Hillary Camp Says Obama Plagiarized
Hillary Clinton's communication director is accusing Barack Obama of plagiarizing a speech he gave on Saturday in Wisconsin from one given by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in 2006
Barack Obama: "Don't tell me words don't matter. 'I have a dream' - just words? 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' - just words? 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' - just words? Just speeches?"
Gov. Deval Patrick in 2006: "'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' - just words? Just words? 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' - just words? 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' Just words? 'I have a dream' - just words?"
Obama says that he and Patrick occasionally borrowed language from each other, but that he should have credited him. Patrick has endorsed Obama for president.
Nothing to see here, people.
Labels: 2008 elections, Barack Obama, Deval Patrick, Hillary Clinton