Not Hillary. Only a Clinton can accuse someone else of plagiarizing a couple of lines from historical speeches, while at the same time CONTINUING to claim that she was the author of the book - without crediting the true author.
The author described the writing process as follows:
"The actual writing experience of working on It Takes a Village with Mrs. Clinton was not extraordinary in any respect. Together with our editor, we produced drafts in a round-robin style. We worked well as a team and things went about as smoothly as can be expected when you're producing a high-profile book in eight months and one of you is married to the leader of the free world. The problem came when Mrs. Clinton decided, for reasons still a mystery to me, not to acknowledge my help, or that of anyone else by name. Because the White House had issued a press release early on in the process stating that I had been hired to "help prepare the manuscript," when it was finished and there was no mention of me in the acknowledgments, the anti-Clinton forces went to town."
The NY Times wrote:
"The book will actually be written by Barbara Feinman, a journalism professor at Georgetown University in Washington. Ms. Feinman will conduct a series of interviews with Mrs. Clinton, who will help edit the resulting text."
The WORST part about it is that Hillary put into the contract with the true author, a clause prohibiting the disclosure of the true nature of the relationship. So Hillary will go on and claim that she wrote the book, but the author is then contractually obligated not to disclose this fact! Not only is it the worst for m of plagiarism, it's fundamentally dishonest and tries to keep the truth from all of her adoring supporters - not to mention the committees that would end up giving her awards for the book.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DD1E31F931A15757C0A963958260
http://www.therant.us/staff/huston/2007/print/12042007.htm
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00084.htm
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