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Clinton Caught XeroxingPosted on Feb 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been stirring up the Internet and more than a few journalists with accusations of word borrowing, a charge she pressed (to the dismay of the audience) at Thursday’s Democratic debate with Barack Obama. But in that same venue, it appears she may have borrowed a few words of her own. Obama has used a few lines almost verbatim from friend and adviser Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, a practice Clinton described in the debate as “change you can Xerox.” But the Obama campaign and Talking Points Memo each found a different line in Clinton’s remarks that bore a resemblance to the words of others. Hillary Clinton scored with “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.” In 1992, Bill Clinton told The New York Times: “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.” Another popular line closely resembled something John Edwards once said, and is captured through the magic of video below.
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By mtw, February 25 at 10:41 pm # Maani: I’m afraid you’ve mixed up who first suggested a one to two brigades at a time draw down rate. Obama published his Iraq plan with this language last September. For a long time Clinton was vague about what would be an appropriate rate of draw down. Only recently has she adopted Obama’s “one to two brigades” language. Peace to you as well.
By Joe, February 25 at 12:05 pm # Maani objects: “What a sexist comment! I doubt seriously that you would use the word “shrill” if Hillary were a man. Maani- I’ve made this point elsewhere but will repeat it here. If Hillary and her activist daughter cannot handle semi-tough campaign language, how will their proposed Administration handle a phased or staggered nuclear attack on this country or its allies? Phased in this context meaning that one or two fission detonations take place over a day or two, followed by a cruise missile strike of unknown origin, followed by a low-level multiple ballistic missile strikes from scattered sites near, say, the Urals or the offshore Korean/Chinese border region. Such a series of strikes, known by some as a shell-game, are almost impossible to respond to in a logical or morally useful fashion. Communications would be disrupted, commerce halted, panicked citizens creating internal havoc, hospitals rendered useless. China and Japan call in all their chips, cashing-in two or three trillion dollars of their US Treasury Bonds...demanding hard payment rather than nosediving paper dollars. So Hillary’s having a hard time with name-calling, is she?
By GW=MCHammered, February 24 at 8:03 am # Changing the SystemThe politically hyper-driven US media raises suspicions. Never has the voter been so pressed to accept the two-party system and their extra-ordinary candidates as celebrity. The DEMS and GOP are siamese twins joined at the K-Street wallet. So just who is running this show? I want to believe someone/anyone will affect real change. But it’s not likely to happen without changing the system first. And only the people can do that. Change You Can’t Believe In When Change Is Not Enough: The Seven Steps To Revolution
By Kim, February 23 at 8:36 pm # The whole thing is silly, and that Hillary has to stoop to calling Obama a plagiarist makes her look desperate and not presidential. Then she accuses Obama of being “Rovian” in questioning her health care plan instead of just telling us how her health care plan works and why his depiction of it is wrong, that make people think maybe he wasn’t wrong. She is not being well served by her campaign, they are making her look shrill and unlikable. Obama stays calm when she attacks him and he comes off much better. Both candidate have passed some really good legislation, which is commendable for junior senators, and both might be effective presidents… much better than the current one, anyway.
By odlid, February 23 at 12:00 pm # Leefeller discerns: “I am starting to believe Hillary is more out of touch than I thought.” Just saw Hillary on CNN shrieking like a raped canary about Obama’s policy flyer in Ohio, a promo which is said to characterize Hillary’s longtime affinity for NAFTA, etc. Hill and Bill seem to be dipping their water from the McCain well. Huckabee and Obama and my guy, Ron Paul, seem to be the only standing candidates who haven’t gone totally bugfuck.
By DennisD, February 23 at 9:29 am # But seriouslyHillbilly only sits on the “Xerox” machine when she’s drunk during the Senate Christmas parties. Everybody in Congress knows that. I seriously doubt that she hasn’t had a thought she didn’t steal. Obama’s staff is busy going through every episode of “West Wing” for more indefinable catch phrases that mean something different to everyone and can’t be quantified or realized. Brilliant strategy with as much substance as cotton candy. Since when is meaningless bullsh*t “word borrowing”. It’s the life blood of a political system that never seems to improve the lives of the people it was created to serve. Since “we the people” have allowed it to happen - we are to blame. Add Your Comment |
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