Quislings Everywhere

Lynn Forester De Rothschild wants to take her ball and go home. The former Hillary backer is expected to announce her support for John McCain today. See if you can parse her public statements and make sense of her motivations.

On Logical Consistency

"Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN."

On why she's voting for Hillary: "I think if history is our guide, we've had stronger economies, more wealth creation, under Democratic presidents than we have under Republican presidents."

On Elitism

"This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him," she said of Obama in an interview with CNN's Joe Johns. "I feel like he is an elitist."

So I said to Evelyn, We're going to have to do it like Bernard Baruch and get rich by exiting too soon.

Back when John [TV/wireless mogul and gagillionaire Kluge] sold to Southwest Bell I said "Boy, you know, I want a net worth of $40 million. Because I just thought that was more money than I could ever imagine. I thought I would die and go to heaven if I ever had $40 million. And John gave me the best advice I've ever gotten in one sentence. He said, "Stop. Don't think at all about the net worth you're creating. Think about your vision for what you're creating, and that you wake up every day and you love it. The money will follow." And it was sort of so profound, and this rush came over me of "Oh my God, of course," and then I just went on from there. And that made a huge difference to me.

On being a hypocritical fool

"Well, most of all I learned that it's better to be lucky than to be smart."

"But we do live in a world of consequences."

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Comments

[Kitty40]

02:57 PM on 09/17/2008

This woman has so much money the financial crunch that we are feeling does not touch her and therefore she doesn't care about the middle class. She would rather the rest of us suffer so she can act out her disappointment in her candidate losing. Has she decided that all the people who voted for Senator Obama are worthless? She is the condescending elitest. She can't stand Obama and I can't stand her! If Ms. Rothchild is so disgusted she should take up residency in London FULLTIME!

[rock2casbah]

02:37 PM on 09/17/2008

Next weekend on SNL Amy Poehler as whatever-the-h ell-her-name-is-de-foo-foo.

[CJH7]

02:15 PM on 09/17/2008

She probably was not getting enough attention. Well, here it is.

[afgail]

04:25 PM on 09/17/2008

Nah, Lynn de Rothschilde is a blatant Dixicrat. In the south "elistist" when used to describe an African American is well known southern code for "uppity black". Rothchilde just branded herself a racist. Rich and racist. Who would have thought?Good riddence.

[MJJM]

01:41 PM on 09/17/2008

SHE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!

SHE DOESN'T GET IT EITHER!!!

HOW MANY HOMES DOES SHE HAVE???

[keepacoolhead]

11:49 AM on 09/17/2008

The best thing to do is not to give her any air time. Who cares what she says or does? I never heard of her before and she does not seem worth remembering.

[majorteddy]

11:05 AM on 09/17/2008

THis rich b***H says Obama is an elitist?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dexxjones]

08:55 AM on 09/17/2008

she feels like OBAMA is an elitist? what was her last name again? boy the corporatists/oligarch/elitists from the dlc are really worried huh?

[speeddeeps]

11:09 AM on 09/17/2008

She is from a banking family, the repub party destroyed the banking system, Papa Rothchild must be rolling in his grave

[mommadona]

08:25 AM on 09/17/2008

DLC, huh.

Well, at least Dean and Obama's weeding them out on their own dime.

Good riddance.

Onward!

[MPeter]

08:12 AM on 09/17/2008

Here is an insightful excerpt from NYT:
EDITORIAL
Mr. McCain and the Economy
John McCain spent Monday claiming as he had countless times before — that the economy was fundamentally sound. Had he missed the collapse of Lehman Brothers or the sale of Merrill Lynch, which were announced the day before? Did he not notice the agonies of the American Insurance Group? Was he unaware of the impending layoffs of tens of thousands of Wall Street employees on top of the growing numbers of unemployed workers throughout the United States?
On Tuesday, he clarified his remarks. The clarification was far more worrisome than his initial comments.
He said that by calling the economy fundamentally sound, what he really meant was that American workers are the best in the world. In the best Karl Rovian fashion, he implied that if you dispute his statement about the economy’s firm foundation, you are, in effect, insulting American workers. “I believe in American workers, and someone who disagrees with that — it’s fine,” he told NBC’s Matt Lauer.
Let’s get a few things straight. First, no one who is currently running for president does not “believe in American workers.”