Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Multiple Choice

Democrat VP candidate Joe Biden has committed plagiarism, i.e. stolen words, from:
A. Madonna

B. Robert Kennedy

C. Neil Kinnock, British Labor Party leader


Answer: B & C, Madonna's lyrics are so inane that Biden will probably wait until October to use them in one of his celebrated Bill Clinton-style, long-winded exaggerations. According to Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid, "It wasn’t just a matter of using a few words. You can see a striking comparison of the Biden and Kinnock speeches here."

Then remember those poor University of Virginia students who got kicked off a ship recently, and left in a foreign country in the middle of a cruise, for forgetting to properly attribute a few sentences. At least the UVA students can still have a career path as Vice President, as long as they remain Democrats, that is..