What drivel. If The King Family gave Obama permission to give the "I have a dream" speech" again, he still has to say "This is a speech originally given by Martin Luther King".
Obama wasn't quoting Duval Patrick, he was giving the speech as if it were his own. A true empty suit. --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] McCain Plagiarizes Georgia Speech > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 10:36 AM > On Aug 12, 2008, at 8:55 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 > MDSS/SGSI > wrote: > > > Do you think this guy has any traction: > > > > http://www.blogpi.net/defining-plagiarism-down > > > That would be a wonderful definition if it were equally > applied to > all. Remember, though, that Obama was accused of plagiarism > for using > a paragraph spoken first by Deval Patrick, even though > Patrick said > that he had willingly shared that prose with his friend. > That story > was covered extensively, especially by the traditional > right-wing > press, even though there was no possibility of it being > true. > > McCain clearly lifted text without attribution. If you > want to pull a > typical Republican word play ("It's not a > recession; it's a tough > period"), then be my guest. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(listmsgid)s > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/%(listmsgid)s ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
