Topic: Liberal Fascism
In Massachusetts, the comedic saga of Princess Pocahontas…excuse me, Elizabeth Warren…drags on. Warren, an uber-liberal Democrat who has been described as the intellectual mother of the Occupy movement (that’s an accolade?) is seeking to unseat incumbent GOP Senator Scott Brown, who shocked the state Democratic establishment by capturing Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat in 2010. When it transpired that the blonde, blue-eyed Walker has furthered her academic career by claiming minority (Native American) status, the fun began.
Since the story broke, Warren has been unable to shake it off. Her campaign’s initial attempts to make it go away were painful in the extreme. And Warren did herself no favors by attempting to shore up her dubious claim on Native American status by saying that lots of her relatives have high cheekbones—you know, just like Tonto.
The fact that this privileged white woman gamed the affirmative action system to give herself an advantage in the academic job market not only raises questions about her fitness for political office but underscores the systemic corruption of the affirmative action process. Writing in the Boston Herald, attorney and political commentator Jennifer C. Braceras poses some pertinent questions on that subject.
Elizabeth Warren posing as a Native American makes an absolute mockery of all those paeans to “diversity” that we hear whenever affirmative action is questioned. That's no bad thing. And as a bonus, it might just cost this progressive nosebleed the election.
