=away to Gaza, I want to say that its time . We have to get this nut out of office, and we have to get some sort of responsibilty back in our government or else scrap the whole damn thing.
Our forefathers are definitely rolling over in their graves.
This is exactly why they came from Europe in the first place.To avoid taxation by people who had no idea what they were doing.
I fear this is the end of Democracy.
Please help us Rick Santelli. Please help us Peter Schiff. God Bless You Men.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Andrew Bissell said:
Chris Dodd was arguably the most corrupt Congressional recipient of campaign donations from the mortgage lending industry. By 2010 I think you could run a gorilla against him and it would stand a fighting chance.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
J Aron said:
Santelli Schiff 2012!
February 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Amy P said:
Just heard that sales of _Atlas Shrugged_ (novel by Ayn Rand, of whom Santelli said he was a fan) are *3 times* what they were this time last year. I think people are finally starting to realize how right she was.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Just Wondering said:
Where’s “Connecting” again? I’m sure Schiff will make a great Senaotr there!
What a bunch of maroons!
February 24th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Lorraine D said:
There is nothing more to say other than “I’m having a Tea Party!
February 24th, 2009 at 11:37 am