# Clinton/ Obama debate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-obama-debate/438551>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 21, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-obama-debate/438551 "2008-02-21T13:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-obama-debate/438551/161 "2008-02-23T00:27:26Z")

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We need to drop the whole plagiarism charge against ANYBODY. Politicians paraphrase all the time. Nobody has a copyright on “vote for me.”

And if we’re being honest, “just words,” and “the challenges ordinary folks face every day” are both material millions of people could come up with.

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