Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Washington Times fires Rand Paul
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#1Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:23pm
It reads like an Onion story but no:
Following Monday's report in BuzzFeed that Rand Paul, the Jonah Lehrer of senators, plagiarized part of his September 20 article in The Washington Times, the conservative paper has ended the Kentucky Senator's weekly column, which he's written since the summer.
“We expect our columnists to submit original work and to properly attribute material, and we appreciate that the senator and his staff have taken responsibility for an oversight in one column,” Times Editor John Solomon said.
BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski reported on Monday that Paul cribbed a significant portion of his September 20 column from an article written by Dan Stewart in The Week. Paul lifted paragraphs and sentences, nearly word-for-word, from Stewart's article without any attribution.
Aw Rand!
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#2Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:26pm
Incidentally, don't expect this to end his presidential aspirations. His popularity with Tea Party voters is expected to INCREASE as they see plagiarism as no big deal and ANY attack on Rand in the Media boosts his poll numbers.
Updated On: 11/6/13 at 12:26 PM
#2Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:28pm
My favorite quote from this whole debacle is when he blamed the "footnote police".
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#3Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:34pm
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#4Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:38pm
I have been enjoying his "rabid offense is the best defense" strategy--angrily blaming the "haters" for his woes. I always thought that folks like Rand Paul were big on "personal responsibility", no? Apparently, though, this situation is not HIS fault, but the fault of the people who called him out for his behavior.
Also--on the theme of Personal Responsibility--have you noticed that he rarely uses the personal pronoun "I" when discussing this situation? It is always "we". While he may have a Monarchist delusion, I think the idea is to suggest, oh so subtly, that the fault lies with his "team":
“What we are going to do from here forward, if it will make people leave me the hell alone, is we’re going to do them like college papers.”
It takes a village, apparently, to be Rand Paul.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:39pmHe's not weathering the storm.
#6Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:40pm
'It takes a village, apparently, to be Rand Paul.'
Hahahaha...brava!
#8Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:54pmMy favorite part was when he, instead of confirming or denying plagiarizing anything, talks about how he wishes dueling was legal.
#9Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 12:59pmAll you haters need to leave him the hell alone!!!!!
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#10Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:01pm
OTHER PEOPLE need to take personal responsibility. WE did nothing wrong, only failed to footnote correctly, which is something only eggheads and liberal college professors care about. It is typical that the lame stream media would attack us.
See I COULD be a Republican.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#11Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:02pmIt's a shame the PC police have to stifle his plagiaristic innovation with all their rules and regulations.
#12Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:02pm
Dude's not dealing with a full deck.
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#13Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:10pmRand Paul must reeeeeeeally hate Rachel Maddow right about now. I bet he has a little lesbian voodoo doll he's using.
FindingNamo
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#14Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:11pmHe really does have a LOT in common with shoethorn, who has repeatedly given Maddow male names when posting about her. And who also plagiarizes.
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#16Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 3:46pm
Steve Benen of the Rachel Maddow show weighs in:
"Paul presented others’ work as his own, on a wide variety of occasions, and in several types of media (speeches, op-eds, and books). He’s “annoyed,” not with himself for his persistent wrongdoing, but with those who pointed out his mistakes. Since he didn’t “intend” to plagiarize, Paul considers recent criticism unfounded.
What’s more, the senator said of journalists, “I’m being criticized for not having proper attribution, and yet they are able to write stuff that if I were their journalism teacher in college, I would fail them.”
It’s not clear who or what he’s referring to. Paul, who was a self-accredited ophthalmologist before getting elected to the Senate, has no background in journalism, and hasn’t pointed to any flaws in the reports that have highlighted instances in which he presented others’ work as his own.
Rather, it seems as if the senator is simply irritated by accurate reports about his own mistakes. Self-reflection can be difficult and awkward, and it appears Paul finds it easier to lash out at those who presented inconvenient truths about his record to the public."
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#17Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 3:56pm
He is always getting defensive about some nonsense. It bodes well for a full implosion during primary season.
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#18Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:56pmThis primary season is going to be awesome! Imagine a debate between Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin! Fun fun fun!
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#19Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/6/13 at 5:05pmWhat's next? Ranting about Harry Belafonte?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#20Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:09amThe duel comment should not be glossed over - Rand is bat crazy!
#21Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:56am
Yeah, the duel comment was absurd.
Though I wouldn't mind watching Rachel Maddow beat the sh*t out of him in a boxing ring.
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#22Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:59am
"This primary season is going to be awesome! Imagine a debate between Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin! Fun fun fun!"
And this is exactly why Christie will never get past the Republican primary. He'll appear to sane and "liberal" when put up against these shmucks.
#23Washington Times fires Rand Paul
Posted: 11/7/13 at 10:09am
It's all Fun and Games until Karl Rove figures out how to out-maneuver Anonymous and we end up with President Bachmann.
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