White House: "Santelli's wrong"

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs wants to buy Rick Santelli a decaf coffee and show him where he's got the president's "stimulus package" wrong.  Typically, the democrats aren't interested in answering the substance of the issue, namely why the government can extort money from those who earn it only to pass it out (after deducting half to pay for a bloated bureaucracy) to those citizens and illegals who are unwilling to work for a living.  Asked by Hardball host Chris Matthews if he was coming down too hard on Barack, Santelli said, "No, I'm not, I'm not coming down hard on Barack.  I'm coming down hard on the notion that I don't see anywhere in the Constitution where if you work hard, you're looked at as being dispassionate, inhumane, because you won't let your government redistribute what you've worked hard for."

    Gibbs also said that he'd be happy to have Santelli sit in his (Gibbs') office and read the plan.  Of course, the administration told everyone before the plan was passed by Congress and signed by the president, that it was too important, too badly needed, for open discussion and debate prior to the vote.