Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: If Warren is the frontrunner it's time the media took off the kid gloves [View all]MaryMagdaline
(6,854 posts)The only crack in her character is the Native American thing. I had a similar embarrassment. Our grandparents told us we were related to an Irish nationalist and told us our grandmother was first cousins with this person. Ive repeated that story 1000s of times. I even visited his grave in 2017 in Cork.
Not until I joined Ancestry.com did I discover that we were NOT related, or if we are, its much more distant than we were told. So, Ive been spreading a lie my entire life. I told my siblings, so the lie does not get repeated, but I have not told my cousins. It is tantamount to saying that our grandmother was a liar or that her parents lied to her.
On a smaller scale, we were told we were 100% Irish. Either my father was never told that his grandmother was half Scottish or he conveniently did not tell my mother that his Presbyterian grandmother converted when she married his grandfather.
I believe Elizabeth warren was fooled by her family, as I was. Before she declared her NA ancestry, though, she really should have done some checking.
As for being a former republican, I dont care so much about that. Converts (see my GG mother above) sometimes make the strongest advocates. When Warren saw the light (inherent corruption that holds the poor down) she really, really saw it. My own mother was Republican to the core, voted for Nixon in 1968 and was converted by the Great society and LBJ. She became a Cesar Chavez proponent (no grapes in our house), read Catholic Worker and died a socialist.
Conversion is a good story and one that SELLS.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden