Baroness Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild: Obama Out of Touch

It's no mystery that Sen. McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate was a cynical ploy to bring in disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters. Criticize him all you want, but he finally got one!

I listened intently yesterday as CNN announced that "a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter" had endorsed John McCain for President -- and very nearly wet myself when I heard it was none other than the Baroness Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Here's Lady Forester's reason for defecting:

"This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like [Obama]. I feel like he is an elitist."

If you haven't yet figured out why this is so funny, here's a little bit of background. Lady Forester is the billionaire CEO of a major international holding company, one-time "mega communications mogul," and wife of famed international banker Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild. She is mistress of the Ascott House, the 3,200 acre Rothschild family estate North of London, and owns a lavish summer home in Marthas Vineyard and what has been described as "the most beautiful apartment in New York." She's been dubbed "the flashiest hostess in London" by Portfolio and "a New York socialite" by the Wall Street Journal. And Lady Forester is clearly anathema to the plight of ordinary Americans.

Now say her full name (and title) five times real fast.