Obama Xeroxes Malcolm X, Deval Patrick, Many More

Obama has "xeroxed" more than just the speeches of fellow David Axelrod client Deval Patrick. He has lifted entire lines from Malcolm X (ironically, to deny that he is a Muslim), Maria Shriver, Alice Walker and "borrowed" the famous slogan of Cesar Chavez ("Yes we can!") This video shows that Obama's disturbing pattern of rhetorical photocopying extends further than we previously knew:



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Clinton "Xeroxes" Bill Clinton (none / 0)

Here's Hillary Clinton using a line from Bill Clinton in her debate speech last night without attribution. Don't you realize that this "debate" over "plagiarism" is ridiculous?.

See the video and compare for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/v/oJ7Cs3QvT3U& ;rel=1&border=0

"There's something horrible and undefeatable about people who have no life except the worship of power. People who don't want the meeting to end."
by campaignmonitor on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:16:12 PM EST

If that's all you have... (2.00 / 3)

Then you really have nothing on Hillary. So what's the latest excuse on why Obama can't come up with any new lines of his own?


Help Clintonistas for Obama help Democrats win! :-)
by atdleft on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:18:04 PM EST
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hillary has the best policy initiatives. (2.00 / 2)

we KNOW that... because obam keeps stealing them ;-)


by campskunk on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:29:31 PM EST
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Actually, (none / 0)

both of them stole many initiatives from Edwards.


John McCain
by MILiberal on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 07:14:21 PM EST
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Re: Actually, (2.00 / 1)

Those were not STOLEN from John Edwards. I believe that after John Edwards left the race, both of the promised to incorporate his ideas into their own. They made it very clear after he left.


by HillaryKnight08 on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 07:17:49 PM EST
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They took the ideas a long time before he left. (none / 0)

Ex: Clinton's healthcare plan (that she released in fall, 2007) was basically the same thing that Edwards did half a year ago.


John McCain
by MILiberal on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 09:08:11 PM EST
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Re: Clinton "Xeroxes" Bill Clinton (none / 0)

Bill and Hillary have been together for decades. Is it really shocking that they might say something that sounds somewhat similar once in awhile? Especially in similar situations (i.e., a presidential run)? That just happens when you're with someone for so long. I don't think it's unusual for couples to absorb one another's mannerisms or terminology.
Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.
by sricki on Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 02:28:08 AM EST
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Re: Obama Xeroxes (none / 0)

Bamboozle and hoodwink come from the southern vernacular and mean to mislead.   Just because someone uses them when speaking to a southern audience, it hardly means that they are "xeroxing" someone else's speech.


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:20:39 PM EST

words - one time use (none / 0)

apparently words can only be used once and then must be thrown away...."silly season" indeed.  


by JoeCoaster on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 04:00:56 PM EST
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"silly season" (none / 0)

if i may steal a line.


by JoeCoaster on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:22:59 PM EST

Re: Obama Xeroxes Malcolm X (2.00 / 4)

The movie quotes are particularly distasteful.  We know what that was about.  And, it's as divisive as you get.


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 03:26:34 PM EST

Re: Obama Xeroxes Malcolm X, Deval Patrick, Many M (2.00 / 3)

The worst of the plagarism comes when he steals economic and other plans from Hillary and calls them his own. (Like his whole green collar job thing...man was he late to that party.)

The point is anyone can say words, and anyone can say "I'll do this and this and this." Even Bush sold the public on a campaign of compassionate conservatism that ended up being neither. I want Obama to demonstrate, assure me of the man he is and the integrity he stands for. But, again, I get nothing. I get, "we're going to change washington." What? How does that answer my question? You've been in Washington and you haven't been able to move the debate on ending the Iraq war, or health care or anything. You couldn't even help get SCHIP passed when everyone wants it.

If Obama's entire presidency is dependent upon veto proof majorities in congress that allow democrats to fulfill the democratic agenda without skilled or powerful leadership in the president -- well that's a mighty big "if." I think Obama isn't even a good candidate to win in the general, but I think despite the dissatisfaction with Congress, expecting a complete overhaul is absurd.

I want a president whose agenda and priorities are clear, stragies are explicit and whom I trust. I do not trust Obama one bit, why should I? Because he can deliver Malcolm X and Deval Patrick's speeches better than them? No, I need more proof then that I'm afraid.


by seattlegonz on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 06:09:46 PM EST

But we can count on you (none / 0)

in November, right?


by ReillyDiefenbach on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 06:22:49 PM EST
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Re: But we can count on you (none / 0)

Are you serious?


by seattlegonz on Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 01:57:30 AM EST
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What i have problem with is (2.00 / 2)

he hasn't bring any new idea to the table.  Not a single idea he proposed shows an initiative of his own.  

There is a pattern in his behavior that he followed other people ideas and speeches.   If he can't think out of the box and propose new idea of his own based on the pattern of his policies and speeches, I doubt that he will be able to bring change that we need.

If we keep follow the previous practice, we will not progress in the new direction.


by JoeySky18 on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 07:09:11 PM EST

This is very serious (2.00 / 1)

First he copied Hillary's economic plan, then he copied Deval Patrick TWICE, then he copied John Edwards...this is a bad pattern. Obama supporters will continue to downplay it, but no matter what, it's wrong.


by HillaryKnight08 on Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 07:16:09 PM EST


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