Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Clinton Campaign: A "Pattern" of Obama Borrowing   [Byron York]

Top Clinton campaign officials Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson are holding another conference call with reporters now.  Wolfson is pointing to a "pattern" of alleged plagiarism by Barack Obama, suggesting that reporters look at a blog entry by ABC's Jake Tapper which suggests another example of Obama lifting material from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.  In that blog entry, Tapper points to a statement from Obama quoted in USA Today in 2007: "I am not asking anyone to take a chance on me.  I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."  Tapper then quotes Patrick, speaking to the 2006 Massachusetts Democratic convention, saying, "I am not asking anybody to take a chance on me.  I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."

"We are seeing a pattern here," Wolfson told reporters a short time ago.  "And here is another example of where the words match exactly."

02/19 12:42 PMShare