Comments on: More Obama-Related Plagiarism? http://www.blogpi.net/more-obama-related-plagiarism Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:08:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Stan http://www.blogpi.net/more-obama-related-plagiarism#comment-129255 Stan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:41:46 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/more-obama-related-plagiarism#comment-129255 <p>I'm more impressed how attacks are spun out onto politicians. The actual logical steps from incident to accusation are brushed over impressively, leaving behind nothing but the stain. For instance: accusing Kerry of "flip-flopping" worked impressively, but what is really being attacked is changing your mind after seeing evidence to the contrary or being convinced by an opposing argument, and I can't see why this isn't a trait you'd want in a leader (rather than, say, dogmatically sticking to a terrible idea regardless of the circumstances).</p> <p>In the same vein, here in the UK, there was a big plagiarism accusation against Brown (current PM) lifting Tory policies and implementing them. There was a large backlash, but the end result is: you were promoting these policies, they got implemented, why are you complaining?</p> I’m more impressed how attacks are spun out onto politicians. The actual logical steps from incident to accusation are brushed over impressively, leaving behind nothing but the stain. For instance: accusing Kerry of “flip-flopping” worked impressively, but what is really being attacked is changing your mind after seeing evidence to the contrary or being convinced by an opposing argument, and I can’t see why this isn’t a trait you’d want in a leader (rather than, say, dogmatically sticking to a terrible idea regardless of the circumstances).

In the same vein, here in the UK, there was a big plagiarism accusation against Brown (current PM) lifting Tory policies and implementing them. There was a large backlash, but the end result is: you were promoting these policies, they got implemented, why are you complaining?

]]> By: Steve http://www.blogpi.net/more-obama-related-plagiarism#comment-129219 Steve Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:03:18 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/more-obama-related-plagiarism#comment-129219 <p>I just visited the http://delegatehub.com/ website claiming to teach us about the facts and myths of delegate count. </p> <p>The disclaimer of the website reads like this:</p> <p>Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.</p> <p>Hillary Clinton for President is not responsible for the content of any external websites.</p> <p>I wonder how does that work!</p> I just visited the http://delegatehub.com/ website claiming to teach us about the facts and myths of delegate count.

The disclaimer of the website reads like this:

Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.

Hillary Clinton for President is not responsible for the content of any external websites.

I wonder how does that work!

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