When this story first came out, I, like Barack Obama, shrugged off off the story as no big deal. However, the more that the Obama campaign tried to sweep this under the rug, the more fascinated I, as well as the rest of the media, became with the story. Apparently, Jake Tapper has found yet another moment when Obama "borrowed" Deval's lines:
Patrick in June 2006, at the Massachusetts Democratic party convention: "I am not asking anybody to take a chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."
Obama one year later, as quoted in USA Today: "I am not asking anyone to take a chance on me. I am asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations."
How many more of these "borrowed" lines are going to surface?
They're trying to explain it away, but the more they explain, the more questions it raises:
"In a telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Patrick said that he and Mr. Obama first talked about the attacks from their respective rivals last summer, when Mrs. Clinton was raising questions about Mr. Obama’s experience, and that they discussed them again last week," the Times' Jeff Zeleny wrote. "Patrick said he told Mr. Obama that he should respond to the criticism, and he shared language from his campaign with Mr. Obama's speechwriters."
But Obama was quoted using Patrick's language before the Summer of 2007.
So, who's writing these speeches? I didn't know this, but Obama used the "yes we can" mantra in 2004 as well? I'm curious to know what "we" did in Obama's first term as US Senator?
If Obama's line-borrowing isn't enough negative press, enter Michelle Obama:
"... and let me tell you something, for the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."
I am so happy that Michelle Obama, a 44 year old woman, is really proud of her country now - now that her husband is running for the presidency. Let's see, she says for the "first time in my adult life" - so that's 18? She was 18 in 1982, so according to her, there was really nothing to be proud of because apparently there weren't any political achievements since 1982, well, until now.
Slightly narcissistic. But then again, their attitude has always been one of entitlement - just like the time she warned the nation that it's "now or never" for Obama. Funny, I didn't know that the desire to move an entire nation from the darkness into the light could fade after a single failed presidential run.