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Palin Lawyer Blasts Plagiarism Charges

Huff Post blogger accused Palin of "repeatedly" lifting Gingrich words

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 8, 2009 4:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – Sarah Palin's attorney has ripped charges by a Huffington Post blogger that she plagiarized phrases from a Newt Gingrich article. Palin "repeatedly lifted" Gingrich's wording when she introduced Ronald Reagan's son in Anchorage last week, wrote Geoffrey Dunn, who's writing a book on Palin. But Palin's lawyer said she properly attributed her remarks. Palin referred to Gingrich only twice during the speech, and began by saying that he wrote a "good article about Reagan," both Dunn and AP report.

"Far from 'lifting' or plagiary, this is proper attribution in a political speech," her lawyer says. "It is abundantly clear in context, and even in subcontext, that the overview of President Reagan's legacy was attributed to Newt Gingrich."

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Palin "repeatedly lifted" wording from an article co-written by Newt Gingrich in an Anchorage speech, reports Huffinton Post blogger Geoffrey Dunn. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)

A fan (not shown) asks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to sign a baseball before the New York Yankees faced the Tampa Bay Rays yesterday at Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Sarah Palin drew from a Newt Gingrich article when introducing Ronald Reagan's son to an Anchorage audience, but her attorney insists it was proper. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

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Shannonals

Jun 12, 2009 4:32 AM CDT

Plagiarism is plagiarism, no matter what an individuals good intentions are

Caps

Jun 8, 2009 12:34 PM CDT

Honestly, does anyone give a dip s---?

prowlerzee

Jun 8, 2009 2:10 AM CDT

If I have to see the serial adulterer Newt Gingrich hogging the spotlight, I don't think a sandblasting would make him look good. Maybe a bag over his head. Gagged would be nice, too, so we don't have to hear him spout on how to be "successful" from his bs book. His daughter must have serious issues to be used as a prop to help him sell that book, after he dumped her mom on her cancer hospital bed.

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Palin Lawyer Blasts Plagiarism Charges