Obama takes lines from Deval Patrick Speech

[JKaiser]

To see video go to http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/02/sweet_barack_obama_lifts_some.html




Sweet: Barack Obama lifts some lines from Deval Patrick speech. Video comparison.

WASHINGTON--Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama lifts some lines from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick when he defended himself Saturday night about being an inspirational speaker who may have more sizzle than steak. In doing so, he borrowed a riff from Patrick (a native Chicago South Sider) who shares with Obama a key strategist, David Axelrod.

"Don't tell me words don't matter," said Barack Obama at the Wisconsin Democratic Party Founders Day dinner on Saturday in a rebuttal to Hillary Rodham Clinton's assessment that he is about "speeches" and not "solutions." He then goes on to quote some very famous lines. Just about the same thing Patrick said in a speech in 2006, when he was running for governor. Patrick is endorsing Obama.



Jake Tapper of ABC News has a detailed article about the Obama-Patrick swapping back and forth of campaign slogans and lines. LINK

Jeff Zeleny of The New York Times has an extensive piece on the Obama echo LINK

[stellanoir]

1. so maybe it was a collaborative effort

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/us/politics/18video.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1203346318-gZfI/qIFtltC3C/qSZwCzg

[JKaiser]

2. He takes words from Edwards, Kennedy and other popular people.. Where is Obama's real voice?

He doesn't have one!

[ProSense]

5. Where is Hillary's

New Clinton economic message has echoes of Edwards

By Caren Bohan Sun Feb 17, 2:05 PM ET

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has a message for hairdressers in Wisconsin, postal workers in Ohio and autoworkers across the United States who are struggling financially: She cares.

The former first lady and New York senator is hoping blue collar workers will provide her with a crucial base of support as she tries to erode the lead her rival Barack Obama has opened in the tight race to become the Democratic nominee in the November presidential election.

Clinton is courting working-class voters with a new message of economic populism similar to the theme of John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who dropped out of the Democratic race in January.

Edwards never gained enough momentum to be competitive with Obama and Clinton, but the New York and Illinois senators are trying to woo his followers, many of whom were passionate about his pledge to take on "corporate greed" and bring change to a government he said had sold out the middle class.

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[John Q. Citizen]

6. And yet he has the people. Hill, eat your heart out!

[chascarrillo]

3. Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard of this before.

[Occam Bandage]

4. I think we had a thread on this.

[madrchsod]

7. we need at least one everyday

until there`s nothing left of the horse

[Occam Bandage]

8. I assume by "day" you mean "fifteen minutes."

[madrchsod]

10. well yesterday it was three hours

word for word from the same source......

[madrchsod]

11. dam you were right.......

[ericgtr]

9. It's unbelievable how desperate everyone is to find dirt on Obama

:rofl: