Sen. Rand Paul Stil Doesn't Understand What Plagiarism Means

Rand Paul, just one of many Tea Party heroes who have been proven
to be ignoramuses.  Image from source, Raw Story.

No, Senator (and boy does it pain me to call him that), you don't have to footnote speeches. What you can't do is give a speech that is plagiarized from another source, as though it is your own words! Seventh graders understand what the word means, know that it is wrong, and would expect an F-grade for doing it. That you can't a) own up to it, or b) even seem to understand what it means, tells me that you're really not ready for prime time.

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Rand Paul wants to challenge ‘hacks’ like Maddow to a gunfight over plagiarism charge

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Sunday vowed to be more careful citing sources but insisted that a “dueling” gunfight against “hacks and haters” like MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who uncovered his plagiarism of Wikipedia, would be the ultimate solution if it were legal. During a interview on Sunday, ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked Paul to explain charges that several of his speeches had used the exact language found in Wikipedia. . .

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