Obama gives opponents plenty of ammunition

[Mags]

http://Chances are you’ve seen the video

clips. First comes Sen. Barack

Obama, responding to the charge that he’s long on rhetoric, short on substance. “Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” Obama told voters. “‘I have a dream’ — just words. ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’ —just words. ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself’ —just words. Just speeches.” It’s rhetorically brilliant, even thrilling. In four pungent sentences, delivered in an accent and cadence very like Martin Luther King Jr. ’s, Obama associates himself with King, Thomas Jefferson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. It’s bedrock Americanism, sheer magic. No wonder Obama has amassed fervent mass of followers. It’s also a steal from Obama’s friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. You can watch Patrick on YouTube delivering virtually identical remarks to a cheering crowd in 2006. Obama’s better, a far more convincing actor. But is it plagiarism, as the Hillary Clinton campaign charges ? Well, if I passed it off as mine in a column, I’d be fired, deservedly so. It would merit an F in a student term paper. But it’s a political speech, and Patrick, who probably didn’t write it himself—consultant David Axelrod masterminded both men’s campaigns—says he’s not offended.
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[Avalux]

1. You must spend hours looking for this stuff Mags.

I gotta hand it to you, you certainly are dedicated. :hi:

[Mags]

4. thanks. I like you

[GarbagemanLB]

2. Man the lifeboats! S.S. Hillary is going down!

[Occam Bandage]

3. Er, how well did the plagiarism smear work for WI?

Oh, right, Hillary blew another lead and lost by 17.

[Obamaniac]

6. Listen lets give Mags a break...

Her candidate is losing badly and probably will be out of contention in less than two weeks. She is desperate and trying to grasp onto anything that might help her candidate.

It's too bad that it's not working. But since when has something not working ever stopped a Clinton supporter from saying it over and over again?

[RBInMaine]

5. OLD NEWS !! GET OVER IT !!