So now Ohio loses a Senate seat

[Twist_U_Up]

Brown's Alito letter lifted from blogger

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1131445870289970.xml&coll=2

-- Rep. Sherrod Brown wrote to Sen. Mike DeWine last Friday, voicing concern about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's labor record.

Brown's language was crisp -- and was plagiarized.

Roughly 90 percent of what Brown, an Avon Democrat, wrote in his letter was lifted from an Internet posting by a blogger, as Brown's office acknowledged Monday when The Plain Dealer presented the similarities.

Brown had not credited the blogger, Nathan Newman of NathanNewman.org, or any other source.
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so now the neo cons beat us over the head with this WTF

[InsultComicDog]

1. I'm as annoyed over the Hackett thing as much as anyone but...

...no one is going to lose an election over lifting comments from a blogger.

[Twist_U_Up]

2. Biden dropped out of a presidential race for this reason nt

[WCGreen]

3. He lifted a published paper and presented it as a

paper he wrote... In college...

[InsultComicDog]

5. He's still

in the Senate, isn't he?

[WilliamPitt]

6. He plagiarized a law school paper

Pretty big difference. This is a Brown staffer being lazy. Fire the staffer and the problem is solved. Or do you think these Reps actually write all this shit on their own?

Go to the Rayburn building sometime.

[Twist_U_Up]

9. I understand this,but

I dont think the repunks care. Its dirt and they will throw it in his eyes during the campaign.

[ReadTomPaine]

4. How hard would it have been to contact that blogger...

and ASK for use of their writing? Just cut the man a check. Didn't want to have to pay the little people for their work? Were his staff & speechwriters jealous, or did they just feel like they were above the unwashed peons?

This isn't a good way for Sherrod to start his campaign. In fact, between this and the running out of Hackett from the race, it's disgraceful.

[sandnsea]

7. This is from November

Do you really want to lose so bad as to drag this up to beat Brown over the head with it?

[Twist_U_Up]

8. You actually think Dewine wont ?

Lets be clear here,Dewine will eat his lunch with this. I hope you dont think just because this is from November that the repunks will somehow forget about it and because of me posting here that it will snap their memories back into shape on this then you have a nother thing coming. They will take every opportunity to cram this down Browns throat during the campaign. Whether an assistant wrote it or not.