Did Obama pull a Biden? (Did Obama 'borrow' a story from someone else?)

hotair.com ^ | September 8, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

[Free ThinkerNY]

Joe Biden’s first presidential campaign got derailed in 1987 when he plagiarized a speech by British Labour leader Neil Kinnock, including Kinnock’s personal anecdotes of his family. According to Steve Janke, Barack Obama may have followed in his running mate’s footsteps to some degree when telling an anecdote about workers thrown out of work by free trade. Jack Layton, the leader of Canada’s Leftist NDP, tells a similar story — and says he wrote about it to Obama:

[Perdogg]

Can you put them side by side so that we can see them?

[mass55th]

Ha ha ha!! Following in his master’s footsteps. What a doofus.

[Maverick68]

bump

[God luvs America]

obama following in plagiarist joe’s footsteps...gotta love it...

[mass55th]

Go to the link and click on the video. Both versions are presented in one video.

[Ancesthntr]

And now we know why Plugs was added to the ticket - to make sure that the Obamessiah could have access to the best information and stories ever told.

[wideawake]

He already was caught plagiarizing directly from Deval Patrick.

It doesn't matter to the electorate.

[library user]

obama following in plagiarist joe’s footsteps...gotta love it...

Except that when Obama loses this November, he will also eventually lose his Senate seat in 2010.

Why?

Because everyone had such high expectations for him, and he blew it.

Most of his supporters will be angry with him for years to come.

OTOH, No one has ever had high expectations for Joe Biden.

[peace with honor]

i’m at a lost for words, the ONE would never do anything like that!! ( YEA RIGHT )

[tbpiper]

Well, he did bring in Biden for his experience.

[wmileo]

We needed to have O’Reilly ask him about this but it is too late now!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Every time I see a video comparison of Obama stealing a speech, the other guy delivers it WAY better.

[newzjunkey]

Except that when Obama loses this November, he will also eventually lose his Senate seat in 2010.

From your fingers to God's will.

[jersey117]

Hillary: “Change you can xerox”. LOL

[utahagen]

I don't think Obama “blew it”; I think there was no way Obama was going to live up to the ludicrous expectations foisted on him by the Democrats. The Dems wanted him because he's black; they don't care about anything else he's done or could do. If Obama loses this election badly, the Dem bigwigs will try to forget about him as they make amends with Hillary Clinton.

[itsthejourney]

Ooh, slam dunk!

[edpc]

There were beefy steelworkers......

Who says that....? It sounds fruity and makes one wonder if they worked here:

[skr]

LOL!

[Mamzelle]

I thought ALL of his speeches had been made by a Deval (Something? Patrick?)