Top Clinton Fundraiser Defects To McCain

Member Of DNC Platform Committee Throws Support Behind Republican Nominee

(AP)  A top Hillary Rodham Clinton fundraiser threw her support behind Republican John McCain on Wednesday, saying he will lead the country in a centrist fashion and accusing the Democrats of becoming too extreme.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild, said she believes that the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, along with other prominent Democratic officials such as the head of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean, would take the party "too far to the left."

Rothschild is also a member of the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee. She said she would be stepping down from her position on the committee but will not switch political parties.

She praised McCain for working with Democrats to pass legislation and for standing up to President Bush on the Iraq war.

"I just ask, who has Barack Obama ever stood up to? And that troubles me a lot," she said.

Rothschild also disputed Obama's argument that a McCain administration would be an extension of Bush's presidency. Democrats cite McCain's own account of having voted in support of Bush's policies 90 percent of the time.

She said the Arizona senator has broken with Bush to support funding for stem-cell research and to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

"It is the classic cheap shot. Just not true," she said.

Rothschild said she was also excited by the prospect of a woman being in the White House, even though she and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin disagree on issues. The Alaska governor opposes abortion except in the case of a threat to the mother's life. Rothschild said she supports abortion rights.

"I believe that the McCain-Palin government will be a centrist government," Rothschild said. "It's not going to be an ideological government."

Rothschild is a member of the DNC's Democrats Abroad chapter and splits her time living in London and New York. She was one of Clinton's top fundraisers, bringing in more than $100,000 for her presidential campaign. She built a multimillion-dollar telecommunications company before marrying international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild.

Rothschild said she has not discussed her support for McCain with Clinton.

"I'm sure she is not pleased with what I'm doing today," she said. "But you know what? I have to do what I believe in."

[carlyonsue]

This lady is showing good common sense!

[nirak2-2009]

Amazing the excuses people use not to vote for Obama.
I would bet that in most cases it just comes down to they don''t vote for a BLACK MAN.
Shame Shame Shame on all of them.

[steeepe]

Rothschild must have gotten a raise so she now makes over $250,000 a year and greed wins out. She probably only supported Clinton because she is a woman because Clinton''s positions are much closer to Obama than McBush.

[armydog2]

The lady is a looser just like mccain.

[babooph]

Ike s rep granddaughter went dem this time-there will be more defections as the election goes on & NO UNITY WHEN IT IS OVER!!

[praiseallah1]

Federal Elections Commission investigating Barak Obamas Campaign fundraising while the FBI investigates ACORN executives with Federal Racketeering Charges of voter fraud.

It has been well known recently that ACORN is at the heart of one of the most massive voter fraud campaigns in American history.

In recent years, many ACORN employees were convicted of voter fraud in Ohio, Colorado, California, Missouri, Washington, and other cities which easily manipulates opinion polls..

Obama campaign%u2019s federal filings showed ACORN%u2019s subsidiary, Citizens Services, only did polling and advance work on campaign events. Later, the campaign had to amend its reports to show that ACORN did GOTV work for them as well and paid them $800,000:

It`s obvious the Federal government needs to open up an investigation of ACORN and Obama under the RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS LAW.

Email the FEC at [e-mail], and the www.fbi.gov to demand that they stop this voter fraud.

[praiseallah1]

Federal Elections Commission investigating Barak Obamas Campaign fundraising while the FBI investigates ACORN executives with Federal Racketeering Charges of voter fraud.

It has been well known recently that ACORN is at the heart of one of the most massive voter fraud campaigns in American history.

In recent years, many ACORN employees were convicted of voter fraud in Ohio, Colorado, California, Missouri, Washington, and other cities which easily manipulates opinion polls..

Obama campaign%u2019s federal filings showed ACORN%u2019s subsidiary, Citizens Services, only did polling and advance work on campaign events. Later, the campaign had to amend its reports to show that ACORN did GOTV work for them as well and paid them $800,000:

It`s obvious the Federal government needs to open up an investigation of ACORN and Obama under the RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS LAW.

Email the FEC at [e-mail], and the www.fbi.gov to demand that they stop this voter fraud.

[boogieman716]

yea mabey the rest of you will get it to pumas are for real soon there will be more im sure defectiong to McCain
go pumas go pumas

[babooph]

Rothchild? I bet she would stand up for the middle class-if she could see that far down.

[jsilver2th]

A Rothschild calling the Black Democratic Presidential nominee an eltist?

Wow- Great moments in sports- what a footnote to the decline of capitalism.... on the day of the great collapse of ''08- what pure total irony!

Make my day! Best hoot of the year! Read her rally rich lipstick- a bunch of rowdy hoodlums don''t appreciate her taste in politicans- tsk tsk.

[noloyalisti]

I can''t think of one good reason to vote for more of the McSame. Or any Republicon for public office. After the fiasco they have wrought with their economic and foreign policy schemes and plots. I think we have identified the axis of evil and it is the GOP.

[dburfears]

Lady Rothschild

She''s a freakin'' ROTHSCHILD! Super rich, old European money. Of course she is for McCain. DUH!

I guess she did not like Obama taking away her tax cuts and giving them to the middle class. Which castle will you have to sell, Lady Rothschild?

[kansas1946]

Lady Rathchild of the Rothchild BANKING DYNASTY endorses McCain. Yeah - because it means that fatcats can make their millions without that pesky "oversight". The punchline is that Lady Rothchild called Obama an - wait for it - "elitist"! Bwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Seriously? Lady Rothchild of the Rothchild banking dynasty calls Obama who worked his way through school an "elitist". Get it? Hahahahaha - that is really funny.


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Posted by EddyNewHopes at 10:18 PM : Sep 17, 2008
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I think those goofy women got that from Rush. I always thought it was hysterical to call Obama elitist. His grandparents grew up in my home town, they were very middle class, and they contributed a great deal to his raising. They saved money for his college, and with that and scholarships because of his remarkable intellegence, he was able to go to Harvard. Really sounds elitist to me. I doubt Ms. "de Rothschild" (what''s up with the "de") had to worry too much about who was paying for her college education. That this woman would be so spiteful because Hillary lost to slobber all over McCain is disgraceful. The McCain ticket could set women back fifty years.

[vincan-2009]

It''s like this, there are a group of republican women that I saw on TV that will be voting for Senator Obama. Seems they share the concern about a woman''s right to choose what he does or does not do. We are not all going to believe the lies of McCain or the ads he is running that are lies.

[vincan-2009]

Good riddance. Since she has done what Hillary Clinton said not to do, I''m sure no democrats will think much of her. I sure don''t.

[kansas1946]

Millions of we women are hoping that the first woman in the white house is somebody we can point out to our daughters with pride. We are hoping it will be somebody with honesty and integrity. Somebody who will be there because she cares about our country and wants to do what she can for the American people.

Those of us who feel that way will work together to keep Sarah Palin, a rigid,dishonest, and vindictive vessel out of the White house.



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Posted by Truthmatterz at 05:25 PM : Sep 17, 2008
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Amen. I would LOVE to see a woman in the Whitehouse, but not this woman. Lord, who in their right mind would want this nut in the Whitehouse??

[likeitis5050]

What a bunch of hooey. Hillary is way left of Obama. Go ahead and vote for a man that has no clue about the economy or about real folks lives, and a woman that wants to send women back to back alley butchers, speaks in tongues (maybe she can entertain some foreign dignitaries with that), wants creationism taught in schools, lies about her record (a Republican prerequisite) and has a husband that spits on the American flag. Yup. Sounds good to me.


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Posted by kansas1946

Hooey....sounds a little too much like Chicken Little and the frig.gin sky is falling...fear...run for your lives. Get a life.

[kansas1946]

Welcome to the club Lynn Forester de Rothschild. I too voted for Hillary, and will vote for McCain in November. Hillary Clinton is as far left as I am willing to go. This is what happens when you start thinking. Obama is NOT good news.


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Posted by abnerm at 07:04 PM : Sep 17, 2008
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What a bunch of hooey. Hillary is way left of Obama. Go ahead and vote for a man that has no clue about the economy or about real folks lives, and a woman that wants to send women back to back alley butchers, speaks in tongues (maybe she can entertain some foreign dignitaries with that), wants creationism taught in schools, lies about her record (a Republican prerequisite) and has a husband that spits on the American flag. Yup. Sounds good to me.

[kansas1946]

don''''t recall ever hearing any such complaints when the GOP controlled the White House and the Congress when Bush and his cronies took us into an illegal war. Interesting. Now the McBushies are crying for "Checks and balances". Laughable.


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Posted by EddyNewHopes at 08:09 PM : Sep 17, 2008
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Ain''t that the truth. The Republican congress rubber-stamped every Bush policy and Bush signed every spending bill they sent him except one that would help sick people with stem cell research. I agree it is nice to have checks and balances, but the Republican party has become so corrupt that they lost both houses. Not our fault as voters that they lost them and now put up a lame candidate for president and a lunatic for vice president.

[pastdue1]

Let''s face it, Hillary had some really off the wall supporters. Lynn Forester de Rothschild was interviewed on CNN and she is missing her time in the spotlight, so she picked up on McCain''s byline and is following him ~ back on stage.