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My Sweet Walsh He’s So Fine

[embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbb25i8HHDg[/embedyt]Marquel, TPVs NY Times Correspondent was formatting his PhD thesis footnotes when he read Senator’s Thesis Turns Out to Be Remix of Others’ Works, Uncited.  An examination of the final paper required for Senator John Walsh of Montana’s master’s degree from the Army War College indicates that at least a quarter of it was appropriated without attribution. That’s pretty bad, but not so bad for a democrat. They don’t make good liars, Marquel thought. It’s the Republicans who can plagiarize with a straight face and convince you they first wrote “My kingdom for a horse.” But this Walsh guy is a pretty gutsy plagiarist. Virtually his entire masters thesis was stolen and his conclusions were 100% stolen. The problem is he stole good shit, pro peace, rational studies and strategies for the Middle East. Which just proves that Democrats can’t get it right even when they’re right.

Marquel thought this was real chutzpah and anywhere there is real chutzpah there’s a story. So he dropped in on Walsh.
I asked whether he still thought it wasn’t plagiarism.
“I don’t think it is,” he insisted, “whoever said it was will live in infamy.”
“Didn’t FDR say that?” I asked.
“No, I just said it,” he said, “see what I mean?”
“I guess,” I said. “Not FDR?”
“I didn’t know FDR,” he said, “but you’re no FDR.”
“Wait!” I exclaimed, “that was Lloyd Bentsen!”
He looked around, and when finished, said, “No once again it was me. See?”
“Yeah, so how do you put up with all this?” I asked.
“With self discipline,” he said, “anything is possible.”
“I think Teddy Roosevelt said that first.” I said.
“That’s impossible,” he said, “he’s dead.”
“I have a feeling,” I said, “that you have a different view from everyone else in this country. I don’t know what I can do for you.”
“Well,” he said, “I wouldn’t ask what you can do for your country, I’d ask what your country can do for you.”
“That’s the opposite,” I said, “of what JFK said.”
“Well that can’t be plagiarism, can it?” He asked.
“I don’t know,” I said, “but now it seems I think some things are worse than plagiarism.”
“So do I,” he said.
“It’s almost an art form in your hands…or mouth,” I said.
“Well art is nothing but plagiarism,” he said, “or else it’s revolution.”
“I think you just plagiarized Gauguin,” I said.
“You know,” he said, “it’s a question of numbers. If you copy one person it’s plagiarism. If you copy two or more, it’s research.”
“Okay,” I said, “basta. That’s Burke. I think you’re incapable of saying anything original.”
“Originality is only judicious imitation.” He insisted.
“Okay,” I said, “you got me there. It’s too original to be you but I don’t know who said it.”
“Voltaire,” he said. “Voilà.”
He probably thought that meant good bye in French so I left saying, “a bien-tôt.”
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BY MARQUEL: My Sweet Walsh He’s So Fine

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5 COMMENTS

  1. Nice correction, Marquel. I meant to say that the second YouTube video did not make sense. Well done. Excellent article. Nothing else from you.

  5. Marquel, you’re telling us that Walsh is not the author of “My kingdom for a horse”?
    Wow. This is news to me.:) Funny article.

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