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2016 Postmortem

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:11 AM Jul 2016

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Were Portions Also Stolen From Ann Romney's Speech in 2012?

My brother in law just informed me that he ran the speech through another one of those plagiarism check websites and it is saying that there are strong similarities to Michelle Obama's 2008 speech and Ann Romney's 2012 speech. I'm not sure which part but that is what the website says.

The plot thickens...perhaps

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Were Portions Also Stolen From Ann Romney's Speech in 2012? (Original Post) Doctor Jack Jul 2016 OP

Republicans have a history of plagiarism. merrily Jul 2016 #1

The best part is where she got Rick Rolled by the speechwriter MohRokTah Jul 2016 #2

heh... yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #4

I just checked a transcript of Ann's speech and I don't see similarities. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #3

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. Republicans have a history of plagiarism.

Reply to Doctor Jack (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:13 AM

Jul 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3994313

But, until now, Joe Biden seemed to get most of the criticism for it.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

2. The best part is where she got Rick Rolled by the speechwriter

Reply to Doctor Jack (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:13 AM

Jul 2016

yuiyoshida

(41,861 posts)

4. heh...

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:23 AM

Jul 2016

tblue37

(65,488 posts)

3. I just checked a transcript of Ann's speech and I don't see similarities. nt

Reply to Doctor Jack (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:20 AM

Jul 2016

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