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It's surprising to me that the media hasn't really been talking about
the plagiarism scandal surrounding Senator Joe Biden's withdrawal from
the 1988 presidential race. It was also surprising that Obama picked
him as his running mate for that reason. As the '88 election was the
first one I followed closely, albeit from junior high school, I
remember it vividly. David Greenburg over at Slate gives
an excellent recap of that little footnote in election history that the
DNC is probably wishing didn't exist. From the piece:
Biden's exit from the 1988 race is worth recalling in detail, because his transgressions far exceeded Obama's own relatively innocent lifting of rhetorical set pieces from his friend Deval Patrick, which occasioned a brief flap last February. Biden's misdeeds encompassed numerous self-aggrandizing thefts, misstatements, and exaggerations that seemed to point to a serious character defect...
The sheer number and extent of Biden's fibs, distortions, and plagiarisms struck many observers at the time as worrisome, to say the least. While a media feeding frenzy (a term popularized in the 1988 campaign) always creates an unseemly air of hysteria, Biden deserved the scrutiny he received. Quitting the race was the right thing to do.
Perhaps people don't care anymore, but Biden should be forced to address it at some point. Kudos to Greenberg and Slate for the reminder and analysis. Read the full article: The Write Stuff?
Biden's exit from the 1988 race is worth recalling in detail, because his transgressions far exceeded Obama's own relatively innocent lifting of rhetorical set pieces from his friend Deval Patrick, which occasioned a brief flap last February. Biden's misdeeds encompassed numerous self-aggrandizing thefts, misstatements, and exaggerations that seemed to point to a serious character defect...
The sheer number and extent of Biden's fibs, distortions, and plagiarisms struck many observers at the time as worrisome, to say the least. While a media feeding frenzy (a term popularized in the 1988 campaign) always creates an unseemly air of hysteria, Biden deserved the scrutiny he received. Quitting the race was the right thing to do.
Perhaps people don't care anymore, but Biden should be forced to address it at some point. Kudos to Greenberg and Slate for the reminder and analysis. Read the full article: The Write Stuff?
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Robertt8
8/26/2008 11:14 PM
Oh, if only.... the microphones were hidden around the author during 1988. I wonder what kind of indiscretions we could re-hash even though God in his mercy has seperated him from his sins as far as the east is from the west? I find it disturbing that Christians are so talented at record keeping - a skill so diametrically opposed to the very essence of one description of God (Love keeps no records of wrongs). I'm sure the pharisees did background checks on all the disciples too- and found they were unlearned and ignorent men. I thought the work of the Christian was to share the good news that God is willing to forgive us our sins, not remind other people why we should never forgive another man his sins. www.robertsessford.com
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We get angry when people bring up our failure as Christians to be humble and respect all others as Christ did. McCain has done some pretty unfavorable things in his past too. But we say well he was a War Hero & forget the other things he did (to his own solider buddies no less).
I’m not here to argue sides because we all fall short on both sides. But we need to be careful about in one article asking our Christian brothers/sisters to forgive as Christ forgave us and then in another being judgmental. This does not show a forgiving heart, in fact it shows hypocrisy. Which we as Christians (or at least I as a Christian) never want to do!