That was a mighty fine final answer, Hillary. What a wonderful, personal moment. Or was it?
9:46 PM ... That was an interesting final moment to end on for Hillary. Candy Crowley is on CNN now saying how it was a good connect moment for HIllary, which I suspect it may have been. But we all do remember that those words were borrowed from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, right?
--Josh Marshall
Well, isn't that interesting.
UPDATE: Ben Smith picks up on Clinton copying of Edwards in that final answer.
Clinton Tonight: ?
You know, whatever happens, we're going to be fine. You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we'll be able to say the same thing about the American people. And that's what this election should be about.?
Edwards the December 13 debate:
?What's not at stake are any of us. All of us are going to be just fine no matter what happens in this election. But what's at stake is whether America is going to be fine.?
UPDATE: This commenter gets it...
I think the snark is in the diary and the joke (0 / 0)
It's just pointing out that for the last week, the Clinton campaign has been accusing Obama of doing little more than what happens all the time in politics.
It's making a point about how hypocritcal the Clinton campaign has been on the contrived controversy that Wolfson and Penn trotted out on Monday.
Like I said in my first comment in the thread, I don't think Clinton did anything wrong. Borrowing words or themes or whatever from her husband or Edwards or even Obama is fine with me. But her mistake is accusing Obama of borrowing when she does it too.
UPDATE: Now with video...
UPDATE: Josh nails his (and my) point home. I'd just like to point out that Hillary kept up her silly "plagiarism" attacks in this debate (even getting booed by the crowd). So the point is that if she's going to keep up this silly line of attack, it's fair to point out how silly it is.
Clinton, 92: "The hits that I took in this election are nothing compared to the hits the people of this state and this country have been taking for a long time."
Hillary Clinton, tonight: "You know, the hits I’ve taken in life are nothing compared to what goes on every single day in the lives of people across our country."
Just to be 100% clear, there's nothing in the least wrong with this. And it's a great line. But I think it shows the silliness of the 'plagiarism' charges based on a few borrowed lines. Politicians borrow good lines and catch-phrases. Happens all the time. There's nothing wrong with it.
UPDATE: More video. Can Clinton stop this line of attack now? Please?