Special Re-Broadcast of The Entanglements of the Mega Rich: Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Host John Dickerson visits January 11, 2017 and also the campaign of Gerald R. Ford and Nelson Rockefeller. With it came along concerns of economic entanglements that a rich family might not be able to untangle.
Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential history. Hosted by political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment revisits memorable (or even forgotten) moments from America's presidential carnival.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, diehard, dear whistlestop listeners. It's John Dickerson here of Face the Nation. I'm treating you to a rerun of our previous version of WhistleStop about the Rockefeller vice presidency and disentangling himself from his personal fortune and just how much of an issue that was for Gerald Ford's |
| 0:23.3 | vice president. This issue came to the fore about a year ago in the early period of the Trump |
| 0:30.1 | presidency when there were questions about the president, his tax returns, his personal |
| 0:35.7 | holdings, and how he would disentangle himself. |
| 0:38.5 | His lawyer made a very public claim that at the time of Rockefeller's nomination to the vice |
| 0:44.8 | presidency, no one much cared about his personal holdings. So we took a look at that idea |
| 0:50.4 | and whether that was in fact true. Hint, it wasn't. |
| 0:55.9 | Have a great new year. |
| 0:57.9 | Hello and welcome to Whistle Stop, formerly a podcast of presidential campaign |
| 1:02.1 | curiosities, now a curious podcast about the presidency. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm John Dickerson of Face the Nation. |
| 1:10.0 | What happens when a fabulously wealthy scion of a wealthy family comes to Washington |
| 1:15.7 | with a rich man's portfolio? |
| 1:18.8 | That's not to be confused with portfolio. |
| 1:21.5 | Full of switchbacks and puzzlers and confusing private dealings. |
| 1:24.8 | A fellow who has family wealth entanglements also. |
| 1:29.2 | One of two things happens. |
| 1:30.8 | Either the politician is given a thorough teeth cleaning by lawmakers in Congress |
| 1:35.4 | and responds with a full hangout, providing all the information in minute detail, |
| 1:40.8 | tax returns, financial details, going back dozens of years, and is then allowed to serve |
| 1:47.5 | after putting all of that forward, or the good citizens' private affairs are met with very |
| 1:52.2 | little interest. No scrutiny, and everyone goes back to that novel they were enjoying. No big deal |
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