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Friday, October 03, 2008
Barack Obama apes Deval Patrick
These split-screen videos showing politicians reciting sentences lifted whole cloth from another politician are fun. Here's Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's "just words" speech, alongside Barack Obama's.
Posted by Kalim Kassam on October 3, 2008 | Permalink
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Oh my gosh did you just say a black man was an ape?!
hah :)
Posted by: Pete | 2008-10-04 10:21:41 AM
Isn't English fun?
And has anyone checked if perhaps he asked Deval Patrick or the otherwise copyright holder?
Posted by: Pete | 2008-10-04 10:22:36 AM
Oh my gosh did you just say a black man was an ape?!
Posted by: Pete | 4-Oct-08 10:21:41 AM
Imagine if I had said "monkey see, monkey do!"
And has anyone checked if perhaps he asked Deval Patrick or the otherwise copyright holder?
Posted by: Pete | 4-Oct-08 10:22:36 AM
Yeah, this isn't really a case of plagiarism. He shares a campaign manager with Patrick, had credited the words to him in previous speeches, and at least had tacit approval to use the words of his campaign supporter.
http://www.slate.com/id/2184070/
None of that stopped the Clinton camp for making big hay about it in the primary season.
(Did I just call Hillary Clinton a horse? At this rate it won't be long before I get dragged before a Human Rights Commission Tribunal myself.)
Posted by: Kalim Kassam | 2008-10-04 12:01:57 PM
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