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“Sooner or later, academic dishonesty will be discovered,” the Army War College warns in its student handbook. A graduate degree from the prestigious school indicates not only academic rigor, but harder to find attributes of honor and integrity.
Well, Biden demonstrates that a history of plagiarism is not a problem for a Democrat Vice President, so maybe Hillary will take notice.
Tsk, tsk. I believe the operative word was “DEMOCRAT” candidate for the senate. Such bad behavior doesn’t count for them
Even as this relatively early stage, the campaign between Walsh and Daines has been pretty nasty. It may ultimately come down to the lesser of two jerkos. I very much doubt that plagiarism will mean much in November.
Plagiarism for a Republican is a deal breaker, for a Democrat it is just a way to enhance ones resume. To show that one is flexible of thought so to speak. A couple more falsehoods like this could make Sen Walsh potential Presidential material.
Hmm… related news? Socialists Are Cheaters, Says New Study
Don’t know about his reelection chances but his degree should be rescinded and a reduction in rank, the latter which will reduce his pension.
To be fair, we have a saying at work that goes “There’s no such thing as plagiarism in the Army.”
They’re just getting out ahead of the story so it’s old news by November.
Is anybody else concerned that the Army War College apparently requires only a 14 page paper for a master’s degree?
In this day and age the University of Wisconsin–Madison is giving out grades based on ethnic background. All higher education degrees should be considered suspect until proven otherwise I would say.
This shouldn’t be a problem for Walsh. After all, unlike Blumenthal and Warren, he isn’t pretending to be anything: Walsh is an authentic plagiarist.
Related, Mr. Walsh’s opponent Mr. Daines is now running a TV ad arguing that Walsh is bad for Medicare because he supports Obamacare, and that Walsh is against seniors because he said that privatizing social security should stay on the table.
I used to think that Daines was closer to a Tea Party conservative – his slogan is “More Jobs, Less Government” – but it seems that he is more of a US Chamber of Commerce conservative. He’ll be far better than Walsh, but why is he attacking from the left!
My thoughts as well.
Also his degree was in 2007. Why didn’t they run any plagiarism checks on the work at the time?
On Wednesday, a campaign aide for Mr. Walsh did not contest the plagiarism but suggested that it be viewed in the context of the senator’s long career. She said Mr. Walsh was going through a difficult period at the time he wrote the paper, noting that one of the members of his unit from Iraq had committed suicide in 2007, weeks before it was due.
Hey, cut the guy some slack. He made a bad decision while under stress. It’s not like there are any important decisions to be made under stress in the Senate.
I would recommend to anybody interested in the subject Rich Posner’s Little Book of Plagiarism.
I once had a law school seminar class on corporate governance. We each had to submit our papers for review by the other members of the class. I was a bit surprised that one of my classmates plagiarized about four pages (just cut and paste) from an article about insider trading that I had previously had published. I had been sitting literally five feet from her in this class of ten students for three months and she didn’t realize I was the person she was plagiarizing.
How did she react upon the revelation? Actually better question, what consequences did she suffer, if any.
It was only a few weeks before I graduated (she was a 2L), so I don’t know what the ultimate consequences were for her. I know she failed the class and was set to go before a disciplinary hearing. I didn’t get the opportunity to confront her in person. She had distributed her (or should I say “our”) paper electronically for review a few days before the in class discussion. Upon reading it, I just sent a link of the relevant portion of my previous article to the professor. The professor probably would have caught it anyway, since he was my faculty advisor when I was writing the plagiarized paper. He’s a great guy and pretty easygoing, but he was furious (I think as much by how ineptly the plagiarism was done as by the basic fact of it). The plagiarist didn’t show up to class after that.
Does it count as plagiarism that O, without attribution, stole the “You didn’t build that” line from that other idiot who started it all?
He doesn’t remember because in actuality he gave the assignment to his E-4 driver who has a semester at the UM.
I’ve seen this ad too. I was really taken aback. I’m afraid the “More jobs, Less government” slogan is a bit of a sham and should be “more jobs, less government (unless i need more government to get elected.”
Part of the “Reduction in Paperwork” in the government. ;-)