Lady Rothschild thinks Obama is elitist
Insanely rich Lynn Forester de Rothschild, an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter who has endorsed John McCain and Sarah Palin, could have spared herself the ridicule coming her way today if she hadn't said she thinks Barack Obama is "an elitist." The differences between the Republican and Democratic candidates are significant, and she could have singled out any number of meaningful positions to explain her move to McCain's side. But elitist?
Very, very few people occupy that truly elite niche of wealth, power and privilege that enfolds the family Rothschild. And giving Lady Rothschild her due, she was a fabulously wealthy lawyer and entrepreneur who made $100 million on her own before she married her fabulously wealthy husband (and honeymooned at the White House with Hillary and Bill).
Here's where the Rothschild's kick back and connect with the little people. It's their spread in Buckinghamshire.
A separate point of hypocrisy is Lady Forester de Rothschild's abandonment of economic theories she held during the Democratic primary. In support of Clinton's candidacy she told Portfolio: "What is in the interest of all Americans? I think if history is our guide, we've had stronger economies, more wealth creation under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents. So I don't understand why all my capitalist friends aren't Democrats."
Maybe Milady, who was born in New Jersey, has spent too much time in England. She probably meant to say that Obama is uppity, not elitist. That's got to be it.
The photo of Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild was taken by Shawn Thew/EPA. The photo of Ascott House is courtesy of Wikipedia.
Wake up knuckleheads. The Rothschilds have been manipulating the world economics for 300 years or more and control 60% of the world's wealth. Who's the real elitist? I'm an intelligent person and people who are envious of that are always trying to tag me as "thinking I'm better than others". No I am not better, but I've taken what God gave me, intelligence and used it to my benefit. If that is elitism then you guys need to go back to school or read a dictionary before you start spewing off a bunch of unfounded diatribes
Elitsim – 1. Practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
2. Consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group.
3. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve
favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social
status, or financial resources.
4.a. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class.
b. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.
Posted by: Dominique | November 08, 2008 at 02:37 AM
sb - your definition of elite is pretty damn skewed ... maybe you think Rothschild would associate with you as one of "the great unwashed"
Posted by: tj | November 02, 2008 at 08:19 PM
The British titles of Lady, Lord, Baron, Baroness Sir or Dame makes one an elitist. For anyone to say a Rothchild is not an elitist must be from another planet. Please see who the Rothchilds are and were the banking elite of Europe.
Please study your history. The Democrats and republicans are the equvalent of the Brirish political parties known as the Wigs and Tories.
Big Wigs rich folk the British Conservative Party these are no ordinary people . All of you joes out there see what you have in common with Lady Rothchild.
Posted by: Sir Knight | October 23, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Recently an insurance company nearly wind up....
A bank is nearly bankrupt......
How it affect you? Did you buy insurance? Did you buy mini note or bonds?
Who fault?
They only talk about how bad the crisis will be, but they did not give regulation measures…..
Although not approved initially when thinking of using tax payer money, $700B is used to save finance industry only, how about the industry that you are in.....retail industry, construction industry, manufacturing industry, R&D, electronics, electrical, mechanical, chemical, IT etc.... each industry will be able to enjoy at least $10B.......Which will make every industry vibrant…..
They say without using tax payer money, they will not be able to lend to small companies…..
Bank primary role is to lend money….else what sort of business will let them earn….?
Many companies had been merged and consolidated, and they are stronger now, so don’t bail out, they will consolidated…..
Many ways of raising their own funds eg preference shares, sovereignty fund etc.
The top management of the Public listed company ( belong to "public" ) salary should be tied a portion of it to the shares price ( IPO or ave 5 years ).... so when the shares price drop, it don't just penalise the investors, but those who don't take care of the company.....If this rule is pass on, without any need of further regulation, all industries ( as long as it is public listed ) will be self regulated......
Sign a petition to your favourite president candidate, congress member again and ask for their views to comment on this, and what regulations they are going to raise for implementation.....If you agree on my point, please share with many people as possible....
Media and finance sector are the only two sectors ( hopefully Hacker can also ) which can overcome political incorrect power, so it is time to fine tune to the correct path, so hopefully media can united to report the truth......
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Posted by: Remind Myself | October 01, 2008 at 03:49 AM
Gee, John, you make "beer tycoon wife" sound like a bad thing....
Posted by: Jon Healey | September 30, 2008 at 08:45 PM
So let me get this straight - Obama makes a little gaffe at a San Franciso fundraiser, a statement that was meant well, but ultimately fell flat, and suddenly he's an elitist?
And now, thanks to this incident, real elitists like McCain, Clinton, Rothschild (to name a few) have permission to throw the term around?
Seriously, we get to hear 'elitist' thrown around by rich people like 'Lady Rothschild' - an angry Puma who wouldn't have voted for Obama anyways, who donates her old and new money to a 'celebrity' senator, a senator who cruises around in his 13 cars, lives in his 9 houses (some of them condos - how elitist!), and bandies about with his beer tycoon wife?
If this isn't the pot calling the kettle black then I don't know what this is.
Posted by: John | September 30, 2008 at 04:53 PM
Since when does Obama think anyone is "beneath his level"? All I see is Obama fighting for the common American, whereas McCain fights for the elite and wealthy... this argument is so ridiculous I can't fathom how anyone supports McCain- it's like he trying to lose the election. He knows he's inept and he can't handle the job so he makes bad decision after bad decision so that people won't vote for him... but even that plan, like every other plan of his, is a disaster.
But since when does America want someone with intelligence to lead? Certainly not for the last 8 years- I mean McCain graduated in the bottom 5% of his class... TIME FOR CHANGE!
Posted by: Seth | September 28, 2008 at 09:05 AM
From the Oxford Dictionary:
elitist |əˈlētist; āˈlētist|
noun
a person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite.
• a person who believes that they belong to an elite : designers are a bunch of elitists who don't live in the real world.
adjective
favoring, advocating, or restricted to an elite : the old, elitist image of the string quartet.
Posted by: TG | September 28, 2008 at 06:15 AM
I guess you all are psychic or something, how would know if Obama thinks he better than anyone unless he tells you, come on people!
Posted by: BJ | September 26, 2008 at 03:56 PM
Her comments have certainly provoked some interesting thoughts.
For her own purposes she needs the ear of the power. She had it with Clnton (they loved mingling with the ultra-rich and Clinton needed her money), but does not with Obama, perhaps because he sees her for what she is and because the ordinary persons $5 here and there are supporting Obama. Perhaps there is still time for her to curry favour with the Reps?
However elitist, or having the common touch, intelligent or dumb, self-made or inherited, black or white are all irrelevant. If any of this was relevant she would have done this when Clinton was out of the running. This is because as the intellect of the current Whitehouse incumbent has demonstrated (and several others before) you could have a dead sheep as the President and the US would still function.
TV's West Wing has persuaded us that Bartlett is preferred and necesary but public mouthpiece Bush is what the US gets and is really all that it needs. This is because the election of the President is to convince the populace that they have a choice and some control. In reality however the real power is behind the throne. Always has been and always will be.
The people have no real control or choice. The election and the office of President is just window dressing and a diversion like a skilled magcian to distract from the real business which is pillaging the pockets of the rest of us, hence there being no moral dilemma in investing in India. Mumbai (Bombay to you and me) has more millionaires than the USA. It also has more people living in utter poverty, people living on less then 50 cents per day. In the meantime the hogs are in the trough making their fortunes from the pockets of the rest of the world.
Posted by: lightsp33d | September 23, 2008 at 03:04 AM
I don't know if Obama feels superior to others, but reading in this blog what the bitter flag-waving crossroads-types have scribbled, I wouldn't be surprised. Obama is like Dr. van Helsing watching the pitchfork crowd wave their torches and howl. It's not difficult to feel superior to these primitives unless you're one of them.
Posted by: zorbathegeek | September 22, 2008 at 07:29 PM
JB
I love your post! Gave me chills and made my day. Thank you!
Posted by: Krista | September 22, 2008 at 02:48 PM
I find it rather amusing that Lady Rothschild believes that the Democratic Party has become too left wing. Surely she must be aware that in the UK, where she spends considerable time, the Democratic Party of the United States would not be considered left wing at all. As a member of Democrats Abroad, she must also be aware that the policy platform of Democrats Abroad is somewhat to the left of the Democratic Party as a whole, perhaps because Democrats who live abroad are influenced by the policies of foreign countries that have universal healthcare and no death penalty.
Lady Rothschild has argued, "Elitism is a state of mind, a view of the world that cannot be measured simply by one's net worth, position or number of houses. Throughout American history, there have been extremely wealthy figures who have devoted themselves to genuinely nonelitist principles." Had she bothered to read the policies of both Obama and McCain, she would surely be aware that McCain's tax policies benefit an elite few and that his healthcare policies do little to extent healthcare to the millions of Americans who are not insured, whereas Obama's tax policy benefits nearly anyone who isn't making $200,000 a year and would reduce the number of uninsured, albeit less than Clinton's plan would have. If Lady Rothschild had considered the actual consequences of the candidates policies, she would have to admit that McCain's policies are consistent with the interests of individuals such as herself and not the ordinary people of the sort she can easily ignore.
Posted by: Jules | September 22, 2008 at 01:53 AM
Hillary IS an elitist! Just think democrats, if Hillary would have run for the U.S. Senate in her home, unsophisticated, midwest state of Illinois instead of wanting to be with the east coast elite liberals 6 years ago, there would be no such thing as a Barack Obama! Think about it, she would be the democratic candidate and not the "Choisen One"! I wonder if she ever thinks of that?
Posted by: bernie | September 21, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Give me a break this women came off as an elitist herself in the interview she gave to CNN by the tone of her voice. She also presented a absurd hostility Towards Obama meaning she seems to hate the guy. Where did this elitism from Obama in the form of arrogance come from? She gave no examples isn't that surprising. Is it because the guy has confidence he can win in November. I'm pretty sure that's not elitist. I'm not knocking success or wealth down, but how could a female like that know what average Americans like me are going through and label a candidate who just got done paying off his student loans for college, and lived with a mom on a fixed income needing food stamps to get by. And please enough with the bitter comments parts of those sentiments happen to be true. I'm tired of hearing all this. All the candidates, and there supporters need to get back to the issues and bury this silliness,
Posted by: Matt | September 21, 2008 at 01:14 PM
I guess in the coming Obama 'Cultural Revolution', 'Great Leap Forward', and 'Khmer Rouge', also known as 'Change', lady Rothschild will be a toilet cleaner maid for a woman of color with 8 kids, 2 of them teenagers who play gangsta rap all day, and who lost her previous home in the mortgage crisis. I'll be the gardener for writing this post while the illegal alien non-English speaking Hispanic gardener will aquire Rothschild's SUV and Malibu home via a special deal from a nationalized mortgage lender who has TV commercials making fun of caucasian men like most commercials already do today thanks to the multicultural and politically correct brainwashing of college students especially those in marketing.
Posted by: JJ | September 21, 2008 at 09:43 AM
Amazing! I live in the uk, observing from afar. The tension between the democrats and republicans is sad to see. And the tone of the election is very hateful and negative. Do we have to paint our opponents in negative ways, or can we accept they have a point and say what we would do that differs..... Mc Cain is a war hero an obama is not elitest... But the this election cycle is worse that a war int terms of the first casulty......the truth. Long love spin. Anyone who runs for president must think they have something to offer otherwise they would be supporting someone else anyone who calls the last two elitest has missed this fundemental point. Better to focus on judgement and style then anthony else because that's what is should com down to in thebfinal stretch.... Happy to be proved wrong. What's your view?
Posted by: Bo | September 21, 2008 at 06:23 AM
Sorry folks, How can you all be so dumb?
Rothschild control the internation banking system. It is a family of generations who worship satan. True...very true. They like a FEW who do control who becomes our president.....They have been planning for years New World Order..Why would a bank of 150 years in America go down? Just read read read and stop watching the very news and reading papers they own..Did you know they have stakes in NY times? Read and learn about the evil and corrupt ways of the rich.
Power Greed
I could care less what this monster has to say.
Posted by: Sophie | September 20, 2008 at 12:10 PM
****Maybe Milady, who was born in New Jersey, has spent too much time in England. She probably meant to say that Obama is uppity, not elitist. That's got to be it.****
That's right. Any criticism, valid or not, must really be a smoke screen for racism.
Awesome. You add some much to the overall discussion.
Posted by: Rusty98UM | September 20, 2008 at 11:09 AM
The endorsement by Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild will be among McCain's most valued. Here's">http://www.testimoanials.com/blog/blog1.php/2008/09/19/lady-lynn-forester-de-rothschild/">Here's why.
Posted by: Burr Deming | September 20, 2008 at 08:35 AM
I recently saw an article talking about potential cabinet members for Obama should he win. Of the 27 people listed, 15 went to Harvard, and 23 went to what I would consider an "elitist" school (yale, u of c, stanford, dartmouth etc)
Zbigniew Brzezinski harvard
Anthony Lake georgetown
Susan Rice, stanford
Richard Danzig. Yale, taught at harvard
Anthony Zinni, duke
Greg Craig, Harvard
Samantha Power, Harvard
Sarah Sewall, also Harvard researcher,
Artur Davis, a Harvard-educated
Austan Goolsbee, Yale, University of Chicago
Glenn Hubbard , Harvard
Jeffrey Liebman Harvard
Robert Rubin Harvard
David Cutler, a Harvard
Larry Summers, Harvard
Timothy F. Geithner, dartmouth
Henry Paulson, harvard
Gary Gensler, wharton,
Stuart Eizenstat, harvard
Cassandra Butts, Harvard Law
Daniel Tarullo Harvard
Max Cleland, stetson
Robert Gibbs, nc state
Jon Favreau, none
Chris Lu, another Harvard Law classmate.
David Axelrod University of Chicago
Bill Burton george washington
Posted by: Jay | September 20, 2008 at 07:20 AM
No, she said Obama is "too far to the left."
Posted by: Dan | September 20, 2008 at 06:12 AM
"This woman studied at YALE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, AND BROWN!!! She has a PHD in Molecular and Cell Biology!!! She is CEO of the family company! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT SHE'S A FRIGGING ROTHSCHILD!! Who is SHE to judge anyone???? "
Well, if I were hiring staff I'd hire her before you. Well... actually I wouldn't hire you. Annoying she may be, but being quite elite herself I'd want her around so I she could judge who is the smartest arrugula guzzling elitist PhD and thus fit to work in my molecular bio lab. Yeah, I'd rather go moose hunting with different folks, but were I hiring people I'd take the smarter ones.
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"By the way I now deeply dislike the party that I have always supported, the Democratic Party."
bruce | September 19, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Can't blame you one bit. I'm tilting the other way right now but share your distaste for the Democrats. McCain in 2000 could have been a good deal; now he has some of the same vagueness as Obama. Were Palin posted to, say, Krygistan and with no sat phone I'd feel better about it.
Posted by: Bubster | September 19, 2008 at 09:53 PM
IE crashed ... lost 2nd half!
.... continuing
But McCain does not seem to be fully himself now. Something, perhaps strings held by others, perhaps age, has got him. He's not always sure what he's saying (short sellers as the root of all evil? H-ll, more shorting sooner would have poured cold water on the bad-asset party). He did not want Palin. I could only trust Palin were she on a short leash of radioactive armored chain - I can see her getting carbide embedded teeth if that would take the Presidency.
Obama does not seem to have enough national experience nor has he spent enough time around non-intellectuals, or 97% of the US. He does have high quality experience - law professor is not a lightweight gig. His specific proposals so far are Democratic you-need-more-Washington-fixing. So far we don't know if he would ditch party othodoxy and come up with governance directed towards reality. All At least he is intellectually capable of it and of understanding the mechanisms behind current affairs. Contrast the current situation: W is lucky that Paulson and Beranke are not old friends of his; they're not Brownie and Chertoff. You remember W, he was President before Paulson.
There's a good chance Obama is actually a centrist. Constitutional law scholars are not a wild bunch and tend to learn how our country was meant to function. The Founders were reality based rather than, say, nuts like most partisans. He'll need help and some luck to do the job, but he can do it.
I don't care to play chicken with reality. O's our safer choice, and lets add a little prayer to dig out of the holes we're in.
Posted by: Bubster | September 19, 2008 at 09:38 PM
There is so much to say, one would be on for hours. However, I will say what I think should be said in as little as I possibly should say. Lady Lynn is entitled to her opinions, that's what makes this country so great. I do think she is being a little unfair, considering who she is and where she is....calling someone else an elitist. Honestly, she sounds bitter, this comment coming from her, 'You know it when you see it'. No need to comment on this again, I know it. I saw it.
On the subject of the more qualified candidate, in everything we do, we feel more secure and trust the most educated. It's only in this great country that I have noticed that people refuse to think bipartisan and elect officials based solely on party lines. Here is a very qualified candidate, very educated, knows everything, I have never seen him stumped on any subject, and yet.......He has been vetted more than any presidential candidate I have ever seen, considering.......and yet......He brings hope and energy to unite all types, he gives us hope and the energy to make a difference in our lives as well as this great country and I think that's what will change this country it's that hope and that energy that will bring changes from the bottom up and yet............ On the flip side, we have someone who has had his share of afflictions, which none should ever have to endure, who appears to be likable, been around for years and yet......honestly, that's it.....claims to be a maverick, I am not sure about that....questions the other candidate's leadership and you wonder......You definitely wonder what is he bringing to this presidency, I don't see the hope and the energy, how am I suppose to make a difference, how is he suppose to lead if he seems so out of touch with everything, everything and yet.........he's going to shake up Washington. I don't see it.....everything he says, seems so out of touch with the people of this great land and yet........If we can waste 8 valuable years, 8 years that could have change the path of this country, 8 years that could have saved us trillions of dollars that would have put us or not in a position to handle our economic struggles that we people of this great land are faced with, 8 years that cost us thousands of human lives - that has made us inhumane........if we were willing to take a chance on an administration that's lacking in intelligence but full of lies , corruption and deceit, don't you think it's time we take a chance now on a new candidate who is intelligent, sincere and can energized us as a people to make a difference in this great country and our lives, I think that would be putting COUNTRY FIRST.
Energized by a Vision of Hope and the willingness to make a Change.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Posted by: charles-gt | September 19, 2008 at 09:17 PM