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Bowling for votes in Wisconsin
All the remaining 2008 contenders -- except Barack Obama -- indulge in an artery-busting blue-collar orgy of fried fish, bratwurst and cheese.
By Edward McClelland [2008-02-19]

  • Factcheck,

    Every politician employs paid speechwriters. That is a fact. Politicians' friends, volunteers, family, etc. often suggest how to polish speeches. That is also a fact.

    If you are outraged by this Clinton-manufactured non-controversy, then that shows that: 1) you are ignorant about how political speechwriting is done; 2) you are ignorant of the fact that political stump speeches are not footnoted like your English term papers must be; 3) you are easily manipulated by the Clinton spin machine.

    Now, I don't expect I will change your mind by writing this, but I hope someday you realize what a trifling attack this is. By the way, how do you respond to the fact that Clinton regularly says "Yes We Can" and "Yes We Will" and "Fired Up and Ready to Go" on the stump, in order to draw comparisons with Obama? Is she a plagiarist too? Here are the links:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rweVOO-fhug

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhCikLeXb7c

    --Anonymous
    Tuesday, February 19, 2008 06:31 AM
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