At first Yr Wonkette was going to leave this whole "Rand Paul plagiarism" thing reasonably alone, at least when it was just his speechwriters cribbing movie summaries from Wikipedia. It's the sort of dumb frat-boy-writing-a-research-paper kind of idiocy that probably goes on all the time, albeit less clumsily. Good for a one-off post on a slow day, but frankly we thought frequent Wonkette-weird-sex-dream beneficiary Rachel Maddow was going a little overboard. But then there was his
"I found a good way to fool people is to copy the text onto a language translator. Copy and paste the result to be translated into another language. Finally, translate back into English. Nobody will be able to google to see where it came from or what the meaning of what he is saying.
Also I have a small program for writers who used the "cut" technique. Just paste in the text and extracted random words. All you have to do is put a little differently in the middle and becomes art of poetry or whatever."
I don't know. It still comes across as a little too... coherent, I think... for Small Paul.
Unless you're a Blah President pushing health insurance for everyone - then the ole Heritage Foundation can change its mind faster than a prom date who just sobered up.
The Editor of "The Week" doesn't mind having his stuff copied?
Isn't that magazine a print aggregator of the work of other sources? Of course he doesn't mind - it wasn't his to start with. He's just passing that shit through like a spastic colon.
Yes, it ended his Presidential campaign in 1988. He had previously cited Kinnock as the inspiration for a speech but neglected to do so at the Iowa State Fair, when Dukakis aides were recording. <em>Dukakis</em> wound up firing his campaign manager when he discovered the lack of attribution was an aberration.
For what it&#039;s worth, Biden&#039;s speech, while incorporating themes and retaining the structure of Kinnock&#039;s, at least changed the words, it wasn&#039;t verbatim like Paul&#039;s cribbing.
Rand Paul was talking with University of Louisville medical students when one of them tossed him a softball. &quot;The majority of med students here today have a comprehensive exam tomorrow. I&#039;m just wondering if you have any last-minute advice.&quot; (Steve Brodner)
&quot;Actually, I do,&quot; said the ophthalmologist-turned-senator, who stays sharp (and keeps his license) by doing pro bono eye surgeries during congressional breaks. &quot;I never, ever cheated. I don&#039;t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.&quot;*
*from Jill Lawrence at National Journal (see how easy that is, Rand?)
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/us/politics/aft...">http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
maybe Rand can get a room at the clinic with Rob Ford
Progressively delusional.
Let&#039;s give it a try:
&quot;I found a good way to fool people is to copy the text onto a language translator. Copy and paste the result to be translated into another language. Finally, translate back into English. Nobody will be able to google to see where it came from or what the meaning of what he is saying.
Also I have a small program for writers who used the &quot;cut&quot; technique. Just paste in the text and extracted random words. All you have to do is put a little differently in the middle and becomes art of poetry or whatever.&quot;
I don&#039;t know. It still comes across as a little too... coherent, I think... for Small Paul.
Unless you&#039;re a Blah President pushing health insurance for everyone - then the ole Heritage Foundation can change its mind faster than a prom date who just sobered up.
The Editor of &quot;The Week&quot; doesn&#039;t mind having his stuff copied?
Isn&#039;t that magazine a print aggregator of the work of other sources? Of course he doesn&#039;t mind - it wasn&#039;t his to start with. He&#039;s just passing that shit through like a spastic colon.
and consistent.
My review of all of Paul&#039;s speeches, articles and books:
<blockquote>&quot;Zhil-bil korol kogda-to, pree nyom blokha zhila&quot; It stinks.</blockquote>
Yes, it ended his Presidential campaign in 1988. He had previously cited Kinnock as the inspiration for a speech but neglected to do so at the Iowa State Fair, when Dukakis aides were recording. <em>Dukakis</em> wound up firing his campaign manager when he discovered the lack of attribution was an aberration.
For what it&#039;s worth, Biden&#039;s speech, while incorporating themes and retaining the structure of Kinnock&#039;s, at least changed the words, it wasn&#039;t verbatim like Paul&#039;s cribbing.
Rand Paul was talking with University of Louisville medical students when one of them tossed him a softball. &quot;The majority of med students here today have a comprehensive exam tomorrow. I&#039;m just wondering if you have any last-minute advice.&quot; (Steve Brodner)
&quot;Actually, I do,&quot; said the ophthalmologist-turned-senator, who stays sharp (and keeps his license) by doing pro bono eye surgeries during congressional breaks. &quot;I never, ever cheated. I don&#039;t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.&quot;*
*from Jill Lawrence at National Journal (see how easy that is, Rand?)
Hans Christian Anderson LIBEL!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn. Obviously I can&#039;t use that excellent example of citation for my Grade 11&#039;s.
I actually have that on a dvd. Every once in a while I watch it, and it still reduces me to helpless tears. (of laughter, obvs)
Dear Republicans, Would you quit electing clowns? It is embarrassing. MG
*Hangs head in shame*
Please let it be words. I like a blood-soaked gore-fest.
Rand Paul: &#039;If Dueling Were Legal In Kentucky..&#039;
If stupidity were ILLEGAL, we would all be mercifully spared having to deal with dolts like this shameless dissembler.