Rick Santelli - on leadership, lack of

Here's yer leadership

“ "Blame the Tea Party? Geez, no wonder Kerry did so well in an election. If it wasn't for the Tea Party, they would have passed the debt ceiling thumbs up, we would have been rated BBB. [...] In the end we need to address problems we know exist. A Treasury Secretary or a President should be out here, not fighting S&P, not grabbing the other coach and slapping him around, taking the umpire behind the barn – he should be getting the team psyched.   Rick Santelli Father of the Tea Party ” "Throughout the segment Santelli barely took a moment to catch his breath, as even in the final seconds he maintained his anger as he declared it was “reprehensible” that all of the leaders in Washington are now on vacation for a month during this crucial time. Luckily for Tea Party supporters and fans of unpredictable television, it’s not likely that Santelli would ever be away for that long "