Wow. This has gone from a seemingly innocent copypasta from wikipedia for a speech to full blown plagiarism in both newspaper and book form.
I don't see how Rand lives this down on the 2016 campaign trail.
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PoliGAF 2013 |OT3| 1,000 Years of Darkness and Nuclear Fallout
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Wow. This has gone from a seemingly innocent copypasta from wikipedia for a speech to full blown plagiarism in both newspaper and book form.
I don't see how Rand lives this down on the 2016 campaign trail.
PhoenixDark
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He better borrow his dad's white Ford Bronco and go search for the real authors.
I heard about this, and I have never, ever heard of someone not doing the concession call. I mean, I know it must suck to do, but I always thought that it was one of those things you just did out of decorum. Is this a new thing, or is there precedence for this?
It won't affect the GOP primary at all, if by some miracle he makes it to the general he'll be dead in the water. The funny part is that the real scandal hasn't been the plagiarism but his response to it and his solution for it. Anyone that's been paying attention to those two things shouldn't want him anywhere near a higher office, shit they shouldn't want him where he is right now.
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Didn't Romney refuse to call Obama for a while?
There was also Allen West refusing to concede, though that hardly came as a surprise.
PhoenixDark
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I feel bad for the Fox News or Breitbart intern currently scanning through Obama and Hillary books looking for a sentence that can be used to claim plagiarism/"liberal media ignoring when dems do it" narrative.
Randolph Freelander
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Sore winners.
Yep. He didn't even have a concession speech ready. You never tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing.
Oh man, I hadn't thought of that yet. I can't really feel sorry for them though, they knew the shit they were signing up for.
PhoenixDark
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Yup. They were unprepared for the loss, and it took awhile for Romney to write his concession.
Although there was an article in TNR a couple months ago that said Romney's internal polls actually showed him losing, with a 17% chance of winning.
Should just contract out the Daily Show guys. They seem to be the best at researching stuff like that from the past.
internal pollsters have been infiltrated by liberal media operatives as well
NYCmetsfan
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The dude from BuzzFeed is a god with lexis nexus. He's found most of these and he was the one who dug all those Romney says the complete opposite in the past videos during the primaries.
He's basically an oppo researcher for a journalistic outlet.
I do recall some sort of minor thing in 2008 with Obama and Deval Patrick speeches sharing some lines.
So I was listening to Randi Rhodes and she played a clip of Limbaugh talking to some conservative woman, who was talking about how Republicans can fight back against the "war on women" meme. Her solution? Just turn that around and say that Democrats are the ones who are waging a war on women. I mean, that was it. She didn't mention any specific policy proposals or anything. It's quite literally the rubber/glue comeback.
Also, Rush said that Democrats were turning women into "abortion machines".
Also, Rush said that Democrats were turning women into "abortion machines".
Hobbestetrician
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Further proof that Onion Joe is actual Joe.
Fixed, sir.
Black Mamba
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It's funny because they already tried this during the 2012 campaign.
I was listening to last night's Rachel Maddow Show - she's loving this Rand Paul thing. Some beautiful trolling there, spinning his latest as threatening to take his ball and go home, and talking about how he might not be up for the stress of a national race.
I think this is still about their Virginia gubernatorial coverage. Maybe ACA coverage.
I think this is still about their Virginia gubernatorial coverage. Maybe ACA coverage.
Fox News is pissing themselves with glee right now.
PhoenixDark
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what a fuck up
Apparently 250k people have lost their insurance in Colorado this month.
http://kdvr.com/2013/11/06/nearly-250000-colorado-healthcare-plans-cancelled-under-obamacare/
This better get better or the law won't exist in a few years.
Aaron Strife
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NYCmetsfan
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Yup, they're just gonna rip people off of plans they get under this law and take medicaid away from millions. The law is going nowhere.
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thepotatoman
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Colorado is also one of the states that even Herritage Foundation admits will see a large drop in premiums. I wouldn't worry about Colorado.
I find it funny, that I thought that line was just one I forgot from Romney's concession and was expecting to click on youtube and it be queued right to it.
250k didn't lose their insurance, they had to change to a different policy.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAATLook who's username is famous!
One of my posts, although just a simple quote, made it to GMA. Holy shit.
People probably look at that and think I am avcables. Ahahaha. This is so amazing
You're a star, Diablos. A worrying, fretting star.
More like a jealous star. avcables and I were talking on IRC and by a matter of, oh, 10 minutes he managed to get the $1500 Samsung LED for $350 or so and I was denied.
10 MINUTES
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NYCmetsfan
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I'm still shocked GAF of all places was screen capped. Why not slick deals or fat wallet?
You got the fame he got the TV.
I got interviewed on the local 11 o'clock news after one of the presidential debates last year. Its weird to see yourself on TV.
rocketknight
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NYCmetsfan
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Yeah I guess!
Haha it sure is. Even just one of my posts serving as nothing but a quote essentially being on tv like that. Crazy.
It had to be someone from PoliGAF that has a connection to GMA if I were to guess... if it wasn't they would have just screencapped the original post instead and not my quote. REVEAL YOURSELF
NYCmetsfan
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I was thinking this.
PhoenixDark
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...because they lost their insurance, since the plan was cancelled in many cases.
speculawyer
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I think fessing up and apologizing is the right thing to do. There are lots of quotes of him saying that you could keep your insurance with no qualifiers.
And most people will keep their insurance. But the 5% that have to switch still amounts to millions of people.
NYCmetsfan
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Not to mention a bunch of people quoted that post.
Haha I know it's just a stupid screencap but geez.
Yeah, yeah. Right on time.
$50 premium that doesn't even cover hospital stays in some cases.
In those situations they're better off with a new policy and you know it!
As I said, pissing themselves with glee and quick to take sound bites and spin them like tops.
Oh lord. The shooter at LAX was a registered Democrat. Let all hell break lose.
rocketknight
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I got one of these letters from my insurance company. They told me that my plan wasn't up to snuff, and that by doing nothing I agreed for them to move me to the new version of the plan that satisfied the ACA. It was the least stressful (non-)interaction I've ever had with them.
Your phrasing makes it sound like they lost their insurance, period, and are now uninsured. That would be a disaster. "They had to pick a different insurance plan" is what really happened.
It happened at my employer this year, and it's annoying, but that's about it. And a good chunk of them are getting both lower rates and better plans. It's terrible optics but having to switch plans is not that big of a deal in the scheme of things. It's just BIG SCARY NUMBERS.
Something like this needs to be stressed more than just plain old "Losing their plans" or "kicked off their plans". It's not like the media is honest, but now they are just flat out lying.
I would hope when the vast majority of people see what they are getting under their new plan and how much better it is than their old one, they won't let idiots on the news dictate how they should feel about it.
But this is the US we're talking about here.
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