Hillraiser Compares Convention To Titanic Before Iceberg

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild sat in total darkness, the curtains of her downtown Denver hotel drawn closed. It was late in the morning of Monday, Aug. 25, a day before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom de Rothschild had raised vast sums for as a "HillRaiser," was slated to take the podium at the Democratic National Convention here. Clinton is to speak to the 18 million people who voted for her on behalf of the man who'd outlasted her during the Democratic primaries, Sen. Barack Obama.

But de Rothschild was having none of it -- none of the reconciliation efforts that had been going on since Clinton stepped away from the race; none of the measures the Obama camp had made to spotlight the Clintons during the convention, and none of Obama and his supporters within the Democratic Party.

"It feels like this is the last big party before a general election that the Democrats are sure to lose," said de Rothschild, who was wearing a button honoring Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the late Ohio congresswoman, and fervent Clinton supporter, who died last week from a brain aneurysm. "It's the political equivalent of re-arranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic. It feels like that because of the polls. The pick of Joe Biden telescoped that Barack Obama knows his weaknesses. He doesn't have experience in foreign policy and he does not connect well to ordinary people, and Joe Biden doesn't fix that. He just magnifies the problem. He's a fine guy. I want him to go back to the Senate."

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Comments

[wayoutleft]

she's just great. she's helped women's causes and democrats. and she has style. she wants you to notice the perfectly matched crown pearl set... this is really somebody. even the highest level of elected politician seldom deals with people on this level. she wants the world to know one of them is hillary. this is a step or two up from wealthy big city dinner parties. she's on another level than that.
http://www.wmagazine.com/artdesign/2008/01/rothschilds

[uheardme]

I guess the Bildeberger conference is where you find the rich husbands, I mean men.

[Badger84]

Sadly, and too often, the public face of feminism is a white woman of privilege, focused on preserving those privileges. You will hear rhetoric about equal rights, but silence when it comes to economic justice for all--and they wonder why people cannot relate to them. Sen. Clinton commendably started to distance herself from her husband's trade policies, which eviscerated the working class. However, it was an election year conversion. She has imparted her values to her daughter--the hedge fund manager. The well-healed are not concerned about matters like the Supreme Court and protections of Roe v. Wade. They have the resources to escape the consequences of a reversal.

[uheardme]

Golddigger

[billkarwin]

So what is it that PUMA finds so distasteful about Obama? His positions are 99% compatible with those of Sen. Clinton. Is it just that the PUMA people gave Clinton a lot of money and now they feel their money has been "wasted?" Well, boo hoo! I contributed real money to Howard Dean's campaign in 2004 before he dropped out of the race. Did I complain or withhold my vote for John Kerry in the general election? No!

[JackLivigni]

Bla bla bla... pearls, jewels, and nice hair.

What the hell does she stand for? Who is she fighting for? Certainly not my kids.

I am sick and tired of this nonsense! Enough!

Barack doesn't need your money because he has a network of poor people who give him $25 per month and out raises and out spends all of you... You are all tied in knots because the political power you used to hold is pretty much irrelevant now because of the people donating over the internet. The years of networking with politicians to achieve your goals has served nothing.

Clearly you are not serving the greater good of the common American... so you know what... when you wake up from your ego filled dream, we will welcome you. Till then, stay in your penthouse and stop busting our chops!

[wayoutleft]

i guess not all PUMA's wear hairnets. i bet she times her deal right and gets her way. ambassador to brazil could be good.

[LondonTownNY]

Folks like Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Alan Patricof and Clintonista's: Paul Begala, James Carville, Howard Wolfson & Edward Rendell are more consumed with their relative standing in a new Democratic Party under Obama. They were all positioned to be Cardinals in a Clinton Administration with unfettered access to the Whitehouse. But their scorched earth tactics and unwillingness to embrace and respect the choice of grassroots Democrats all across this country has made them outsiders who would have to earn their wings in an Obama Administration to gain stature relative to those who elevated and supported Obama all along. The insurgent campaign (with operatives at the grassroots level, P.U.M.A.'S) being waged against Obama has more to do with Clinton loyalists, especially the big money loyalists, angry about riding the wrong horse and trying by any means necessary to undermine Obama now to position themselves with Hillary for 2012. Obama is engaged in Dances with Wolves attempting to placate people who are trying to destroy his candidacy and the success of this convention.Clintonista's are all over the media sending mixed signals and planting dissent that filters out all over the country. They do not care about America. They resent not being insiders like they once were. Obama's candidacy is one which is still raging against the Clinton Machine while trying to position itself to defeat the Neocon Trojan Horse, John McCain.

[JackLivigni]

When it comes time to vote for PA governor, Ed Rendell is going to find he has very little support in Philadelphia!

[AnotherAndy]

He'll still get my vote, which is more than I can say about Obama.

[uheardme]

You hit the Nail squarely on the head.

[CaptainStormfield]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9e1_1199889736

[gapanther]

With the debt that Hil still has we conclude a few things about this "lady".

She's not good at fund raising, not good at supporting her candidate or her party....what is your purpose again "lady"?

[Schmice]

It is people in her economic class who need McCain to win. Her money is so much better than the common peoples' . Who does she think she is.

[olivia]

Filthy rich person completely out of touch with what America desperately needs now.

[2351]

These women are acting like spoiled children. If they want to act this way, let them, but they must remember that one day they will need supporters for their cause. What would they be saying to Obama supporters if Hillary had won? This silliness is getting more sickening everyday. I'm not sure of what she hoped to achieve by staying in her room with the curtains closed. It is like being in the 3rd grade. There is nothing worse than a pouting adult. It really diminishes them.

[shadowpoodle]

I agree, we should never elect someone with more than one degree of separation from a former president. 20 years of the same handful of people running Washington has worked out so well for us.
Between Hillary, Jeb, and Chelsea we could be looking forward to 24 more years of "progress".
What a waste...

[AnotherAndy]

The Clinton years were some of the post prosperous years I can remember in my whole adult life.

I'll take that "handful of people running Washington" anytime!

[midknightryder13]

You know what this reminds me of? The 'Friends' episode "The One WIth the Embryos". Not the main plot, the subplot. The "game show" Ross creates because Monica and Rachel want Chandler and Joey to get rid of the chick and the duck. M&R bet their apartment -- AND LOSE! Monica stands there in disbelief for a moment and then screams "NNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Of course, the humor comes from the fact that M&R started the bet, they UPPED the ante, then when they lost -- proclaimed that "it was just a game".

Unfortunately, THIS ISN'T A GAME ON A SITCOM. It's real life and we cannot let JM get into the WH. WE JUST CAN'T!