Posted on 09/26/2014 5:21:35 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Democratic candidate for governor Mary Burke stumbled Thursday when asked to define plagiarism and said she had not violated her principles with a jobs plan that includes nearly word-for-word sections that also appear in other candidates' plans.
Burke, who is running against GOP Gov. Scott Walker in the Nov. 4 election, also stressed the importance of providing citations in her plan, but an aide said later no changes to the plan would be made.
Asked by reporters to define plagiarism, Burke said: "This, this probably, using words, exact words, from a source that doesn't, that isn't cited and isn't attributable."
She said she her jobs plan did not violate her principles.
"When you put together economic development plans, this is about bringing in the best ideas," she said. "And this is not anything more than bringing good ideas to Wisconsin, to the plans on how I'm going to move Wisconsin forward. And in describing some of these ideas, similar language was used by the consultant that was used in those ideas that he incorporated in other candidates' plans."
Last week, it surfaced that Burke's jobs plan included nearly identical passages from ones by three other Democrats — Delaware Gov. Jack Markell in 2008, Ward Cammack of Tennessee in 2009 and John Gregg of Indiana in 2012.
When the matter became public, Burke said the sections came from consultant Eric Schnurer of the Pennsylvania firm Public Works and he was no longer doing work for the campaign.
"Those exact words should not have been used, that were used in other plans, and that's why we cut ties," she said Thursday. "But I'll be clear about this: As governor, I'm going to welcome ideas from other places, the best ideas and best practices."
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Milwaukee paper takes Burke to task (gently) over plagiarism charges.
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Will she cite someone else?
So a consultant put the plan together for all those people. Does this mean that none of them actually have a clue about what they are pledging to do??
‘pears so!
Coordinated prose resulting from collaborative research done by a group, of which one has not been invited to contribute, yet has.
Sounds like the consultant just reached for Democrat Jobs Plan #5 Template.
It’s not like they actually expect to implement any of it after an election.
“She said she her jobs plan did not violate her principles.”
Likely true. Free-based cocaine and ho’s didn’t violate Marion Barry’s principles.
It was more than “coordinated” prose. It was word for word, paragraph for paragraph, lifting.
One wonders if she even read it.
The Tarzan extra in the white house stole from Reagan.
“So a consultant put the plan together for all those people. Does this mean that none of them actually have a clue about what they are pledging to do??”...
She is definitely a demodummie and that certainly proves it. She displays no independent thinking. BLAME SOMEONE ELSE It’s what the demodummies do when caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
Obviously inspiring prose.
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