UPDATE 5/8/2012 5:14 pm:  Let’s look at the arguments against Warren’s heritage.

1. The son gained no advantage by claiming his mother was Indian.
2. The area where O.C. Sarah Neoma Smith was born was Indian land.
3. The census records are only a valid proof if the census taker had the option to put Indian down for race. One of the comments states that assimilated Indians were listed as white at the time.
4. The Jonathan that is claimed to be the militia member is not Warren’s ancestor but a distant  cousin. There are two Jonathans in the family tree. The report linked below only covers her direct ancestry.

Everyone is forgetting that the Cherokee were one of the “civilized” tribes. They had adopted the English way of life to a great extent, including keeping slaves. They were as civilized as any white settler in the area at that time and cannot be differentiated based on occupation or residence.

UPDATE 5/1/2012 10:19 pm: Child is correct in his research. Neoma or Sarah Smith, born 1794 in North Carolina, seems to be Warren’s Cherokee ancestor. Two caveats. The family is not enrolled with the tribe. The sole reason to believe that she was Cherokee was her son, William’s statement upon his marriage. Clearly it would seem that Warren can claim to be 1/32 Cherokee.

I can find no support for the story that Warren told to the Boston Globe about her pioneering grandmother. While she was the oldest child at the time of the Oklahoma land rush, research appears to show that her mother was still alive.
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Sandra Fluke has been the center of a whirlwind of publicity and opinion making since her appearance on February 23 before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. The hearing was to permit Ms. Fluke a platform where she could discuss reproductive rights, the medical insurance coverage at Georgetown University and related topics.

Democratic members of the House had attempted to have Ms. Fluke testify before an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on a religious exemption from Obama administration regulations on medical insurance and mandatory coverage for birth control. Fluke was not on the agenda and the committee chairman, Darrell Issa (R-CA), refused to allow her testimony. The Democratic Steering Committee hearing was scheduled to take that testimony.
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Our picks:
Governor – Carl Paladino (R) (and we ARE holding our nose)
Lt. Governor – Robert Duffy (D)
Comptroller – Harry Wilson (R)
Attorney General – Dan Donovan (R)
Senate 2 yr term – Joseph DioGuardi (R)
Senate 6 year term – Jay Townsend (R) (oust entrenched incumbent)
Congress 28th district – Jill Rowland (R) (oust entrenched incumbent)
State Senate – Mary Wilmot (D) (oust entrenched incumbent)
State Assembly – Mark Scuderi (R) (oust entrenched incumbent)

On the BACK of the ballot – vote NO on all propositions

The word “gerrymander” means

to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible

according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. New York’s 28th Congressional District was carefully crafted to illustrate that definition. Actually, it was crafted to ensure that the inner cities of Buffalo and Rochester would always be able to elect a liberal Democrat.

New York's gerrymandered 28th Congressional District

The current occupant of this Democratic seat for life is Louise Slaughter. We have criticized Louise in the past for her ultra-liberal views and anti-military stances. And, for the fact that she retains her Texas accent after have been an area resident for decades.

The New York Republican Party routinely offers sacrificial lambs for Louise to slaughter in each Congressional election. We’re hoping that the current candidate can do much better.

Jill Rowland is a practicing dentist, wife and mother. Her name will be appearing on both the Republican and Conservative Party lines on November 2.

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Issue	Slaughter	Rowland
Medicare Advantage Cuts on Seniors	Voted For	Opposes
Wall Street Bailout	Voted For	Opposes
Stimulus	Voted For	Opposes
Cap and Trade Energy Tax	Voted For	Opposes
Health Law	Voted For	Opposes
Health Law taxes on Middle Class	Voted For	Opposes
Financial Reform without addressing Fannie or Freddie	Voted For	Opposes
Fairness Doctrine to limit opposition radio speech	Voted For	Opposes
Card Check to limit Workers rights to secret ballots in union organizing elections	Voted For	Opposes
Public Option to kill jobs and to create single payer, government run healthcare	Voted For	Opposes

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