Worse, the right's new hero is CNBC's Rick Santelli, a man who on September 2, 2008, said the economy was healthy and blamed the business media for the financial crisis.

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Pundits including Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli urge listeners to read her books, and her magnum opus, "Atlas Shrugged, " is selling at a faster rate today than at any time during its 51-year history.

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While over two-thirds support the plan to help homeowners refinance their mortgage, a 48%-36% plurality said that it will unfairly benefit those who have been irresponsible, echoing Rick Santelli's call to arms on CNBC.

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In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has been lambasted, mostly from a chorus of libertarian minded investors, and of course Rick Santelli on CNBC, the poster child of anti-QE, for any type of monetary stimulus that weakens the dollar.

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