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Didn't he pinch, word for word, a speech made by Neil Kinnock, former leader of Brit's Labor (Labour) party?

I should think that would derail any chances he might have to become President.

Didn't he pinch, word for word, a speech made by Neil Kinnock, former leader of Brit's Labor (Labour) party?

I should think that would derail any chances he might have to become President.

Not only that, but he also recounted (as if it were his own) some deeply personal story that had been told by someone in the Kennedy family years earlier within about a week of the plagiarism of the Kinnock speech, which he had prefaced as sharing some things that were on his mind. These two instances of plagiarism derailed his candidacy in the democrat primary race for the presidential nomination in 1988, so Dukakis should probably have sent him a plagiarized thank-you card. Of course, Biden tried to reassure his campaign workers by saying, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself".

To this very day, whenever I see Biden, I think "plagiarist."

As for his presidential aspirations, I can't help but recall how Gary Hartpence's 1984 presidential campaign was cut short by a bimbo eruption. But, just eight years later, America selected Bill Clinton to be her Philanderer-in-Chief. Twice, even.

So, I wouldn't be surprised if society becomes similarly complacent regarding plagiarism, if it hasn't already. Because, from what I've heard, plagiarism is becoming as common as adultery.