1. Barack Obama Plagiarism
By: Christian Price, Jordan Holst, Alondra
Sanchez M., and Sean Dela Cruz

2. Who did it happen to?
Barack Obama a 51 year old then
presidential candidate running against rivals
John Mcaian and Hiliary Clinton.

3. What Happen?
Obama was accused by Clinton of plagiarism. He
was accused because he didn't give credit to
Governor Patrick. Patrick was the one who let
Obama use some of his quotes from his speech.
They had met before the elections and agreed that
Obama could use some of his quotes.

4. Where did it happen?
Obama had done his speech in Wisconsin to
answer claims from his rival, Hillary Clinton.

5. When did it happen?
-Barack Obama's speech was given on
February 2008.
-However, the speech he plagiarized was from
October 2006.

6. Why it happened?
He was challenge by Clinton by saying that
all he had to go on was just words. Obama
quoted some of the most historic quotes from
many different historic speeches and ask if they
were just works. Obama says that he was just
sharing ideas with patrick but Hillary is
accusing him of plagiarism.

7. Works Cited
Baiely, Jonathan. "The Obama Plagiarism Scandal." Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright. N.p., 20
Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/02/20/the-obama-
plagiarism-scandal/>.
Zeleny, Jeff. "Clinton Camp Says Obama Plagiarized In His Speech." The New York Times. The New
York Times, 19 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.
com/2008/02/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?_r=1>.Ferri, Lisa and Sterns,
FERRI, LISA, and OLIVIA STERNS. "Patrick: Plagiarism Accusation Against Obama 'Extravagant'"
ABC News. ABC News Network, 19 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http://abcnews.go.
com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=4310143>.
Sweet, Lynn. "Sweet: Barack Obama Lifts Some Lines from Deval Patrick Speech. Video
Comparison. UPDATES - Lynn Sweet." Sweet: Barack Obama Lifts Some Lines from Deval Patrick
Speech. Video Comparison. UPDATES - Lynn Sweet. N.p., 18 Feb. 2008. Web. 30 Aug. 2012. <http:
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8. This Concludes our presentation!
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