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ooky

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22. Plagiarizing a budget?

Reply to Still In Wisconsin (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 12:11 PM

Oct 2018

I doubt this will resonate with anyone who has already made up their mind to vote Walker out.

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Scott Walker just got re-elected: Evers campaign PLAGIARIZED sections of the Evers budget [View all] Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 OP

If that is all it takes for Walker to get re-elected than Wisconsin is hopeless. standingtall Oct 2018 #1

That's no small matter. That's incompetence. How does Evers' campaign let that happen? brush Oct 2018 #2

How do not see how this is a big deal standingtall Oct 2018 #4

Re-read my headline. brush Oct 2018 #6

You can't plagiarize a budget..how do you think any budget happens? They beachbum bob Oct 2018 #26

You also don't leave yourself open to charges of copying and pasting from wikipedia. brush Oct 2018 #28

"Wikileaks" you sure? Agschmid Oct 2018 #37

Sorry, wikipedia. Thanks for catching the typo. brush Oct 2018 #39

Incompetence is right. It seems we're very good at finding inept bunglers to run things. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #12

Maybe deliberate SABOTAGE and not incompetence! KCDebbie Oct 2018 #44

2014 was also a massive red wave year. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #3

Let me guess mikeysnot Oct 2018 #5

Probably. Regardless of who did it, it's total fucking incompetence. Again. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #9

that is why you pay your workers mikeysnot Oct 2018 #34

Nope. Evers will win in Wisconsin. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #7

Yeah, because gross incompetence is the way to get swing voters. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #11

You're focusing on one, and only one misstep. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #41

Then why even vote gabeana Oct 2018 #60

Seems like a non-issue that the jock-strap carriers at TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #8

Yeah there's always some kind of eleventh hour debacle. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #16

Exactly, TheRealNorth. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #18

No excuses please for plagiarism. There's no place for unforced errors. brush Oct 2018 #19

Budgets can't be plagiarized. They are adopted, and almost always Hortensis Oct 2018 #10

I'm With Hortensis! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #15

I agree with you in principle but there's history here. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #17

Then The Burke Campaign Got Needlessly Steamrolled ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #21

We don't disagree on that. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #27

I Get Ya! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #42

Agree on the "goddamned footnotes," but always realizing Hortensis Oct 2018 #43

I did try to patent the phrase "school funding formula" Hortensis Oct 2018 #23

Totally agree. This is exactly as big a deal as Democrats allow it to be. nt Atticus Oct 2018 #36

It isn't the budget figures that are in question. WillowTree Oct 2018 #50

Is this really still an issue in the age of Trump? JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #13

LOL! Melania plagiarizes Michelle Obama Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #20

Yep and even Trump stole "MAGA" from Reagan's 2nd campaign. JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #29

You're forgetting the IOKIYAAR principle: Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #25

Then Wisconsin Dems should expose the hypocrisy... JaneQPublic Oct 2018 #30

Or just let it drop like a wet rag that it is. Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #31

Yes, the reaction should be treestar Oct 2018 #65

Only way Focker will "win" election is by fraud Blue Owl Oct 2018 #14

Plagiarizing a budget? ooky Oct 2018 #22

No, it won't change the minds of those who have chosen to vote against Walker. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #24

I'm not convinced. pwb Oct 2018 #32

It just seems like a stretch to me that many people who are thoughtful enough ooky Oct 2018 #35

It's *exactly* "like plagiarizing a speech or some written article". WillowTree Oct 2018 #51

Okay, but ooky Oct 2018 #62

It is not an academic paper treestar Oct 2018 #66

That doesn't make it any less plagiarism. WillowTree Oct 2018 #67

I know! ananda Oct 2018 #52

I don't think it will have the staying power Liberalhammer Oct 2018 #33

How in the world did Evers allow this to happen... Joe941 Oct 2018 #38

Yeah, once is a mistake, twice is a pattern. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #40

Republican plagiarism TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #45

Don't Repukes copy, word for word, all their rusty fender Oct 2018 #46

The GOP is using the Nixon/Trump Strategy of accusing opponents of Dawson Leery Oct 2018 #47

Unfortunately TheRealNorth Oct 2018 #48

But it's okay for Melania T. to crib a speech by Michelle Obama. VOX Oct 2018 #49

As a Wisconsin voter I have to say that it doesn't change anything for me. Luciferous Oct 2018 #53

AMEN TO THAT!!!! Talitha Oct 2018 #58

With Blimpie coming to campaign for the Oaf, won't he suck up all the media attention? Hassler Oct 2018 #54

Oh, wow! Oh my god! That's it! Everybody go home! Iggo Oct 2018 #55

Game Over Dude! Cha Oct 2018 #59

Say 'Good night', Gracie. marble falls Oct 2018 #56

That doesn't matter a bit to me.... Talitha Oct 2018 #57

Another one of these! Expect a lot more as election day approaches. Right comrade? retread Oct 2018 #61

I was with the 100,000 who marched in Madison in February of 2011 to protest Walker's policies. elocs Oct 2018 #63

No no lancelyons Oct 2018 #64