December 18, 2013

Obama Stealing Phrases




[From article]
On the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s death, Obama declared in remarks from the White House: “He achieved more than could be expected of any man. Today he’s gone home. He no longer belongs to us. He belongs to the ages.”
Obama’s eloquence was uncharacteristic, but it was of course borrowed without attribution. He took for the occasion the words reportedly spoken by Secretary of War Stanton at the Petersen House on the death of Abraham Lincoln: “Now he belongs to the ages.”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/12/borrowed-eloquence.php

POSTED ON DECEMBER 17, 2013
BORROWED ELOQUENCE

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