"Even Harvard agreed, and we know how smart they are."
Posted on 06/01/2012 2:21:14 AM PDT by Libloather
Warren demands an apology from opponent in heritage controversy
By Justin Sink - 05/31/12 02:55 PM ET
Elizabeth Warren demanded an apology from Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) Thursday after she said the lawmaker suggested she should not have taken her parent's claims of Native American ancestry at face value.
At a campaign stop in Springfield, Mass., Thursday, Brown urged Warren "to tell the truth and answer the questions you guys are asking."
"My mom and dad have told me a lot of things too, but it’s not accurate. You know, you have to, especially in these type of things, when you’re checking a box and you’re getting benefits that are entitled to people who need them and who historically have been discriminated upon, and you have others relying on those representations, it is a problem," Brown added.
That statement quickly drew fire from the Warren campaign, which issued a statement accusing Brown of attacking the Senate challenger's parents and arguing they should not be "fair game."
“Scott Brown’s comments about my parents are totally out of line. I resent him questioning their honesty. My mother and father are not here to defend themselves and should be off limits. Don and Pauline Herring are not fair game and Scott Brown should apologize," Warren said.
The Brown campaign quickly dismissed Warren's call for an apology Thursday afternoon.
“This is the second time Elizabeth Warren has made this pathetic and baseless accusation in an attempt to escape personal responsibility for spending five weeks misleading the press and the public. With so many new questions piling up, she would be wise to come clean, stop the stonewalling and tell the truth, rather than making up frivolous and false attacks against Scott Brown," said Brown spokesman Colin Reed.
Warren revealed to the Boston Globe on Wednesday that she told both Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, where she previously taught, that she had Cherokee ancestry. Republicans have questioned that assertion, and Warren has not provided documentation that she has Native American ancestors aside from asserting repeatedly that her parents had told her as much.
“As I have confirmed before,” Warren said in the statement to the Globe, “I let people know about my Native American heritage in a national directory of law school personnel. At some point after I was hired by them, I also provided that information to the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. My Native American heritage is part of who I am, I’m proud of it and I have been open about it.”
The spat should keep the story, a nagging embarrassment for the Warren campaign, in the news longer. In her statement to the Globe, Warren argued voters were not concerned about the issue, despite the deepening media attention to the issue.
"The people of Massachusetts are concerned about their jobs, the future for their kids, and the security of retirement. It’s past time we moved on to the important issues facing middle class families in Massachusetts," Warren said.
It’s Scott Brown’s fault...?
Well done. The tried and true “I’m offended!†card, used with “He’s saying bad things about my mommy!†You know what comes next: “He’s beating up on me ‘cause I’m just a little girl!†A few well-timed tears at a presser, and voila! Meet Senator Fauxcahontas. Sympathy is a major vote getter. That she’s a liar is now well established. Pushing it to the point of a tearful breakdown before the cameras will backfire. Time to back off this make believe Indian stuff.
"Even Harvard agreed, and we know how smart they are."
What the ^&*%W&**
Is there no limit to the gall of this woman? I apologize to other women, I use the word tentatively/cautiously.
Just imagine she becoming an elected official. I don’t want her ‘represent’ me in any capacity, but it’s just me.
I think you're probably right. Libs lie all the time and get away with it but there's something about the nature of this (alleged) lie that keeps it front and center.
Perhaps it's because: If anyone can just lie about their heritage when it is convenient, then it weakens the left's tactics of dividing people along cultural backgrounds.
Warren has a brother. Does he too identify himself as a NA?
If not, why not?
Her parents probably told her that she was a princess, too. Does that mean her heritage includes royalty?
She’s soooooo immature. Imagine a grown woman referring to her parents as “my mom and dad.” Can’t she just say “My parents” or “my mother and father”? Infantile.
She coulda been a contendah.
Dont’ step in the ompah ompah.
Did her mom tell her there was a Santa Claus?
An Easter Bunny?
A Tooth Fairy?
***Did they ever tell her anything about her heritage***
My dad never talked about his family. All I ever knew is that he was born in Oklahoma and there was a “genuine Cherokee Indian Princess” in the background. The Indian background was also mentioned by my uncle.
It was about 10 years ago I got in contact with family members who told me of a family member who was doing research on the family tree, so at the age of 56 I found we didn’t just crawl out from under a rock.
And there is NO Cherokee in our background, but we are deeply Southern for the last 200 years, till the family moved to Texas, then homesteaded in Oklahoma Indian Territory.
“Of course I’m an Indian. Can’t you see my cheekbones?”
I don’t know. Turn around and lift your dress.
Exhibit A for those who deny that liberalism is not a mental illness - rather than admit the lie and admit the benefit she received from it, Warrens demands an apology from those that have exposed the lie. Demented.
Actually it is even more twisted than that. She admitted that she lied and told Penn and Harvard that she was Native American. Now she wants Brown to apologize for telling her to set the record straight.
At this point, having put both feet in her mouth, Warren should either take a DNA test to prove her American Indian ancestry or just SHUT UP!!!!
https://www.23andme.com/ancestry/origins/
This woman is destined for the looney-bin; cognitive dissonance - reality clashing with fervent belief.
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