Politics Elizabeth Warren doubles down

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  1. bulls_with_booz

    bulls_with_booz We're Selfish

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    Leave Josh out of this
     
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    Well if most of us are related to Genghis Khan then we're all aboriginally connected..go even further back and we're probably all related to some sponge in the ocean....who gives a shit what your human ethnic ancestory type is anyway
     
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    bulls_with_booz We're Selfish

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    Goddamn communists pushing their out of bikini bottom theory, saying we're all sponges, getting tired of it.
     
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    Now we call them Bob
    spongebob.jpg
     
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  6. bulls_with_booz

    bulls_with_booz We're Selfish

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    get away from me sponge devil fork tongued amphibious commie beast
     
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    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    Well, when there are tangible benefits, some people do unethical things to exploit them. Some cheat on their taxes. Some lie to get college scholarships. Some to get Affirmative Action quotas. Some to get upgrades to first class.

    America has decided to give a shit about ethnic ancestry to dole out benefits unequally. Whether or not you think it's good or fair or needed, it's happening. And if the Senator is one to lie to exploit those benefits for personal gain, that breach of integrity used to be enough to disqualify someone from high office. Now, the bars have been set lower, we're much more about party stratification and people can vote for someone who's a "lesser of evils" b/c we only think there are two choices.
     
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    people cheat...like bankruptcy or money laundering or paying hush money out to porn stars.....as far as what Warren's folks told her....not damaging in the least in my view....some even fake medical problems to get out of military service....my parents claimed we had a famous ancestor....I was probably 40 when my sister found out it wasn't true....oh well..however a young person gets a scholarship is fine with me especially if they do something with it in life. I do think we need to raise the bar for elected officials to qualify for office period and for security clearances...I want to trust our elected officials...I know...it's a stretch
     
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    Yeah, that's gonna be a "no" for me. For a host of reasons.
     
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    I'd tend to agree if it were aimed at sports scholarships...
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    So if anyone but Trump is still interested, the Boston paper is out with a fairly detailed takedown of the idea that Warren got ahead professionally owing to a claim of Native American blood.

    I don't expect it will change any minds, but it should.

    barfo
     
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    Didn't Trump have something to say about the birth certificate? Anyway, I thought he did.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I too, am part Cherokee. Can I prove it? No, not yet. I bought a DNA test kit but have misplaced it somewhere. Got to find it and get the test. Sly says my testing company is not very good so it may not be accurate.

    Why can't I prove my lineage otherwise? My family history on my father's side goes back to rural Alabmaa before the Civil War. Not an ideal place for keeping records.

    A test on Senator Warren sounds like a good move. However, a positive result would absolutely not budge Trump. At best, you could expect him to shut up on the subject. Of course, that's at best. We've seen his views on Obama's heritage.
     
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    Help me out here! I can't possible read that much about Warren.
    Is she Pocahontas or not?
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    She is not Pocahontas. She is Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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    I’m shocked that anyone would ever call you racist.
     
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    I heard you won't get a DNA test cause you are actually pure bread Dingo. What a disgrace. Have to change your name to Slypokerdingoatemybaby
     
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    It is a point scored for the caller. When you call it out, you can't be guilty.
     
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    It's funny, I don't find that shit funny at all. It's fucked, in fact. Very very fucked.
     
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