Château Effete de Rothschild

Considerable levity was obtained (again) thanks to someone called Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a bigtime Palin-McCain supporter.

Didn't much care for Barack Obama. "He radiates elitism," as she told the Times of London earlier. Lady Lynn did prefer the apparently less radiant Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild, the second husband* who, at age 77, is 23 years her senior.

Among Sir Evelyn's accomplishments:

Born into great wealth, Evelyn de Rothschild became one of England's most eligible bachelors, spending his youth traveling, socializing, driving exotic sports cars, enjoying thoroughbred horse racing, and playing polo.

The Rothschilds may not own as many homes as John McCain, but that one of them is Ascott House in Buckinghamshire, which is decorated with oil paintings by Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, counts for at least three Phoenix condominiums.

* The first husband took to dating Ann Coulter.