On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:15:10 +0000, Lee says...
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> GOP Candidate Plagiarized Massive
> Segments of His College Thesis
> Aug 9
Ooooooooooooh... hang "em!
Meanwhile, in history...
Seven Democrats Who Were Caught For Plagiarism, Including Obama And Biden
By Aaron Bandler
Melania Trump, wife of real estate mogul Donald Trump, has dominated the news
headlines due to the revelation that her speech at the Republican National
Convention plagiarized a portion of First Lady Michelle Obama's speech at the
Democratic National Convention in 2008. While that's certainly a problem, it's
worth noting that plenty of Democrats have been guilty of plagiarism as well.
Here are seven of them.
1. President Barack Obama.
During his first presidential campaign, Obama's speeches featured portions that
were almost identical from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) speeches.
Here is part of a speech from 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," Patrick said in 2006.
And here is part of a speech from Obama in 2008:
"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," Obama said
in his speech.
Obama also appears to have used similar language borrowed from Patrick in a
2007 speech:
https://youtu.be/vACOtmwckGc
Patrick in June 2006, at the Massachusetts Democratic party convention: "I am
not asking anybody to take a chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on
your own aspirations."
https://youtu.be/FgctsioisJg
Obama one year later, as quoted in USA Today: "I am not asking anyone to take a
chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."
Obama later acknowledged it would have been better to provide attribution to
Patrick in his speech when the Clinton campaign called him out on it in 2008,
but deflected the blame onto her, saying: "I noticed Senator Clinton, on
occasion, has used words of mine as well."
Patrick attempted to exonerate his buddy Obama by saying "he shared language
from his campaign with Mr. Obama's speech-writers" in the previous summer, but
ABC News pointed out at the time that Obama used the "Just Words" passage
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."
2. Vice President Joe Biden.
When Biden ran for president in 1988, his plagiarism of British politician Neil
Kinnock was exposed. Here is Kinnock:
Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to
university? [Pointing to his wife in the audience:] Why is Glenys the first
woman in her family in a thousand generations to be able to get to university?
Was it because all our predecessors were thick?
And here's Biden:
I started thinking as I was coming over here, why is it that Joe Biden is the
first in his family ever to go to a university? [Pointing to his wife in the
audience:] Why is it that my wife who is sitting out there in the audience is
the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and
mothers were not bright? Is it because I'm the first Biden in a thousand
generations to get a college and a graduate degree that I was smarter than the
rest?
https://youtu.be/0Rkoqglq9dU
Biden eventually had to drop out of the presidential race, as the plagiarism
scandal plagued his campaign. Columnist Jeff Lord has also accused Biden of
plagiarizing speeches from Robert F. Kennedy.
3. Former Sen. John Walsh (D-MT).
In 2014, a New York Times report found that Walsh had plagiarized "an entire
page nearly word-for-word from a Harvard paper, and each of his six conclusions
is copied from a document from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
without attribution" in a 2007 paper he wrote to earn his master's degree at
the U.S. Army War College. Walsh initially deflected from the report by citing
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from serving in Iraq as a possible "factor" in
an interview with the Associated Press.
The Army War College determined that Walsh had in fact plagiarized his paper
and rescinded his master's degree. Walsh eventually dropped out of the 2014
Senate race as a result of his plagiarism.
4. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA).
In 2015, Bera wrote a column in the Sacramento Bee in favor of the Trade
Promotion Authority bill; Buzzfeed determined that Bera duplicated statements
from Third Way, Business Roundtable and a White House economic report. Bera
eventually admitted to the plagiarism, via Breitbart:
After he was caught, Bera released a statement saying that his position
remained unchanged, but he added, "However, after an internal review of our
editing process, it has become clear that widely used and disseminated
statements made their way into the final draft, and for that I apologize. I
take full responsibility for this oversight and will be dealing with the
responsible staff internally."
Dan Morain, the Bee's editorial page editor, said, "It clearly is a work that
borrowed way too heavily from other peoples" work. I would expect better of
people who write op-eds."
5. Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.
Burke, who ran against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in 2014, was busted by
Buzzfeed for plagiarizing portions of her economic proposal from "Delaware Gov.
Jack Markell in 2008, Ward Cammack of Tennessee in 2009 and John Gregg of
Indiana in 2012," according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Burke, who attempted to minimize the controversy as "a relatively minor
mistake," blamed it on a consultant and fired him.
6. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D).
During the 2014 gubernatorial race, it was determined that parts of Wolf's
"policy on energy efficiency" were plagiarized from Johnson Controls, an energy
company in Wisconsin. Wolf severed ties with a consultant over the controversy.
7. Former Democratic senate candidate Gordon Ball.
Ball, who ran for the Senate in 2014 against Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN),
"appears to have plagiarized nearly every word on his issues pages from a vast
array of politicians including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, Ohio Sen.
Sherrod Brown, North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Warren," according to Buzzfeed. Ball claimed he didn't know that the plagiarism
had taken place, even though Buzzfeed pointed out that he "used much of the
plagiarized text in an interview."
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Holier-than-thou LIBERAL Canadians, think they're soooo superior when it comes
to slavery, because they "ended" it (not really) a mere 30 years earlier.
Canada "ended" slavery a mere 30 years before Lincoln wrote the "Emancipation
Proclamation".
HOW does that make Canada ANY "better" or different? It doesn't.
Canada's Shameful, Modern-Day Slave Trade
https://torontosun.com/2012/02/10/canadas-shameful-modern-day-slave-
trade/wcm/2e410af6-9dc4-4ef7-bc3e-821a5970ed41
Colonial Canada Had Slavery For More Than 200 Years. And Yes, It Still Matters
Today
More Canadians Say Racism Is A "Serious Problem" Today Than 1 Year Ago
Canada Urged To Open Its Eyes To Systemic Racism In Wake Of Police Violence
Racism In Canada Is Ever-Present, But We Have A Long History Of Denial
Majority (60%) See Racism as a Serious Problem in Canada Today, Up 13 points
Since Last Year
Nearly a Third of Canadians (28%) Say They Have Personally Experienced Racism
in the Past Year - 24 July 2020
https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/majority-60-see-racism-serious-problem-canada-
today-13-points-last-year
Canada's Enduring Legacy Of Power, Politics And Racism
https://theclarion.ca/politicslaw/canadians-no-less-racist-than-americans/
75 Per Cent of Canadians Polled, Say Royal Canadian Mounted Police Has Systemic
Racism Issue
Systemic Racism In The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/07/11/study-canadians-agree-rcmp-systemic-
racism/
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Racist Canada Kicks Indian Out of Parliament
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/world/canada-jagmeet-singh-opponent-racist-
scli-intl/index.html
https://torontosun.com/2012/02/10/canadas-shameful-modern-day-slave-
trade/wcm/2e410af6-9dc4-4ef7-bc3e-821a5970ed41
Black Enslavement in Canada
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-enslavement
Colonial Canada Had Slavery For More Than 200 Years. And Yes, It Still Matters
Today
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06/17/slavery-canada-history_n_16806804.html
Canada's Slavery Secret: The Whitewashing Of 200 Years Of Enslavement
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/canada-s-slavery-secret-the-whitewashing-of-200-
years-of-enslavement-1.4726313
Canada Has Started Rejecting More Refugee Claims
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/theres-a-
perception-that-canada-is-being-invaded/561032
Canada has begun granting refugee status to fewer irregular border crossers
"Trying to depict these people as welfare bums and security threats and
criminals is a racist attitude. Canadians hate when you say that we're racist,
BUT WE ARE."
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The Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Canada | BCG
https://www.bcg.com/en-ca/publications/2020/reality-of-anti-black-racism-in-
canada
Anti-Black racism in Canada is worse than most Canadians want to believe. With
the COVID-19 pandemic amplifying the injustices against Black People, it is now
more important than ever for Canadians to take action.
Racism & the Canadian historical past ...
https://divercityvisa.com/racism-the-americanization-of-canadian-historical-
past-why-we-should-not-take-a-look-at-ourselves-by-a-u-s-lens
The Canadian response to racism south of the border will be described as an
Americanization of Canadian historical past. The media's lack of protection of
racism in Canada, in its traditionally correct context, is a trigger for
concern. Totally different histories of racism.
Racism in Canada | News, Videos & Articles
https://globalnews.ca/tag/racism-in-canada
Canadian MPs vote to condemn Atlanta mass shooting, anti-Asian racism. The move
comes days after eight people were killed by a white gunman in Atlanta. Six of
the victims were Asian American women ...
Anti-Asian Racism Lead, The Canadian Race Relations ...
https://cpac-canada.ca/anti-asian-racism-lead
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) was created in 1996 to reaffirm
the principles of justice and equality for all in Canada. The CRRF's mandate is
to facilitate throughout Canada the development, sharing, and application of
knowledge and expertise to eliminate racism and all forms of racial
discrimination in Canadian society.
Is Canada a racist country? One-third of respondents in a ...
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/06/21/is-canada-a-racist-country-
one-third-of-respondents-in-a-new-study-say-yes.html
Jun 21, 2021
One-third of respondents in a new study say yes. Most Canadians agree that
Canada's diverse population makes it a better country. But on the question of
whether or not Canada is a racist country ...
Most Canadians Experience Racism ... - New Canadian Media
https://newcanadianmedia.ca/most-canadians-experience-racism-where-they-live-
survey
Canadian racism is sometimes called "polite" and is characterized by
microaggressions, but that is a misnomer. Words like that are used to deflect
criticisms and differentiate Canada from the United States, says Henry, though
she does see similar ideologies and motivations.
Canada Must Withdraw From Racist Core Group - Yves Angler
https://yvesengler.com/2021/10/24/canada-must-withdraw-from-racist-core-group
The least Canadian antiracist activists should do is educate themselves about
racism in foreign affairs. There is no justification for Canada participating
in this nakedly imperialist alliance. All Canadians of conscience owe a debt of
solidarity to the people of Haiti. We must demand Ottawa immediately withdraw
from the racist Core Group.
Sikh Canadians Surge Politically In "Systemically Racist ...
https://capforcanada.com/sikh-canadians-surge-politically-in-systemically-
racist-canada
"The reality is, our Canada is a place of racism, of violence." - NDP Party
Leader Jagmeet Singh, June 14th 2021. An unprecedented event occurred last
night in Alberta, Canada. Sikh-Canadian candidates won in both Calgary and
Edmonton mayoral elections.. Jhoti Gondek is the first Sikh-Canadian to become
mayor of Calgary. She will be taking over from Naheed Nenshi, three-time winner
as ...
Racism at IRCC could determine who gets in - New Canadian ...
https://newcanadianmedia.ca/racism-at-ircc-could-determine-who-gets-in
IRCC employees are reporting racist workplace behaviour such as racially-
charged microaggressions at work, says survey. NCM reporter Isabel Inclan
reports on the deeper fallout. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
(IRCC) employees remain skeptical of the measures in place to tackle racism at
their workplace, according to a new report.