Okay, so the Clinton campaign is really headed off the rails. Now, they're accusing Barack Obama of plagiarism ... yes, plagiarism, for grouping a series of famous quotes in a similar manner to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick -- a friend of Barack's who has already laughed off the charges. Come on, people (the preceding is hereby attributed to Dr. Bill Cosby, who has a book out now, entitled "Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors," so as to avoid any charges of plagiarism or the associated taint of said charges...) As one commenter on JSOnline put it:
So who is Obama supposedly plaigarizing? Kennedy or Patrick? King? Roosevelt?
OK, he grouped them similarly to Patrick . . . what would Obama's appropriate attribution be? "These statements have been previously grouped by Patrick"
No one will think about this in August or November. Pretty lightweight.
Lightweight isn't the half of it. This is pure desperation, flailing, and a clear sign that Camp Clinton had no game plan for a close race that lasted longer than February 5th. I really like ... getting toward liked ... the Clintons, and have supported them through thick and thin. If Barack wasn't in the race, I'd be a Hillary voter. But damn, girl, get a grip! This is almost as weak as Tavis Smiley continuing to whinge about Barack not going to his State of the Black Union event in Louisiana ... after Barack has already won Louisiana and with Texas and Ohio looming so large in his electoral game plan!
Jeez. Talk about a country in need of change. If we can just rise above the pettiness of this campaign, that would be change enough for me.
Meanwhile, the other desperados on the wide open plain -- the Republicans -- have finally begun to map out a strategy for how to get their broken down old geezer ... I mean their candidate ... John McCain, over the hills of Zion to beat the Democratic Messiah. Their masterful plan has five points:
The first called for pointing out what the GOP views as a seeming incongruity between Obama and the mantle of commander in chief. The second point harkened back to Obama’s days in the Illinois state Senate, noting how his “pattern of voting ‘present’ offers many openings to question his candidacy.” The third offered hope to the GOP faithful that “we can be confident in a campaign about issues.” A fourth bullet point relayed how “undisciplined messaging carries great risk,” while the fifth and final attack point stressed, “His greatest weakness is inexperience. He is not ready to be commander in chief. He is not ready to be president.”
In other words, they'll do the same thing Hillary Clinton is doing only with an old white dude ... and plus it'll actually work ... (ahem)
You know, all these Obama haters are beginning to bore me. I think I'll go back to worshipping my Obama poster now.
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