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Now I have to ban my kids reading the political blogs.

First, drug using is OK, then plagiarism is no big deal. None of these will stop you becoming the president. But I will not want my kids having anything to do with any of these.

I wonder if Obama's kids will do drugs and plagiarising someday, after witnessing their dad doing so well in the presidential campaign in spite of all these activities.

Hillary also reused Jimmy Carter's "I see an America" anaphora. She lifted "Si se puede" from none other than Hugo Chavez. Who knows how much she got from Bill and how much Bill got from her. She has reused other phrases to her advantage without attribution. Obama reused words from a close political ally, who gave permission. And he even did attribute at least once to Patrick.

FDR didn't even make up his "fear" line, not even Thoreau made it, he got it from a line of others all the way back to the 16th century.

Anyone slamming Obama is dragging Hillary down as well, as she has done the same things only without being done with express permission.

'Indeed, Mrs. Clinton made some of the same arguments Sunday in New Hampshire when she defended her earnest speaking style by saying, in an indirect reference to Mr. Obama, "you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose."

That particular political maxim was first uttered in a 1985 speech at Yale University-- by Mr. Cuomo.

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Notice they call it a "maxim." Use of a maxim does not come close to plagiarism. Didn't you guys go to school?

Obama did not lift "a line". He lifted a portion of a speech almost verbatim.

Claiming that phrases like "fired up" or "yes we can" are the intellectual property of Barack Obama is absurd. In fact, he isn't the first to use either phrase.

But like I said this wasn't a quip, a slogan, a phrase, a truism, etc. It was an entire portion of a speech. Huge difference.

IF OBAMA GETS OSAMA AS PRESIDENT THEN OSAMA WILL BE POOPING AND PEEING IN HIS PAJAMA'S AND CRYING FOR HIS MOMMA

For the sake of this country, I can only hope that the only thing Obama and Patrick share are words, or what Obama fans euphemistically call "rhetorical flourish".

A question for Obama at the next debate:

We know that you and Deval Patrick are friends and share a lot of ideas. Do you also share opinions on governing?

How can you expect "change" and "hope" from Obama? All that he can do is reading from other people's speeches.

Plagiarism is death to any person's career, except when he is the head of a cult. The head of the cult can do anything that he wants, he can even have 4 or more wifes.

Steal? steal is nothing if you are the head of a cult.

Okay, so his "inspirational words" are why we are supposed to elect him president, yet he didn't even come up with them himself?

He's the Britney Spears of politics - a manufactured, shallow cokehead who doesn't write his own stuff. Wait, maybe I was too harsh - I don't know if Britney did coke or not...

At the end of the day, Obama copies and pastes--only.

I asked a similar question earlier--why is there endless reporting about something so ridiculous and inconsequential and yet we read little to nothing about Clinton's uranium deal in Kazakhstan?

Does anyone have a date as to when these videos were taped?

If Senator Obama has no leadership skills and he is just an empty suit, why is his campaign running circles around "the Clintons"?

Yeah, that's what I thought. Next.

Why is this a big deal? Because a similar claim knocked Joe Biden out of a race several years ago? Does Huckabee give credit to the Bible when he speaks in "evangelical code" to his base? The reality is (1) most candidates employ speechwriters to one degree or another and (2) after thousands of political speeches given over hundreds of years in this country what is the possibility of coming up with an original (never before spoken) thought. The key is not saying something original but, instead, saying something relevant. (Check out what I just wrote - some one else might have said it before.

Chip

lets all make believe in your lala land.

Now that you've all had your fun, got a snicker, what now? Are we all supposed to cry or something? lol

Senator Obama is STILL the best candidate to be President. Period. He has more experience, a better vision, and the support of the American people.

Got Hope?

Obama '08

"Have you noticed that the leader of both Patrick's campaign and Obama's is David Axelrod?"

No kidding Sherlock. That's ptretty much the point. Are there any Obama supporters who actually understand why this matters and what a huge problem it is for Obama?

So what? So what? So what?

What about people taking his line? I havnt heard him complain.

rat tat -Obama even copied his book title from his racist Minister.

"As a result, over the years, Wright became not only Obama's pastor, but his mentor. The title of Obama's recent book, The Audacity of Hope, is based on a sermon by Wright."