Alan West is caught plagiarizing...

[Archae]

I'm not surprised.

New Think Tank CEO Allen West Plagiarized Viral Internet Story

Allen West heavily plagiarized from a viral Internet story in a piece attacking the Obama administration for purportedly ignoring the deaths of law enforcement officers. West lifted at least six paragraphs (including typos) from the story, which was previously posted on sites like Yahoo! Answers, Free Republic, Facebook, and the comments section of various websites.

West is a Fox News contributor and former Republican congressman who was recently named the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a conservative think tank. Announcing his hiring, NCPA called West, who begins on January 2, "an outstanding choice for CEO. He is a visionary leader, committed to the free-market principles that form the foundation of the NCPA's research and education."

West wrote a December 11 piece for his website responding to recent "black lives matter" protests. He wondered if President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have ever stopped to "consider if the lives of law enforcement officers matter" and claimed he did "a little checking and scouring for some information. And it didn't take long to find proof of hypocrisy that reaches the highest levels -- the Oval Office."

He then heavily plagiarized from a viral piece that began appearing on the Internet months ago. The viral piece, which attacks President Obama's response to law enforcement murders, has been posted on various websites, comments sections, message boards, and Facebook pages (including on West's fanpage by one of his followers).

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/12/12/new-think-tank-ceo-allen-west-plagiarized-viral/201858

[NuclearDem]

1. Otherwise known as derpypasta

[SamKnause]

2. It doesn't matter.

The people who support or admire this man do not care about the truth.

They lie all the time.

They will problem like him more if they know he lies.

These people live in an impenetrable bubble.

They are terrified of truth.

They have a completely warped view of the world.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

6. The stupider and more corrupt you can show yourself to be the more teaparty love you

[SamKnause]

7. I agree.

They probably do not know the definition of plagiarizing.

I just learned something new.

It can be spelled with an s or z.

I love learning new stuff.

[immoderate]

3. He could run on a ticket with Ben Carson.

--imm

[Laxman]

4. Who Was He Stealing His Material From This Time....

Joseph Mc Carthy? Or maybe passing off some classics from Hitler or Mussolini as his own?

Alan West is a real life Senator John Islin from the Manchurian Candidate.

[notadmblnd]

5. SMH ... and people think that it is the working poor who are the lazy ones in this country