talk.politics.misc

This dude had better get used to this... and fast !!!

-C-

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Obama says borrowed lines not a big deal By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated
Press Writer
Mon Feb 18, 1:23 PM ET

NILES, Ohio - Sen. Barack Obama said Monday that he probably should
have given his friend -- the governor of Massachusetts -- credit for
using his lines over the weekend.

Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Obama
of plagiarizing Gov. Deval Patrick. Wolfson said that raises questions
about the premise of Obama's candidacy -- his rhetorical skills.

Obama, D-Ill., says that's going too far. He says he really doesn't
think it's a big deal to use Patrick's words because they share ideas
all the time.

Patrick said during his campaign a year and a half ago that words
matter, like "I have a dream" and "all men are created equal."

Obama used the same lines Saturday night in Wisconsin. Obama said that
Patrick suggested he use the lines to respond to Clinton's suggestion
that he is more of a talker than a doer.

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