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Democratic Primaries

Peacetrain

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14. I am forever having to edit even posts in DU

Reply to pangaia (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 5, 2019, 10:58 PM

Jun 2019

I write something and I reread what I wrote and I see my thoughts there,... but I reread it later and there is a word missing.. its crazy..but the picking up of the next sentence is the one that drives me the craziest.. in an orchestra.. whoa.. that would give you some interesting results

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Its not just Biden, multiple Democrats lift material from other sites [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2019 OP

'Cite' and 'quote.' elleng Jun 2019 #1

Ahhh yep... Peacetrain Jun 2019 #2

Drafting lengthy legal documents taught me that, elleng Jun 2019 #3

ellen I cannot even begin to imagine how hard that is to read huge briefs Peacetrain Jun 2019 #6

Fortunately we usually have/had OTHER eyes reading and re-reading! elleng Jun 2019 #9

I do the same thing reading timpani parts in orchestras..!! pangaia Jun 2019 #13

I am forever having to edit even posts in DU Peacetrain Jun 2019 #14

That is how it is supposed to be done Ellen. Blue_true Jun 2019 #17

Right, Biden's team made an honest mistake, as did Bernie's, Senator Harris' and others. elleng Jun 2019 #19

But others aren't leading in the polls. LakeArenal Jun 2019 #4

true that... Peacetrain Jun 2019 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2019 #5

So she shouldn't have posted this OP Cha Jun 2019 #15

To give all the benefit of the doubt, I suspect that staff members were tasked question everything Jun 2019 #7

Most likely... as I was saying to someone else Peacetrain Jun 2019 #10

I was doing a document earlier today and made the exact same mistake. Blue_true Jun 2019 #20

Problem for him is he's the only candidate capable of generating headlines like this BeyondGeography Jun 2019 #11

he is also the only candidate where negative news doesn't seem to affect his support JI7 Jun 2019 #21

Good point so far.. Cha Jun 2019 #22

If it's inadvertent "plagiarism" of good policy, can't get too upset. Citation preferred, though. Hoyt Jun 2019 #12

I didn't think it was a big deal for Biden, and I don't for the others. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #16

K&R betsuni Jun 2019 #18

Just going to leave this here... Indygram Jun 2019 #23