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Yup, Elizabeth Warren Just Doubled-Down on Her ‘Native American Heritage’ Claims

May. 14, 2012 2:58pm Becket Adams

Elizabeth Warren Not Backing Down From Indian Heritage Claims

How much Native American does Elizabeth Warren have in her blood?

Elizabeth Warren’s senatorial campaign against incumbent Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has hit a bit of a snag.

As many Blaze readers know, Elizabeth Warren’s claim that she’s 1/32 Cherokee Indian has come under intense scrutiny after it became known that her claims are not based on factual documents but on “family lore.”

However, it’s not the fact that she says she’s kinda-sorta Cherokee Indian that has people crying foul. It’s the fact many believe she used these claims to advance her career in academia (and there’s also the curious report that her family may have actually helped round up American Indians).

So what should a candidate running a neck and neck campaign do when her credibility and integrity have been called into question over an extremely, dangerously thin claim to Native American heritage?

If you’re part of the Warren camp: double down!

While discussing JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and his company’s disastrous $2 billion dollar loss, Warren was given a platform to defend her heritage.

“You know, I’m proud of my Native American heritage,” Warren said. “I’m proud of my family. It’s now the case that people have gone over my college records, my law school records, every job I’ve ever had to see that I got my work. I got my jobs because I do my work. I work hard. I’ve been a good teacher.”

According to Warren, the scrutiny over her claim that, deep down, she’s really Native American, has nothing to do with a question of her integrity but everything to do with Sen. Brown trying to distract people from the real campaign issues.

“I think what this is really about is that the economy — middle-class families, working families — are getting hammered and Wall Street wants to change the subject. Scott Brown wants to change the subject. Washington wants to change the subject. I think that’s the real problem here,” Warren said.

Watch Warren triple down on her Native American heritage claims (via Starting Point):

(H/T: Daily Caller)

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Comments (172)

rja444
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:32pm
I think it is 1/4 Native American before you can claim heritage. So 1/32 is how many generation back.
She has enough native american blood to fill her toe nail, I am impresses.

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- dadsrootbeer
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:52pm
  Or her a n u s
  
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- sooner12
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:53pm
  I am 1/6720th an indian. I want my benefits!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Fauxcahontas Warren doesn’t have a choice at this point. She’s been gaming the affirmative action/social justice racket so beloved by liberals for years now.
  First it was great, great, great granddaddy that was cherokee…well that was proven to be false. Then Fauxcahontas said it was her great, great, great grandmother…turns out she’s not cherokee on the marriage license. To make matters worse..great, great, great granddaddy also herded the tribes on what was called “the trail of tears”. So now all Fauxcahontas has is “family lore” and great, great, great granddaddy’s “high cheekbones”.
  
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- wdittgasn
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Once again we are focused on and discussing the irrelevant….. We will see no end of shiny little objects from now till the election.
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Democrats always double down….the best defense is a good offense, and she is very offensive….
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:42pm
  Just another self loathing White lady who cannot come to terms with her own rich and cultured heritage. Own it!
  
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- DDD
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:49pm
  Actually I think its a matter if you are a listed member of a tribe. I’m 1/64 (no, REALLY!, I am – I HAVE proof!), but since my mother failed to register my brother, sister and I with the tribe prior to 1965, we have no claim and therefore cannot benefit from it – like scholarships, easier entrance to memberships or schools. The only thing I did benefit from was my bone marrow testing was paid for by they government because mixed-blood donors were scarce – saved me $25!). So, there you have it. Miss Warren is slime off a slug.
  
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- TH30PH1LUS
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:54pm
  How many episodes of smut tv have “who’s my babby-daddy” paternity drama – all resolved with a simple blood test? Can we send Elizabeth Warren on to one of those?
  
  Mrs. Warren, if you’re going to make special claims of your heritage in a modern society, it’s a good idea to have some evidence to back it up. http://dna.ancestry.com/
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:57pm
  She also 1/872 african and 1/99973rd lizard
  
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- Mike N
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:01pm
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  Warren has been letting the wave of affirmative action lift her above harder workers for her whole adult life. To turn her back on it and admit her opportunistic deception at this point would be a slap-in-the-face to all liberals who support such movements . . . she’s cornered, and doesn’t know what to do.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:09pm
  I want to know why she isn’t wearing her bald eagle feathers in her hair! That would show why shw was proud.
  
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- SHOOTnCRASH
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:40pm
  not only is she not native American, one of her ancestors helped round up Cherokees in the Trail of Tears. No one lies like a lib.
  
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- michael48
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:54pm
  she’a 100% meaningless…
  
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- dah.rackemup
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:17pm
  to think this d.bag teaches at Harvard filling young people full of mush.these kooks are so easy to read cause they are so vile.does Ward Churchill ring a bell?same pile of s .
  
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- FreedomPurveyor
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
  Once Elizabeth Warren explained that all you need is high cheek bones and a single Cherokee ancestor 5 generations back to be considered native American, I realized that I can totally get into the casino business
  
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- MAMMY_NUNN
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:46pm
  She’s only proud of her heritage if it benefits or furthers her own interest.
  
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- hypnos
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:54pm
  You brought it up your so called heritage in the first place ,you moron.
  
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- jhaydeng
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:22pm
  “It’s not a lie if “YOU” believe it!” (George Castanza)
  
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- disgustedAmerican
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 10:46pm
  She is proud of her Native American heritage… Kinda like claiming to be the smartest kid with Down Syndrome.
  
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- GETLIFE
  Posted on May 15, 2012 at 4:01am
  Watch for the subtle makeover which will darken her hair (already done?) emphasize the cheekbones, and giver her a tan….
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on May 15, 2012 at 8:42am
  This woman is shameless. I hope the people of MA DRUM ( a little Indian lingo) her out of the race.
  
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- AZRACISTBIGOT
  Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:49am
  Is this the first commandment of liberalism? “When caught in a lie, Double Down”
  
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- Wendejo67
  Posted on May 15, 2012 at 5:32pm
  My CDIB ( certificate degree of Indian blood) card says I am 5/32….does she have a card?? I do, my children do, my mother does, my husband does and my mother in law does…..my kids are 5/64, I am 5/32, my mother is 5/16, my grandfather was 5/8 and my great grandfather was a full blood….if she is Cherokee and it is very highly unlikely…we would call her a mosquito Indian…a mosquito bites you and would suck all your Indian blood out!
  
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- charles116
  Posted on May 16, 2012 at 12:44am
  She never received any benefits.
  Next.
  
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poster
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:32pm
Is it just me, or do her cheek bones keep getting higher and higher?

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- jamesctheman
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:54pm
  According to evolution my anchestors were apes. Why are they caging my brothers & sisters at the zoo for them to all gawk at? I’m 1/345,000,000,000,000 ape. What Scott Brown is doing to my ancestors has got to stop. Everyone wants to change the subject & talk about Cherokee heritage when our lineage is held in bondage for us to look at the zoo. DOWN WITH THE ZOO’S.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:56pm
  take your stinking paws off me James….
  
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- Bruce P.
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 9:24pm
  JAMES — all humans are still apes.
  
  Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
  Class: Mammalia
  Order: Primates
  Family: Hominidae <—- Great Apes
  Tribe: Hominini
  Genus: ****
  Species: H. sapiens
  
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bassist237
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:29pm
Wish I could use my 1/32 hispanic 1/32 black 1/32 american indian to get myself head on my job interviews. What a dolt, she’s nothing more than liberal garbage with high cheekbones.

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- poster
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:39pm
  That’s 3/32 minority!!! You’re in!
  
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- DesdemonasCrew
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:56pm
  You expect to get “head” when you go on an interview? LOL
  
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- GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 8:09pm
  @Desdemonascrew,
  
  Lmao…all he has to do is to ask it politely!
  
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jamestoms
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:29pm
No shame, public liar, trash…look the other way she’s a demo.Indian name…Fart Blossom.

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- CatB
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:23pm
  LOL .. I have higher cheekbones and I claim NO Native American heritage .. LIKE THE NAME FOR HER!
  
  BTW .. they can do DNA testing and prove this one way or another .. time to put up or shut up!
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:54pm
  I believe she’s known as “Big Chief heavy pants” of the no toilet tribe.
  
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RightPolitically
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:28pm
She’s an unattractive leftist. Those are two very good reasons for her to be defeated by the guy with that ol’ pick-up truck!

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- poster
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:33pm
  I have yet to see an attractive leftist. Seriously.
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Bur she wants to join all the other unattractive leftists in Washington DC. Then is she claims to be 100% unattractive on her paperwork she can be invited to luncheons by Pelosi, Feinsrein,Boxer, Waters, Jackson-Lee, et al. They have one of the largest womens clubs in DC.
  
  OMG 2012
  
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NOBALONEY
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:28pm
MF Gobal and J P Morgan happened with the Dodd (Countrywide) and Frank (Fannie & Freddie) law in effect. 2 billion loss at J P Morgan. 1.3 billion at MF Global, and MF bondholders received 10% of face value. Former NJ governor, and MF Global CEO Jon Corzine is bungling political contributions for Obama as he did in 2007-8. Elite Political Class.

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SovereignSoul
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:26pm
I was born in this country. That makes me a native American and I”m willing to bet that many of you are native Americans, as well. What’s the big deal about being native American?

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- inblack
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:33pm
  NATIVE Americans immigrated to this country thousands of years ago.
  Your family only did it hundreds or less.
  
  Therefore they are native and you are not. Period.
  Wait, that doesn’t make any sense at all does it.
  
  Elizabeth Warren is despicable because she reaped every benefit that the Europeans gained from coming to this country and then claimed benefits that were intended as consolation for the first Americans that were driven off as well.
  
  Liberals have no morals and no honor. The left will not even drop her for her evil behavior, if they drop her it will be “because she is hurting the party”.
  
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- dktrdktr
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 5:45pm
  You need to be more understanding. Elizabeth Warren is entitled to preference because 61 of her ancestors vigorously oppressed the 1 Indian ancestor she claims to have. Never mind that one of them married her Indian ancestor, if that’s not oppression, I don’t know what is. Against a back drop of that kind of brutality and repression, surely you can’t begrudge her the royal salary of a Harvard Law Professorship and frequent guest appearances on MSNBC’s Morning Joe where Mika always gives her a fulsome, effusive welcome no matter how much nonsense she spouts.
  If 60 of her ancestors had oppressed two of her Indian ancestors, we would have to make her a queen. Oh no! According to Newsweek that’s President Obama.
  
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Mark0331
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:25pm
Elizabeth “Lies so Well” Warren…..what grace and honor this ‘Lady’ has…what a role model…for liars and swindlers….gross display of arrogance,greed and vanity.

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- poster
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:36pm
  …or, as the Native Americans call her … “Woman with Four Eyes and Part in Hair Made by Hatchet”
  
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- dah.rackemup
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:21pm
  well spoken.her best quote<free enterprise didnt make america.wow what a dbag.
  
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RANGER1965
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:23pm
There are a few people out there, that truly believe; if you say somthing enough, it magically becomes true.

…And perhaps in happier times people were more apt to just accept the drivel as it was unimportant to their lives overall. You know? just a bit of fun.

That dog just won’t hunt these days. People are waking up, and they’re pissed. The politicians are gonna be the first to feel the new reality…and it’s gonna hurt.

RANGER

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hersey10
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:21pm
She’s toast . I’m speaking as a MA voter .

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- CatB
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:24pm
  I should hope so .. she is a BAD JOKE.
  
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RightUnite
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:21pm
Wow!! Are all liberals psychotic?? Holy crap!

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- Americanaiko
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:09pm
  Psychoticaphobe!
  
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dlivelli
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:19pm
A couple of calls with that ward churchill guy was all it took huh liz? I guess you like obama think you are smarter and THIS time it will work, right?

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AvengerK
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:18pm
Fauxcahontas is only the lastest exploding cigar democrat….

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- Obama Bin Lying
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:21pm
  She is the last of the Fauxhicans
  
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- MittensKittens
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Every American that sees this has got to be shaking their heads
  
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- chnswstr
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:27pm
  good one
  
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- poster
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:41pm
  She looks like she may be “Fa-cow-wee”
  
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IDONTTHINKSO
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:16pm
She used the Indian claim to get ahead by pretending to be a person of Native American descent to get privileges and knowing minorities get better opportunities. She got caught and now, is not big enough to claim the crime. What would a person of this caliber try and do to get away with a bigger crime? Idiots like this are a virus! A virus that is slowly killing America!

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Shasta
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:15pm
Her claims are not even based on ‘family lore’, they are based upon’ high cheek bones’.

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- teebubba
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:22pm
  Which she does not have!
  
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- deeberj
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:58pm
  Bunches of Americans have family “lore” that one of their ancestors are Native Americans. My family does but cannot prove it on paper, so I have NEVER on any form indicated I was a Native American. That would be deceptive of me, wouldn’t it.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:14pm
1/32nd Native American, maybe….. 100% liar, absolutely.

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roadhog
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:09pm
One Crazy Old Bag

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roadhog
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:08pm
Crazy Old Bag

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- johnjamison
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:18pm
  She’s liberal and liberal believe if you say a lie enough times it becomes true.
  They believe perception I reality.
  Examples
  Happy meals toys cause obesity
  The fannie and freddie are safe bets for investments
  We can spend our way out of debt
  Welfare checks are the same as job creation
  If a man says he a woman then he’s a woman
  Obama never heard Rev. Wright’s message and a despite Wright being the only church Obama attended for 20 years he’s still Christian.
  Obama says that he thinks we should keep children out of politica and inject them into every topic he talks about.
  
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- barbhubley
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:25pm
  Can she be held responsible for any loans she falsely obtained for her “minority status”? Mybe she received some grants for college or was hired because of the box she checked marked “native american”. I’m just sayin’…..
  
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Titainiumman
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:07pm
What a pathetic woman,she knowingly lies in order to boost her resume,and even after being caught redhanded she extends the lie to the next round,Betcha Brown’s camp is celebrating the ignorance on her part.

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- Shasta
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:17pm
  She doubles down on her lies like Obummer does.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:19pm
  Brown is probably aware that her democratic supporters don’t care about her lies.
  
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Impenitent
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:07pm
She’s almost more Indian than Ward Churchill…

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brother_ed
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:07pm
Why is something so easily researched being debated using speculation?

Do some family history work and find out for sure.

Easy…done…next claim, please.

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Tri-ox
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:04pm
Squaw Warren speak with forked tongue.

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HKS
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:04pm
I think I’m more Indian than that, does that make me more qualified?

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roadhog
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:02pm
On the War Path the Senale old Bag

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indy1
Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:02pm
Dances With Truth is a disgrace to real Native Americans.

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- TEARS FOR AMERICA
  Posted on May 14, 2012 at 3:14pm
  “Dances ith Untruth”…
  
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