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February 22, 2008
All the change that's fit to Xerox!
I was up late last night writing a post about the Texas debate for Pajamas Media. I expected gladiatorial combat, but the most exciting thing that happened was Hillary's revival of the plagiarism charge, with the "change you can Xerox" remark. This drew boos, and IMO it would have lost the debate for Hillary but for the last minute display of emotion which was widely seen as a farewell adress, and which I think might have been a deliberate attempt at drama. (Last night I speculated that she was "purposely, emotionally invoking fate, and in an almost maudlin, even torch song manner.") As to the plagiarism charge, Hillary was asking for it, and InstaPundit guest bloggers Megan McArdle and Ann Althouse have linked several posts. Regarding the last one, Ann Althouse rightly observes, Hillary really set herself up for this. I think that if your candidacy is going to be about accusations of unoriginality, then you'd better be sure that you've always used your own words...Plus there's this video. I'm feeling inspired by what Obama said last night: ...you know, this is where we start getting into silly season, in politics, and I think people start getting discouraged about it...The silly season it is! And I feel like plagiarizing too! So, I humbly submit my version of change you can Xerox!
My apologies to the Xerox corporation for any trademark infringement they have suffered. However, they should be aware that my plagiarism is protected by my constitutional right to parody, as well as the right to keep and bear change. (I don't know how much change I can spare, though....) posted by Eric on 02.22.08 at 09:41 AM
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What about the right to bear alms? And speaking of alms; looks like you've got enough change there to pass it on to a certain commenter who could make good use of it (tip jar on the Donations page). Alan Kellogg · February 22, 2008 07:40 PM Post a comment
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Xerox????? Everyone under 35 just grabbed to laptop to Google "Xerox."
Just underlines how non-current she is.