Obama Caught Stealing More Lines From Deval Patrick
This time it happened before Patrick and Obama talked.
“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 . . . .
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.”
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.”
Here’s Deval Patrick:
Here’s Barack Obama:
Why does this matter? Because Obama’s eloquence and authenticity are the platform of his campaign. He’s not campaigning on specific policies, he’s campaigning on “change.” And proof that he’s been swiping the lines he uses at those awe-inspiring campaign events from other politicians shows that he represents not so much “change” but just another power-hungry, scruples-challenged unoriginal politician. Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics
