Advice to Obama: Limit the time your wife spends in front of the microphone. Be careful of the borrowed quotes...remember Joe Biden in '88.
I cannot remember what Biden did back then. All I remember was the Gary Hart controversy from that campaign. Can you refresh my memory?
In 1988 Biden and Hart were frontrunners for the Democratic nomination. Hart's dreams were shattered by "Monkey Business", Donna Rice and a couple of embarrassing photos. Biden gave an impassioned speech in Iowa, which later was revealed to have borrowed passages from British Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock without proper credit. Additionally, the press found other instances where Biden was using lines from past Democratic leaders as his own. A little more scrutiny revealed that Biden had plagirized a law school paper in the 1960s, and had embellished his resume. By this time, Biden had to withdraw from the race. Today, with internet access it is much easier to identify "borrowed speeches."
Michael Dukakis came in as a bit of an early dark horse, kept his nose clean, and won the nomination. He ran a pretty good campaign until he got into the tank. Does anyone remember that?
I thought Dukakis was FUCKED by Horton....but yeah, looking like Snoopy in an Army Tank didn't exactly help either.
At least he got to be the butt of a joke in NAKED GUN 2.
As for the plagarism issue, while it screwed Biden, that only harmed Obama like a bullet shot at Superman's chest.
I tell ya, if he can handle someone as tough in the attacks as Hillary.....he will be a formidable opponent for the GOP Machine.
