New McCainiac Rothschild Weighs In On "Rednecks"

After coming out as a Democrat for John McCain earlier in the day, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild made her first slip as a surrogate during a CNN appearance on Wednesday. In deflecting a question about whether or not she was bitter over Clinton's loss in the primary, the new McCain surrogate pivoted to a discussion of Barack Obama's notorious "bitter" remarks, but added a twist of her own -- describing the small-town voters Obama was talking about as "rednecks."

"Barack Obama went and called the people who have guns and cling to their religion bitter. The people out who are the rednecks or whatever are bitter," Rothschild told CNN's Campbell Brown. "If bitter is the easiest way for you to rationalize that, I truly with all my heart believe that John McCain will be a great president, then call me bitter. But it doesn't really advance the dialogue, Campbell, sorry."

What also may not advance the dialogue for McCain's campaign is the too-casual (and potentially insulting) use of slang to describe small-town voters. Though Obama was tagged for seeming to slight the beliefs of the citizens he was talking about, he was never accused of condescending to the level of using the phrase "rednecks" to describe them.

It could also be that Rothschild was clumsily trying to paraphrase Obama's old remarks. But that explanation is also problematic, since Obama never used the word in the first place.

Requests for a response from an Obama rep went unreturned. But if the multi-millionaire Rothschild becomes a frequent surrogate for McCain -- and should she continue to argue that Obama is unforgivably elitist in his own tone -- slips of this nature will likely not go unremarked upon for long.

Comments

[DebbieinPhx]

Oh, heck yeah.... get this rich b*tch to speak every freaking day.... And for all you REDNECKS out there, how are you liking McCain's new mouthpiece??? Isn't she just a piece of work?

[RRonin]

I hear that McCain's next surrogate will be C. Montgomery Burns. EXCELLLENNNTTTT!

[rowzeer]

What....a surrogate...I thought McCain WAS Monty Burns.

[obama4eva]

ok, u gotta be kidding me....seriously? this "lady" is calling obama an elitist?? "excuse me while i call my butler for a spot of tea" gimme a break

[Xenopus]

I think I would rather be called bitter than a Redneck. Are we going to see the media come out and say McCain surrogate calls West Virginia and Pennsylvania residence "redneck". The bitter stuff was a 24 hour news cycle for several days and is still brought up by Sarah Palin.

[TroubleNYC]

I heard Donald Trump has endorsed McCain. Another white blue-collar working class voter lost by Obama.

[Bongborg]

LOL.

[KNadine]

At least Trump had the nerve to say he was essentially upset that Hillary wasn't selected as VP.

[rowzeer]

Trump isn't one of the little people. The little people don't lose alot of money (including other people's money), go bankrupt and still be able to get capital and loans.

[cardtosser]

You know you're a redneck if you have a freezer full of moose-meat. You know you're a redneck if you compare yourself to a pit bull. You know you're a redneck if your daughter's baby daddy has a tattoo instead of a wedding ring.

[BAVirago]

This is just pathetic. Apparently being born with a silver spoon in your mouth is the precursor for putting your foot in your mouth.

I wonder if Rothschild and Carly will be taking separate vacations.

[oldguru]

Wow! she really puts the itch in B**CH! I just love hearing how "common" we lowly rednecks are from people who have made lots of money, but have no clue about class. She is a tramp no matter how much money she has, or how many "titles" she marries.

[tsloan]

me thinks she doth protest too much.....mi Lady.

[CocoaPrin]

Guess she is going to be joining Carly--under the bus. This is getting comical.

[piperflyer]

I see more red faces than necks. But that will soon change---because the red faces are from embarrassment---the red necks will be from mass hangings on the left when John and Sarah are sworn in.

[Tropiholic]

do you like to brag about being a mo*ron?

[rossir]

alas poor Lady Lynn, we knew ye well

R.I.P.

[wndrwrthg]

Hey Goon Squad, delete this.
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[rasthedestroyer]

Wh iTe Prive Ledge is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become POTUS when he has voted 90% of the time with GWB, even though unemployment is skyrocketinG, PeOpLe ARe losing hOmEs, inflationis RiSinG, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from opionion, just becaUse Wh iTe voters aren; sure about that whole "CHANGE" thing. Ya KnOW, it's just too vauge and ill-defined, unlike say, $ moRe years of the sAmE, which is very concrete and certAin?... maybe i'm wrong .. nope!!! This election will define the parameters, the boundries so to speak. If we don't get it right, their's no one to blame expect us

[rasthedestroyer]

Correction: Whi Te privi ledge, 4 more years of the same, Inflation is riSiNg, Whi Te VoTerS aren't sure

[gintheb]

I agree with you, but your post looks like a cut and paste ransom note.

[rowzeer]

Some people don't want change....didn't you see all those faces at the Repub Convention. There wasn't much diversity.

It's like when people send you emails about the good old days when you could leave your doors unlocked....do they forget that the good old days meant a husband could beat or rape a wife without repercussions, blacks were separate, but unequal, children could labor in factories, women had no reproductive rights, hispanics were not allowed in Southern towns, certain churches served as recruiting centers for the KKK.

[thepoliticalcat]

Of course she supports Mc Stumpy. Like him, she married a wealthy schlub who divorced his aging first wife to score this gasbag. Like Mc Stumpy and Mrs. Mc Stumpy and Mrs. Paiin, she will not be affected by any of Mc S's actions since she is uber-wealthy and resides in a foreign land.

[rowzeer]

Tired of fureners trying to tell us Americans how to vote....that's means you too Rupert Murdoch

[CoOpEdAmerica]

"But it doesn't really advance the dialogue, Campbell, sorry." ~Her Royal Highness Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Sorry Duchess, but the dialogue advanced a long time ago. We can't help that you are still stuck 6 months ago. Maybe you are bitter over something?

[patianneb]

"Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild made her first slip as a surrogate during a CNN appearance on Wednesday. ... describing the small-town voters Obama was talking about as "rednecks or whatever"
And this multi-gazillionaire Blue Nose or Whatever, obviously not romanced by the "elitist" Obama campaign, has done her who-cares crossover based on what.....her love of small town Fundamenials referred to by Barack Obama as Americans?
Once again, McCain campaign's lack of judgment boggles the mind.