Special Re-Broadcast of The Entanglements of the Mega Rich: Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
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🗓️ 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, die-hard dear WhistleStop listeners. |
| 0:03.6 | It's John Dickerson here of Face the Nation. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm treating you to a rerun of our previous version of Whistlestop about the Rockefeller Vice Presidency and |
| 0:15.8 | disentangling himself from his personal fortune and just how much of an issue that |
| 0:21.0 | was for Gerald Ford's vice president. |
| 0:24.4 | This issue came to the fore about a year ago in the early period of the Trump presidency |
| 0:31.2 | when there were questions about the president, his tax returns, his |
| 0:35.3 | personal holdings, and how he would disentangle himself. His lawyer made a very |
| 0:40.0 | public claim that at the time of Rockefeller's nomination to the Vice Presidency, no one much |
| 0:46.5 | cared about his personal holdings. |
| 0:48.6 | So we took a look at that idea and whether that was in fact true. |
| 0:53.4 | Hint it wasn't. |
| 0:56.0 | Have a great new year. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlestop, formerly a podcast of Presidential Campaign |
| 1:02.0 | Curiosity's now a curious podcast about formerly a podcast of presidential campaign curiosity. |
| 1:02.8 | He's now a curious podcast about the presidency. |
| 1:05.8 | I'm John Dickerson of Face the Nation. |
| 1:08.2 | What happens when a fabulously wealthy sion of a wealthy family comes to Washington? |
| 1:16.0 | With a rich man's Fort polio, that's not to be confused with portfolio, |
| 1:21.0 | full of switchbacks and puzzlers and confusing private dealings. |
| 1:25.0 | Fellow who has family wealth entanglements also. |
| 1:29.0 | One of two things happens, either the politician is given a thorough teeth cleaning by |
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