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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Cantor plagiarism video
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755884/#50711283and an article on it
http://www.politicususa.com/eric-cantor-rebrands-republican-party-plagiarizing-2011-obama-speech.html
Not a word on this from Joe Scum this morning - they're busy celebrating Reagan's birthday.
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The Cantor plagiarism video (Original Post)
malaise
Feb 2013
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. Tossing a bone to the huddled masses...
FREE CLUE:
"A side by side video comparison reveals that phrases and ideas in Eric Cantors speech rebranding the Republican Party were plagiarized from a 2011 speech by President Obama..."
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. I highly doubt that Cantor has ever had an original idea ...
... in all likelihood his masters ordered him to give that speech.
malaise
(269,054 posts)5. Looks like CNN didn't pick up on the plagiarism either
No surprise
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)3. Time for a new speech writer.
Stein? Stein? Stein?
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)6. kick for later. eom