2016 Presidential Campaign

[heironymouspasparagus]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. – C. S. Lewis[/color]

And as we have found so painfully over the last 100+ years, C.S. Lewis was wrong.

[RecycleMichael]

I never have to question anything I've written a few years back. 

I am constantly changing my mind.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I could have swore that this thread was about the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Just as I thought, it was just another in an unending TulsaNow campaign by gaspar to attack Obama.

Does anyone have anything to say about the 2016 Presidential Campaign?

I'll make a guess.... Hillary and Biden running up to convention time, with Hillary getting the nomination.  Warren might get offered VP...probably will.

Paul and Christie, with Christie dropping out when all the other issues besides the bridge get more traction.  I think the real nominee remains to be seen on the national scene.  I still like Joe Lieberman....maybe he would change parties and we could have an interesting election.

[Conan71]

I am constantly changing my mind.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.

"What would you like me to think?"

As to Elizabeth Warren, no way.  She may be even more Cra Cra than Michelle Bachman.

[Gaspar]

"What would you like me to think?"

As to Elizabeth Warren, no way.  She may be even more Cra Cra than Michelle Bachman.

I don't think she's crazy.  She just has a very different view of America.  She has always been a big centralized government Keynesian, and she has never wavered from that in any of her rhetoric.  This means it would be impossible for her to pivot towards the middle in a presidential election, and that is necessary to be accepted my the majority of Americans.

Also, she attempted to game the system and indeed did benefit from it by classifying herself as a minority on the Association of American Law Schools Directory of Faculty for 9 years.  This listing serves as a recruiting sheet for Colleges seeking new staff members to meet minority quotas.  Once she was recruited for a tenured position at Harvard, she discontinued listing her minority status. When asked, first she denies listing herself as a minority for 9 years, then she admits that she claimed  Native American (Cherokee) status but was unaware that Harvard was touting her status on their federal filings.

This spurred an investigation by a group of Cherokee genealogists, and they discovered that she had NO Cherokee ancestry.
"The  team and I have done an exhaustive search on the genealogy of Elizabeth Warren.  We have researched ALL of her ancestral lines, but have only posted those she  claimed were Indian here in the blog. None of her direct line ancestors are ever  shown to be anything other than white, dating back to long before the Trail of  Tears."
http://www.pollysgranddaughter.com/2012/05/elizabeth-warrens-ancestry-part-1.html

Then finally this is how she defended herself:
"I have lived in a family that has talked about Native America, talked about tribes, since I've been a little girl," she said. "I still have a picture on my mantle at home, and it's a picture of my mother's dad, a picture of my grandfather, and my Aunt Bee has walked by that picture at least a 1000 times, remarked that her father, my Pappa, had high cheekbones, like all of the Indians do."

Unfortunately she cannot explain why she stopped listing herself as a "Minority Professor" once she acquired her tenured position?  You would think if she was so proud of her heritage she would celebrate it?

This poor choice to game the system, and ultimately steal a position from an actual qualified minority professor is what, above all else, disqualifies her from being the DNC choice for President or even Vice President. 

[Conan71]

Then finally this is how she defended herself:
"I have lived in a family that has talked about Native America, talked about tribes, since I've been a little girl," she said. "I still have a picture on my mantle at home, and it's a picture of my mother's dad, a picture of my grandfather, and my Aunt Bee has walked by that picture at least a 1000 times, remarked that her father, my Pappa, had high cheekbones, like all of the Indians do."

A family that talked about Native Americans, eh?  My mother was married to a member of the Creek Nation.  That makes me about as Indian as Sen. Warren then, maybe more so.   

[Gaspar]

A family that talked about Native Americans, eh?  My mother was married to a member of the Creek Nation.  That makes me about as Indian as Sen. Warren then, maybe more so.   

I've been to several Oklahoma casinos. I probably qualify for multiple tribes.

[Red Arrow]

A family that talked about Native Americans, eh?  My mother was married to a member of the Creek Nation.  That makes me about as Indian as Sen. Warren then, maybe more so.   

Probably more so if the member of the Creek Nation she was married to is/was your father.

[Gaspar]

Probably more so if the member of the Creek Nation she was married to is/was your father.

My family (both sides) is originally from Africa (but you have to go way way back).  I have never claimed to be African-American to get a job though.

[Conan71]

Probably more so if the member of the Creek Nation she was married to is/was your father.

No, not my birth father, but the man I called "Dad" for six years.

[guido911]

That makes me about as Indian as Sen. Warren then, maybe more so.  

I know you Conan. You don't have the high cheekbones, whatever that actually means.

[Gaspar]

I know you Conan. You don't have the high cheekbones, whatever that actually means.

High Cheekbones=Job at Harvard

[guido911]

This just in, Obama is the fifth best president...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjMrktSCEAAkRgP.png

[Gaspar]

This just in, Obama is the fifth best president...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjMrktSCEAAkRgP.png

Now that's funny right there!

[heironymouspasparagus]

This just in, Obama is the fifth best president...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjMrktSCEAAkRgP.png

That is hilarious!!


Even if not entirely accurate.....still funny.