Debate Coverage: Clinton Blew It
From Fox News ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of “change you can Xerox.” Obama dismissed the charge out of hand at the debate Thursday night, then turned the jeers to applause when he countered, “What we shouldn’t be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up.”
From The Hill ~ Defying expectations, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) mostly concentrated on her own résumé in Thursday night’s debate, a decision reinforced by the fact that her sharpest attack on rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was booed by the partisan crowd.
From CNN ~ Responding to a question from the panel, Clinton's sharpest attack on Obama came when she went after him for borrowing lines from a speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, his campaign co-chairman, in his own campaign speeches. The Clinton campaign has called that plagiarism. "If your campaign is going to be about words, they should be your own words," she said. "Lifting whole passages isn't change you can believe in; it's change you can Xerox." Some in the audience booed Clinton for the line. "This is where we start getting into silly season in politics," Obama replied, saying Patrick is a friend who suggested he use the lines. "People start getting tired of it."
From NewsMax ~ Clinton also raised Obama's use in his campaign speeches of words first uttered by his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. "If your candidacy is going to be about words then they should be your own words," she said. "...Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox." The debate audience booed. Obama said the entire controversy was evidence of a "silly season" that the public finds dispiriting.
From The Associated Press ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of "change you can Xerox." Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, then turned the jeers to applause when he countered, "What we shouldn't be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up."
From MSNBC ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night and said he represented "change you can Xerox." Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, adding in a campaign debate, "What we shouldn't be doing is tearing each other down, we should be lifting the country up." From USA Today ~ Clinton was alternately aggressive and emotional, provoking hisses at one point from the audience when she accused Obama of peddling "change you can Xerox" by lifting lines from a speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
From The Hill ~ Defying expectations, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) mostly concentrated on her own résumé in Thursday night’s debate, a decision reinforced by the fact that her sharpest attack on rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was booed by the partisan crowd.
From CNN ~ Responding to a question from the panel, Clinton's sharpest attack on Obama came when she went after him for borrowing lines from a speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, his campaign co-chairman, in his own campaign speeches. The Clinton campaign has called that plagiarism. "If your campaign is going to be about words, they should be your own words," she said. "Lifting whole passages isn't change you can believe in; it's change you can Xerox." Some in the audience booed Clinton for the line. "This is where we start getting into silly season in politics," Obama replied, saying Patrick is a friend who suggested he use the lines. "People start getting tired of it."
From NewsMax ~ Clinton also raised Obama's use in his campaign speeches of words first uttered by his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. "If your candidacy is going to be about words then they should be your own words," she said. "...Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox." The debate audience booed. Obama said the entire controversy was evidence of a "silly season" that the public finds dispiriting.
From The Associated Press ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of "change you can Xerox." Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, then turned the jeers to applause when he countered, "What we shouldn't be spending time doing is tearing each other down. We should be spending time lifting the country up."
From MSNBC ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night and said he represented "change you can Xerox." Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, adding in a campaign debate, "What we shouldn't be doing is tearing each other down, we should be lifting the country up." From USA Today ~ Clinton was alternately aggressive and emotional, provoking hisses at one point from the audience when she accused Obama of peddling "change you can Xerox" by lifting lines from a speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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