Tuesday, February 19, 2008
'Devack Obatrick' Part III
He's hurt a bit but keeps on ticking. ... It doesn't diminish JustWords-gate, which is one of those incidents that bites back later as other evidence adds up. It just does. ...
Update - 2.20.08 -- Brighton Reader:
He's hurt a bit but keeps on ticking. ... It doesn't diminish JustWords-gate, which is one of those incidents that bites back later as other evidence adds up. It just does. ...
Update - 2.20.08 -- Brighton Reader:
Listening to the speeches last night, I was again struck by Hillary Clinton's emphasis on specifics and Barack Obama's repetition of the eloquence of others. "Yes, We Can"...."The fierce urgency of now".....well, now what? There were a few prescriptions in the middle of the stadium-chat, but his delivery reveals his priorities - change, inclusion, something somehow ephemerally different, sort of like HRC's Wellesley commencement address. And man, was it long!Update II - 2.20.08 -- Dan's Guardian piece is about Obama, Just Words and the media. He's right about the media pouncing on this story and drawing it out, whether it's a big deal or not. ... Dana Milbank looks at Obama's other lifted quotes, but concludes: "Whatever we should be respecting, Obama had a ready answer for the questions about his originality: another big primary win." ... BTW: I think Obama's lifting of quotes is a form of plagiarism. But it's a gray-area plagiarism with a very small 'p' -- and that's why I don't think it's a big deal on its own. But remember: Caddy-gate in isolation was not a big deal for Deval. It took Curtain-gate and Aide-gate and Ameriquest-gate to establish a pattern and start people wondering. The small things add up. ...
Another point is the battle for face time. Candidates no longer wait for their opponent to finish, but walk on stage and try to stomp on the network coverage of the other guy. Networks need to figure out a way to deal with this, and not by just giving more time to pundits and alleged analysts.
