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Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:00 AM

Crooks and Liars: McCain, Georgia, and change you can Xerox

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There was a point in the spring when the media was abuzz with talk of “plagiarism.” Apparently, Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), who are friends, shared some a few rhetorical lines. Politicians do this all the time, both Obama and Patrick had each other’s permission, and there was nothing untoward about it. The media flap lasted a few days before everyone suddenly realized how inane the story was, and the political world moved on. I’m wondering if we may be poised for yet another “plagiarism” flap. CQ’s Taegan Goddard has the story . A Wikipedia editor notices some similarities between Sen. John McCain’s speech today on the crisis in Georgia and the Wikipedia article on the country Georgia. They appear similar...
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Posted By: System7 (August 14, 2008 at 8:00 AM)

In this war, Russian troops have killed about 100 Georgians but in these few days Georgian troops killed more than 1600 civilians! If Russian troops are cruel, then Georgian troops are 16 times worse!