“Just words,” and borrowed ones at that

The Clinton campaign has accused Barack Obama of plagiarism in connection with a speech he gave which borrowed generously from one given by Deval Patrick when he ran for governor of Massachusetts. Specifically, Obama tracked Patrick’s words when he said:

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