Barack Obama Plagiarism

By: Christian Price, Jordan Holst, Alondra Sanchez M., and Sean Dela Cruz

Who did it happen to?Barack Obama a 51 year old then presidential candidate running against rivalsJohn Mcaian and Hiliary Clinton.

What Happen?

Obama was accused by Clinton of plagiarism. He was accused because he didn't give credit to Governor Patrick. Patrick was the one who let Obama use some of his quotes from his speech. They had met before the elections and agreed that Obama could use some of his quotes.

Where did it happen?

Obama had done his speech in Wisconsin to answer claims from his rival, Hillary Clinton.

When did it happen?

-Barack Obama's speech was given on February 2008.

-However, the speech he plagiarized was from October 2006.

Why it happened?

He was challenge by Clinton by saying that all he had to go on was just words. Obama quoted some of the most historic quotes from many different historic speeches and ask if they were just works. Obama says that he was just sharing ideas with patrick but Hillary is accusing him of plagiarism.

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Zeleny, Jeff. "Clinton Camp Says Obama Plagiarized In His Speech." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?_r=1>.Ferri, Lisa and Sterns,

FERRI, LISA, and OLIVIA STERNS. "Patrick: Plagiarism Accusation Against Obama 'Extravagant'" ABC News. ABC News Network, 19 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=4310143>.

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