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North Carolina Senate candidate plagiarizes from plagiarizer Rand Paul
by Hunter
It looks like the shoe is on the other foot now. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), still wobbly from his own gymnastic attempts to not understand what plagiarism is, has himself been enswippened from:
And word for word here means word for word, and paragraph for paragraph. I can see why Sen. Dr. Rand Paul supports this would-be Sen. Dr. Greg Brannon fellow!
by Hunter
It looks like the shoe is on the other foot now. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), still wobbly from his own gymnastic attempts to not understand what plagiarism is, has himself been enswippened from:
But now it appears that Mr. Paul has also been the possible victim of literary larceny himself; he has apparently had his own material lifted without credit.
The campaign website of a Republican candidate for the United States Senate in North Carolina, Greg Brannon, who Mr. Paul supports, includes descriptions of various policy positions that match those of Mr. Pauls 2010 campaign website word for word.
And word for word here means word for word, and paragraph for paragraph. I can see why Sen. Dr. Rand Paul supports this would-be Sen. Dr. Greg Brannon fellow!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/08/1254157/-North-Carolina-senate-candidate-plagiarizes-from-plagiarizer-Rand-Paul
The Republicans are giving new meaning to the words "echo chamber".
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North Carolina Senate candidate plagiarizes from plagiarizer Rand Paul (Original Post)
Bjorn Against
Nov 2013
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giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)1. Considering none of them have two brain cells to rub together
I am not really surprised. On top of that they are just pawns for their corporate masters so they probably just upload crap sent from them anyways.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)2. These people don't actually "read"
and assume the same of others.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)3. You will be assimilated. Resistence is futile
Sounds like the Borg really exists. They're better known as the Tea Party. They might as well have implants hanging out of where their brains ought to be.