Comments on: Clinton’s “Plagiarism” Charge Falls Flat

By: duros62

duros62 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:20:50 +0000

Are we 15? Is this English Lit 102? WTF? Does it count as plagiarism if you speak a famous quote but it isn’t necessarily in the body of a speech?

How does this all work? And why is Clinton’s campaign so focused on lying about Obama all of a sudden? They said he was running attack ads in Wisconsin, but he isn’t.

I live in Rhode Island. I’ve heard a Barak ad on the (Lite rock) radio at least 5 times today. Haven’t heard any for Clinton. Michelle is speaking at the Comm. College tomorrow afternoon. No idea where Hillary is. Still in Texas?

Hell, even McCain showed up last week.

Hill needs to chill.

By: schmikka

schmikka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:03:52 +0000

Here - I guess Gail Collins said this much better a month ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/opinion/10collins.html

By: schmikka

schmikka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:01:34 +0000

I agree 100%. This is a joke. Speeches are not the same as scholarship. This is another lame attempt at – dare I say it – swiftboating – going after someone on their strength to neutralize it. Not gonna work. And for the Clintons, who are world class co-opters, to level it is, well ridiculous. She also took the “this is the cause of my life” line from John Edwards, and if I had a quarter for every time I heard her use her good friend Bill’s line “if you work hard and play by the rules”… Sorry. This has me a little steamed the night before my home state’s primary.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:42:02 +0000

Wait a minute. Obama follows Patrick’s lead in quoting some famous people?

So if I quote, say, Mark Twain or H.L. Mencken or William Shatner, anyone else who does the same is plagiarizing me?

That’s just dumb.