Did you try a word search:
“Our job is to help Americans build a future of hope and opportunity. A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy.” BO
Compare to:
“Our job is to make life better for our fellow Americans, and to help them build a future of hope and opportunity. And this is the business before us tonight.
A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy, and that is what we have.”
GB State of the Union 2007, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012301075.html for this and other quotes from Bush.
“A future of hope and opportunity requires our citizens have affordable and available health care.” BO
Compare to:
“A future of hope and opportunity requires that all our citizens have affordable and available health care.” GB
“Extending opportunity and hope depends on a stable supply of energy.” BO
Compare to:
“Extending hope and opportunity depends on a stable supply of energy that keeps America’s economy running and America’s environment clean.” GB
Sorry - but this is not nonsense. Of course, Zero will blame his speechwriter (but not fire him or her) while claiming his simplified version was better.
I did a word search for hope and opportunity as separate words and didn’t locate those passages.
I searched for awhile.
You are right...that is blatant plagiarism.