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YouTube: Obama is to rhetoric what Vanilla Ice is to rap
Filed under: Barack Obama
This is a pretty funny YouTube clip on the dustup over whether Obama plagiarized lines from his friend:
Except that the comparison doesn't hold water. When Vanilla Ice was caught borrowing Queen's bassline, he retreated into the ridiculous argument that the nearly-identical strings of notes were somehow "different" in a way only recognizable to his trained ear. When Obama was asked about using his friend's lines, he copped to it, saying they shared lines all the time:
The notion that I had plagiarized from somebody who’s one of my national co-chairs who gave me the line and suggested that I use it, I think is silly,” Obama said.
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at February 22, 2008 5:07 PM
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That bass line? One note plucked a couple times? I don't see how one can even claim it. Its like claiming the C major scale.
Posted by: JOsh at February 22, 2008 7:05 PM
When this came up in the last debate Obama just offered a dismissive gesture essentially saying, "Yeah, so what?". Awesome deflection. The guy he supposedly plagiarized works for his campaign. This is like hiring a screenwriter, then having people complain because you used it. Sheesh!
Posted by: Helm Matthews at February 23, 2008 5:54 PM
Vote for Obama in 2008! Word
Posted by: Vanilla Ice at March 12, 2008 1:44 PM
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