by Cal Thomas
Plagiarism, as defined by dictionary.com, is "the unauthorized use or
close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the
representation of them as one's own original work."
In 1987, then-senator and presidential candidate Joe Biden was
accused of plagiarizing from a speech by then-British Labour Party
Leader Neil Kinnock. Biden eventually withdrew after a media firestorm,
which was egged on by the eventual 1988 Democratic nominee, Michael
Dukakis.
Now Vice President Biden is involved in a more serious act of
plagiarism. He is trying to take credit for progress in the Iraq war,
which he, then-Senator Barack Obama and many Democrats opposed, calling
it a failure.
On CNN's "Larry King Live" last week, Biden shamelessly
claimed: "I'm very optimistic about -- about Iraq, and this can be one
of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see
90,000 troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going
to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a
representative government."
http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2010/02/16/plagiarizing_a_war