Best friends forever?

This is now my illustration of the expression "cutting of your nose to spite your face." What an idiot!

STOP THE PRESSES!! Filthy rich baroness supports McCain. Cocktail Party Democrats Worry of more Defections!!
LOL

who cares about this nit wit.......

Ms de Rothschild needs now to step down from her position with the Democratic Party.

"De Rothschild, who was born in New Jersey, married into a British banking family, and became a baroness..."

She's not exactly "Joe the Plumber," is she? I wonder if McSame's hypocrite supporters will have any problem with the endorsement of an elitist banker?

Guess who benefits most under the McSame economic plan (read here continuation of Curious George's tax cuts)? "The baroness" definitely knows which side of the bread her butter's on. Too bad all the lying republical parrots that make less than $250K don't have that same knowledge.

“So this decision to vote Republican for the first time in my life has been after a lot of thought. I have looked at all four candidates very carefully and I have no question about what I am doing today.”

I smell BS, it's more the adage "an enemy of my enemy is my friend". the policies of Obama are far closer to that of McCain so she was just voting for Hillary because it's Hillary

I really can't see how an incredibly rich - Cindy clone - will help McCain rally support. Does anyone on his staff really think that she will appeal to other than the polo set?
I would have said no thanks even if she was once a Hillary supporter.

A wealthy banking heiress backing McCain? SHOCKING!

Lynn Forester de Rothschild should really appeal to Joe the Six Pack Drinking Plumber, or whoever the Republicans think they can fool into voting for them.

Speaking of fools, I like how this spoiled, petty socialite couldn't have what she wanted -- for once -- so she threw a tantrum and now supports someone she disagrees with on virtually every issue. You stay classy, Lynn.

Is she any relation to that guy who kidnapped his kid?

Maybe Baroness Forester de Rothschild's endorsement of Senator McCain will cancel out Colin Powell, Warrren Buffet & Paul Volker supporting Senator Obama, but somehow I doubt it.

Because, after all, a wealthy person who married into a title and a family that has controlled European banking for over 200 years represents the views of Middle-class Americans facing a shrinking economy.

Shame on you Lynn Forester de Rothschild! To abandon your core democratic principles and everything that your "friend" Hillary stands for, just because she didn't become the party nominee. How seriously lame! Your true self serving colors now revealed, good riddens. You'll be right at home in the Republican party where you belong.

Maybe Baroness Forester de Rothschild's endorsement of Senator McCain will cancel out Colin Powell, Warrren Buffet & Paul Volker supporting Senator Obama, but somehow I doubt it.

Baroness de Rothschild should be able to lock up the votes of all the undecided billionaires in the state...so potentially there's three more votes for McPsycho and Caribou Barbie...think that will carry the Republicans on to victory?

De Rothschild's main talking point, I believe, is that Obama is elitist. Seriously. Rothschild. The Baroness must have Irony Deficit Disorder.

Not Lady Lyn de Rothschild!?!?

What on earth will we ever do now that a woman who married into the Rothschild fortune, a bonafide pretend-o-crat, has deemed Senator Obama to be elitist???

One point everyone is missing: Obama has made it known that he will not give Israel the level of support that Bush or even the Clintons gave it. Rothschild comes from the family that helped develop the very idea of Israel. Makes sense that she would not support him from that perspective.

This a typical of the "new" democrats/socialists --you're fine until you disagree with them and then they attack you ! I am a Conservative Democrat and there is no room for us in the party any more.

How dare this "rich person" not vote for Obama? How dare she express her own opinion and preference of candidates? Didn't she get the memo? During the primaries, we hated Barack; but now it's all peace and love and supporting Barack. When Obama's Prez, it'll be off to the re-education camp for her!

NOBAMA!!! Keep the CHANGE!!! I do not TRUST the man...

Rothschild has lost her way. How could she be in support of a bright, strong Woman like Hillary and lend support to a Paulin-McCain ticket. Our Country is in need of true leadership to bring us back to the once respected nation that we should be. Rothschild just does not understand the difference between supporting a true leader like Obama and playing her own sad game of politics. If done to "make a statement" the American people will be the only victims. Poor Rothschild hpe she finds her way back to reality.

Now I realized how much courage Ms. De Rothschild must have had in standing her ground and making decisions that obviously have disappointed many. I admired her courage and thoughts - she is not an ordinary lady.

I find it ironic that when individuals cross from Republican to Democrat they are lauded for their character and willingness to forego party politics for the "greater good". Now, when one chooses the other direction the vitriol comes out of your pores. I was born and raised in Massachusetts and as a child I idolized the Kennedys without question. Now, as a mature adult I can only echo the Old Testament writer when he said "When I was a child I thought as a child, spoke as a child, acted as a child. But when I became a man I put away childish things. " Having lots of money is not a phenomenon unique to members of the GOP.

This is America-we can't have people thinking for themselves and forming their own opinions or changing their minds. Reward the unsuccessful and punish those that have achieved. The Democratic party is a brainless collection of dimwitted fools. Hence Barney Frank and John Kerry getting sent back election after election.

She's not voting for Obama because she's racist. She has to be.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild -- a personal friend of Clinton, i would not want her to be my personal friend, she stabs you in the back, she has all her money, we have to pray for her. what economy is she looking at ? Certainly not America. Good luck Lynn with all of your money.

Why does everyone assume the rich support Republicans. There are just as many top 5% earners who are Democrats as Republicans. Take a look at George Soros and Warren Buffet. Democrats aren't exactly taking any vows of poverty.
Also, look in the US Senate at Kerry (the richest) and Kennedy.

Remember, the top 1% pay 40% of income taxes, the bottom 50% pay 2.99% in income taxes (IRS 2006).

Congrats to Lynn for standing on principle and not supporting the Chi-town crack smoking racist thug. Unlike Hillary she has a pair on her and is not afraid to buck her party of lemmings. HRC should have done the same since she absolutely despises the man that accused her of being a racist. As far as whether the Powell endorsement is more important then her, well lets see Powell likes Obama because as he articulated (?) he likes him more (read:Black) and Lynn represents a lifelong Dem who realizes that the lefty looney will transform the country into some European socialist society. I 'll take Lynn's endorsement!

Expect the media to tear her life apart now. How many unpaid parking tickets or overdue library books do you think they will uncover?

Wake up people!!! Your "spread the wealth" candidate will cost us valuable jobs and drive business out of the country. Do your homework! Unless of course you're totally fine with your hard earn tax $$ going to folks that don't even pay taxes! I've never voted republican in my life! I'll be doing that for the first time next week. BHO will sell out this country and allow his shady pals to do what they please. Wake up before it's too late!

Of course she would not back Obama. McCain has helped her wealth increase over the past 8 years by recuing her tax liability.

Plus she is probably old like McCain and cannot change her ways.

Old battle axe she is... Blah blah blah

Obama all the way!

Yes, why does everything think that Republicans are rich? I'm not rich at all but I believe in working hard for what I have and taking responsibilty for everything I do. I was a single parent and never asked for child support, welfare or any kind of help from anyone. I worked hard and had to do without for a while but I made sure I took responsibiliy for my life and got through it. Sharing the wealth to those who aren't going to be responsible for their own actions is not something I beleive in. There are way too many freeloaders looking for a ride in this country. Democrats want to take the little money I work so hard for and give it to the freeloaders. So its McCain/Palin for me all the way!
NOBAMA!!! *plus he is so shady and arrogant
NOBOMA!!

"Unlike Hillary she has a pair on her and is not afraid to buck her party of lemmings. HRC should have done the same since she absolutely despises the man that accused her of being a racist. As far as whether the Powell endorsement is more important then her, well lets see Powell likes Obama because as he articulated (?) he likes him more (read:Black) "

who is Condy Rice voting for?

They tear Sarah Palin apart because she is a joke to this election. Palin needs to go back to Alaska and shop in her favorite consignment shop.

God I hate the sound of her voice!

As for this old lady who now supports McCain, she probaly suffers from dementia.

Just another person on McCain's circus act that has no clue.

Except for a couple people that buy into the left wing bull and one person that does not realize that Obama has pledged to be a freind to Israel. The overwhelming amount of comments show that most people with common sense see this woman for what she is. Someone should send these comments to her so she can understand what it means to lose your integrity.

The Democrats are running scared again.

Would like to see who Hillary will vote for?

It's all about the Baroness and no one else. How many people had heard of her until now? She's only backing McCain because of Palin........reverse discrimination, man-hater? Who knows and who cares.

Wow. I have to read these posts more often. Chi-town crack smoking racist thug? Re-education camps? Get a grip, guys. A guy who went to Columbia and Harvard Law School is against the establishment? He IS the establishment, folks. And that's not a bad thing. He's not a crazy, whack-o, fire-breathing revolutionary (that would be Sarah Palin) ... he's a thoroughly mainstream guy who watches SportsCenter and gets bossed around by his daughters. More than almost anyone else Obama wants the American Dream to continue because his whole life is built around it.

The ignorance revealed in most of the comments above is staggering in scope. Lady Lynn deRothschild is no goldigger! She is a self-made woman of enormous accomplishment. From a very modest background, she worked her way to the top, earning a law degree, starting her own company, and ultimately selling it for a large fortune (100 million if memory serves). She still works on Wall Street even though she has no need to do so. I am a Republican, but admire her greatly for her intelligence, hard work, grace, and sincerity. The lack of respect shown for her here is appalling.

Don't you get it? Hillary has to campaign for Obama or she will be unable to garner support for the 2012 run. By prominently putting her largest supporters out in support of McCain she is telling everyone that she does not want Obama to win. How this gets past so many of you is baffling. I thought people that read this paper were supposed to be intelligent?

to number 28, just make sure you realize the logical inverse of that quite common republican talking point - if the bottom 50%were to pay enough taxes to make up 50% of the governments tax revenue, they would probably have to be paying their entire incomes and more in taxes....so obviously the top few percentiles pay the most.

taxes under obama will be no higher than they were under reagan. small business will no longer have to pay capital gains. taxes on the middle class will be lower than ever. if you actually believe this is bad for the economy then you are buying the GOP talking points hook line and sinker and clearly have no idea what you are talking about. if the middle class can keep more of its wealth that they produce they will get rich quicker, and thus incomes in america will go up overall. the only way to maintain gov revenue at the same rate it is now while cutting taxes on 95% is to raise them on the top 5%, whose wealth has increased 20 times over in the past 8 years anyways. if the wealth of the middle had increased, then there would not have been a need to tax the rich more, but the middle can barely afford to pay the bush taxes right now so obama will lower them. thus more savings, more investment, more spending, better economy, duh. the rich will get richer even though they will be paying a few percent more, because 95% of americans will have far more money to spend on the business that the rich own. ask any rich business owner right now, would you rather continue in today's economy or have a change back to clinton era tax code - they will easily choose the clinton era code because consumers had far more money to spend and invest then.

Ignatz...People have to understand these truths you state about Obama and end the "left wing nutjob" smear campaign. I have met Obama. He is for real. If anything he may be too establishment to walk us away from the middleeast as we should. (Before the right wing coolaid drinkers get mad at least read "The Limits of Power" by Andrew Bacivich)
I am a business owner and understand that anyone that makes over $250K year has a support crew of people making much less underneath them. That person should want what is best for those beneath them and not be selfish. There will still be plenty of money left over if you are lucky enough to realize the American Dream and reach $500K.....$1M...$2M...and so on. Just like the rich mislead the public on the Inheritance Tax, hopefully enough people listen to the Warren Buffets of the world and not the greedy want-to-be's like Mackenzie who needs to get out in the real world.

Hey Meech, whats wrong you don't wnat free stuff? How could you not want free stuff? Free stuff is far more important than the well being of the country.

The nasty comments in this post are unbelievable. And the Democrats are accusing the McCain campaign of promoting negativism! I applaud Lynn Forester de Rothschild for taking a stand for what she believes in, just as I applaud Colin Powell for his decision. Voters need to think long and hard about where this country came from and where they want to see it go from here. This country was built on hard work....think about it....where do we go from here....

Anyone who dunt vote fo Obama iz a Racist.

We gonna take ovah da Black House!!

Arab countries except Isreael and Kuwait are going to celelebrate if Obama-Biden gets elected. This is inevitable! How fast our beloved America is changing?

She is a SELF made millionaire who grew up middle class and after making her own success, married into a wealthy family with a title. She had already made her own fortune by that time though so all you folks who are quick to call her out should know she is an example of a self made millionaire.

I too support Hillary and can see the appeal of voting for McCain. McCain has judgement, leadership and character. As Bill Clinton himself said, there are a lot of compelling reasons to vote for McCain.

Yes, Alison, I applaud Lady de Rothschild -- who takes a stand against elitism in all its forms. Absolutely. Lynn Forester coming out against elitism just isn't as funny.

oohh.. Lynn "FdR" is ruffling some socialist feathers. The Polls are tightening and so is the pucker factor. The cake walk for the terrorist co-board member just might not be in the bag after all.

Finally, someone who is prominent that thinks like I do and is willing to go public. Obama stole the primary from Hilary - I cannot think about ever voting for him. His supporters were rude to us and he won't get my support!

I don't understand how Clinton friend gets a bigger headline than Clinton. Does that may any logical sense?

I guess not all have been blinded by the Barack Obama's charisma and his old style Chicago politics and backers. Maybe some of the blinders are coming off. I see hope for the future. I am hoping America will start reading and researching this man’s past, background and how he has gotten where he is rather than just accepting him at face value. I hope America has not become just a land of apathetic lemmings who are too lazy to do for themselves and just want government to do it all for them.

I guess not all have been blinded by the Barack Obama's charisma and his old style Chicago politics and backers. Maybe some of the blinders are coming off. I see hope for the future. I am hoping America will start reading and researching this man’s past, background and how he has gotten where he is rather than just accepting him at face value. I hope America has not become just a land of apathetic lemmings who are too lazy to do for themselves and just want government to do it all for them.

Joseph, comment #43, is right on track.

Baroness Forester de Rothschild is just like Joe The Plumber . Both support McCain, and neither one has a Plumbers license, or a clue as to how McCain would do anything differently than Bush. More tax cuts for millionaires.

So after 8 years of Bush tax cuts for the Rothschilds and deregulation for Wall St., the investment banks get a $750 Billion dollar taxpayer bailout. But Obama wants to help middle class people, so he's the 'Socialist'. Sure thing.

#40 Posted by Mackenzie "From a very modest background, she worked her way to the top, earning a law degree, starting her own company, and ultimately selling it for a large fortune (100 million if memory serves) I am a Republican, but admire her greatly for her intelligence, hard work, grace, and sincerity. The lack of respect shown for her here is appalling.."

The Baroness' story, as you portray it, sounds a lot like someone we know running for president. And some of the comments are similar to those bashing Obama as being elitist. We can't have it both ways now can we?

Okay, just so I have it straight: Obama is a leftist/socialist/Marxist elitist who wants to take all our money/redistribute the wealth. He cheated Hillary out of her rightful place atop the Democratic ticket. He lies about who is he is and is probably some kind of an Islamic terrorist Manchurian Candidate. He's a radical and a product of the Chicago machine. He has no experience and will dim-wittedly lead us into war with Russia and China, after he sits down and talks to any terrorist who will talk to him. If you happen to be a supporter of Obama you: are a delusional/naive/stupid lemming who either willfully ignores the facts of Obama (see above) or hates Americaas much as he does. Either way, you'll end up in the Gulag, the same as all the rest of us. Do I have that about right? Did I leave anything out?

How did #47 get past the person overseaing this blog. There is nothing more sad and disgusting than a spoiled little racist trying to be funny.

Jim Rockstead, just like the "best and the brightest" or rather "the worst and the dimmest". These are the right wing "smugs" that can't even read the posting directions that tell you not to hit the "submit" button again.

Thank you Lynn for supporting John McCain.....McCain had me, long before Sara Palin was added to the ticket. I still love Hillary and Bill Clinton......

Ms. de Rothschild has every right to support the McCain/Palin ticket because this is one of the constitutional freedoms that is afforded every US citizen. It is just horrible how Obama supporters choose to villify this lady for her rightful decision. President and Mrs. Clinton have chosen to get in line and support Obama because if they don't their legacy would be in trouble. Obviously Ms. de Rothschild believes McCain is ready for the Presidency and Obama is not. This is a free country and its citizens can support whomever they choose.