Obama Plagiarizes Speech
Filed under: Barack ObamaBarack Obama has been criticized for plagiarizing a speech during a campaign stop this past weekend and not being upfront about it.
The similarities between the Democratic presidential hopeful and a speech made by by Deval Patrick, the current Democratic governor of Massachusetts, back in October 2006 are striking.
Barack blatantly copied several lines and linguistic speech patterns from Deval's "Just Words" speech for Obama's own "Words Matter" speech in Wisconsin.
Click here to check out a side by side comparison of both speeches!
Posted: February 18, 2008 at 7:57 am
For your information, Barack Obama's "words matter" WAS NOT A PLANNED SPEECH. He was responding to an attack Hillary made against him just minutes before, where she said words don't matter. So he hardly plagiarized something if he was just talking off-the-cuff.
BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BY READING THIS WEB SITE BECAUSE PEREZ IS AS BIASED AND FALSE AS FOX NEWS.
Perez,
honestly this website should have nothing to do with politics. its fine to inspire people to vote and endorse a candidate, but anything you write about Obama is negative and you are going to lose a lot of dedicated readers this way. stop being one sided with the slander just because you know Hilary is in t-r-o-u-b-l-e.
i ignore a lot of things on here that i dont agree with, but i keep reading because i love this site and the info. but seriously, think about what your doing, and keep the stories to the celebs.
omg what a sociopath! he is such a FAKE!!!
OBAMA IS NOT A POOR CANDIDATE JUST BECAUSE PEREZ SUPPORTS HILARY
DON'T LET PEREZ HILTON BE YOUR SOURCE FOR POLITICAL NEWS, PEOPLE!!
Not only is he muslim, and we are letting the enemy in right before our eyes but he is a cheat! I don't trust him. I don't trust any of the candidates. Sad!
Yellow Journalism. Read about it, Perez! Go OBAMA!!!
Perez, Deval endorsed Obama, their campaigns were very similar on the fact that they are running on inspiration and change, I'm sure Deval is more than fine that Obama is using his speech, they're practically best friends
A better education? He earned a Law degree from Harvard and was the first visible minority to be the editor-in-chief of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. And he is a senator from Chicago.
In the history of mankind, there is no one who has not restated other's words. Your attack on Obama is really childish.
If you listen carefully Obama says those things and then says they are just words, just speeches, is he not just saying things from past speeches?
Re: heather –
you are a fucking idiot.
Do you actually think any of these people ever write any of their own speeches anyways? HARDLY!
YOU LOSER PEREZ!!!!! ugghhh it makes me so mad when you put this shit up. Just stick to the celebrity drivvle, ok? That's what you're good at.
he said "just words, just speeches"
so obviously he knows he took it from another
hes trying to make a point…
First: It is no that secret that Barack Obama and Deval Patrick are good FRIENDS!
Second: Barack endorsed Deval Patrick in his run for governor and was a crucial aid in his campaign against Carey Healy, which Patrick won in a landslide.
Third: If anything, they probably share the same political advisers and writing staff.
Fourth: Stop posting such tasteless propaganda. Hillary's campaign is already so tainted by such unprofessional behavior. This is exactly the type of attiude one expects from Republicans and not from other democrats.
I'm not going to look at this site again. Go elsewhere for celebrity gossip.
Re: Clay – Actually Clay they share the same speechwriter. So maybe you should blame the man behind the both of them for using the same fodder for the both of their speeches. Learn what you speak of instead of assuming that a fat-ass slovenly self-hating gossip monger actually know what he is saying. Do some research, which is something that perez is not doing. First he backs Obama but then honestly what happened that made him do such a 180. Perhaps he is getting paid to put all of this on his page, I wouldn't discount it.
Perez, I don't begrudge you your success as a gossip-monger, but shut the fuck up about politics unless you are going to show the teeniest bit of intelligence and fairness about it. You know, by at least admitting your posting is an attempt to be in favor of Hillary. (Who, by the way, looks like you.)
Okay - I am done with this website. Moving on to a gossip site that really is just that!
Driving a wedge in the democratic voters is only going to help Republicans in the end. Is that what you want?
OBAMA IS AN IDIOT FULL OF HOT AIR! HILLARY FOR PRES 08!!!!!!!! HILLARY FOR PRES 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i gotta tell you….you're ruining my fun on this site. i love coming to check out gossip here and normally think your hilarious, but the negative obama shit is wearing me out. stick to what you know…celebrity gossip. i'm sure all your fans would appreciate it.
That doesn't mean anything. Nobody writes their own speeches and nobody in the world has completely original thoughts. I mean look at your website all you do is spew out information and slang terms regurgitated from other people. I don't understand why you post bad stories on Obama when you claim you'd be happy with either Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton. And do you fail to remember that Clinton was a Republican for a long time!
i'm a big fan, dude, but seriously…you should stick to hollywood and leave washington to the political analysts. you're gonna lose a lot of us.
Perez,
I know this is your blog, and you can do what you goddamn like, but…
Do us a favor and stay out of Politics. Like, all the way out. You are only alientating your fans with this BS. Your fans don't tune in for your opinions on Obama, you know, they want to hear you talk about britney or lindsay instead. Know your role. I know I will stop coming here if you don't get off your soap box soon… I mean, you must know it yourself… don't you hate when celebs give their opinions in this manner? Like, just because you are famous, you are a qualified political pundit now? Give me a break. Stick with the gossip, please!! Seriously, this is tired.
Re: heather – Wow…you're a fucking idiot…
His team is trying to spin this and blame his speech writers. They're saying Mr Obama does not write his own speeches. Of course he doesn’t write his own speeches…he copies them, duh! Seriously, why would anyone fall for this phony, let alone vote for him, is beyond me. He is such an a$$h0le, Mr. “I’m black” Obama. Dude, your black dad left when you were young. It was your WHITE mom who made ends meet to raise you and that’s how you repay her? Have you notice, he never brings out his mom to stump for him? You need to learn a lot from Tiger Woods. Tiger’s dad once said to never call him black because by solely calling Tiger a black man, you are demeaning his mom’s Asian heritage. Now that’s a real man, that Tiger Woods. Obama…big loser jerk.
Go Hillary!!!
Alot of people think that he is the Devil. They don't trust anything about him. All they know is that he keeps saying ”' change”'.
Maybe the change he has to offer will be our downfall.
VOTE FOR HILLARY, WE KNOW HER SECRET'S. WE DON'T KNOW HIS. HE IS A REPUBLICAN PRETENDING TO BE DEMOCRAT, NICE MOVE.
how much does perez get paid by hillary's campaign to post her BS?! i am going to boycott perezhilton.com. ive always been a perez fan, but i cant deal with his hillary hyperbole. hes 'endorsing' clinton and im really tired of his blatent rhetoric / lies. you cant expect to endorse the antichrist and not lose some fans. please join me if you agree.
hes a z-lister with a celebrity gossip website / paint program. hes not qualified to present facts about presidential candidates. but there are a million people who read his site daily and unfortunately a lot will just believe what he says instead of doing research themselves.
STAY OUT OF POLITICS PEREZ.
First off, Deval Patrick has endorsed Obama. So I'm sure Patrick isn't going to sue for plagiarism. Secondly, you are a little biased Perez considering you support Hilary. I'll get my political news from CNN thanks, stick to what you are good at (gossiping).
P.s. Can't spell Hilary without LIAR… just thought you should know.
RESPONSE:
"In a telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Patrick said that he and Mr. Obama first talked about the attacks from their respective rivals last summer, when Mrs. Clinton was raising questions about Mr. Obama’s experience, and that they discussed them again last week.
Both men had anticipated that Mr. Obama’s rhetorical strength would provide a point of criticism. Mr. Patrick said he told Mr. Obama that he should respond to the criticism, and he shared language from his campaign with Mr. Obama’s speechwriters.
Mr. Patrick said he did not believe Mr. Obama should give him credit.
“Who knows who I am? The point is more important than whose argument it is,” said Mr. Patrick…"
When I heard Obama using the "I have a dream" line in one of his speeches, that did it for me. I was liking him less and less, but now I just cannot stand him. Like others said, he is unoriginal. While he may be a good speaker, is that enough to be a good president? And I'm from Illinois and I cannot tell you one thing that he has done for this state that was memorable.
I certainly hope that when Obama wins the nomination that you will support him then, Perez! Your flack work for Hillary is as tired as you are….
stop posting about politics - no one wants a biased source, and you're turning into a LA version of rush limbaugh
I have always been a proud Democrat, but, if Obama win, I would rather have McCain as president. Obama really scares me. I associate him with the anti-christ, he came out of nowhere and the people we all in awe of him……and his roots are from the East….scary!!!!!!
Barack Obama is not as convincing as Deval. Barack you should NOT be the next president!
This smear of Obama might be true except Deval Patrick said Obama could use his words in his speeches, and that's from an article in the NY Times. So before you so willingly seek to smear Obama try and do some research first.
There Prez goes again pimping HILARY. For some reason Prez is really into the Clintons, maybe he has a crush on BILLY BOY. So lets get real PREZ face it ,your team is losing. So Sorry.
Obama sucks!
Perez you are so biased, sorry to tell you this ISNT effecting anyone's views on Obama so GET OVER IT.
hillary still suckkks
Re: Geronimo – NATIVES DONT OWN SHIT AROUND HERE, WHITE PEOPLE STOLE IT LONG TIME AGO
Deval Patrick is apart of his campaign and gave Obama permission to say those things. CHECK YOUR FACTS!
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is funded entirely by grassroots supporters like you. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama does not accept money from special interest groups and Washington lobbyists. As a result:
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Health Insurance Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Oil Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Weapons Industry
Instead, Senator Obama truly represents the change we can believe in because his only obligation is to the best interests of the American people, made possible by individual supporters like you.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is funded entirely by grassroots supporters like you. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama does not accept money from special interest groups and Washington lobbyists. As a result:
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Health Insurance Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Oil Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Weapons Industry
Instead, Senator Obama truly represents the change we can believe in because his only obligation is to the best interests of the American people, made possible by individual supporters like you.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is funded entirely by grassroots supporters like you. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama does not accept money from special interest groups and Washington lobbyists. As a result:
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Health Insurance Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Oil Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Weapons Industry
Instead, Senator Obama truly represents the change we can believe in because his only obligation is to the best interests of the American people, made possible by individual supporters like you.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is funded entirely by grassroots supporters like you. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama does not accept money from special interest groups and Washington lobbyists. As a result:
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Health Insurance Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Oil Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Weapons Industry
Instead, Senator Obama truly represents the change we can believe in because his only obligation is to the best interests of the American people, made possible by individual supporters like you.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is funded entirely by grassroots supporters like you. Unlike Hillary Clinton, Senator Obama does not accept money from special interest groups and Washington lobbyists. As a result:
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Health Insurance Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Oil Industry
-Barack Obama owes nothing to the Weapons Industry
Instead, Senator Obama truly represents the change we can believe in because his only obligation is to the best interests of the American people, made possible by individual supporters like you.
Well OF COURSE he'd CHEAT!
DUDE is SCAAAARRRYYYYYY–
VOTE HILLARY. She's AWESOME!
Perez, STOP talking about things you do not understand. You are incredibly biased and clearly not getting all the facts before launching your ridiculous attacks on Obama. Your site is not supposed to be about politics, as in this field you are CLEARLY out of your league. First of all, read the NY Times. Patrick WANTED Obama to use those words to defend some Hilary criticism. He didn't want credit because the message was important. Also, how original was Patrick's speech really? It's just a lot of famous quotes that ALL OF US KNOW (except maybe not you, as uneducated as you appear to be). Also, Patrick is a firm supporter of Obama (not sure if you knew that either). My point: I understand using your "media powers" for your own purposes or to back a candidate, but RESEARCH THE FACTS before you publish propoganda bullshit.
Oh, and where are your Clinton criticisms? What about when she called BILL to come debate for her? Or all the times she pretends to cry? Or how about how she voted yes for the war but now claims to be against it, just to jive with the Democratic platform?
I won't be back. You just crossed a line.
Whatever Perez. I've been looking at your dumb site for four years now as a guilty pleasure. But now, I'm done with you. You have lost one long-time viewer, due to your stupid attempt to tabloidize the Democratic presidential race. Why don't you lose some weight and earn an honest living on something other than promoting the rotten crap that you do.
STOP HATING ON OBAMA!!! YOU SHOULD POST PICS (TEAM BILL) RATHER THAN TEAM PEREZ…. WE ALL KNOW HE WOULD BE RUNNING THE OFFICE IF HILLARY IS IN OFFICE. TIME FOR CHANGE PEOPLE!!! WE LABEL HUMANS RETARDS IF WE DO THE SAME SHIT OVER & OVER AGAIN BUT EXPECT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME!!!!
Why are you guys so focused on colour and gender? If it talks like 'every other rich WHITE MALE politician', and walks like 'every other rich WHITE MALE' politician then its probably just another ….
perez i love you because you're not afraid to tell it like it is! thanks for supporting hillary!
xoxo
February 15, 2008
Obama's Gloomy Big-Government Vision
By Lawrence Kudlow
Senator Barack Obama is very gloomy about America, and he's aligning himself with the liberal wing of the Democratic party in hopes of coming to the nation's rescue. His proposal? Big-government planning, spending, and taxing — exactly what the nation and the stock market doesn't want to hear.
Obama unveiled much of his economic strategy in Wisconsin this week: He wants to spend $150 billion on a green-energy plan. He wants to establish an infrastructure investment bank to the tune of $60 billion. He wants to expand health insurance by roughly $65 billion. He wants to "reopen" trade deals, which is another way of saying he wants to raise the barriers to free trade. He intends to regulate the profits for drug companies, health insurers, and energy firms. He wants to establish a mortgage-interest tax credit. He wants to double the number of workers receiving the earned-income tax credit (EITC) and triple the EITC benefit for minimum-wage workers.
The Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion. And tax hikes on the rich won't pay for it. It's the middle class that will ultimately shoulder this fiscal burden in terms of higher taxes and lower growth.
This isn't free enterprise. It's old-fashioned-liberal tax, and spend, and regulate. It's plain ol' big government. The only people who will benefit are the central planners in Washington.
perez, i am sick and tired of you trying to come up with dirt on obama. you, as a hillary supporter, are obviously intimidated by his recent sweep in the primaries, and thus feel the need to do your small insignificant part to slow down his campaign. these speeches are similar, but they are also pretty generic. both reference certain inspirational speeches to be "just words," but that is not that uncommon.
please stop posting these sly anti-obama posts. i am not impressed.
continuation of my previous post..
Obama would like voters to believe that he's the second coming of JFK. But with his unbelievable spending and new-government-agency proposals he's looking more and more like Jimmy Carter. His is a "Grow the Government Bureaucracy Plan," and it's totally at odds with investment and business.
Obama says he wants U.S. corporations to stop "shipping jobs overseas" and bring their cash back home. But if he really wanted U.S. companies to keep more of their profits in the states he'd be calling for a reduction in the corporate tax rate. Why isn't he demanding an end to the double-taxation of corporate earnings? It's simple: He wants higher taxes, too.
really? didn't you used to be FOR obama?
didn't you also say you'd love an OBAMA/HILLARY ticket?
so why are you bashing him, and not hillary?
your opinions matter to no one apprently
Perez.. honey it is called speech writer. and all of them do the same thing even Hillary's speech writers.. why do you continue to think she is a saint… please watch Primary Colors…. You might learn something!!! or two.
another continuation..
The Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore has done the math on Obama's tax plan. He says it will add up to a 39.6 percent personal income tax, a 52.2 percent combined income and payroll tax, a 28 percent capital-gains tax, a 39.6 percent dividends tax, and a 55 percent estate tax.
Not only is Obama the big-spending candidate, he's also the very-high-tax candidate. And what he wants to tax is capital.
Doesn't Obama understand the vital role of capital formation in creating businesses and jobs? Doesn't he understand that without capital, businesses can't expand their operations and hire more workers?
Dan Henninger, writing in Thursday's Wall Street Journal, notes that Obama's is a profoundly pessimistic message. "Strip away the new coat of paint from the Obama message and what you find is not only familiar," writes Henninger. "It's a downer."
I can see that you are a fan of Hillary and I applaud your endorsement but these attacks on Obama only serve to create discord within the democratic party. You end up sounding like Fox news. I think you should stick to applauding her and stop attacking him. We want a democrat to win for god's sake!! Don't keep doing the republicans work for them.
Obama wants you to believe that America is in trouble, and that it can only be cured with a big lurch to the left. Take from the rich and give to the non-rich. Redistribute income and wealth. It's an age-old recipe for economic disaster. It completely ignores incentives for entrepreneurs, small family-owned businesses, and investors. You can't have capitalism without capital. But Obama would penalize capital, be it capital from corporations or investors. This will only harm, and not advance, opportunities for middle-class workers.
Obama believes he can use government, and not free markets, to drive the economy. But on taxes, trade, and regulation, Obama's program is anti-growth. A President Obama would steer us in the social-market direction of Western Europe, which has produced only stagnant economies down through the years. It would be quite an irony. While newly emerging nations in Eastern Europe and Asia are lowering the tax penalties on capital — and reaping the economic rewards — Obama would raise them. Low-rate flat-tax plans are proliferating around the world. Yet Obama completely ignores this. American competitiveness would suffer enormously under Obama, as would job opportunities, productivity, and real wages.
end
Imitate the failures of Germany, Norway, and Sweden? That's no way to run economic policy.
I have so far been soft on Obama this election season. In many respects he is a breath of fresh air. He's an attractive candidate with an appealing approach to politics. Obama is likeable, and sometimes he gets it — such as when he opposed Hillary Clinton's five-year rate-freeze on mortgages.
But his message is pessimism, not hope. And behind the charm and charisma is a big-government bureaucrat who would take us down the wrong economic road.
Lawrence Kudlow is a former Reagan economic advisor, a syndicated columnist, and the host of CNBC's Kudlow & Company. Visit his blog, Kudlow's Money Politics.
That is a very common comparison that more than one person has made. Please, your intelligent readers beg you, stop publishing this biased crap. Hillary is bad news for this country.
BY THE WAY, I MEANT WHAT I SAID: I'M DONE WITH YOUR SITE.
Good going Perez, you just lost a lot of viewers, judging by the comments.
Seriously, I hope you learn a lesson: Don't talk about things you don't/probably never will understand.
Or at least go back to school and learn something before you try to sway people who are intellectually superior to you, and WILL call you on your bullshit.
Its not plagiarism if you have approval of the first writer….Deval Patrick has endorsed Obama and they represent the same thing for this country. You need to get your facts straight if you are voting for Hilary. You think this is bad? I can send you pages upon pages of much worse things Hilary and her cronies have done
I SAY WE BOYCOTT THIS IDIOT AND SEND ALL OF THIS RACIST PROPOGANDA CRAP THAT HE PROMOTES ON HIS SITE TO VH1 AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!
I USUALLY WATCH YOUR SHOWS ON TV AND USED TO THINK THAT YOU WERE REALLY FUNNY BUT NOW IM JUST DISGUSTED. WRITING VH1. WHO'S WITH ME????
Why dont you start posting negative things about Hillary. SO BIASED.
When someone says something cliched like 'words dont matter', people can respond in the same way. Fuck yes they matter, look at the bible, I have a dream, Abe Lincoln.
Big deal, we all like the same words.
perez!
what is yo' beef with barak?
Either is better than that fundamentalist douche bag mccain.
I expected more from you, sir.
Love,
Amy
Honestly, I would take a recycled speech from Obama than the insincere words of a deceitful person like Hillary. I know you bascially suck Hillary's balls Perez ( and we know she has them) but I don't trust aher and never will. Heaven forbid a candidate have the capacity to inspire.
To quote Hillary Clinton: "Let's get real…." (Her latest talking point launched this past weekend in Wisconsin, which she actually did visit for a few hours or so). The conversation is (I know what "is" means) a pathetic waste of time. We all merely need to look to the Clinton Legacy. Bill Clinton's legacy IS this: He gave us George Bush. Bill Clinton's hubris, arrogance, smarminess and unpresidential "activities" galvanized the Republicans against Al Gore. Had it not been for Bill Clinton's "leadership," an ironclad leadership he is trying to peddle on behalf of his wife today, Al Gore would have been the 2000 president. The only additional thing I have to say is, "I remember. I lived through the Clinton years. We have Bill and Hillary Clinton to thank for delivering George Bush to us." And, people are honestly supporting another Clinton White House? To quote Bill Clinton: "Give me a break."
Re: Sick of the fat bastard – Sounds good, I think I'll start
Beg, borrow, or steal from another man's speech - that's politics. But when called out on your political ways, give credit for your inspiration - that's integrity. Obama should learn from Vanilla Ice, Ice Baby.
He was quoting MLK's "I have a dream" speech. How many black leaders do you think have used quotes from Martin Luther King's speech before?!?!?!
You've got to be kidding me Perez. I have been an avid supporter and reader of yours for over a year now, but we may as well begin grouping you in the same category as Fox News.
Your credibility is now SHOT with me after posting ignorance such as this.
I voted for Deval Patrick and I will vote for Barack Obama. Patrick is a big supporter of Obama, and had endorsed him so perhaps gave permission to use ideas from his speech. You are going to make a big deal over 15 seconds of one speech?
I lost respect for Hillary when she did not dump Bill's ass over Monica Lewinsky and all the other incidents. Stand on your own girl!
All these negative views of Obama are getting to the point of being offensive. If you are going to slam one candidate multiple times, then slam them all! Those speeches are similar, but not the same. The fact that you insinuate that Obama has plagiarized is one step too far. And as for the flags, Che is a symbol of change and a testament to the impact that one single person can have on the world if they try. I'd rather have a presidential candidate who attempts to do something new with a Che Guevara flag on his wall than one more Clinton or one more Republican with Bush's same old policies in office.
Those are some of the most quoted phrases in our history and to say that Obama has stolen them from someone is just beyond me. Perhaps Obama shares the same speech writer as the other guy. I would love to see a female president but Hilary is not that woman. Did you ever think of what all her years of experience will do for this country? Well, it will be 4 years of her repaying every political favor she has ever made and that will do nothing but keep us in this downward spiral that the current idiot has left us in. I also feel that Hilary is out of touch with my generation. I am also sick of the same two names (Bush and Clinton) being in office. New blood with empowering ideas will only get America back on top. It will be hard because we owe so much money to countries like China and Japan on loans to fund this "War of Terror" that had not a fucking thing to do with Iraq and everything to do with Osama Bin Laden but I feel that Obama will get us out of this situation eventually. I hope that everyone votes this year-It will be a very important election.
you're an idiot perez. the obama and patrick campaigns are/were run by the same people.
stop hating. hillary sucks. get over yourself.
PEREZ YOU ARE MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF BY POSTING RIDICULOUS STUFF LIKE THIS. ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS YOU'VE SAID ABOUT OBAMA SO FAR DON'T MAKE A GOOD ARGUMENT AGAINST HIM. IT ALL JUST LOOKS LIKE A PATHETIC ATTEMPT TO SMEAR HIS NAME. AND YOU FAIL MISERABLY.
Ok, so I thought you crossed the line with the whole Isaiah Washington thing and that same week not reporting that Paris H. used the N- word excessively. But hey I forgive. But this is going to far. You love Hilary, we get it. But I begin to believe that you don't like Black people. That's way bad. As much as it pains me because you do know gossip, you've lost a reader. D listed really does do it for me anyway.
They (Deval and Barack) are friends dumbass!!!
From the NYT: "In a telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Patrick said that he and Mr. Obama first talked about the attacks from their respective rivals last summer…
Both men had anticipated that Mr. Obama's rhetorical strength would provide a point of criticism. Mr. Patrick said he told Mr. Obama that he should respond to the criticism, and he shared language from his campaign with Mr. Obama's speechwriters.
Mr. Patrick said he did not believe Mr. Obama should give him credit."
Blatant copying? I don't think so. Inspiration? Yes.
How about something negative about Hillary now?
Try not to be such a biased reporter. It's unflattering.
People who think he's stealing the other man's speech clearly don't recognize that they are both quoting other, famous speeches. So how can you say that Obama stole Deval's speech, when Deval's speech was using quotations from other speeches as well? Slander man…it's a sad day when a person like Perez Hilton thinks he should have political pull. It's an even sadder day when he leaves his comment boards open an unrestricted so that people can leave whatever racist comments that they want on the board. It's called moderation. Do it yourself or employ someone to do it for you. And stay off politics. You have no right to sway ignorant readers, just looking for gossip into who they should vote for. What's unreal is that you still think Hilary can win-look at the numbers…by bashing Obama, you're helping McCain. Even you don't want that. If you want to support Hilary, support her. Don't resort to politician "drag them through the mud" tactics.
Verrrrrrrrrry weak way of trying to push Hillary down everyone's throat. Why do you want a woman in office that is on the record hating homosexuals???? Ugh.
DEAR "FATTY PEREZ",
I STILL WON'T VOTE FOR BILLARY, AND YOU'RE A FAT IDIOT.
BY BY.
i am SO over you perez. seriously.
You're ridiculous. You should just be upfront about the fact that you are a Hillary supporter so you can be less of a joke. But then again, your one-sided posts and focus on insignificant yet polarizing issues are typical of her campaign and her constituents.
How much are you getting paid to endorse Hillary, Perez? You probably couldn't cite one issue she supports for your life.
Hahahahahahaha….
Perez, you should start reading MLK speeches and watching DVDs of southern revivals…then you can run too.
what does it matter the other dude was using stuff from someone else? ugh weve heard it all anyway
perez, fuck off…
From CNN:
A central passage in the stump speech Barack Obama has been giving in recent
days — aimed at convincing voters that his campaign is not just about lofty
rhetoric — is adapted from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Obama's
campaign acknowledged over the weekend….
[Obama's] campaign did have Patrick — an Obama supporter — call the New
York Times over the weekend and issue a statement. "Senator Obama and I
are long-time friends and allies. We often share ideas about politics,
policy and language," Patrick said in the statement. "The argument in
question, on the value of words in the public square, is one about which
he and I have spoken frequently before. Given the recent attacks from
Senator Clinton, I applaud him responding in just the way he did."
The Obama campaign also confirmed comments chief strategist David Axelrod
made to the New York Times about the speeches. "They often riff off one
another. They share a world view," Axelrod told the Times, referring to
Obama and Patrick. "Both of them are effective speakers whose words
tend to get requoted and arguments tend to be embraced widely."
seriously perez. i like you for celeb gossip, not your political views, and if i keep seeing this crap up here im going to stop reading
OBAMA '08!!!
you sure became anti-Obama real quick didn't ya, you fat spic? (PS - i'm PRican, so i can call you a spic & it's not racism)
Your constant parade of Hillary loving posts are starting to bug me.
Hillary sucks.
stop being a fat fag perez.. why don't you talk about all of the bad publicity w/ your butt buddy hilary?
Obama led health care reform in Illinois?? According to his speech right now he did..
this thing is like a Joel Osteen sermon…I swear .. he sounds completely uneducated. This sounds like George Bushes old stump speech…did Karl Rove give this to him…
now he has passed HEALTH CARE REFORM. Kiss Ted Kennedy’s ass now would you. Yes, we will take Kennedy’s word too.
Now he is trying to steal her health care plan…"But Hillary is going after your wages if we have her plan"
Not “Hillary” but Senator Clintons plan, after backhanded compliment of her working for healthcare
This guy is the biggest fraud that has ever walked. He no more believes this shit than I do. He has no passion iis this…he sounds flat. This is oratory and his body language suggests he is lying down to his soul. He doesn’t believe one word of the shit he is saying.
This is from his speech or whatever Saturday Night I believe that was televised on c-span.It's puzzling how the media don't call him on his shyt..This man is a pure retard al
You are a biased reporter.
They have the same media consultant/strategist. This is common in politics. It is not plagiarism in any way, even if it can diminish the power of the speech.
Check this out to get your facts straight:
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid54627.aspx
You do a great disservice to the country and the political process by forcing opinions on others. We already have one Fox News, you might want to stick with what you're good at.
The only thing I can think of right now to add to that is that with Bill Clinton and Hillary right there by her hubby's side (she does say that his experience is hers, too, right?) allowed the republicans to take control of the House and the Senate.
Okay, so if you want to keep troops in Iraq longer, vote Clinton. If you don't think it's time for a fresh face and change in Washington, vote Clinton. If you want to subsidize factories who will make eco-friendly changes, giving away money the Government does not have, instead of taxing factories who are not making eco-friendly changes, bringing in much needed money, vote Clinton.
Hey, I'm from Canada, and underage, so what I say doesn't matter. However, it's clear Obama is the better candidate.
you're such a fucking idiot- if you had one brain cell you could figure out that they are BOTH using other people's words- hello? declaration of independence, FDR, Martin Luther King Jr.
all they're fucking doing is repeating famous "words"
your level of idoicracy makes me sick
hillary is not going to win
get over it