Why did VP Biden Get a Pass On His Plagarism?

[GHook93]

First, he ADMITED to plagiarizing, so I don't want to hear the arguments he didn't do it! Second, don't say it was highly reported on, because I don't remember it and I played very close attention to the primaries back then. He seemed to have a long senate career without it EVER coming up. He managed to get the VP without this being an issue or Obama ever having to answer it. Imagine if he was a Republican. This story would have been circulating for MONTHS! He would have been so shamed he would have not only dropped out of the race, would have been forced to resign from the Senate and WOULD NOT have been considered for the VP.

Just look at the dishonest trashing of Cain. At one time, 3 GOP primary candidates stated they would like him as their VP (including Santorum). Now the media dishonestly trashed in name, so he will never be in politics. But Biden gets a free pass. The leftist media hypocrisy at its worst!

Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not 'Malevolent' - NYTimes.com
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., acknowledged ''a mistake'' in his youth, when he plagiarized a law review article for a paper he wrote in his first year at law school.

Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not 'Malevolent' - NYTimes.com
Mr. Biden insisted, however, that he had done nothing ''malevolent,'' that he had simply misunderstood the need to cite sources carefully. And he asserted that another controversy, concerning recent reports of his using material from others' speeches without attribution, was ''much ado about nothing.''

He is pleading ignorance. I don't buy it. First, I want to point out that legal citations are not a walk in the park. They are difficult. However, a required first semester law school class is legal writing. One of the first things they teach is the need to cite everything. Most law students screw up citations in their 1st and 2nd year, HOWEVER, they still make citations. What Biden did was much different. He didn't screw up the citations, he left the citations off altogether and passed off the writings as his own. That is a highly dishonest and unethical move. Cheating in law school shows a major character flaw. It shows that you have no problem lying and cheating. Just listen to any speech he makes, he is dishonest and unethical from beginning to end!

At least he did something Obama DID NOT do and releases his grades. Average Joe seemed to be too high an assessment, he appears to be BELOW AVERAGE JOE!!!

Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not 'Malevolent' - NYTimes.com
Mr. Biden released a 65-page file, obtained by the Senator from the Syracuse University College of Law, that he said contained all the records of his years there. It disclosed relatively poor grades in college and law school, mixed evaluations from teachers and details of the plagiarism.

 

[xotoxi]

Are you suggesting that Biden be impeached?

Otherwise, I don't see your point.

 

[Sallow]

When?

He dropped his bid for President when he got called on it.

 

[Warrior102]

Are you suggesting that Biden be impeached?

Otherwise, I don't see your point.

If stupidity was an impeachable offense, Biden would have been gone long ago.

He's dumber than Tim Kaine, for Christ sakes.

 

[Ravi]

If Biden was still doing it as an adult, like Cain was acting badly as an adult, you might have a point.

Poor Herman, Professional Victim.

 

[Decepticon]

Jeez.
Is this the best you conservatives can do?

 

[jillian]

i do so love fauxrage.

 

[whitehall]

There is one simple reason; if the media is in full support of the administration anything is possible. There were credible allegations that Barry Hussein's autobio was ghost written by Bill Ayers. There are experts who can spot those things and they saw similarities between Ayers known writing style and books attributed to Obama. The media declined to investigate or even be interested.

 

[L.K.Eder]

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The Kinnock and school revelations were magnified by the limited amount of other news about the nomination race at the time,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-133when most of the public were not yet paying attention to any of the campaigns; Biden thus fell into what The Washington Post writer Paul Taylor described as that year's trend, a "trial by media ordeal".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-134Biden lacked a strong demographic or political group of support to help him survive the crisis.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-cook-128http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#cite_note-135 He withdrew from the nomination race on September 23, 1987, saying his candidacy had been overrun by "the exaggerated shadow" of his past mistakes

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[rightwinger]

Plagarism in College?

Hang the bastard.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Why did VP Biden Get a Pass On His Plagarism? ...and Racism and stupidity

Joe Biden (D)

 

[Oldstyle]

If Biden was still doing it as an adult, like Cain was acting badly as an adult, you might have a point.

Poor Herman, Professional Victim.

Interesting concept...I tend to think of the people attending law school as having already reached "adult" status. Since Biden also plagerised a speech by Neal Kinnock when he was running for President in 1988 I guess you don't considered him to have reached "adulthood" then, either? Gee, Joe could be the first guy to become senile before becoming an "adult".

 

[bripat9643]

If Biden was still doing it as an adult, like Cain was acting badly as an adult, you might have a point.

Poor Herman, Professional Victim.

He was doing it as an adult, nitwit. He ripped off a speech made by the head of the British Labor party.

 

[GHook93]

If Biden was still doing it as an adult, like Cain was acting badly as an adult, you might have a point.

Poor Herman, Professional Victim.

He did it in law school, meaning his youngest age was around 22-23 (not sure if he went straight to law school). He admitted to this.

Cain allegations were all highly highly skeptical and very poor journalism. The same stories kept getting turned over and over and over until they forced Cain out of the race!

 

[Warrior102]

Libs - so he cheated. So what? He probably smoked a little weed and drank while driving. No big deal. He was young.

But if George Bush did this.... WOW!

 

[L.K.Eder]

If Biden was still doing it as an adult, like Cain was acting badly as an adult, you might have a point.

Poor Herman, Professional Victim.

He did it in law school, meaning his youngest age was around 22-23 (not sure if he went straight to law school). He admitted to this.

Cain allegations were all highly highly skeptical and very poor journalism. The same stories kept getting turned over and over and over until they forced Cain out of the race!

maybe cain get elected senator of georgia, and then try again to run for president. in 20 years. then he can fail, and if he is lucky he will be the VP pick of the winner.

then you have a comparison.

the only comparison valid right now, is bidens run for pres in 1988.

see above in the thread for what happened. hint: he did not get a pass.