The Entanglements of the Mega Rich: Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller | The Oval Office
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 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.
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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 and welcome to Whistlestop formerly a podcast of presidential campaign |
| 0:05.0 | curiosities now a curious podcast about the presidency. I'm John Dickerson |
| 0:09.6 | of Face the nation. |
| 0:13.5 | What happens when a fabulously wealthy sion of a wealthy family comes to Washington |
| 0:19.3 | with a rich man's Fort polio, Fort polio, that's not to be confused with portfolio, full of switchbacks and |
| 0:27.7 | puzzlers and confusing private dealings, a fellow who has family wealth entanglements also. |
| 0:34.0 | One of two things happens, either the politician is given a thorough teeth cleaning by lawmakers in Congress and responds with a full hangoutout providing all the information in minute detail, |
| 0:45.0 | tax returns, financial details, going back dozens of years |
| 0:51.0 | and is then allowed to serve after putting all that forward or the good |
| 0:55.0 | citizens private affairs are met with very little interest no scrutiny and |
| 0:59.2 | everyone goes back to that novel they were enjoying no big deal at all. One of these things happened to |
| 1:05.4 | Nelson Rockefeller when he was named Ford's Vice President in 1974. |
| 1:09.3 | According to Sherry Dylan, it was the latter. |
| 1:12.7 | No one much cared about Nelson Rockefeller's finances |
| 1:16.0 | when he became vice president. |
| 1:17.6 | It was a big yawner. |
| 1:19.3 | But Sherry Dylan is wrong. |
| 1:20.9 | Who is Sherry Dylan and why does it matter? |
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