Lynn Forester De Rothschild to Back McCain and Not Obama
Hillary Clinton Friend and Fundraiser Prefers McCain/Palin Ticket
In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that appeared on September 11, Lynn Forester de Rothschild takes Obama to task on several issues, calling him an elitist who is out of touch with working class Americans. She draws the comparison between Adlai Stevenson and Barack Obama, referring to Obama as the "new, improved Mr. Stevenson..." Adlai Stevenson was the new hope of the Democratic party in the 1950s, but according to Ms. Forester de Rothschild, failed to connect with working class Americans and thus lost the election.
In addition to comparing Obama to a past losing candidate, Lynn Forester de Rothschild goes a step further and asserts that Obama is an elitist. She cites his Berlin speech, the faux Presidential Seal and the Greek columns on stage for his packed stadium acceptance speech at the DNC Convention last month. She asserts that Obama's above-named actions are elitist and only serve to widen the gulf between him and the average American voter.
How are Democrats taking the news of Lynn Forester de Rothschild's endorsement of McCain?
The Huffington Post blog posted the news of Lynn Forester de Rothschild's defection to the McCain camp in a blog post today. The post has received hundreds of comments, including some that basically call her too elitist for Obama due to her own wealth. Further posts go on to say that because she plans to support McCain that she wasn't a true Democrat after all. Some wonder if Hillary will disassociate herself from Lynn Forester de Rothschild, much like Obama eventually did with Rev. Wright. Many other commenters on the Huffington Post article wonder, just who is this woman anyway?
Who is Lynn Forester de Rothschild?
Lynn Forester de Rothschild is a member of the DNC Platform Committee and splits her time between the U.S. and England due to her marriage to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. As mentioned in her Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Lynn Forester de Rothschild also holds a law degree. According to an interview published by Conde Nast's Portfolio.com nearly a year ago, Lynn Forester de Rothschild is a corporate attorney and entrepreneur who rubs elbows with highly ranking politicians, such as Henry Kissinger, who played matchmaker for Ms. Forester de Rothschild and her current spouse. Friends of the Clintons, she honeymooned at the White House when she married Sir Evelyn de Rothschild in 2000.
Sources:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gu2bf-i7LCP2tomJRWh6aRDSsK5wD938F8A80
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lady
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/17/lynn-forester-de-rothschi_n_127047.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122109030550621451.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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13 Comments
Post a CommentThat a Baroness (literally) is calling a guy who was raised by a single mom and food stamps an elitist is an irony too rich for words. Aristocrats for McCain!!!
Lynn Forester De Rothschild is a member of the elite. A member of the elite is someone who through smarts and hard work has achieved great success.
Obama is an elitist, that is he thinks he is better than anybody else and everybody should do as he says. ( " I am the ONe you have been wating for" ) Being an eletist is an attitude and has nothing to do with your mother having been on food stamps.
Other than Hilliary Clinton - I don't think most Democrats knew who this person was - and she got to be part of the platform committee because she gave generously to the party. It works the same on both sides of the aisle. Now, if someone switched sides for policy reasons (Dick Riordan supporting Obama, Joe LIberman supporting McCain) that would be newsworthy. This was a women doing self-promotion, period.
I'm just curious. Where were Democrats before she changed her position?? Were they calling this lady an elitest then?? Of course not!! You are only an elitist if you leave the Democrat camp. Otherwise, you can have all the money in the world; e.g. Oprah, the world's richest woman, who could buy this lady a thousand times, would NEVER be called ANYTHING by Democrats, except of course, the "Queen of talk"
Nice write-up Carly. As for the elitist comments below, wasn't it Obama who just a few days ago attended the glitzy Streisand/Hollywood/elitist bash as the rest of America wondered if their financial world was crumbling around them? I really don't think it's a good idea to get into the elitist debate when you consider who Obama's friends, mentors and supporters are. Bryan...as for McCain's comment that the fundamentals of our economy are still strong...he is absolutely right. Leading economists confirm that. If you know anything about economics, you know that our economy is made up of much more than the stock market. We obviously have major problems, but we can overcome them. Obama's response showed a lack of understanding of the inner workings of our economy. McCain has been down this road before...he gets it.
My guess: the good "Lady" has a crush on Palin. After all, for some sexists, any woman in power will do, even if she undermines everything women's rights has built up over the last hundred years. Go Vagina!
I get it... On the same day the two largest banks still standing collapsed, McCain said "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" - but OBAMA is "out of touch". That's a fantastic joke. Wait... you mean you aren't kidding? Well, WTF!
Excellent article! There is so much double-speak, double backing, and double crossing in this election, that it would warrant its own reality TV show.
Interesting news. Nice piece.
great analysis! I liked how you went i depth with Lady De Rothschild's reasons for endorsing McCain, and the parallels to Adlai Stevenson.