Three Pages Of Rand Paul’s Book Were Plagiarized From Think Tanks

[demmiblue]

Source: Buzzfeed

An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 2013 book Government Bullies was copied wholesale from a 2003 case study by the Heritage Foundation, BuzzFeed has learned. The copied section, 1,318 words, is by far the most significant instance reported so far of Paul borrowing language from other published material.

The new cut-and-paste job follows reports by BuzzFeed, Politico, and MSNBC that Paul had plagiarized speeches either from Wikipedia or news reports. The book was published in August 2013 by Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group.

In this case, Paul included a link to the Heritage case study in the book’s footnotes, though he made no effort to indicate that not just the source, but the words themselves, had been taken from Heritage.

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Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/entire-section-of-rand-pauls-book-copied-verbatim-from-case

[gopiscrap]

1. hope that goes viral

he was such a shithead when Rachel Maddow called him on it.

[Cosmocat]

36. Gore said he created the internet!

which he didn't, but that was all it took to universally slander him and marginalize him as a presidential candidate.

Not a chance Paul is held accountable for this, it just will be chalked up as partisan lies.

[hatrack]

38. Just for the record, and from the two guys who created HTML

"Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the
Internet and to promote and support its development.

No one person or even small group of persons exclusively "invented" the
Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among
people in government and the university community. But as the two people
who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the
Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a
Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to
our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of
time."

Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf

http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~fessler/misc/funny/gore,net.txt

[Taitertots]

45. The whole "Al Gore Invented the internet" Meme was pushed because he played such a large role in...

the development and expansion of the internet.

The internet benefits millions of people. The right needed a way to undermine the role of the government (specifically Al Gore) in the development of technology that benefits millions of people and created millions of jobs.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

58. Think about how stupid the average Republican is,...they don't write the legislation...

They let corporate lawyers do all of that and put their name on it after their lawyers look at it.

Then they take credit for it.

It's all ghost written.

These people are cast as spokesmodels. It's been that way since Reagan on the Republican side. The Democrats who are ACTUAL workhorses are hammering out details clause by clause. Republicans have to take everything to a lawyer for review because it's WAY over their head. I guarantee you that Paul Ryan didn't actually write the budget that is his claim to fame. He's a con artist. That's what it takes to be a Star. Kinda funny how someone is booked solid on all of the Sunday Talk and the appears EVERYWHERE after that on morning shows and yet in the middle of that schedule they manage to pump out a 91 page budget complete with charts and graphs including this absolute NONSENSE graph:



Because everyone knows current trends are fixed in stone for the next 70 years.

Meanwhile, the Paul Ryan Plan zeros the debt in 30 years.

[Cosmocat]

71. Not a chance

Agree totally on Ryan.

He has the bookish good looks, that is why he was chosen to be the pitch man for it.

But, he is a empty suit. Not a chance he came up with it.

[Turbineguy]

78. If it was not done that way

they would have to run smart people for office. Smart people are harder to control. During the shutdown CNBC had a teabagger congresscritter on every day. And no mater what they were asked, they gave the same answer.

They are taught a few talking points, shown a few cheapshots and think they are ready to govern.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

80. That's from Newt and his "Word List". The GOAL isn't to govern, it's to win an election.

[on point]

63. Another big lie. He was instrumental to seeing that DARPA was funded to create the web

The right wing meme is just another example of their inability to handle distinction and simplify down to what they can grasp, but then is almost always wrong

[cynzke]

64. Could be a problem....

He's selling material he plagiarized. Some one may have a financial claim or grounds for lawsuit?

[cui bono]

2. Okay, a book is much worse than a speech.

I hope this brings him down. Unfortunately his fans won't care, they don't read books.

I can't believe the way he tried to make the accusation about something it was not. He word saladed it to try to get people to think that the complaint was that he didn't give credit to the movie's screenwriters when he recounted a story from a movie. Not at all what happened or what was complained about. Weasel.

Glad Buzzfeed is continuing on this. Hope Maddow stays on it too.

[grantcart]

13. It will plague him now forever. The search is on for everything he ever wrote.

If they find a pattern then it could take him out.

[cui bono]

18. Yeah, it seems like they have found a pattern.

Catching up on Maddow from yesterday and now it's

2 Wikipedia entries in speeches - Maddow & Buzzfeed
1 AP story in a speech (or two?) - Politico
1 conservative think tank pamphlet in a book - Buzzfeed

And they're just getting started!

[Cosmocat]

37. No it won't

all due respect.

He is a republican.

For YEARS this POTUS was not legitimate because he was "born in Kenya" to the same people fawning over a clown who is half Canadian/half cubam or wtf Cruz is.

Just totally different rules for Rs vs Ds.

[grantcart]

49. If it is established that there is a pattern, repeat pattern

then writer's in the media will in fact keep bringing it up.


For them it is the equivalency of theft or quackery, but it is in their profession and they take it very personally, while a lot of other things that are more serious are forgiven. The media will make it into something, its one of the few things they actually do.

[Hekate]

62. That's a very good point, grantcart. nt

[Cosmocat]

70. maybe

I am skeptical.

It would end the career of a democrat for sure.

Not so sure they hold a republican to account for it.

[Alcibiades]

84. It didn't end Biden's career

He's the Vice President now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/2607505/Joe-Biden-plagiarised-Neil-Kinnock-speech.html

The difference is, of course, that Biden simply took the hook from Kinnock's speech and reworked it to apply to himself, whereas Paul is a serial plagiarizer.

Though I do agree that Reublicans are more likely to be given a pass on this, and other things, by the so-called "liberal" media.

[Enrique]

68. and worse than a book is legislation

the text of which corporatist legislators sometimes get verbatim from corporations.

[Coyotl]

3. K&R

Mr. Sloppy.

[Heather MC]

10. More like Mr. Lazy

I hope THIS buries him. but we all know HIS supporters don't care much fer da reedin' and der ritein'

[VanillaRhapsody]

51. Not lazy...phony! Mr Phony

He IS the living breathing embodiment of astroturf.

[Tikki]

4. He needs to pay more to get better ghost writers..

before he puts his name on anything as the author...



Tikki

[mazzarro]

52. He should not be allowed to blame these on "ghost writers"

Most "ghost writers" would do better job attributing to sources because their livelihood depend on what they write. Rand Paul's aim has been all for his selfish political promotion only. He wants to be noted as a serious political intellectual as well.

[Tikki]

54. I was thinking he prob writes little himself…you are correct, he should do this himself...

Sounds like he might be a procrastinator and then tries to fill in at the last minute...



Tikki

[MANative]

5. Further proof that this moran has never had...

an original thought, and the thoughts he shares publicly are nothing but intellectual (and I use the term only in its legal sense) theft.

[Scuba]

32. +1

[ladym55]

6. What a lazy weasel

This is just so college freshman .... Huh ... So I can't copy and paste stuff from the Internet for my term paper?

[Aldo Leopold]

7. What a fucking idiot

Plagiarism just makes my blood boil!

[TeeYiYi]

8. Fer embarrasin.' ..nt

TYY

[Hekate]

9. Rand old buddy old pal, that kind of thing will get you flunked from class ...

... and get your entire master's thesis or doctoral dissertation tossed in the shredder.

Dr. Maddow put him on notice, and now a whole lot of others are looking into what he's published and said.

Ron Paul is a Doctor of Medicine, but it sure looks like his son and heir has been coasting along.

[hatrack]

39. It's OK, he'll just create his own dissertation panel in a separate university

[certainot]

50. seems like a pattern that might also show up in his schoolwork- if so, it should null his degree

right?

[Hekate]

61. Too late for that, but it sure could cause embarrassment

That is, if he's capable of embarrasment, or if any of his followers care.

The reason that Doris Kearns Goodwin suffered as much as she did over an unattributed passage (which iirc she blamed on an errant 3X5 card) is that she is a serious historian/commenter and has standards -- as do her peers. She really paid for that lapse.

Rand is or may be operating in a post-academic-standards universe in which Wikipedia is an extension of your brain and doesn't have to be cited. Or something. There certainly seems to be some combination of ignorance, arrogance, and entitlement at work.

We'll see how this plays out.

[ecstatic]

69. I was thinking the same thing! nt

[adieu]

11. Everyone is going to go through

all his spoken and published words to match them to prior works. He'll be crucified when his numbers are way higher than anyone else's.

[arely staircase]

12. aqua budha busted nt

[Major Nikon]

14. This story keeps getting bigger and bigger

It was broke originally by Rachel Maddow and Rand (who is a shitstain slavery apologist) called her a "hater" of all things. Now karma is beating the living shit out of him. Rachel is having a ball lambasting him over it.

[Historic NY]

15. Aqua Buddha the cheater.

[SDjack]

16. Rand Paul's supporters likely see this development this way: Satan knew what Rand would write,

so he caused authors in the past to publish Rand's future work as their own. That is, authors of the past actually plagiarized Rand of the future, as arranged by Satan.

[Rebellious Republican]

40. Spot on.....

[TxDemChem]

17. Well, it seems his minor son likes to be three sheets to the wind

Lol, now he likes to be three sheets to plagiarism. Sorry, had to get that joke out.

[japple]

19. He is a real creep. Are we entirely sure he is a human? Seems

to be something like a clone or either an alien.

[ZRT2209]

20. I still think it's worse that his goon stomped a tiny woman into the gutter.

[Blue Owl]

21. Rand lets the tank do the thinking

n/t

[SHRED]

23. stupid is as stupid does

[nikto]

24. Righty Media is rushing to his defense as we speak

Politifact to the rescue! (and showing its true colors in the process).

Other sources will spring to his defense (partly via offense against his critics).

Just watch.

[msongs]

25. wonder if he plagarizes diagnoses for his "patients" lol nt

[rdharma]

26. I miss Gen. J.C. Christian!

[pansypoo53219]

27. butbutbut footnotes. right?

[SoapBox]

28. Yawn...I wouldn't expect anything different.

And the impotent media won't touch the story nor FuksFake News.

If it were to go anyplace...it would all be a mistake AND Heritage will say it is ok.

Lastly, PukeBaggers will never even hear of this.

...depressing that he pays no price.

[Politicalboi]

29. Even Palin used ghost writers

Dumber than Palin is hopefully going to be his demise. Does Wikipedia have resignation speeches already written?

[Gore1FL]

60. I didn't see any, however, they might use this as a resource to "write" one:

http://www.sample-resignation-letters.com/p376600-famous-peoples-letters-of-resignation.cfm

[pacalo]

30. This is the second incident of plagiarism that's been reported about Paul.

The first was reported by Rachel Maddow; it was in regard to a speech Paul had made.

[arthritisR_US]

31. First, send this to Rachael Maddow. Second, I

think this should finally put the nail in his coffin to any success at a presidential run!

[deancr]

33. Rut row

This is just the kind of thing that will get him kicked out of the functionaries village in Galtville.

[surrealAmerican]

34. only three?

I wonder what the rest of it is copied from, or who even wrote it.

[Berlum]

35. Republicon "values." As usual.

nt

[SunSeeker]

41. Sounds like Rand has never had an original thought in his life.

His politics were spoon fed to him by his crazy daddy.

[Javaman]

42. ayn rand paul the bart simpson of congress...

Lisa: This biography of Bart came out awfully quickly. It's not even
about him!
Bart: Sure it is! Look at the cover.
Lisa: But inside it's mostly about Ross Perot, and the last two
chapters are excerpts from the Oliver North trial.

[LibGranny]

43. Check his college coursework if plagiarism comes so easily for him he's

probably been doing this for YEARS! Going back to the days when he was supposed to be getting an education!

[jsr]

47. +1.

[JCMach1]

83. +1000

[Botany]

44. The man is a serial cheater because when he had trouble getting medical credentials

.... aka his license from the American board of Opthalmology he invented his own group
the National Board of Opthalmology.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/rand-paul-not-board-certi_n_611018.html

[Rebellious Republican]

46. Two things about this.....

First, his teabagger base would need to be able to read, second for those that can, do not care!

[CanonRay]

48. So he's a thief, cheat, and liar

We didn't know this already? Do we think this matters to his base?

[Scurrilous]

53. K & R

[JHB]

57. Didn't Ayn Rand have a problem with "takers" leeching off the work and creativity of others?

A nod to blogger Driftglass for pointing out that Rand Paul's speeches and books would be disqualified from the annual Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest, which forbids plagarism:

Essay must be solely the work of the entrant. Plagiarism will result in disqualification. Essays must not infringe on any third party rights or intellectual property of any person, company, or organization. By submitting an essay to this Contest, the entrant agrees to indemnify the Ayn Rand Institute for any claim, demand, judgment, or other allegation arising from possible violation of someone’s trademark, copyright, or other legally protected interest in any way in the entrant’s essay.

If Ayn Rand's entire body of work could be summarized in a single sentence it would be this: One, long, often poorly-written and two-dimensional primal scream against anyone ever expropriating someone else's labor for any reason whatsoever.

But Rand Paul doesn't even see a problem with expropriating someone else's labor himself.

That's the real "sense of entitlement" in the world today, folks.

[louis-t]

59. Conservatives have to cheat.

It's the only way they can win. Entitlement mentality. Here he is folks, the laziest man alive.

[SoapBox]

65. And in TRUE Bully fashion...

he got all twitchy this morning on ABC about this and then just starts name-calling against those that found him out.

SO typical of a Bully.

[cantbeserious]

66. Nice Knowing You Rand - Enjoy The Forced Retirement

eom

[struggle4progress]

67. And it's three more years until his re-election campaign

[maindawg]

72. what a fool

he is a serial plagiarizer. Good lord these tea people are world class idiots. I love the dear in the headlights look in his eye. Vapid. absolutely vapid.
He still does not understand what he did wrong. Neither do his supporters.

[JEFF9K]

73. And Republicans give Obama hell for using a teleprompter?

[B Calm]

76. LOL, and so true!!

[tofuandbeer]

74. He looks so comfortable in that photo (sarcasm)

[underpants]

79. Caption - I pooped a hammer

[nikto]

75. Awww...

Some of the words do match up, but...
It's just a coincidence.

[liberal N proud]

77. Proving once again, the republicans have no respect for copyright laws

Or any law for that matter.

All the songs they play at their campaign rallies without permission and articles and books that are plagiarized.

[rustydog]

81. Man, you better pull this post FAST!

Or get in line, 'cause Rank Paul wants to duel with you haters!
I hope you can shoot

[JCMach1]

82. I predicted this!

Probably more out there...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=639290