Plagiarism in Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign

[@ryankey4980]

He met with his advisors after he was caught and said “don’t worry staff: we have nothing to fear, but fear, itself.”

[@marilynalvarez9951]

This made me laugh out loud....thanks!

[@audreymai2773]

That is what Johnny Carson said. You just plagiarized his joke.

[@monkey3964]

@@audreymai2773 That is what Johnny Carson said. You just plagiarized his joke.

[@krischambers9021]

Lol

[@yahiryellow1]

thought of a whole movie scene with that one saying

[@Vonniesistah]

You know, if you're caught plagiarizing in college or at your place of work its immediate expulsion. 47 years of this and he's still in politics. What am I missing?

[@Jrcoaca]

Political success is impossible to take away because in the United States it's bought with largely unknown (even those known aren't common knowledge) "lobbyists". Once you're productive and you're in, you're in.

[@akorn9943]

Biden actually was caught plagiarizing in college lol

[@ingeniousmechanic]

he has a thin, wet spaghetti noodle for a spine and will do and say whatever he's told by those with power over him.

[@bryanhovorka9747]

Well…Democrats.

[@akorn9943]

@@bryanhovorka9747 ah yes deception and corruption problems notoriously exclusive in our government only to democrats

[@DGill48]

Missed the funniest part.....where he robs Kinnock's speech about those coal mining ancestors

[@fjordking]

not in the Washingtons posts agenda

[@tanisdevelopment]

At least they left in "and I started thinking as I was coming over here" as if it was spontaneous!

[@AdityaPratama-jq8yh]

Reminds me of Hoyt from far cry 3

[@VideoGameBac0n]

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[@Shad0hawK]

@@ananyagudapati8313 like he "forgot to cite" all the other people he plagiarized... ROFL

[@markjohnston4119]

maybe plagiarizing is the only way he can complete a coherent sentence...

[@Zee_1003]

and when he makes his own, he produces word salad! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@hotepkiller1180]

@@Zee_1003 "wird"..... Trump supporter?

[@Zee_1003]

@@hotepkiller1180 do you know that typo errors have already been invented? corrected it but yeah it could also be wird because Biden is always speaking gibberish.

[@Zee_1003]

@ thanks for that but it was honestly a typo. but you're right, he could've said that a few times... even with a teleprompter! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@hotepkiller1180]

@@Zee_1003 sorry i went to Trump university

[@FrankAndrews]

How did this not ruin his career in politics?

[@nickmcclellan9623]

He's a Democrat

[@tabo01]

He will do exactly what the DNC tells him to.

[@karendare2642]

Wait 30 years, dust him off drag him out present him to younger voters who believe what they get from the "news."🎉🎉

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Because he's a DEMOCRAT they seem to get a free pass with the woke lefty liberals but when its TRUMP they go ape💩😂😂

[@MrRenics]

For a political career, common sense and brains are not needed, the main thing is who motivates you and supports you financially.🤣😂

[@jham7722]

Numerous occasions of plagerism. Never mentioned once during campaign. He was never challenged on this at any point.

[@marilynalvarez9951]

Because he hid in his basement

[@ItsMe-vg4vj]

Biden isnt calling any shots. Fyi

[@JakeWitmer]

@@ItsMe-vg4vj Yes. People even worse than Biden are calling the shots, behind the scenes.

[@harrykeepdrums]

He dropped out of his original campaign because of it.

[@danielmims8467]

He also plagiarized his Master thesis in college. That came out after all the speech plagiarizing came out and was the final nail.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

Which of his *ahem* THREE college degrees was that for? 🤣

[@Mys10c]

peacefuljeffrey I think it was in law school, actually.

[@harryjennings670]

You don't write a thesis for law school.

[@jeffhreid]

Harry Jennings I think you’re intentionally missing the point. Biden plagiarized on a college paper and got flunked as a result. That is wrong.

[@w.kamaranjoku1712]

@@harryjennings670 you actually do...am in law school and I have to write one

[@PunksterOS]

Biden's speeches are truly inspirational. It means that perhaps I too can steal and get to be a world leader.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

USA is still not the world.

[@PunksterOS]

@@Zodroo_Tint I never said it was.

[@SamvedIyer]

@@Zodroo_Tint The comment says "a world leader" and not "the world leader".

[@ermac6466]

My favorite quote quote of biden was theres one step for man, one giant leap for mankind, he said he was putting on his trousers...... Lol trousers now you got me talking like them

[@ermac6466]

@@Zodroo_Tint it can be if your an ant or a fly whichone do you identify with?

[@erikakathleen509]

WHAT A FRAUD!

[@4pinky2011]

"JOE BIDEN IS THE KING OF "PLAGIARISM"

[@vincentbaca790]

When has this man ever had an original thought? And we are to believe 80 million Americans voted for him?🤔

[@bensonfang1868]

He’s no Jack Kennedy.

[@jjerry56]

This video just barely scratches the surface.

[@jungledog4868]

He's a disgrace.

[@maxchavez5032]

This is why he dropped out of his '88 campaign in the first place. And yet, he did it again. He'd rather meet with big donors than look over his own campaign.

[@irarajabi256]

Max Chavez please when did he do thee same plagiarism again!? Plz give me the year biz I'd like to check it out.

[@laurentecrivain6944]

How was David Duke or Pat Robertson any better?

[@danielfreemanreels4053]

I wish he dropped in 2020

[@UnclePhil1112]

This is when Biden should have been out of politics

[@jaycampbell6402]

@@laurentecrivain6944 Who said those losers are any better? It is a shame anyone allowed this man to come anywhere near public office, no matter if you can find others that are just as bad, Most likely joe cheated in his own primary race.

[@maxchavez5032]

He copied Kinnock just three months after his speech. That must have been some speech.

[@JakeWitmer]

A lot of plagiarists try to find sources that are far away from the place the material will ultimately be used. I guess plagiarizing an MEP wasn't far enough...it was still English. LOL

[@joshuadavidbuffalo4515]

Imagine your brain being so broken that you forgot every lie you ever told…

[@cmhardin37]

Yes. He's using the same lines today.

[@MAllen-ng8pl]

his alzheimer's has gotten to the point where he can start reading his old speeches, and it'll seem completely new to him.

[@StephRenee812]

🤣

[@overtonpendulum2071]

The saddest part is that he would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for the Internet.

[@Dave-ks9fi]

He didn't get away with it and there was no internet, just 40 years later people were to young to remember.

[@shantvincent782]

WaPo wouldn't put this out today, I'm surprised they haven't taken it down yet.

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Except they did. Wtf are you talking about?

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

Cope

[@efrainrodriguez1324]

Just think, if anyone else plagiarized in college, they would be held accountable. From a failing grade to academic dismissal, plagiarism is no joke.

[@LinkMarioSamus]

Tbf it’s not quite the same thing.

[@lorimeyers3839]

Back when I was going to college in 2008, I had a poly sci prof who told us about Biden’s plagiarism being his demise in ‘88. It seemed like zero young people at the time (now in my 30s) knew that. Thought it was hilarious once the rest of the world saw this pop up on KZbin years later. Team Brandon!

[@slickbricknick123]

Imagine losing millions of votes to a guy who doesn’t even know where he is.

[@donbirkholz6842]

He said he was in the top half of his class at Syracuse. He must have plagiarized that, he was around 75 th of 85 at Syracuse Law School (Wikipedia). He plagiarized and lied in the same sentence.

[@JakeWitmer]

He didn't plagiarize that, he lied about that. When someone says "I did ___." and '___' is a simple falsifiable fact, and they did not, in fact, do '___' ...they're a liar, not a plagiarist.

[@Malikramus]

31 years later and now he's plagiarizing Andrew Yang.

[@phook6194]

How did he plagiarize Yang

[@mikaelleonbriones6356]

Yang, I mean Yang had some goo ideas, but cuz this whole COVID mess came form Asia and he was an asian american, his campaing was doomed from the beging

@@mikaelleonbriones6356 he still is an asian american.

[@poppaluv]

@ Was he born in asia or here? Because if he was born here, he is American with asian ancestry, not "Asian-American" Where TF is my box to check off for "German, Irish, Nordic, Dutch, Spanish, Chittimacha, Caddo and Cherokee indian- American? Everyone has to seem to separate themselves in little boxes, all alone and "special"

[@poppaluv]

@ I knew what you meant. IT's a trigger for me. I decide to self id as a house plant. Please call me Fern from here on. Also, everything i said earlier i id as. that's fine, but all these hyphenated descriptors are just another way for everyone to be a one of a kind. Too many trophys were given out. And i still want MY box to check off.

[@diazmilton]

Ah now instead of plagiarism, he uses the Teleprompter to communicate others' thoughts.

[@jamesonh2962]

I dont wanna be that guy, but the media literally never brings up anything from Biden’s past Edit months later: just cause i said this doesn’t mean i like Trump at all

[@CH-zr7qr]

It literally just did in this video.

[@jamesonh2962]

C H out of all the media attention devoted to the primaries i saw almost nothing from a mainstream source talking about his past controversies. One washington post video doesnt change how disproportionate negative coverage was

[@jstag2393]

Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle' Look this stuff up

[@irenebrewer5726]

msm talked as much about joe biden's son nearly as much as fox news. you probably follow the orders of rush limbaugh and only listen to right wing media.

[@Diponty]

@@irenebrewer5726 That's when they wanted someone else in! Now, mums the word regarding saint Joe.

[@100percentSNAFU]

Well, I can understand why he plagiarizes...every time he comes up with his own stuff, it is things like "I mean, you've got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy"

[@mycelia_ow]

@reality check they love playing with his leg hairs

[@midnightstrike3625]

How does he think we can solve domestic abuse in the US? "Keep punching at it"

[@laurentecrivain6944]

If only someone else writes what Trump says in his speeches. If only he uses a teleprompter. He may actually say something that is worth listening to and credible sounding.

[@TheTommyboy63]

C'mon Man!!

[@jeffschlarb4965]

@@laurentecrivain6944 Makes you mad he showed how much Obama lied, right?

[@runningman7683]

Didn't he plagiarize his college paper and had to redo it?

[@runningman7683]

@Jason Jason yes he did. In his first year of law school. He admitted it when he ran for president in 88' when he was called out. It's a pattern. He is a fraud.

[@runningman7683]

@Jason Jason I guess I was asking in a reminder of a way I guess. Sorry!

[@tmc6799]

@@runningman7683 I thought you posed the question to challenge others to find out for themselves, to stimulate debate and follow his history of plagiarism. Thank you I was aware of this, but obviously others want someone else to do their work.

[@jbmayretta]

I did here from Mark Levine that Joe Biden has plagerized all his life.

[@jeffhreid]

He got an F for plagiarizing

[@MyDyerMaker]

I can see why Barry picked him. Barry wouldn't seem as incompetent as he was with that doofus next to him.

[@amandaedwards643]

Ha ha. Good one. I thought I was the only person who said doofus any more.

[@simongrey3806]

Barry knew that with Joe as veep he was safe from assasination. Same reason Joe chose Kamala.

[@exbronco]

Barry the Chosen One.

[@jeanesingsjazz]

From all that I’ve read in the intervening years, Obama did not want Biden on the ticket but the DNC pushed him because he was a “senior statesman”.

[@sebastianbelcher5354]

Funny thing is Trump made Obama look like JFK.

[@magma3525]

*He has a new one now, "Made in America!"* Trump already has taken this one! He brought many of jobs back to America so that instead of China we'll make the products back home. The nerve this guy has!

[@robmen1402]

Are you being serious? 90% of all our things come from china still. NOBODY has brought back manufacturing jobs to the US. Why? Because it's just too damn expensive and no one here can afford those goods with the current avg salary. Manufacturing jobs in the US is over and it's been over for a long time. We are now a service industry and will remain that.

[@samuelod2659]

WP regrets posting this video. When they posted a year ago they wanted their favorite candidate to win the primaries, but now they all dropped out and Joe is standing against Trump.

[@amygentry4351]

Yep. And Trump will win reelection in a landslide victory!!! Fact. Biden is a corrupt loser politician. Fact

[@mikaelleonbriones6356]

Yep, And Biden will win election in landslide victory!!! Fact. Trump is a corrupt loser buissness man. Fact

[@amygentry4351]

@@mikaelleonbriones6356 Trump will win reelection in a landslide victory. America will never be a socialist country. Period. Fact. Biden is a corrupt moron

[@inthemaze7441]

Amy Gentry , yep 👍🏼 Trump 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Ruthe-pc8wd]

How embarrassing for Taco Jill to be married to such a liar.

[@belogical3961]

I guess the Washington Post wished they never posted this video now. 😂

[@Zee_1003]

lol 😂 😂 😂

[@pattywolford]

I honestly don't know why this isn't plastered all over mainstream media!

[@davidw9694]

I think you answered your own question: mainstream media.

[@LindaGuess]

Letting everyone know what a liar he is !!!!

[@dbcooper1618]

This time around someone else will be writing his speeches. Would the real Democratic Presidential candidate please stand up?

[@ZeRTO_13]

I thought his "I had a dream speech" was real good but now I'm not sure it's even his.

[@jeffschlarb4965]

On ALF, sitcom from the 1980's : "Like Joe Biden said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself" That was from 1988!! Of course originally said by FDR!!

[@MajorCaliber]

@@jeffschlarb4965 CLASSIC barb!... thanks for the reminder... it was Season 2 ep 11 - "Hail to the Chief"

[@johnallenlauridsenjr.3395]

So along with the gun free zone we can add intellectual thief to his resume...

[@janeleekeller]

@@VideoHostSite ; Personally, "I'm" AGHAST that Biden, (Sleepy 😴 Joe), has been able to Avoid being, COMMITTED - Mid one of his Many Gaff's 🤯. AT LEAST, THUS FAR 😱. AND, at Least President Trump was Paying for "Services Rendered". As I recall, Neither Kennedy - Nor Clinton, (both within the Capital, and the White House while getting it on), were Non Paying Recipients. (or in Your own "Special Vernacular"), "The Screwed". And, BTW - Kyleeee, Sweetums - 🖕You - 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😘 An Actual - "Unlike Yourself" - AMERICAN 🇺🇲. TRUMP 🇺🇸 2020

[@publickdefendrr8101]

@@VideoHostSite I would be totally unhinged to if Biden was my only choice! Really can't blame you.

[@penumbra1213]

The only original thing he's ever said is pretty much "dog faced pony soldier". Though it wouldn't surprise me at all if he had even ripped that from someone else too.

[@inthemaze7441]

Evidently he did. It was an old western movie..

[@mattjohnson2081]

He is gonna be remembered as the worst president ever… no joke

[@sixthgear5874]

so thankful to see transparency in the news, sad that its probably getting demonetized

[@tanisdevelopment]

"And I started thinking as I was coming over here" that I was a Welshman, leading the British Labour Party.

[@zedeon6299]

He's cheating again

[@Zyvo2]

“The first woman in a thousand generations to get into university” Wait, there were universities in 20k BC?

[@policesquad]

Yes, Flintstone University

[@jaycampbell6402]

The whole comment shows how dumb leftists are. Even after the advent of the industrial revolution most people did not go to university because there were enough productive jobs to keep people busy and prosperous. Now the economy is based on so-called "service sector" jobs so they want to dupe a lot of young kids into going to college to saddle them with debt because elite politicians have gutted productive capacity.

[@charlesvan13]

He was ripping off Star Wars. "For over a thousand generations the Jedi were the guardians of peace in the galaxy."

[@thecoasterboss9205]

"When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. Said son when you grow up, will you be the savior of the broken, to join the black parade?" - Joe Biden, 2021

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

What does that even mean??

[@joseph7972]

@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 its from a song

[@papawoody9597]

:59 "I started thinking..." That's the biggest lie he's ever told.

[@albernard180]

This is the president.😂 48 yrs and accomplished nothing

[@WesCoastPiano]

Why does Joe Biden have less hair in 1988 than now?

[@jeanesingsjazz]

he had hair plugs installed

[@Tikiville]

Liar then and now.

[@dubspwns]

It's ok - none of the speeches he stole were worth over $1000 so he was never convicted.

[@cdog2331]

I gotta say....I am shocked The Ministry of Truth has not taken this down...it is not very complimentary of their chosen man.

[@RajHK8]

When he gets impeached he can say “I am not a crook!”

[@chriswylie253]

1:01 "I started thinkin' as I was coming over here". Total bullshit, Every answer is rehearsed.

[@Donscottmusic]

Creepy Uncle Joe with his hair plugs 😂

[@laurentecrivain6944]

Looks more natural than Trump's combover and bronzer makeover.

[@shayah7710]

I just love when these pop up. With thanks.

[@TheEulerID]

To answer one of Neil Kinnock's points, one of the reasons he and his wife were the first of their family to have attended university in a thousand generations is that, for about 960 of those generations, there were no universities. A thousand generations is 25,000 years, and the oldest university in Europe wasn't established until 1088. There's rhetorical flourish, and then there's ludicrous over-statements...

[@rebelzx313]

So, his hair grew back, and he got more idiotic?

[@DunkYTP]

Who’s here before KZbin deletes this

[@bernardopena1601]

This is so much, yet the media is 100% silent on this and other comments or actions as well as on the faults of his proposals.

[@chargersina]

this is the media, you are watching washington post but it is pre-covid when there was actual journalism.

[@sebastianbelcher5354]

I mean this is the media and it was a big issue that was discussed in the mainstream. Seems only when Trump's mistakes are highlighted, then the news is fake.

[@garysmitty4478]

He doing his own material in 2020 "Come on Man"

[@JanglishJerryShow]

He's doing the same thing with Andrew yang. WP, you should hop on this.

[@jakeperry8773]

So this is what they mean by "sharp" and "mentally fit". Poor guy just wets the bed now.

[@mcawesomest1]

It’s impressive how many speeches he fraudulently said were his

[@rickkrockstar]

All you have to do is always credit the real speaker. 🤔

[@rickkrockstar]

Besides we can see how the Post feels about Joe 🤔

[@lirmchip]

"I have a dream" 81,000,000 votes folks

[@glowdog6321]

"I started thinking as I was coming over here . . ." Bollocks.

[@smswaff1]

Wow! Hes a serial liar? 😂😂😂

[@fanzareli88]

How long till this video is taken down

[@TobiasSalas]

I’m surprised he didn’t call for Americans to go to the moon 😂

[@michaelSer]

Im not surprised

[@salilbhatnagar]

The Kennedy's: *Breath* 1988 Biden: *Immediately takes notes*

[@vesperone3905]

I have a dream...-Joe Biden

[@johnmeshefski7050]

How can you believe anything he says?

[@caulkblocker]

Sickening. How anyone could vote for this man is disgusting 🤮

[@Spitpoole20024]

What a fraud. He’s a wannabe. Why is not this being brought up now?

[@kevlar6240]

Pretty significant coming from the WP.

[@Alex-kp5pq]

To be fair, this sounds like 80% of all politicians' speeches.

[@winkyledford1669]

he was and now a crook

[@MrMaxyield]

Wow... Oh Joe... That's pretty clear and undeniable...!!! Wonder what he's stolen here in 2020...???🤔🤔

[@leyroy1980]

Shocked yall haven't taken this down yet

[@ptolomaeer]

This is what the US voted for?!

[@Phoenix_2A]

I voted for Trump. 🤷‍♂

[@pablog.4947]

What a disgrace

[@theengineer704]

Hell; we see it “now” in his climate change bill. Has he changed in all this time? Uh no.

[@yesher12]

He has always lied and don't forget 10% for the big guy!

[@adityaunni420]

He is a democrat! What do you expect?

[@LegendsBeware]

The list is a lot longer than this too.

[@ajfalk6364]

The video: plagiarism in joe biden's... Me a republican: you've said enough, I'm satisfied.

[@RagingDrew]

Now when he blatantly lies, the media covers for him. Hilarious.

[@jamesrobinson9062]

He’s a crook the kind of guy Washington is full of

[@MIKlLLA]

As a university student, we are continously reminded that plagiarism is no joke, how you can be expelled and black listed for plagiarism, and there are various measurements taken to counter and identify plagiarism. This guy does it and he gets elected to be the President. It's hilarious to think about since I attend a University in LA, the most liberal/ progressive city on the face of the earth.

[@MrThorfan64]

Wait till you hear what other people did before becoming President.

[@MAllen-ng8pl]

i don't know if i should call him plagiarizing joe, or dementia joe. im leaning towards dementia joe.

[@jeffhreid]

I’m shocked the post haven’t taken this video down yet

[@neftaligracida8986]

He doesn’t even talk like that anymore 🤣 because it was all stolen haha

[@guillermolarregui7129]

He's an empty vessel reading a teleprompter

[@olesuhr727]

Shameless and disrespectful !

[@susanphillips2962]

Creepiest of all creeps

[@randywilson9185]

when plagiarism is the highlight of your career... deamm

[@Youknowwhoin2024]

"It's just a bunch of lies!!!!"

[@chicagopdtransparency6146]

To be fair, JFK accepted the Pulitzer for a book he didn’t write. There are Churchills and Lincolns, but very rarely.

[@sebastianbelcher5354]

I mean Churchill and Lincoln had their own serious issues as leaders. We're not supposed to talk about that though because they're the chosen heroes....

[@Bonez0r]

I'm surprised that this is on the WaPo channel.

[@leodooley7572]

Now he's copying Trump!