Obama’s Plagiarism, The Saga Continues
19 February 2008 2:15 pm by Taylor Marsh
This is about character. It’s about Obama’s con. It’s about presenting yourself
as authentic, when the truth is just the opposite.
Dr.
Sylvia Welsh, a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, writes about the
lessons Obama is teaching:
So, here’s the lesson these kids will learn if the media, as they seem likely
to do, go too easy on Mr. Obama for this crime: The trick is in getting away
with it. That’s the lesson they will learn, when the sad thing is they could
have learned so much more from him. Mr. Obama’s dismissal of this fraudulent
act and his other as “no big deals” undermines what parents and
teachers have been trying to teach their kids about honesty and integrity,
sometimes against very strong odds. They thought maybe in Mr. Obama they had
a helping hand. They were wrong.What they have instead is a man who, while seeking the highest office in
the land, shrugs off a “crime” as no big deal, seeks to blame those
who uncovered it, and arrogantly thinks he should not be held to the same
standard to which we hold school children. I only hope for the sake of the
children watching, that he is wrong.As Mr. Obama using Mr. Patrick’s speech says, “it’s only words.”
Yes, Mr. Obama, words do matter, especially when they’re lies.
There’s more trouble for Obama and Patrick. Their story just doesn’t add up.
“In a telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Patrick said that he and Mr.
Obama first talked about the attacks from their respective rivals last summer,
when Mrs. Clinton was raising questions about Mr. Obama’s experience,
and that they discussed them again last week,” the Times’ Jeff Zeleny
wrote. “Patrick said he told Mr. Obama that he should respond to the
criticism, and he shared language from his campaign with Mr. Obama’s speechwriters.”But Obama was quoted using Patrick’s language before the Summer of 2007.
“‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal.’
Those are just words,” Obama was quoted as saying in a March 19, 2007
New Republic story. ” ‘I have a dream.’ Just words.”So….the claim that Patrick an Obama “first” discussed this last
Summer does not make sense. … ..
Not convinced? More from Tapper:
I was referring to a month before, in November 2007, when Obama according to news coverage stood on the steps of the Clarendon County Courthouse in Manning, S.C., and, according to USA Today, said:
“Now, I’ve heard that some folks aren’t sure America is ready for an African-American president, so let me be clear,” he told his mostly black audience. “I never would have begun this campaign if I weren’t confident I could win. But you see, I am not asking anyone to take a chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations.”
Don’t believe me OR USA Today? Fine.
Check out the Obama website where they have the speech posted — no credit to Deval Patrick is given:
“Now, I’ve heard that some folks aren’t sure America is ready for an African-American president, so let me be clear: I never would have begun this campaign if I weren’t confident I could win. But you see, I am not asking anyone to take a chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations.”
