Who? An unreformed, unapologetic Clintonista*, but . . . a couple of wikis explain:
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Lady de Rothschild (born July 2, 1954 in Oradell, New Jersey) is an England-based American entrepreneur. She heads the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband company FirstMark Communications Europe, launched in 1998 which raised $1 billion in funding, and has board members including former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Washington power-broker Vernon Jordan as board members.
On November 30, 2000, Sir Evelyn married the American lawyer and entrepreneur Lynn Forester, head of the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband venture FirstMark Communications Europe and the former wife of Andrew Stein, a New York City political figure who served as the last president of the New York City Council.
*The term Clintonista denotes supporting HRC by voting Republican, and other self-destructive political acts on her behalf by self-identified Democrats. If you aren't voting for McCain, you aren't one. If you didn't read this and make this mistake in the comments, I will ridicule you with glee, and without mercy.
What? Hatin' on Barack. But, in her own words:
"(F)rankly I don't like him. I feel like he is an elitist."
and
Lynn Forester de Rothschild has said she thinks Democratic nominee Barack Obama is arrogant and has a problem connecting with average Americans.
Where?
Pennsylvania Room, third floor of the Capitol Hill Club 300 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Where again?
The National Republican Club of Capital Hill, a private club with stringent membership requirements. You know, a place for Elitist Republicans to get away from the commoners, serfs and assorted other untouchables.
When? Right now, at 12:30, EDT.
Why? Maybe because she's rich. In her own words:
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.
Why again?
This may have more to do with the discomfort that many middle-aged white women feel with black men. The two groups have historically been at odds for the same rights, and our history of portraying black men as sexual threats to women certainly hasn't helped. I would go so far as to say that the lack of discomfort from younger women speaks well of how far we've come as a nation on issues of race in the past couple generations.
How?
To garner support among working-class midwestern women for McCain by high-lighting the support of a rich, bitter, rich, subtly racist, telecom mogul with an English title who's married to a billionaire.
Is this going to work?
Only with the stupid people who think that voting McCain to undermine Obama will catapult HRC to victory in 2012: drooling mouth-breathers.