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18 Nov 07

Famous Plagiarists.com © WarOnPlagiarism.org-- Political Profiles

  • In
    politics, accusations of plagiarism and in-authenticity are
    common. Many politicians do not even write
    their own speeches    , preferring instead to delegate this
    responsibility to their speechwriters who come up with the
    pithy phrases, the three point rhetorical structures, and
    the punchy perorations which characterize discourse in the
    political realm. So effective are the rhetorical components
    of political discourse, that politicians--and/or their speech
    writers--are all too frequently tempted to borrow a phrase
    or even an entire discourse template.


     


    A
    proven accusation of plagiarism can have serious repercussions
    for a candidate's political ambitions. Just ask Joe
    Biden    . His borrowing of a British politician's campaign
    speech is perhaps the most famous instance of political plagiarism,
    illustrating both the dangers of unacknowledged language lifting
    as well as the extent to which one's enemies will go to torpedo
    their opponents' chances for success.

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