tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28542476.post5894875235596964583..comments2023-10-31T05:45:15.745-07:00Comments on Net the Truth Online: Obama Plagiarism Charge Motivated by Snub?Net the Truth Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500206392526085582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28542476.post-42400546828830769392008-02-19T17:02:00.001-08:002008-02-19T17:02:00.001-08:00I have been saying this for a long time, Obama's a...I have been saying this for a long time, Obama's authenticity is highly questionable. It is a big of an ugly irony that while Obama attests that his campaign is not just about lofty rhetoric, he is yet using the same lofty rhetoric from another politician. Barack does not write his own speeches, he performs them. He performs the speeches quite well, well enough to pack in the crowds, but he does not write anything he says. Usually, his main speech writer (who is incidientally is the young 26 year old white man Jon Favreau) often lifts various passages the straight out of the speeches spoken during the 60's civil rights era. If that is all Obama has going for him, just a performance, how can we truly expect him to bring about change?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968299550564501108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28542476.post-49087971155262317792008-02-19T17:02:00.000-08:002008-02-19T17:02:00.000-08:00This act of plagiarism remains a highly legitimate...This act of plagiarism remains a highly legitimate concern. If anything, it is disturbing that some pundits have been calling the plagiarism "no big deal." Yet, Obama has been relying on words, on the power of language, on emotionally charged language dating all the way back from Jefferson through Martin Luther Kind Jr. to Jesse Jackson and to Deval Patrick, who is conveniently a friend and an ardent supporter who naturally alleges that Obama had his consent. He has been lifting choice phrases for all his speeches, and that has been effective for him. But, this latest rather hefty chunk of lifted verbatim is almost a lie. Couldn't he have simply rewritten the text to make it more his own? He is not running on experience, nor or substance, but on the power of his words. If his words are not his own, what does he have left. His Audacity of Hope, as it turns out, was actually a collaboration. How much writing in his second book did he actually contribute? We need a candidate who can be trusted, not one who takes extreme shortcuts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968299550564501108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28542476.post-67949837085133318082008-02-19T08:03:00.000-08:002008-02-19T08:03:00.000-08:00Thanks for the response. We were dealing with the...Thanks for the response. We were dealing with the verifiability of the plagiarism charge in the case of Deval Patrick's Just Words speech. <BR/><BR/>When you use the phrasing "haven't there been two other occasions..." you give credence to the Clinton/Wolfson plagiarism charges in the Patrick case.<BR/><BR/>We've shown that to be unfounded.<BR/><BR/>The entire episode was a ploy by the Clintons to keep Hillary Clinton's base from jumping ship, and the mainstream media was complicit in the effort.<BR/><BR/>Even with the non-stop coverage and slanted language, the gap between Clinton and Obama has narrowed to a dead-heat in Texas, and Obama is ahead in Wisconsin.<BR/><BR/>I have to disagree about the air time Bill O'Reilly gave it - to the contrary, CNN has focused on the plagiarism charges throughout the day, long into the evening. Obtain the transcripts, particularly the usually savvy Lou Dobbs lead-ins.<BR/><BR/>O'Reilly appeared to be the only one who found the clip of President Bill Clinton and Deval Patrick together when Patrick made the Just Words remarks. It remains unclear whether that was a different date than October 15, 2006 per You Tube.<BR/><BR/>I agree with - is this all Hillary can come up with.<BR/><BR/>But the entire incident isn't an indication the tough, ruthless "Clinton machine" appears to be a bit rusty.<BR/><BR/>The incident shows the Clinton machine hard at work to cast Obama as a plagiarist, evoking the implication the same thing that happened to Joe Biden, should happen to Barrack Obama.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't access the free file on your site "Obama Primer 2008" - to link. Good luck with it.Net the Truth Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500206392526085582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28542476.post-67198664043128098432008-02-19T04:22:00.000-08:002008-02-19T04:22:00.000-08:00I heard the headline and it was given like there w...I heard the headline and it was given like there was a major story going on in the political world.<BR/><BR/>Later, I felt like I just saw the Wizard of Oz; this is it?<BR/><BR/>However, haven't there been two other occassions (at least) that someone was whispering about Obama using JFK and MLK language in his speeches?<BR/><BR/>Obama is not the virgin politico he likes to make himself out to be. He can be as slick as King Willy himself. My "Obama Primer 2008" (50centsaday.net) lists many other angles he has played and which Hillary could use against him to leave a bigger impression.<BR/><BR/>The press has been lax on criticzing Obama, yet they have been all over this because they know it's quite trite; hence the air time Bill O'Reilly gave it.<BR/><BR/>Like has been said, is this all Hillary can come up with? We have heard so much about the tough, ruthless "Clinton machine" yet it appears the "machine" has become a bit rusty.<BR/>-50centsaday50centsadayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187927334938387217noreply@blogger.com