Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:28 PM
 
26,680 posts, read 28,667,610 times
Reputation: 7943

Advertisements

"Sarah Palin's garbled, often incoherent speech delivered in Anchorage on Wednesday--the one in which she declared "screw political correctness" and wondered why "we have to pussyfoot around our troublesome foes"--was largely lifted from an article written four years ago by Newt Gingrich and Craig Shirley.

Palin apparently also felt that she could "screw" intellectual integrity.

While Palin twice mentioned Gingrich in the speech (she never once acknowledged Shirley), virtually every single reference she made to Reagan was lifted directly from the Gingrich-Shirley article. It's a pure case of unadulterated plagiarism."


Sources:

Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Plagiarizes Gingrich in Anchorage Speech | AlterNet

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

AKMuckraker: "Screw Political Correctness" -- Sarah Palin in Her Own Words


YouTube - Sarah Palin Plagiarizes Newt Gingrich in Anchorage Speech June 3, 2009 - Part 2
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
44,882 posts, read 33,264,475 times
Reputation: 4269
Are you going to sue her for plagiarism for those two people? Is kos going to do it?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:34 PM
 
26,680 posts, read 28,667,610 times
Reputation: 7943
Quote:
Originally Posted by roysoldboy View Post
Are you going to sue her for plagiarism for those two people? Is kos going to do it?
No. Someone just pointed the story out to me and I knew that some of the visitors to this site would enjoy reading about it.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:38 PM
 
Location: Chicago's Southside
195 posts, read 127,627 times
Reputation: 51
Got a call in right now to Patrick Fitzgerald U.S. Attorney / Chicago
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
90,297 posts, read 120,747,599 times
Reputation: 35920
It's funny, coming from someone who claims some sort of moral superiority.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:44 PM
 
Location: Chicago's Southside
195 posts, read 127,627 times
Reputation: 51
she's pretty much a hypocrite in my opinion.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Hangin' with the bears.
3,813 posts, read 4,914,902 times
Reputation: 915
Thanks! I did enjoy this. LOL

Supposedly, after 5-6 different schools, Wailin' got an undergraduate degree in Journalism. I'm sure a Journalism major would learn about plagiarism. Hmmm, after all the schools she attended could it be her degree is actually a 'Here! Now get the heck out of here, we can't take you any more!' degree?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:53 PM
 
26,680 posts, read 28,667,610 times
Reputation: 7943
Quote:
Originally Posted by Siouxcia View Post
Hmmm, after all the schools she attended could it be her degree is actually a 'Here! Now get the heck out of here, we can't take you any more!' degree?
That's how I got mine.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:55 PM
 
Location: Chicago's Southside
195 posts, read 127,627 times
Reputation: 51
The non-Gingrich parts of her speech are easily recognized by being typical Palin word salad.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 06-07-2009, 10:56 PM
 
26,680 posts, read 28,667,610 times
Reputation: 7943
Quote:
Originally Posted by djm666 View Post
The non-Gingrich parts of her speech are easily recognized by being typical Palin word salad.
You mean you don't think Gingrich wrote this line?

"we have to pussyfoot around our troublesome foes"
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:11 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top