It is not plagiarism if you give credit.Now Sarah Palin is accused of plagiarising from newt Gingrich during a 17 minute introduction of Ronald Reagan's son - conservative talk show host - Michael Reagan.
From the Associated Press -
It is abundantly clear in context, and even in subcontext, that the overview of President Reagan's legacy was attributed to Newt Gingrich," Palin's lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, said.
"Far from 'lifting' or plagiary, this is proper attribution in a political speech," Van Flein said. "The audience was made aware that Mr. Gingrich wrote about President Reagan's legacy, and Gov. Palin attributed her paraphrasing to Mr. Gingrich expressly and did so at the beginning and at the end of the paraphrasing."
Palin twice referenced Gingrich during the speech. Toward the beginning, she said, "Recently, Newt Gingrich, he had written a good article about Reagan."
Later, she said, "What Newt had written in this article, he wrote, 'Remember how refreshing it was with his outrageous directness that Americans loved, and praised and deserved' that Reagan dealt with, with then the troublesome Soviet Union, remember this? His vision for the Cold War? We win, they lose."
Click here for the entire AP story.
You can hear it for yourself two minutes into the speech -
So again, another ridiculous accusation - just add it to the list.
From the beginning - the report that her son Trig wasn't really hers - that she banned books - 13 fraudulent ethics violations that were dismissed one by one - the left has been scared to death and has attempted to slime Sarah Palin.
The deceitful and despicable idea that is if you throw enough mud, some of it will stick.
Shame!
4 comments:
Newt Gingrich did what was needed in his time... Some appreciated it and others used it to knock him out of office.
Most American people see what is happening and there are changes coming in the future....
Learn to laugh at how ridiculous they are, if you haven't already. In danger of sounding like "The Waterboy", my Grandmother always told us to "Ignore Ignorance". Never has there been more wisdom in those words than in these political times. You are abundantly blessed. See the joy and ignore the ignorance around you. We have much to be thankful for.
Geoffrey Dunn of the HufPo originated this claim of plagiarism, he's the same guy who had his pals infiltrate Team Sarah, post racist remarks, take screen shots of their comments before they were deleted by the moderators, so he could write an article claiming TS is a racist organization. In other words, Dunn is a pathetic, attention seeking liar.
The dems are getting desparate and grasping at any straw they can, even those that make them look even more ridiculous by the hour. One of the constant complainers, Andree McLeod, is tracking the "gifts" Gov. Palin got while on her trip, hockey jersey, flowers, NY state flag, a lithographic print, mysterious envelopes. Another one of the permanently deranged, Shannyn Moore has called the interview with Hannity "creepy" since it took place in a wooded area. The word "creepy" can be best applied to Moore herself who goes around taking pictures of Gov. Palin's legs and carps about the length of her skirts, and the color of her toenails. It should be pointed out that Moore showed up on the Olbermann show wearing Palinesque type glasses recently. Gryphen the "Trig Truther" more like liar, has been promising an iceberg that would sink the SS. Palin, but his iceberg seems to have melted down to nothing over the last few days. Linda Biegle has started in on Gov. Palin's choice of shoes. Makes me wonder what asylum Axelrod visited to recruit these loons.
Stop and think.
All the talking points this party spews just amount to a plagiarism of sorts.
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