http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24205/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/santelli-five-years-after-his-rant-launched-tea-party <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Obama and left lashed out at Santelli as ‘mad clown,’ ‘clueless’ and ‘out-of-touch,’ but he takes pride in role as grassroots catalyst. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Five years ago, CNBC’s Rick Santelli reacted to the possibility of a mortgage bailout with frustration on live television. Quickly, his speech on the trading floor became known as the <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/02/19/cnbcs-santelli-explains-his-anti-obamanomics-call-revolt">“rant heard round the world.”</a></p><p><a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/02/19/cnbcs-santelli-explains-his-anti-obamanomics-call-revolt"></a></p><div class='signature'><p>— Julia A. Seymour is Assistant Managing Editor for MRC Business at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BizMediaJulia" target="_blank">Follow Julia A. Seymour on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/santelli-five-years-after-his-rant-launched-tea-party" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Government Media Politics Anniversary anti-bailout Bailout chicago board of trade CNBC financial news grassroots movement mad clown rants Rick Santelli Tea Party Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:00:11 +0000 julia.seymour 45582 at http://archive2.mrc.org