426 days between words don't matter.

What was right for Joe Biden presidential campaign in 1968 is right for senator Obama.
Senator Obama, show integrity and withdraw from the race.
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Main article: United States presidential election, 1988
Main article: Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr., the Democratic United States Senator from Delaware since 1973, was a candidate for President of the United States in the 1988 United States presidential election.

Biden had been mentioned among possible Presidential contenders 1984, but he did not enter the presidential race that season. Nonetheless, he won one vote at that year's Democratic National Convention.

In 1987, at age of 45, Biden became one of the official candidates for Democratic nomination. Because of his experience and moderate image, he was initially mentioned as one of the frontrunners, and ran several television ads. However, Biden's campaign was short-lived.

Controversy emerged during Biden's candidacy ; he ended his presidential campaign on September 23, 1987 after being accused of plagiarism. Though he had correctly credited the original author in all speeches but one, the one where he failed to make mention of the originator was caught on video. In the video Biden is filmed repeating a stump speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock with only minor modifications. "Why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go a university? Why is it that my wife . . . is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright? . . . Is it because they didn't work hard? My ancestors who worked in the coal mines of northeast Pennsylvania and would come after 12 hours and play football for four hours? It's because they didn't have a platform on which to stand." After Biden withdrew from the race it was learned that he had correctly credited Kinnock on all other occasions. But in the Iowa speech that was recorded and distributed to reporters. Biden's campaign could not recover.

Senator Obama. Do the right thing. Withdraw from the campaign.

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[zoso41]

Keep drinking the Cool Aid all you obama supporters.

[ejplaza]

Cool Aid? You mean Kool-Aid. Obviously you listen to talk radio. Neither Obama nor McCain have shown me a plan to upright my country. Worse, most people tell me that voting for Bob Barr is a vote for Obama. My vote for Barr is my vote for Barr. Obama and McCain will be in the White House, I know, but, I will not have regrets

[warszawianka]

Dude. You didn't even spell his name properly. "Barack" has one N, not two. And your attempt to analogise this with Joe Biden in 1988 is lame. Have a nice cup of FAIL.

[ejplaza]

Barrack has no "N's".

[ejplaza]

Hillary or McCain are not part of my opinion. Of the three, only one seems to have the acumen to run my coutry. Senator Flim Flam does not. He is a con artist.

[bigpapo666]

IT'S is plagiarism even if his friend sad he can use his speech.Hillary use two words from obama(NOT A HOLE SPEECH).I feel sorry for the people that voted for him

[ejplaza]

The Flim Flam man should withdraw. The press is giving him a pass. Why?

[ilovelildavid]

This is the "FIRST" african american that is articulate, clean, inteligent. Every one else is an IDIOT.Personally I don't believe so, buy Joe Biden, Obama's running mate is sure about that. What a team!!!!!

[Rosiesideology]

Thanks for a much needed dose of true objectivity. You are brutally honest in your representation of independant thought, or as it should be, looking at the facts, and voting on your convictions. That is actually, imo, what our forefathers envisioned when they set up our democracy.

[yahoochatter]

lololololol

[Basketball80]

the point is the same.

[yogikanna]

They are all politicians. Politicians are all corrupt no matter what party they are from. They want to come to power no matter what. Democracy is becoming a joke. Only god knows how the word is going to shape up this century.

[TymtuKeelAlcotatcahz]

This illustrates very well how vacuous he is unless his mouthing some else's material. He's just a cypher.

[runnerxc17]

It confuses me how it seems that Barack Obama really did get a free ride w/ the Press on this and many other occasions.

People say that his biggest asset is his charisma...but if it's juts someone elses speech......i dunno.

This destroyed Biden's campaign in '88 and as life-long Biden supporter I find this ridiculous that an action that was even worse than Biden's was literally overlooked by the press and by the nation...

I support Obama now that he's y party's nominee but..seriously...