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Originally Posted by Hayling  Has anyone recently scene the videos where Obama clearly has plagirized his speeches?
That was my deciding vote in Hilary would be a better candidate.
Although in Canada our politics are rather dull. | Have you seen the headliner about Hillary 'plagerizing' her speeches as well then? CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Clinton faces claims of borrowed language « - Blogs from CNN.com Quote:
February 22, 2008
Clinton faces claims of borrowed language
Posted: 02:32 PM ET
(CNN) – Hillary Clinton – whose campaign has spent the past several days pointing to instances of borrowed language in the speeches of rival Barack Obama – is being accused of lifting words from one very familiar politician: her own husband, former President Bill Clinton.
During Thursday night’s CNN Democratic debate, Clinton looked to highlight occasions when lines used by Obama have resembled those delivered by his friend and adviser, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Clinton’s closing answer, which brought the audience to its feet, highlighted her personal struggles and the difficulties facing ordinary Americans: "You know, the hits I’ve taken in life are nothing compared to what goes on every single day in the lives of people across our country."
Shortly after she delivered her closing remark, a reader of Joshua Micah Marshall’s Talking Points Memo Web site noted that the line seemed to bear a resemblance to one her husband was quoted as delivering during his 1992 campaign.
"The hits that I took in this election are nothing compared to the hits the people of this state and this country have been taking for a long time," her husband was quoted as saying in an article by Anna Quindlen in the New York Times in that November of that year.
Last night, Hillary Clinton also said: “You know, whatever happens, we're going to be fine. You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we'll be able to say the same thing about the American people. And that's what this election should be about.”
The Obama campaign immediately began circulating a similar comment delivered by former presidential candidate John Edwards. “What's not at stake are any of us. All of us are going to be just fine no matter what happens in this election. But what's at stake is whether America is going to be fine,” Edwards said during a December debate in Iowa.
–CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand |
Seems both of them borrowed quotes from others. But seems the only one of them that decided to try slinging mud about it, really shouldn't have been casting stones themselves...Hillary should have made sure her own fan was turned off before trying to sling the bull hockey about 'using one's own words' eh?
Pot, meet kettle... |