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HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 07:33 PM Mar 2016

Trump Appears To Have Heavily Plagiarized Op-Ed From Carson

http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/16/trump-appears-to-have-heavily-plagiarized-op-ed-from-carson/

"An op-ed penned this month by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and published online appears to be blatantly plagiarized from an article written days earlier under former rival Ben Carson’s name, The Daily Caller has determined.

The similar op-eds were written on the topic of America’s territories and commonwealths.

Both pieces appear under the by-lines of the candidates. Carson’s piece, published Feb. 26, was published in the Marianas Variety in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Trump’s op-ed — published in the Pacific Daily News in Guam, part of the USA Today Network — was published 12 days later on March 9."

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This guy is a cheater all the way.

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Trump Appears To Have Heavily Plagiarized Op-Ed From Carson (Original Post) HuckleB Mar 2016 OP
Now find out who Carson plagiarized it from. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Don't we have a poster named Ghostwriter around here? HuckleB Mar 2016 #2
We do, I think yes. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #3
there goes his support Enrique Mar 2016 #4
... nolabear Mar 2016 #5
... woolldog Mar 2016 #6
Oh, they're very serious about it. HuckleB Mar 2016 #8
Carson does not care, he says Trump will make him VP. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #7
I'm not surprised, unfortunately. HuckleB Mar 2016 #9
Trump probably did promise it. LisaM Mar 2016 #10
That op-ed sound absolutely *nothing* like Trump. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 #11
+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Mar 2016 #12

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
8. Oh, they're very serious about it.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:40 PM
Mar 2016


They'll punch you in the face, if you you are a plagarist!

They don't know what the word means, but they think you're a Ferner from Plaga!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Carson does not care, he says Trump will make him VP.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:39 PM
Mar 2016
Ben Carson Thinks He Has a Shot of Being Donald Trump's Running Mate


He claims the two discussed a role for him in a Trump administration before he endorsed the front-runner.

Before agreeing to endorse Trump on Friday, Carson met privately with the front-runner. In an interview with NewsMax on Monday, Carson said his sit-down with Trump had included discussion of a role for the former neurosurgeon in a Trump administration.

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Trump "will surround himself with very good people," Carson told NewsMax. Asked if he would be one of them, Carson replied, "I will be doing things as well…certainly in an advisory capacity." Pressed on whether there had been concrete talk about a role for Carson in a Trump administration, Carson replied, "Yeah."

The Carson insider says Carson left his meeting with Trump believing he was well positioned for the veep slot on a Trump ticket. "He needs me more than I need him," Carson boasted to his top staff, according to the source, who noted that Carson would likely soon start a push to be Trump's vice presidential pick. Carson's campaign spokesman forwarded a request for comment to longtime Carson associate Armstrong Williams, who said he had no comment.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/ben-carson-angling-to-be-trumps-veep

Never mind that, if above is true, it is illegal. We since passed any caring about legal, it seems.

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
10. Trump probably did promise it.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:49 PM
Mar 2016

Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:53 PM - Edit history (1)

Ben Carson choosing to believe it is willful ignorance.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
11. That op-ed sound absolutely *nothing* like Trump.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:57 PM
Mar 2016

It used complete sentences and use of the words "failure", "dummy", "loser" and "win" were noticeably absent.

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