include plagiarism. he did not write the speeches the he has been given, include plagiarized passages. he has the writers. rand paul told "the new york times," how his writing gets done. things are done quickly in a hour reap. some times i get some things sent to me giving a speech looking down at my phone, saying read this for approval in 20 minutes. i literally am riding in a car in between things trying to figure out if i can approve it. okay. that is the way all senators get their writing done. their staffs write stuff. and the senators approve it. and the senators are always riding in cars approving speeches on the fly. but rand paul -- is the only one of our hundred senators who stand accused and convicted of plagiarism tonight because rand paul employs pathetic plagiarists to write speeches, articles and books. rand paul doesn't employ them, he hires them. they're paid by the federal government. which means you are paying the salaries of rand paul's plagiarists. the speeches that he gives as a uni

include plagiarism. he did not write the speeches the he has been given, include plagiarized passages. he has the writers. rand paul told "the new york times," how his writing gets done. things are done quickly in a hour reap. some times i get some things sent to me giving a speech looking down at my phone, saying read this for approval in 20 minutes. i literally am ridingen a car in between things trying to figure out if i can approve it. okay. that is the way all senators get their writing done. their staffs write stuff. and the senators approve it. and the senators are always riding in cars approving speeches on the fly. but rand paul -- is the only one of our hundred senators who stand accused and convicted of plagiarism tonight because rand paul employs s pathetic plagiarists to write speeches, articles and books. rand paul doesn't employ them, he hires them. they're paid bay ty the federal government. which means you are paying the salaries of rand paul's plagiarists. the speeches that he gives as

it's a plagiarism. here was senator paul taking questions about plagiarizing and turning them into the character of the person who caught him plagiarizing. jonathan capehart and joan walsh. both are msnbc contributors. what i think we're looking at here is not a question, of course, of plagiarizing from wikipedia with all its own problems and credibility problems which we've all come across, but plagiarizing and being caught doing it instead of saying got me. which he should have said you got me. a staff member was rushing through a preparation for something i said. put it in the speech without putting it in words for me simply using their words. instead of admitting that, he jumbles the story, talks about the plot line of movies, moves the conversation just like they conflate one with another subject and hope the people don't have a memory. but we do. your thoughts. >> exactly. all he had to do was say you know what, we messed up. she got me. i apologize. my staff will do better. and let's move on to m

it's about plagiarism. he has been accused of taking words, large numbers of words, from other sources. he wrote a book but puts his name to the book more than 1300 of them that came from a heritage foundation report. it took a search engine to discover this. once discovered, it's the fact he has to defend and refuse he did what he did, take credit for someone else's words. i don't know why he won't and doesn't admit that they took the words and took credit. this is something you learn in high school. why not remember the rules and follow them. if you don't set up the words as borrowed, you're taking credit for them yourselves. that's unacceptable. david corn of mother jones and josh marshall is founder of talking points memo. let's get to the evidence that senator paul has plagiarized. this book, "government bullies" complete with paul's picture and name on the top contains a large section lifted verbatim from a heritage foundation report. the copied second, 1318 words, is by far the most significant insta

it's about plagiarism. he has been accused of taking words, large numbers of words, from other sources. he wrote a book but puts his name to the book more than 1300 of them that came from a heritage foundation report. it took a search engine to discover this. once discovered, it's the fact he has to defend and refuse he did what he did, take credit for someone else's words. i don't know why he won't and doesn't admit that they took the words and took credit. this is something you learn in high school. why not remember the ruls and follow them. if you don't set up the words as borrowed, you're taking credit for them yourselves. that's unacceptable. david corn of mother jones and josh is founder of talking points memo. let's get to the evidence that senator paul has plagiarized. this book, "government bullies" complete with paul's picture and name on the top contains a large section lifted verbatim from a heritage foundation report. the copied second, 1318 words, is by far the most significant instance report

but he clearly plagiarized. and it's sort of like a weird lie compared to the albuquerque l albuquerque lie because not plagiarizing is an easy thing to do. one step, don't plagiarize and that's it. the obama care lie, like mckay said, they're trying to lawyer it now but a bad example of lawyering from the outset. it wouldn't have been too hard to mad odify the lie just a lit bit to make it accurate. but i think they had a failure of imagination. it was easier to say if you like your plan you could keep it too, because that will be true in 98% of cases. but the 2% for whom it's not true amount to millions and millions of people. and now they're having a hard time kind of squaring what they -- what they -- we're trying to get at with what the reality is. >> mckay, senator paul, you know, is talking about his term papers as leave me the hell alone. and talks about being in detention for life. does he run the risk of sounding a bit like a spoiled teenager? >> well, i think that you see the frustration building, rig

he had plagiarized in the op-ed you had talked about and we also reported he plagiarized just this morning in a forbes article. >> so we saw accusations of plagiarism really, really hurt vice president joe biden's run for the white house back in 1988. you might be too young to remember that. but i remember it very vividly. he got hammered. he was chased out of the race in 2008. however, then senator obama faced accusations of lifting lines from massachusetts governor duval patrick. do you think paul is going to be able to bounce back as obama did, or is this going to hurt him like it hurt biden? >> you know, we can't really remember anything that happened two minutes ago in politics, let alone three years from now in the 2016 election. i don't really think this is going to hurt paul, especially because we're not really seeing, you know, getting flak from republicans for this. democrats and journalists noticed he has been plagiarizing but i don't think he will really have to answer for this fully until you have sort of the republican base making an issue with paul. and maybe people will do

it's about plagiarism. he has been accused of taking words, large numbers of words, from other sources. he wrote a book but puts his name to the book more than 1300 of them that came from a heritage foundation report.

so, plagiarism in print and plagiarism in testimony to the judiciary committee. again, he's saying this stuff as if it is his own words, when it's not. it's copied. so, this is just now the latest reported example of plagiarism by senator rand paul. you can add it to the list, which at this hour is long and still growing. we're going to have more on this coming up. stay with us. a 3d white smile with crest 3d white toothpaste. it removes up to 90% of surface stains in just 5 days. unleash your smile with crest 3d white toothpaste. life opens up with a whiter smile. >>> frequently, but apparently, without any consequence at all, frequently, the website politifact is wrong, completely wrong. marco rubio said a majority of americans are conservatives. politifact looked into that, found that that is not true, and then they ruled his statement half true. president obama made two claims about jobs numbers in a big speech, claims that were true. politifact admitted the claims were true. they rated his statement half true. politifact fact-checked a statement by lawrence

so, plagiarism in print and plagiarism in testimony to the judiciary committee. again, he's saying this stuff as if it is his own words, when it's not. it's copied. so, this is just now the latest reported example of plagiarism by senator rand paul. you can add it to the list, which at this hour is long and still growing. we're going to have more on this coming up. stay with us. the recent increase in cafeteria prices is not cool. when you vote for flo, we'll have discounts. ice-cream discounts. multi-cookie discounts. pizza loyalty discounts! [ kids chanting "flo!" ] i also have some great ideas on car insurance. [ silence ] finding you discounts since back in the day. call or click today. i like her. >>> frequently, but apparently, without any consequence at all, frequently, the website politifact is wrong, completely wrong. marco rubio said a majority of americans are conservatives. politifact looked into that, found that that is not true, and then they ruled his statement half true. president obama made two claims about jobs numbers in a big speech, claims th

so, plagiarism in print and plagiarism in testimony to the judiciary committee. again, he's saying this stuff as if it is his own words, when it's not. it's copied. so, this is just now the latest reported example of plagiarism by senator rand paul. you can add it to the list, which at this hour is long and still growing. we're going to have more on this coming up. stay with us. [ cheeping ] [ male announcer ] you hear that? that's the sound of car insurance companies these days. here a cheap, there a cheap. everywhere a cheap... you get it. so what if instead of just a cheap choice, you could make a smart choice? like esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. that's what they've always done. not just something they...cheep about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. once wrote something on a sheet of paper and placed it in his factory for all to see. ♪ four simple words where the meaning has never been lost. the challenge always accepted. and the calling for

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about these ongoing plagiarism revelations. not only can he not handle rigors of the difficult workload of beg a freshman senator, his excuse for plagiarizing an article for an op-ed, not only cannot handle the workload of a senator can't handle criticism of thing he's has done wrong. plagiarism has forced people out of political races in the past, joe biden in the 80s. in this case, rand paul says he might not be even make it to the race for president. he is now threatening quit even being a senator right now he cannot take the heat, cannot take the criticism. senator paul is clearly under a lot of pressure right now. a key moment for him and his political future. if this is the we he handles pressure, that is probably a good thing to know about hem now. probably better we learn the fact about him now than some time in the future. >>> good thursday morning. right now on "first look" -- the new york stock exchange is all atwitter as the microblogging site goes public. >>> a shooting rampage leaves two dead and eight wounded. >>

it is plagiarism, unless you put it in quotes and then make the citation. the absence of a footnote. >> correct. that's not a correction. >> that's obviously the right follow-up. i think, look, the -- with respect to cuccinelli, the best thing that could have happened to democrats in the virginia election was for mcauliffe to win, one. and secondly, for him to win very narrowly. because that keeps in place this argument that is going on, on the republican side, about this rebranding. this so-called rebranding, which i think is -- >> what rebranding? >> it is the biggest joke. this rebranding is the biggest joke since the rebranding of say new coke or freedom fries. but what has happened in virginia, it's kind of a test for the republicans right now who are just arguing that if cuccinelli had had more support, he may have won. and this is from a democrat's point of view. this kind of in fighting is very, very good for a couple reasons. one, the argument -- the principle argument amongst republicans, at least on a policy ground seems if we had just pushed and

. >>> and the first step in fixing your plagiarism problem is admitting you have one. he's claimed to be original when all he was a word processor. it's a problem senator. >>> finally one of the things i like about election night are concession speeches. not last night. these are brutal. and these are not nice. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, now that bill de blasio has won the new york mayor's race he has a mountain of problems to face, including a $2 billion budget shortfall. it was de blasio, 73%. and republican joe lhota, 24%. that's a 49 point spread. it's the biggest margin in any mayor's race in the history of the city of new york. >>> welcome back to "hardball." last night new jersey chris christie won in a landslide. he didn't hug the extreme right to do it. >> let's give a warm florida welcome to president obama. [cheers and applause] >> i'm pleased to report that he has sprung into action things while we were in the car riding together. it's been a great working relationship to make sure that we're doing the jobs that people elected

. >>> and the first step in fixing your plagiarism problem is admitting you have one. he's claimed to be original when all he was a word processor. it's a problem senator. >>> finally one of the things i like about election night are concession speeches. not last night. these are brutal. and these are not nice. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> well, now that bill de blasio has won the new york mayor's race he has a mountain of problems to face, including a $2 billion budget shortfall. it was de blasio, 73%. and republican joe lhota, 24%. that's a 49 point spread. it's the biggest margin in any mayor's race in the history of the city of new york. >>> welcome back to "hardball." last night new jersey chris christie won in a landslide. he didn't hug the extreme right to do it. >> let's give a warm florida welcome to president obama. [cheers and applause] >> i'm pleased to report that he has sprung into action immediately to help get us those things while we were in the car riding together.g relationship to make sure that we're doing the jobs that people

they both plagiarized my guest. dan stewart is reporter of the week and author of rethinking mandatory sentencing and the article from which rand paul used several passages verbatim for his own column in "the washington post" called the devastating collateral damage of an insidious drug war. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> i love this i was plagiarized by rand paul and i don't care. >> that's right. when i found out, i got a call from the buzz feed reporter who got the story. when i found out i said i thought to myself how should i feel about this? should i be angry that the senator has used my work, this guy who's several rungs up the social ladder from me? but i really didn't. i felt kind of indifferent towards it. that's my own experience. i don't want to be apologizing on senator rand's behalf. >> and you did mention that more people actually ended up seeing your article. >> that's right. something about having a u.s. senator -- >> cramp from your stuff. >> right. that brings you a lot of attention. so t

about these ongoing plagiarism revelations. not only can he not handle rigors of the difficult workload of beg a freshman senator, his excuse for plagiarizing an article for an op-ed, not only cannot handle the workload of a senator can't handle criticism of thing he's has done wrong. plagiarism has forced people out of political races in the past, joe biden in the 80s. in this case, rand paul says he might not be even make it to the race for president. he is now threatening quit even being a senator right now he cannot take the heat, cannot take the criticism.

we are in day 10 of the rand paul plagiarism scandal. and rand paul is continuing to pay the plagiarists on his staff with your tax dollars. and he has promised, prom igsed "the new york times" he will pay the plagiarist he's has put on the senate payroll with your tax dollars. he told "the times" no one will be fired for the plagiarism he has now very clearly blamed on his staff. like his father before him, rand paul wants to be and will never be president of the united states. the president of the united states has executive administrative control of a $3.45 trillion budget. rand paul cannot faithfully manage a $3 million budget. funded with your tax dollars. he cannot manage a work force of 17 people in washington, d.c. he cannot get an honest day's work out of all 35 people on his senate staff in washington and kentucky. rand paul knows who the plagiarists are on his staff. and rand paul has decided he is going to continue to funnel your tax dollars to them for their dishonest day's work. rand paul decided to continue to embarrass th

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rachel maddow mocked rand paul for plagiarism, but she's been accused of it too. this article on the conservative website which includes input from senator paul's representatives and even a statement from a rand paul adviser presents no evidence at all of plagiarism by the show. the closest it gets to accusing the show of plagiarism is noting other people on the internet made similar analogies in stories to the news we covered. but look at the headline, maddow's guilty of it too. i'm rubber, you're glue. so sure, senator, sure sources close to rand paul, you can try to make this whole problem for yourself about me, try to make me the story, go for it, good luck, i can take it. but you are going to have to i'm rubber, you're glue, a lot of other people than me because there's more people than me who have reported this factual, checkable information about what you've done wrong that you still haven't owned up to, you haven't apologized for, you haven't said you will fix. you're going to need a bigger brush if you're going to tar all of us. after our original report

paul admits his plagiarism quote is my fault. and that front page story on the front page of the currier journal was nothing compared to what the paper had to say on the editorial page. today the currier, published this scathing editorial. recent news accounts make it clear senator paul made a habit of using without attribution other people's words, thoughts and ideas. his reaction so far has not been to plead guilty and beg forgiveness. that's not his style. he claimed to be the victim of a witch-hunt by hacks and haters. takes it as an insult to be accused. the real insult here, the paper says is that mr. paul would expect vote tires believe his half-baked, nutty explanations. the real insult he would expect to us believe he is not at fault and the result of partisan opponents. the biggest insult is that he would use a writer's or researcher's word, claim them as his own and expect everyone to look away when he gets caught. the terrible hometown press that rand paul is getting right now might explain why the senator is melting

about these ongoing plagiarism revelations. not only can he not handle rigors of the difficult workload of beg a freshman senator, his excuse for plagiarizing an article for an op-ed, not only cannot handle the workload of a senator can't handle criticism of thing he's has done wrong. plagiarism has forced people out of political races in the past,

stay with us. >>> here is what wikipedia says about plagiarism. "plagiarism is the wrongful appropriation and purloining and publication of another author's language, thoughts, ideas or expressions and representation of them as one's own original work." you will notice i cited wikipedia as i read from it, and you know why? because i'm not a plagiarist. i communicate to people for a living association it's pretty damn essential that people know when the words i'm saying are mine and when i'm quoting someone else. something i'm noticing in the series of plagiarism scandals that tend to pop up from time to time in american pop culture is it's hard to find examples of people who just plagiarize once, because you either are a person who cares about citing correctly and giving credit where credit is due, or you're not. remember former "the new york times" journalist david blair, accused of deception and just making things up, snowballed into one of the biggest scandals in the paper's his. it didn't take long for people to pull the thread on jason blair'

>> plagiarism. >> he apparently lifted several lines of his speak directly from wikipedia. >> in the movie gatica in the too distant future eugenics is common -- vincent freeman is conceive and born the old fashioned way without the aid of genetic screening. >> jon: i'm going to pretend here that the thing we're supposed to be concerned about is that rand paul is supposed to be warning people -- he's warning the imunt a threat from an ethan hawke movie. they need rookie cops and for one day a year crime is legal and where -- um -- [laughter] days are broken. [ laughter ] and a world -- [laughter] (bleep). where the finest things come from brooklyn and i have no (bleep) idea. i don't know. i never -- how many of these -- all right. a lot of movies i haven't seen yet. as far as plagiarism goes and i'm sure there's a reasonable explanation. >> i think the spoken word shouldn't be held to the same sort of standard that you have if you are giving a scientific paper. 98% of my speeches are exthem prain us in. >> jon: that means only 2% of his speeches are plagiarized and most of those are

i want to start with the question of plagiarism. this isn't the first or second time senator paul has been accused of this. you remember when joe biden was caught plagiarizing in 1987. it took about a decade for the stigma to really go away. how serious is the accusation of plagiarism on rand paul's political future. >> it's certainly a pock on his house, if you will, his political house. do i think he can recover from it? certainly. joe biden is now the vice president of the united states. so there are greener pass tours after you steal lines from other people. but my bigger problem here isn't that rand paul did this. my bigger problem is that his staff probably wrote this speech and that's just shoddy staff work. i worked in that building for almost seven years and thank goodness we didn't have wikipedia back in the dark ages when i worked in the senate because had we, i would have been tempted. but anybody in their right mind understands half of what you read on wikipedia isn't true. and so to quote it is foolish. and he went up

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about these ongoing plagiarism revelations. not only can he not handle rigors of the difficult workload of beg a freshman senator, his excuse for plagiarizing an article for an op-ed, not only cannot handle the workload of a senator can't handle criticism of thing he's has done wrong. plagiarism has forced people out of political races in the past, joe biden in the 80s. in this case, rand paul says he might not be even make it to the race for president.ening quit e being a senator right now he cannot take the heat, cannot take the criticism. senator paul is clearly under a lot of pressure right now. a key moment for him and his political future. if this is the we he handles pressure, that is probably a good thing to know about hem now. probably better we learn the fact about hem nim now than som time in the future. time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. >>> last night voters delivered a message that was bad for the tea party and good for hillary clinton. >> it is the day after. >> the election resul

we are in day 10 of the rand paul plagiarism scandal. and rand paul is continuing to pay the plagiarists on his staff with your tax dollars. and he has promised, promised "the new york times" he will pay the plagiarist he's has put on the senate payroll with your tax dollars. he told "the times" no one will be fired for the plagiarism he has now very clearly blamed on his staff. like his father before him, rand paul wants to be and will never be president of the united states. the president of the united states has executive administrative control of a $3.45 trillion budget. rand paul cannot faithfully manage a $3 million budget. funded with your tax dollars. he cannot manage a work force of 17 people in washington, d.c. he cannot get an honest day's work out of all 35 people on his senate staff in washington and kentucky. rand paul knows who the plagiarists are on his staff. and rand paul has decided he is going to continue to funnel your tax dollars to them for their dishonest day's work. rand paul decided to continue to embarrass the

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